Had a great time with family, friends and meeting a few new fellow oil burners as well. It's great to see how this weekend is really growing. Thanks for hosting again Darrin. :D
And yes it was great to have the trailer stopping Goldie instead of the other way around. :)
Gonna be cheaper to make a plate/ strap assembly. Ford still has it but not sure you'll like the ridoncoulous price tag attached to it.
Have restored 2 cab and chassis in the past and was way cheaper to make one from scratch.
To the OP, check the glow plugs for ohms values (best method) 1-2 ohms, or a somy continuity check with a test light with the clip on the positive battery post and test probe on each glow plug spade.
Sounds like you've got a couple that have burned out.
I'm prolly the only one with a meter and it doesn't like to travel too well. It stopped working at the rally this summer and works now but I can't rely on it as being accurate anymore.
That's a fair amount of blowby Don. May want to run a compression test to see where the numbers are at. If compression starts dipping into the 200's, she's gonna have starting issues.
Getting the surface cleansed and degreased thoroughly is imperative to allow the product to adhere properly and that's going to determine how long it'll last.
There's an 8" piece of rubber line supplying the lift pump. May look there as an air intrusion point.
Also where the supply line coming from the fuel selector valve is plastic then turns to steel about a foot before the engine crossmember. That too is a common leak point for rust belt trucks...
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