Previous owners.
That's what p***es me off most about these old Ford's. Bad, terrible, ignorant, downright stupid previous owners. Everything else would be infinitely easier to deal with if I could find/afford the "one owner, old lady, only drove on Sundays from June thru October, garage kept, always maintained" trucks.
But hey, you take what you can. Worked on Dodge trucks, Chebby trucks, ran into lots of crap that had a few of us step back and go "*** were they thinking?!". Ford trucks are just easier to work on. And with having practically the same relative body style and bolt patterns on parts from 1980-1996/7 and some beyond yet, I wouldn't choose anything else. But I'm not not have I ever been a typical *******
