1980 F-250 4x4 w/ Low Miles - Is it worth it?

[fatdan460]

Originally Posted by roarksupply.com

Damn near ready to strap that Jerry can under the hood and just drive it home, its only about 12 miles....and about 20 stoplights!

i'm not saying it's safe, or the right thing to do....but thats how my old bronco was the whole time i owned it. had a bad gas tank with a few holes and a lot of sediment. took it out to fix it and realized the tank was way too shot to mess with. was too cheap to pick up a new tank and sold it before it really mattered. wheeled it like this too because i am a meat popsicle

[RanchTruck]

Originally Posted by roarksupply.com

Damn near ready to strap that Jerry can under the hood and just drive it home, its only about 12 miles....and about 20 stoplights!

A 2 1/2 gallon can strapped in nicely under the hood of my 83 F250 with the 300 six. I jb welded a hose barb into the bottom of the tank rather than just running a hose down the spout. I would totally recommend doing that to get it back to your shop.

The 2.5 gallons would last for an afternoon of serious woods beating and stump jumping, so it should be plenty to get you 12 miles home.

[roarksupply.com]

Well that settles that. She's comin home soon

[EricsGreen98Tj]

Man we drove my uncles truck 4+ miles to the gas station on EITHER! I was sitting under the hood spraying it into the carb while my cousin was driving. About half way through a good squirt the ol truck came to life and about threw me off the front I was about 7/8th TANKED and just grabbed what I could to keep from getting thrown off the grill(we were driving in reverse )....I grabbed the shroud....17 stitches is what it took to fix my hand. I still got the scars.

What REALLY made it bad was after that happened we looked/broke into the tool box and found a 2gallon can of weed-eater gas(mixed for a 2cycl)...we dumped that shit in and drove to the gas station.....we had a 50' smoke screen comming out the back of that POS!

We eventually got my Danger Ranger out and broke the frame on the POS Chebby K10. So all in all it was a good night. Except for the ER visit and the stitches

[prosport33]

Originally Posted by EricsGreen98Tj

Man we drove my uncles truck 4+ miles to the gas station on EITHER! I was sitting under the hood spraying it into the carb while my cousin was driving. About half way through a good squirt the ol truck came to life and about threw me off the front I was about 7/8th TANKED and just grabbed what I could to keep from getting thrown off the grill(we were driving in reverse )....I grabbed the shroud....17 stitches is what it took to fix my hand. I still got the scars.

What REALLY made it bad was after that happened we looked/broke into the tool box and found a 2gallon can of weed-eater gas(mixed for a 2cycl)...we dumped that shit in and drove to the gas station.....we had a 50' smoke screen comming out the back of that POS!

We eventually got my Danger Ranger out and broke the frame on the POS Chebby K10. So all in all it was a good night. Except for the ER visit and the stitches

literally lmao'd on that one

[EricsGreen98Tj]

Originally Posted by prosport33

literally lmao'd on that one

You should have been there to see everything that happened that night!

[roarksupply.com]

I have done some hood surfing myself but I was holding down an air intake on a turbocharger after a street race gone bad with a crash, police, and of course....booze was involved.

[just4cuz]

Originally Posted by Stic-o

Hell My dad has a '80 F-250 4x4 with a C6 and blown 351M like this he's been trying to get rid of forever.

I think his plan is to take it apart and sell it for scrap metal.

You should go take a picture and post an add here. He may get more for it from someone needing parts than scrap price.

Fuel systems and brakes on vehicles that have sat awhile are troublesome. Usually it is better to do a thorough cleanup and rebuild or replace parts. Fuel pump diaphrams, carb accelerator pumps and brake wheel cylinder seals seem to be the worse. I don't know how many times you have spun it over but if it has been setting very long I like to squirt some MMO (Marvel Mystery Oil) in the cylinders and let it soak a day or so.

[roarksupply.com]

Ya sitting is probly the worst thing for a vehicle. Ive run it off the jerry can about five or six ti,es sinse I started this thread and the oil is clean and the power steering is smooth but I am skeptical about the diff fluid so I will let ot chug around the parking lot for a to get the juices flowing. I dont want to grenade the diff or trans

[just4cuz]

Slow and easy the first few miles for sure. It is going to take a bit for the gear oil to find its way out to the wheel bearings. The trans will be fine after the first 100 or 200 feet. Maybe jack up the rear axle and run it in high gear for 5-10 minutes.

[roarksupply.com]

Originally Posted by just4cuz

Slow and easy the first few miles for sure. It is going to take a bit for the gear oil to find its way out to the wheel bearings. The trans will be fine after the first 100 or 200 feet. Maybe jack up the rear axle and run it in high gear for 5-10 minutes.

Great idea. THe jack was on my list to bring next time!

[prosport33]

Originally Posted by just4cuz

Slow and easy the first few miles for sure. It is going to take a bit for the gear oil to find its way out to the wheel bearings. The trans will be fine after the first 100 or 200 feet. Maybe jack up the rear axle and run it in high gear for 5-10 minutes.

this is what i think of everytime i hear someone talk about that.

Ferris Buellers Day Off, car crash scene - YouTube

[Stic-o]

Originally Posted by just4cuz

You should go take a picture and post an add here. He may get more for it from someone needing parts than scrap price.

Fuel systems and brakes on vehicles that have sat awhile are troublesome. Usually it is better to do a thorough cleanup and rebuild or replace parts. Fuel pump diaphrams, carb accelerator pumps and brake wheel cylinder seals seem to be the worse. I don't know how many times you have spun it over but if it has been setting very long I like to squirt some MMO (Marvel Mystery Oil) in the cylinders and let it soak a day or so.

Motor is toast...There's a hole in the top of the piston

[roarksupply.com]

Getting the Title swapped over on Friday so I will get have it insured and at the house soon.

[roarksupply.com]

Title in hand, temp registration in hand. Gas tank???......Need another Hand

[just4cuz]

A hand doing what? Removing the tank? Figuring out why it does not pick up fuel? Checking to see if they are rusty and gummy inside?

[roarksupply.com]

Hahaha, All of the Above! I am going to pick it up soon. Its been sitting so you can tell it will need a lot of elbow grease getting everything working again.

Met the seller at AAA to swap out the title and he tried to stiff me for the $140 in backed up registration fees. We arm wrestled a bit and worked it out.

[just4cuz]

It has been reported that they have rubber lines for pickups that deteriorate over time and only allow you to utilize about half the tank. I would definately drop the tanks and clean them out and install new pickup tubes if needed.

AAA is pretty good about vehicle registration. You could have taken one of the pictures of it in the back yard and non-oped part of the back fees.

140 isn't too bad though considering how high our registration costs are here.

My recently retired co-worker just moved to Arizona. When he registered his Tahoe there the person said OK How many years do you want to register for 1,2 or 5? How much is 5? $162.00. I'll take it!

[roarksupply.com]

Yeah $140 was for a year and a half of reg w/ penalties and re-issueing the title. I still have to smog it too.

But I will do teh gas tank thing and replace the rubber lines. I gotta hose guy.

What degree should I clean up on the underside? it has minor to heavy surface rust on the frame rails & body. Can you sand blast or bead blast the undersides of these things while they are still rollers? I don't want to pull the axles.

[ISDTBower]

I know a guy with flap disks..............

[4x4prepper]

Great looking truck, looks like a sweet deal.

>I think the guages need exercising cause the gas went from a half tank to nothing once the pump started working a

Considering the stereo and such, the IVR behind the speedo that regulates dash panel voltage might be bad. But, if it is like most 80s Fords, it is the sender in the tank.

[EricsGreen98Tj]

Originally Posted by roarksupply.com

Yeah $140 was for a year and a half of reg w/ penalties and re-issueing the title. I still have to smog it too.

But I will do teh gas tank thing and replace the rubber lines. I gotta hose guy.

What degree should I clean up on the underside? it has minor to heavy surface rust on the frame rails & body. Can you sand blast or bead blast the undersides of these things while they are still rollers? I don't want to pull the axles.

Man barrow/rent a pressure washer and crawl under there and hose the shit out of it. Then sand/flap wheel the rust down, clean it with MEK, and paint on Chassis Saver with a brush.

My Jeep tub before:



After:



And to this day it is still that shinny under there.

[roarksupply.com]

Holy Schniiikeeeezzz. Lol Bower....yes,I am the guy with the flap discs that will be trading them (as many as it takes) with my powdercoater guy who's got a freakin blaster I don't have the room to do that scale of resto!! But that jeep tub looks great and I have the bedliner and chassis saver ready to go!

I see this project spiralling into something full blown but I have to keep it low budget so we'll see how things progress and what I can get traded and I have no problem pimping my customers stickers and phone numbers all over this rig!

Originally Posted by EricsGreen98Tj

Man barrow/rent a pressure washer and crawl under there and hose the shit out of it. Then sand/flap wheel the rust down, clean it with MEK, and paint on Chassis Saver with a brush.

My Jeep tub before:



After:



And to this day it is still that shinny under there.

[KyleQ]

Good find - easily worth 2K here in the rust belt.

[roarksupply.com]

Picked these up today. One tire needs replacement so I'll dig around for a used one.