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Joined: Jan 2017
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New member & New to Fords
I hope I don't get a bunch of tomatoes thrown at me, but I have been a Chevy man all my life. My wife fell in love with a 2012 Lincoln Navigator recently so we bought it. It is MY first Ford product purchase. We love it so far. I currently still drive my '04 Chevy Silverado Crew cab, but I really want to get an F-150 Ecoboost. I hope you all will welcome me from "the dark side" & be willing to help me with this "foreign (to me)" vehicle that we just bought. It really runs nice & rides great. I've heard alot of good things about the 5.4L engine & I'm hoping it proves to be true for us. Looking forward to chatting on here. We live in Huron & that's where my wife & I both grew up. I work for the State of South Dakota.
Tuned
Joined: Dec 2014
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I hope I don't get a bunch of tomatoes thrown at me, but I have been a Chevy man all my life. My wife fell in love with a 2012 Lincoln Navigator recently so we bought it. It is MY first Ford product purchase. We love it so far. I currently still drive my '04 Chevy Silverado Crew cab, but I really want to get an F-150 Ecoboost. I hope you all will welcome me from "the dark side" & be willing to help me with this "foreign (to me)" vehicle that we just bought. It really runs nice & rides great. I've heard alot of good things about the 5.4L engine & I'm hoping it proves to be true for us. Looking forward to chatting on here. We live in Huron & that's where my wife & I both grew up. I work for the State of South Dakota.
Cargo Master
Joined: Jul 2005
Posts: 3,495
Likes: 7
From: Not as far west as I want
I hope I don't get a bunch of tomatoes thrown at me, but I have been a Chevy man all my life. My wife fell in love with a 2012 Lincoln Navigator recently so we bought it. It is MY first Ford product purchase. We love it so far. I currently still drive my '04 Chevy Silverado Crew cab, but I really want to get an F-150 Ecoboost. I hope you all will welcome me from "the dark side" & be willing to help me with this "foreign (to me)" vehicle that we just bought. It really runs nice & rides great. I've heard alot of good things about the 5.4L engine & I'm hoping it proves to be true for us. Looking forward to chatting on here. We live in Huron & that's where my wife & I both grew up. I work for the State of South Dakota.
Stick around. We are not too serious about things around here.
Mountain Pass
Joined: Nov 2019
Posts: 245
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From: Sioux Falls, SD
sddaltongang, Joe, here. I bought a '78 F250 sight unseen a couple of months ago from an acquaintance of my son's. It was apparently parked for a decade of so on a ranch outside of Rapid City. We didn't realize how much of a rust project it is/would be. I am starting with the basics to try to get it running. It was trailered here for us from Rapid. When we couldn't get it started to drive it off of the trailer, I learned why a few days later when I pulled the fuel line & filter from the carb & found it full of rust! New fuel tank, & etc.
Question: I got new steel gas/brake line & some rubber hose to connect, but without some flare or bubble flare at the end I am skeptical that it will most likely leak. Any of you know how to do a 'double flare' or 'bubble flare' it might be called? I saw a picture on this forum from someone/somewhere, but no directions/description how to do it. I bought a fairly cheap flaring tool kit from HF & already punctured one of the hoses with the flare trying to install it.
Thanks!
Oh yeah, I live in Sioux Falls for the past 12 years, though I also lived previously in Great Falls, Montana for 20 years! I miss mountains, but enjoy being closer to family.
Question: I got new steel gas/brake line & some rubber hose to connect, but without some flare or bubble flare at the end I am skeptical that it will most likely leak. Any of you know how to do a 'double flare' or 'bubble flare' it might be called? I saw a picture on this forum from someone/somewhere, but no directions/description how to do it. I bought a fairly cheap flaring tool kit from HF & already punctured one of the hoses with the flare trying to install it.
Thanks!
Oh yeah, I live in Sioux Falls for the past 12 years, though I also lived previously in Great Falls, Montana for 20 years! I miss mountains, but enjoy being closer to family.
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Cargo Master
Joined: Jul 2005
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From: Not as far west as I want
sddaltongang, Joe, here. I bought a '78 F250 sight unseen a couple of months ago from an acquaintance of my son's. It was apparently parked for a decade of so on a ranch outside of Rapid City. We didn't realize how much of a rust project it is/would be. I am starting with the basics to try to get it running. It was trailered here for us from Rapid. When we couldn't get it started to drive it off of the trailer, I learned why a few days later when I pulled the fuel line & filter from the carb & found it full of rust! New fuel tank, & etc.
Question: I got new steel gas/brake line & some rubber hose to connect, but without some flare or bubble flare at the end I am skeptical that it will most likely leak. Any of you know how to do a 'double flare' or 'bubble flare' it might be called? I saw a picture on this forum from someone/somewhere, but no directions/description how to do it. I bought a fairly cheap flaring tool kit from HF & already punctured one of the hoses with the flare trying to install it.
Thanks!
Oh yeah, I live in Sioux Falls for the past 12 years, though I also lived previously in Great Falls, Montana for 20 years! I miss mountains, but enjoy being closer to family.
Question: I got new steel gas/brake line & some rubber hose to connect, but without some flare or bubble flare at the end I am skeptical that it will most likely leak. Any of you know how to do a 'double flare' or 'bubble flare' it might be called? I saw a picture on this forum from someone/somewhere, but no directions/description how to do it. I bought a fairly cheap flaring tool kit from HF & already punctured one of the hoses with the flare trying to install it.
Thanks!
Oh yeah, I live in Sioux Falls for the past 12 years, though I also lived previously in Great Falls, Montana for 20 years! I miss mountains, but enjoy being closer to family.
Anyway, stick around and keep us up to date on your project.
Mountain Pass
Joined: Nov 2019
Posts: 245
Likes: 14
From: Sioux Falls, SD
Still in the process of getting my '78 F250 to run. I am very slow most of the time, even though I am retired. Anyway, I had the 460 rebuilt & dyno tuned at a local machine shop. I have yet to start it here a home as I am also installing a new 'American AutoWire' wiring harness as there was about 3' of bare wire with the insulation burned off among the original wire harness, & I am way beyond my 'shade tree mechanic'/parts changer mechanical abilities, so kind of stumped with getting it connected correctly.
It hasn't helped that we converted it to Edelbrock EFI & I learned that Edelbrock & 'Dakota Digital {which new dash I am installing as well} "...don't play well together..." as one of the Edelbrock resource guys told me repeatedly when I called them one day.
I did recently get the whole cab sanded to bare metal & epoxy primered in black.
I am also struggling to get the passenger side door adjusted. I get it lined up so that it looks good while having it latched closed & then when I open it it sags down a little, despite the new hinges I installed
I will keep on keeping on, Lord Willing as always!
It hasn't helped that we converted it to Edelbrock EFI & I learned that Edelbrock & 'Dakota Digital {which new dash I am installing as well} "...don't play well together..." as one of the Edelbrock resource guys told me repeatedly when I called them one day.
I did recently get the whole cab sanded to bare metal & epoxy primered in black.
I am also struggling to get the passenger side door adjusted. I get it lined up so that it looks good while having it latched closed & then when I open it it sags down a little, despite the new hinges I installed
I will keep on keeping on, Lord Willing as always!
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