Hey guys,
I know I haven't posted much here yet, but I've been very busy working on the truck. A little background on the truck: It's a 79 F150 Single Cab, Shortbed and 4x4. The 6.9 motor is from a late 86 F250, so it's got the bullet style glow plugs. Behind it is a Borg Warner T19 trans, and whatever transfer case is with that. I believe it's a Warner too, but I haven't looked. I straight traded my 78 F250 2wd for this 79 back in late November. When I got it, the motor mounts were done and the engine was set on them, but not fully bolted down. There was no bed with it, I guess the old one was trashed so the guy scrapped it. Here it is when I picked it up:
Since I've had it, I have done quite a bit. The first order of business was to get the engine fully mounted, so I finished bolting all of that down and it's in there nice and solid. Next up was to hear it crank and get it to start. I didn't want to do everything else and then find out the motor is trashed. It was drained of the oil, so I had to put oil in it before even cranking it. Of course, when I put oil in it, it had a nice oil leak from the pan. I replaced the pan, and put oil in it and it started. I replaced the glow plugs, and they were all Autolites. Only one was swollen, and I was lucky to get it out because it was pretty swelled. I also had to add the clutch pedal and fabricate a firewall reinforcement. All of that is hooked up and mounted now, and the clutch works. I also had to do a 3 inch body lift so that the brake booster cleared the valve cover. The truck had a 4 inch suspension lift already, so it's now lifted 7 inches. I picked up a bed and a passenger door for it, as well as some other small stuff. I had to replace the tank as well, because the old one has a leak. The fuel lines are all run, but does anyone know if there is supposed to be some sort of pressure regulation on the return line back towards the tank? I can't get it started without a little starting fluid (I know, I know, I don't use it with the glow plugs). Once it starts, it runs good but smokes quite a bit. The smoke does not clear up either, and I'm beginning to wonder if the injectors and/or pump are on their way out.
On the list to do still is getting a 3 core radiator (I have the stock 2 core from the gasser hooked up), do the wiring, fix air intrusion issues, get engine to start off of glow plugs, run brake lines, mount the fenders and hood, get driveshafts modified, and then finish the body work. I've still got a bit to do, but I've definitely made good progress from when I got the truck (considering I'm a college student). Here is a picture from a little while ago, but this is basically how it sits now:
I'll update this as I finish stuff up. Thanks for looking.
I know I haven't posted much here yet, but I've been very busy working on the truck. A little background on the truck: It's a 79 F150 Single Cab, Shortbed and 4x4. The 6.9 motor is from a late 86 F250, so it's got the bullet style glow plugs. Behind it is a Borg Warner T19 trans, and whatever transfer case is with that. I believe it's a Warner too, but I haven't looked. I straight traded my 78 F250 2wd for this 79 back in late November. When I got it, the motor mounts were done and the engine was set on them, but not fully bolted down. There was no bed with it, I guess the old one was trashed so the guy scrapped it. Here it is when I picked it up:
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Since I've had it, I have done quite a bit. The first order of business was to get the engine fully mounted, so I finished bolting all of that down and it's in there nice and solid. Next up was to hear it crank and get it to start. I didn't want to do everything else and then find out the motor is trashed. It was drained of the oil, so I had to put oil in it before even cranking it. Of course, when I put oil in it, it had a nice oil leak from the pan. I replaced the pan, and put oil in it and it started. I replaced the glow plugs, and they were all Autolites. Only one was swollen, and I was lucky to get it out because it was pretty swelled. I also had to add the clutch pedal and fabricate a firewall reinforcement. All of that is hooked up and mounted now, and the clutch works. I also had to do a 3 inch body lift so that the brake booster cleared the valve cover. The truck had a 4 inch suspension lift already, so it's now lifted 7 inches. I picked up a bed and a passenger door for it, as well as some other small stuff. I had to replace the tank as well, because the old one has a leak. The fuel lines are all run, but does anyone know if there is supposed to be some sort of pressure regulation on the return line back towards the tank? I can't get it started without a little starting fluid (I know, I know, I don't use it with the glow plugs). Once it starts, it runs good but smokes quite a bit. The smoke does not clear up either, and I'm beginning to wonder if the injectors and/or pump are on their way out.
On the list to do still is getting a 3 core radiator (I have the stock 2 core from the gasser hooked up), do the wiring, fix air intrusion issues, get engine to start off of glow plugs, run brake lines, mount the fenders and hood, get driveshafts modified, and then finish the body work. I've still got a bit to do, but I've definitely made good progress from when I got the truck (considering I'm a college student). Here is a picture from a little while ago, but this is basically how it sits now:
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I'll update this as I finish stuff up. Thanks for looking.
