Axe Posted February 28, 2022 Member ID: 28601 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 5 Topic Count: 23 Topics Per Day: 0.02 Content Count: 160 Content Per Day: 0.13 Reputation: 272 Achievement Points: 1697 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 2 Joined: 12/09/20 Status: Offline Last Seen: March 5 Device: Windows Share Posted February 28, 2022 My son has been asking for a project to work on ... so I picked up this beast this weekend. Lots of father/son time to be spent getting it road and then off-road ready. baldie, Timmah!, TBB and 6 others 8 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J3st3r Posted February 28, 2022 Member ID: 2162 Group: ++ COD4 Admin Followers: 153 Topic Count: 152 Topics Per Day: 0.03 Content Count: 5083 Content Per Day: 1.05 Reputation: 5009 Achievement Points: 44628 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 22 Joined: 01/25/11 Status: Offline Last Seen: Wednesday at 03:49 AM Birthday: 02/26/1972 Device: Windows Share Posted February 28, 2022 (edited) Nice. I like that body style but they rust out really bad, really fast here in PA because of all the Salt and Calcium that they dump on the roads. Impossible to find one in my area that still has floors and rockers and cab corners and a solid bed on it yet. What engine? 302? 351? 460? or did you get lucky and find a 1st gen 7.3L Diesel? My neighbor just bought another rusted out F250 with the 460 in it from a salvage yard. He's using the engine and manual trans in his 77 F250 Hi-boy. Oh and !fu Yoshi Edited February 28, 2022 by J3st3r Axe 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
TBB Posted February 28, 2022 Member ID: 989 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 25 Topic Count: 263 Topics Per Day: 0.05 Content Count: 18108 Content Per Day: 3.47 Reputation: 20120 Achievement Points: 132704 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 263 Joined: 01/07/10 Status: Online Last Seen: 11 minutes ago Birthday: 01/27/1946 Device: Windows Share Posted February 28, 2022 Have fun - but don't ask Yoshi for help Axe and McGrim 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
Axe Posted February 28, 2022 Member ID: 28601 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 5 Topic Count: 23 Topics Per Day: 0.02 Content Count: 160 Content Per Day: 0.13 Reputation: 272 Achievement Points: 1697 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 2 Joined: 12/09/20 Status: Offline Last Seen: March 5 Device: Windows Author Share Posted February 28, 2022 6 hours ago, J3st3r said: Nice. I like that body style but they rust out really bad, really fast here in PA because of all the Salt and Calcium that they dump on the roads. Impossible to find one in my area that still has floors and rockers and cab corners and a solid bed on it yet. What engine? 302? 351? 460? or did you get lucky and find a 1st gen 7.3L Diesel? Cab corners and rockers will need to be done. Already on order ... will weld them in as soon as they get here. Lots of little stuff to do after that. 460 (7.5L) Fuel injected ... the perfect gasser for this style truck. 5 speed. baldie 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KaptCrunch Posted February 28, 2022 Member ID: 389 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 45 Topic Count: 295 Topics Per Day: 0.06 Content Count: 4454 Content Per Day: 0.84 Reputation: 3617 Achievement Points: 36412 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 39 Joined: 09/14/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: 2 hours ago Birthday: 01/01/1970 Device: Windows Share Posted February 28, 2022 do a compression test too see the condition of engine baldie 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
Axe Posted February 28, 2022 Member ID: 28601 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 5 Topic Count: 23 Topics Per Day: 0.02 Content Count: 160 Content Per Day: 0.13 Reputation: 272 Achievement Points: 1697 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 2 Joined: 12/09/20 Status: Offline Last Seen: March 5 Device: Windows Author Share Posted February 28, 2022 17 minutes ago, KaptCrunch said: do a compression test too see the condition of engine Not too worried about the engine. If bad, I'll do a swap. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J3st3r Posted March 1, 2022 Member ID: 2162 Group: ++ COD4 Admin Followers: 153 Topic Count: 152 Topics Per Day: 0.03 Content Count: 5083 Content Per Day: 1.05 Reputation: 5009 Achievement Points: 44628 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 22 Joined: 01/25/11 Status: Offline Last Seen: Wednesday at 03:49 AM Birthday: 02/26/1972 Device: Windows Share Posted March 1, 2022 Best thing you can do with that is swap the intake and plop a big ole holley 850 on it and an adjustable fuel pressure regulator with pressure gauge. That really wakes up one of those injected smog equipped 460s. 460s have axle twisting torque if ya throw a few $$$ at them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
Axe Posted March 1, 2022 Member ID: 28601 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 5 Topic Count: 23 Topics Per Day: 0.02 Content Count: 160 Content Per Day: 0.13 Reputation: 272 Achievement Points: 1697 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 2 Joined: 12/09/20 Status: Offline Last Seen: March 5 Device: Windows Author Share Posted March 1, 2022 59 minutes ago, J3st3r said: Best thing you can do with that is swap the intake and plop a big ole holley 850 on it and an adjustable fuel pressure regulator with pressure gauge. That really wakes up one of those injected smog equipped 460s. 460s have axle twisting torque if ya throw a few $$$ at them. Smog shit is coming off ... Gonna straight pipe it and remove the velocity baffles from the intake to get it breathing properly. After that, I won't do much else to the engine. The 460 is pretty much a tank just needs to breath and have regular maintenance. I'm looking for a go anywhere truck that I can repair on the side of the road pretty much anywhere. Swapping out most of the OG parts and will keep them as spares. J3st3r 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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