Good looking truck. I'd like to know more about that radio. It doesn't look like a Ford unit, but it definitely looks period correct. Are there any markings on it? Looks like you cleaned out your local plumbing supply house on your pcv/oil pressure project!

 

It's a great looking truck. Gotta love that color!

 

Very nice! What is the **** above the key for? vent? That is one thing the 65 and 66 doesn't have.

 

Yes the **** above the key is "Air". I was thinking, wow it's even got Air! But no, it's just that, an air vent.

Yes they needed a new copper fitting shipment after I left. My friend and his father actually hooked that up. At least there is oil to the rockers now!

The radio is a "Karadio" brand. I'll try to take some closeups. I would not be surprised if is the original radio. It picks up the oldies and Elvis really well.

I bought the truck from Tenn. right near the Bristol Motor Speedway and imported it to New England.

In my investigating, I found that the truck was originally from Binger Oklahoma. I have actually contacted the Oklahoma's owners Daughter in law to tell them the truck is still out there and on the road. Unfortunately, that old man from Oklahoma who probably bought the thing new is no longer with us and if he was, he would be almost 100.

That Oklahoma red dirt is caked on in all the cracks and crevices underneath and you can scrape it off with a putty knife. Back in the day, probably most of the roads it was driven on were dirt.


We could tell the previous owners were thrifty using small pieces of rags to tie the wiring harness to the chassis where it was hanging. And the rusted old wire that was used to hold up the exhaust.

I think the starved rockers is probably kept the truck in storage for so long because nobody wanted to spend the big bucks on the old truck tearing it down. Procrastinated 16 years of storage with a bent/broken push-rod.

The Y block runs excellent now! No smoke at all and plenty of pep! I'm probably getting around 10 miles/gallon.

I just have to get used to the high gearing, feels like you're taking off in third.

 

Pretty good looking truck. i have the same year f100, but mine is a 4x4 (which, with all due respect, is better)

It looks like your engine is in about the same condition as mine... rusty, but its just surface rust.

Why do you have plumbing/brake lines coming out of your valve covers? obviously it has something to do with oil, but why is that there?

 

SInce I drove the heck out of a 292, in my panel, I'll tell ya about the "overhead oiler" lines, leading into the valve cover.

Those old 292's were really good at spinning a cam bearing. When that happens, you either drill out the cam bearing for a temp fix or.. put on overhead oiler system, to lube the rocker arms.

Nowdays, I believe you can get a better set of cam bearings, that won't spin as easily, to replace the danged spinners. So, when you feel like doing a rebuild, do it right and make the engine all purdy, without the overhead oilers.

Rotsa ruck. Mine ran like a powerhouse, but it was bored about .40 over, when my brother rebuilt it for me. It replaced a well worn 223.

 

The 292's were notorious for not getting enough oil to the rockers. From the reading I did, the cam bearing oil passages plug up due to a design flaw having a hole instead of a groove. And a couple of 90* turns the oil has to make. That combined with the 20 years or more use with non-detergent oil, then detergent oil being most common on the shelf. Leads to the loosening up of crud flowing upstream and plugging said orifices.


We tried everything to get those oil passages unplugged. Disassembled and cleaned the rockers, Dropped oil pan, cleaned the pan and screen. Changed the oil filter, Blew compressed air down the holes. Let them soak with brakleen overnight. Checked the main and rod bearings to see if excess wear there might be letting all the oil go. 30-50psi oil pressure no problem, still no oil up to the rockers.

Cranked the life out of the starter with the spark plugs out and the rockers off trying to get oil up there. Just a dribble out of one side. This must be why truck was parked so long with a broken push-rod. someone must have gone through same experience. So, long story longer, $20 worth of copper and brake lines, OIL! BLACK GOLD bubbling out! Bubbling out of the overflow tubes and down onto the timing chain. Ahhhhhh! Just like the Tin Man!