76 f-250 HELP?

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Aug 29, 2004 | 06:24 PM

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76fordtruck

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From: Spokane WA

i was jsut talking with my friend, what do you guys think about the timing cover? Maybe that is the source......just pull it and change the gasket.

Aug 30, 2004 | 08:05 PM

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fasthauler

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Changing the pan gasket in the truck is a real bitch. The engine has to be jacked up high enough to prop two by fours between the motor mounts and the frame. If you want to completely remove the pan you have to reach in and remove the oil pump because the pan hits it and will not slide out. I would check the oil pressure sender on the back of the block first and make sure it is not leaking. I started out to change the rear main seal one time and realized the oil was coming down the back of the block. It turn out the sender was major leaking oil. I put a new sender in and the leak was solved. Good luck.

Aug 30, 2004 | 08:58 PM

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I guess somewhere I got the idea it was 4wd, am I right, or am I just jumping to conclusions here? If it is 4x, I don't think it willbe bad to get the pan off, if it is 2wd, well, it is a bit of a pain, but can be done. My 75 I referred to earlier was a 4wd, and there was no crossmember under the motor, it goes in front under the radiator, making it quite nisce for getting the pan off, but I also had a 390, which also makes a big difference. that's also why I was talking about the narrower frames, not the case on the 2wd.

Aug 30, 2004 | 11:19 PM

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ivanribic

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I've got to tell you the 4x4's are just as impossible to pull the pan from as a 2wd (at least on mine). There's a crossmember right in the way . . . total nightmare. That's why I just keep adding oil.

Aug 31, 2004 | 11:00 AM

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From: graham, wash.

I just pulled and replaced the oil pan gasket on my 76 F-250 4x4 with the engine in the truck and without jacking up the engine. All I did was remove the inspection cover from the tranny and pulled the bolt out of the bracket that holds the power steering lines to the front cross member and moved the lines a little forward and the pan came right out with no problems.

Aug 31, 2004 | 11:05 AM

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fellro86

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That was my experience on my 75, but I didn't know if the other motors would be as nice.

Aug 31, 2004 | 11:43 AM

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hey, we finally got the pan of 76fordtruck's today. ended up unbolting the exhaust and taking the oil pump out just to get it out. hope it goes back together smoothly.

Aug 31, 2004 | 01:15 PM

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From: St George, SC I-95

Heres another question for 76fordtruck
If there the dual tank solenoid is mounted in the frame and the heater controls have the provision on the right hand side for dual tanks, is it possible that the cab or drivers door was swapped and not the bed? Most people who do a bed swap dont fool with mounting the solenoid in the correct spot and then just bypass it. If the cab or door was swapped and not the bed then possibly the owner registered the truck as a 76 based on the door data tag and the original title from the donor truck. Not exactly the most legal thing to do, but it has been done

I had a truck once that had a Bronco data tag on the door and was titled as a Bronco. Kinda hard to confuse a 79 F150 long bed with a Bronco and it toook more than one sheet of paper at the DMV to explain it all, but finally they listened. SC land of no emission laws and DMVs that dont give a S***