My new old '82 F250
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My new old '82 F250
Hello all,
I just purchased an '82 F250 XLT 4x4 with a 302 to be my prepper/zombie truck. It's been well taken care of and heavily modified. I'm trying to figure out what all has been done to it. I have a receipt for a new cam and roller rockers, and I can see it has Edelbrock heads, intake, and carburetor. I'm fixing little problems as I find them. The title was a mess, which I finally got registered. It idles fine, but doesn't like going down the road very much. I just got my timing light yesterday, so that's the next step. The guy I bought it from said it needed a new carb (because the choke wouldn't work) and the transmission went out. So, I ran a power wire to the electric choke, put 5 qts of transmission fluid in it and drove it around the yard. Accidently left ruts in the yard when I thought the transmission was slipping. Nope! Tires were spinning. OOPS. Going to hear about that from the wife. The transmission IS leaking like a sieve, but it hooks up fine with fluid in it. Oh, it's got a C6 TCI transmission in it also, and the distributor has been upgraded to an HEI. Pictures to follow.
That's all I can think of for now,
Hawk
I just purchased an '82 F250 XLT 4x4 with a 302 to be my prepper/zombie truck. It's been well taken care of and heavily modified. I'm trying to figure out what all has been done to it. I have a receipt for a new cam and roller rockers, and I can see it has Edelbrock heads, intake, and carburetor. I'm fixing little problems as I find them. The title was a mess, which I finally got registered. It idles fine, but doesn't like going down the road very much. I just got my timing light yesterday, so that's the next step. The guy I bought it from said it needed a new carb (because the choke wouldn't work) and the transmission went out. So, I ran a power wire to the electric choke, put 5 qts of transmission fluid in it and drove it around the yard. Accidently left ruts in the yard when I thought the transmission was slipping. Nope! Tires were spinning. OOPS. Going to hear about that from the wife. The transmission IS leaking like a sieve, but it hooks up fine with fluid in it. Oh, it's got a C6 TCI transmission in it also, and the distributor has been upgraded to an HEI. Pictures to follow.
That's all I can think of for now,
Hawk
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And some great info here, if you have not found it yet. https://www.ford-trucks.com/forums/forum259/
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TN link https://www.ford-trucks.com/forums/forum95/
And some great info here, if you have not found it yet. https://www.ford-trucks.com/forums/forum259/
https://www.ford-trucks.com/forums/forum261/
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