Ford Tough!!!
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Ford Tough!!!
[updated:LAST EDITED ON 08-Mar-02 AT 05:21 PM (EST)]Just a little event that happened I thought everyone may like to hear.
I have a 76 F150 with a tired 360 motor...thing leaks oil like a sieve, but runs pretty good.
I let my wife drive it (I forgot to check the oil..it had been parked a while) to work. She calls me when she gets there (25 miles or so) and said the truck was starting to knock and should she be worried.
I ran up there, and found absolutely no oil registering on the dipstick
I had a case in the back, and added 4 quarts, started it up, and the knocking went away.
I simply cannot believe the thing didn't blow up:-staun
I guess Fords are built pretty good after all
oh yeah...I drove it home and then back to work again...no problems what so ever!
I have a 76 F150 with a tired 360 motor...thing leaks oil like a sieve, but runs pretty good.
I let my wife drive it (I forgot to check the oil..it had been parked a while) to work. She calls me when she gets there (25 miles or so) and said the truck was starting to knock and should she be worried.
I ran up there, and found absolutely no oil registering on the dipstick
I had a case in the back, and added 4 quarts, started it up, and the knocking went away.
I simply cannot believe the thing didn't blow up:-staun
I guess Fords are built pretty good after all
oh yeah...I drove it home and then back to work again...no problems what so ever!
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Ford Tough!!!
I had a friend who claimed he siezed up a Maverick engine 3 times before it wouldn't start again. The car was trashed so they blocked up the rear, drained the oil and coolant, put a brick on the gas pedal and watched.
He claims it would sieze up, cool down, and restart. I'd have to see it to believe it, but it wouldn't surprise me.
He claims it would sieze up, cool down, and restart. I'd have to see it to believe it, but it wouldn't surprise me.
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believe this.... I tore down a blown 360 and found this:
1. 2 thrown rods, #2 and #6
2. Broken cam
3. 1 lifter broken in half
4. Lower piston skirt of #2 piston shorn off (from above the wristpin)
5. Missing wrist pin from custom "shaved" piston
6. Broken timing chain and cover (#2)
7. Timing chain gear (on crank) no teeth
8. Dizzy teeth stripped, shaft seized in block
9. 1/4" x 1" dent in rod bearing area on crank
This thing died a horrible death
Tony
'74 F250. 460, "beater"
'73 F250, "midnight auto"
'77 F250, 460 transplantee, "Flamer"
1. 2 thrown rods, #2 and #6
2. Broken cam
3. 1 lifter broken in half
4. Lower piston skirt of #2 piston shorn off (from above the wristpin)
5. Missing wrist pin from custom "shaved" piston
6. Broken timing chain and cover (#2)
7. Timing chain gear (on crank) no teeth
8. Dizzy teeth stripped, shaft seized in block
9. 1/4" x 1" dent in rod bearing area on crank
This thing died a horrible death
Tony
'74 F250. 460, "beater"
'73 F250, "midnight auto"
'77 F250, 460 transplantee, "Flamer"
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Ford Tough!!!
Oh man,
I remember years ago ??, I had a 1962 Ford Falcon
Station wagon. One day it was raining hard, I knew I
had a bad radiator but was hoping I could get home,
about 12 miles. Anway the radiator overheated pegged the
needle, car started to knock, and finally cut off.
Now I am thinking, hey it's raining to hard to walk.
I waited about 3-5 minutes, the car started back up,
made it home. The next day filled the radiator with
water, car ran like I never had a problem.
So if ford built them like that then, I know they are
even stronger now.
Dre'
1978 F-150, 460ci(750cfm,Edelbrock Performer,Dynomax Ceramic Coated headers,etc.)Auto-C6,373:1 - 9" Posi.
I remember years ago ??, I had a 1962 Ford Falcon
Station wagon. One day it was raining hard, I knew I
had a bad radiator but was hoping I could get home,
about 12 miles. Anway the radiator overheated pegged the
needle, car started to knock, and finally cut off.
Now I am thinking, hey it's raining to hard to walk.
I waited about 3-5 minutes, the car started back up,
made it home. The next day filled the radiator with
water, car ran like I never had a problem.
So if ford built them like that then, I know they are
even stronger now.
Dre'
1978 F-150, 460ci(750cfm,Edelbrock Performer,Dynomax Ceramic Coated headers,etc.)Auto-C6,373:1 - 9" Posi.
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Ford Tough!!!
I had a simular thing happen with a 73 Cougar, 351c. I was on the way to my sisters wedding. I was doing about 100 mph when my hose broke. I didn't see anything with the gauges I was a little preoccupied at the moment. Anyway the car died about half a block from the church. After the wedding I walk over to a parts store a few blocks away got a new hose and antifreeze. Changed it all out, fired it up and it ran fine for several more years.
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