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This is one of my trucks, and my only Ford. I wanted to have a ford, as all my other ones are all Chevys/GMC. I have since picked up a Dodge though, as I wanted a diesel and like the Cummins engine. This ford I got from a friend, and had a bad engine. I got another engine from the same friend and put it into this ford (a FE 390 big block). That engine came out of a 1 ton dually flatbed that was sitting for 4 years. My ford itself has been sitting for almost 6. I had it at my apartment for a while, and then when I moved back to my parents ranch I needed to get it running so I would be able to park it out on the street.
I have been working out the bugs from the truck, as it was sitting so long. The engine needs some valve work, and I might just put a pair of heads I have from the orig engine in it on it now, as it misses at idle. I also need to rebuild its carb as the gaskets are leaking and floods it out.
Update - The carb has been rebuilt and it runs / starts much better. The gaskets were all dried up and leaked fuel/sucked air all over - nice and simple, easy 2 barrel carb was good as new in a few hours and little money. What is left to do is still the miss at idle, rear axle seals, front brake rotors, master cylinder and brake booster, electrical work, and probably a steering wheel. Not sure what is up with that little weenie one, but that is what was on it when I got it. Not sure when the work will be done on it though. Not much time at the moment as I am trying to get the 454 replaced in one of my suburbans. Eventually this truck should get a diesel engine put it it, but I'll get it running nice witht the 390 first and get all the bugs out of it. The 390 sounds great with its 3 1/2" one chamber flowmaster and mid range cam.
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