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Old Jun 14, 2009 | 01:19 AM
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well guys I am restoring my grandpa's 78F250ranger it has the 400 in it the only pic I have right now is the one that is my avatar I have a better one on my myspace profile my name is Jason White you all have been very helpfull I got a seat to put in it while the original is being redone I also picked up a ign.switch and lock cylinder and the driverside seat belt all for free Itook them out of my father-in-law'sparts truck I can't wait to hear it come back to life it has been dormant three years now even though it has 317,554miles on the clock it only need a cosmetic resto when my gandpa was alive he kept very good care of it my plans are to fix her and drive her my grandpa always called her the horse because it was always doing work of some sort
 
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Old Jun 14, 2009 | 08:28 AM
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It's alive I put the ign.switch in put my jump box on and pouredsome fuel in the carb and she came to life runs pretty well for having 4 year old gas in the tank it has bad breath though I am going to put new plug wires on and dist.cap/rotor button and that will take care of the miss
 
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Old Jun 14, 2009 | 09:04 AM
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Great to hear you got it running.
 
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Old Jun 14, 2009 | 10:41 AM
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yeah, it's great that you got it running. just remember now to never let it sit for a while. that's what hurts vehicles the most. good luck!
 
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Old Jun 14, 2009 | 11:36 AM
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Yep thats right, now take some pictures and post them in this thread so we don't have to squint to see your avatar (I hear a joke in there somewhere!).
 
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