Yeah I'm finishing up a major tune on an old F100 pickup with the 360
engine, same thing. Head gaskets were done, a valve was cracked, points
were gone, timing was off, firing order was off, plugs were beyond
fouled... And after some coaxing and a lot of smoke I could still get it
started.
Running great now, however it leaks like a Ford. I have the pan off
however and just need a piece of brazing rod to complete the rear main
replacement, then hopefully the drips will subside. I still think most of
it was from the pan (was loose) but I'm doing the rear main anyway for good
measure. Don't need to drop the tranny on these engines, so I may as well.
- Ralph
At 11:59 PM 9/6/2003 -0400, Ray Bahr wrote:
>Hi All,
>
>I recently picked up a 1986 Ford F-150 with the big straight six for cheap
>money. The truck has 95K miles on it - but it was not well taken care of -
>in fact it is a mystery to my how it even ran at all :-). It never ceases
>to amaze me just how much abuse the American engines will tolerate. I will
>remove the valve cover before I do anything based on what I heard - I just
>need to find a car wash that has the wand arrangement first so I can clean
>off the engine enough to find the valve cove bolts :-)
>
>Thanks for the input
>
>Ray
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