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I attached a photo of the “Green Mill” coming off the delivery truck from California. 1974 F250 2wd SuperCab, 390 FE with a Holley 4 banger. Only a little over 12,000 miles (I hope) Has been sitting in the family’s garage for many years. I call the Truck the Green Mill because it’s green, and the Green Mill is a great vintage bar in Chicago’s Uptown neighborhood that I used to enjoy going to. It’s like going back in time to the 1920’s. Everything is original. A real old time Chicago gangster club. Anyway the truck looks pretty good, no rust, all original and straight as an arrow. My first issue was to find V belts because there were none on it. I got some help figuring out how to dertermine what belts to buy from 2 fellow FTE’s. I will try and get them on in a few days. Then I need to drain and change all the fluids and replace some basic ignition parts. Can anyone tell me what do set the new points at? I pulled the plugs today, only broke one and installed new plugs. Just regular copper plugs for now. I really just want to keep the truck as original as possible and get it running as good as I can.
i will keep you posted if your interested and look forward to all the good comments and suggestions from my fellow FTE members
Winched down off the truck
Don't throw away your old ignition condenser - unless it's actually bad. The ones you get nowadays are typical 21st century crap, with a much-higher failure rate than the old stuff.
Hard to tell from that picture but if you use the rope truck I bet you will find 2 belts do go around the fan pulley but 1 to the alternator and the other 1 to power steering.
Dave - - - -
Well I got the power steering and alternator belts on and adjusted but I can’t get the a/c compressor to adjust
i can’t find any way to adjust the compressor the belt fits snug but I think it needs about another. 1 inch or so to snug I up
any help!
The AC should have an idler pulley on the bracket the supports the left side of the compressor. It is the adjustment point for the AC belt. BTW, nice color choice. Yours could almost be the twin of mine, except your paint looks like it is in much better condition that mine...
There are two versions of the AC- factory and dealer installed. Do you have the giant air box in the engine compartment? If so, that is factory. I believe the belts are supposed to be the same, but it might not hurt to ask the parts guy. The other issue I found is there are about 13 variations on the belts. Took me two tries to get the right PS belt. Haven't got the AC installed and operational yet, but I am sure that will be an adventure for belts as well.
i put the shorter a/c belt on and it still has too much play so I will keep looking for a shorter one maybe 1”-1 1/2”
put new plugs in changed the oil and filter put some gas in and got a new battery
now the moment of truth.....it only cranked for about 3 seconds then nothing it really didn’t turn over just like a single jolt
could this be the starter?
08-22-2018, 12:00 AM
Getting the “Green Mill” running again 1974 F250
