My poor baby
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My poor baby
Finally got my 79 all together and running nicely. Transferred plates & insurance and all that good stuff, go on test drives, trucks runs beautiful, even without ever matting the gas, lots of power, lovely exhaust sound etc...
Go for trip on weekend, only 400 km on engine and a rod bearing lets go two hours from home. Man what a drag. Going to pull the engine out tonight (or tomorrow night after catching up on sleep) to assess the situation and decide whether to rush and get truck going again or fix it over winter and turn my attention to getting one of the Bronco's ready for winter....
1979 F150 Custom: 84 351W: 91 heads, Crane PowerMax cam, double roller timing chain, Edelbrock Performer intake & Edelbrock carb
1987 F150 XLT Lariat: 88 351W EFI
86 & 87 Bronco II: next winter's beater
Go for trip on weekend, only 400 km on engine and a rod bearing lets go two hours from home. Man what a drag. Going to pull the engine out tonight (or tomorrow night after catching up on sleep) to assess the situation and decide whether to rush and get truck going again or fix it over winter and turn my attention to getting one of the Bronco's ready for winter....
1979 F150 Custom: 84 351W: 91 heads, Crane PowerMax cam, double roller timing chain, Edelbrock Performer intake & Edelbrock carb
1987 F150 XLT Lariat: 88 351W EFI
86 & 87 Bronco II: next winter's beater
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Joined: Sep 2000
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From: Beachville, Ontario
My poor baby
And sometimes it eats you twice. In less than 48 hours I've gone from two running vehicles to zero running vehicles....
Wonder what I can break today....Maybe I should take the boss's truck for a spin....
1979 F150 Custom: 84 351W: 91 heads, Crane PowerMax cam, double roller timing chain, Edelbrock Performer intake & Holley carb
1987 F150 XLT Lariat: 88 351W EFI
86 & 87 Bronco II: next winter's beater
Wonder what I can break today....Maybe I should take the boss's truck for a spin....
1979 F150 Custom: 84 351W: 91 heads, Crane PowerMax cam, double roller timing chain, Edelbrock Performer intake & Holley carb
1987 F150 XLT Lariat: 88 351W EFI
86 & 87 Bronco II: next winter's beater
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