Low milage farm truck 1966 F-250

[Reds Rod Shop]

Looks like you are off to a good start. Any progress lately? Also, welcome from South Carolina.

[Sixfootfour]

I have left the truck sit for a while, but had a week off in July, and started up where I left off. The wheelhouses welded in really well. They had good thick metal, some "old stock" at the parts place. I put some filler on the joints and sanded it a bit.[/img][/img]

[slickmainer]

nice work there!

[Sixfootfour]

So earlier in the thread, I was using a 390 that I had given to me, the fellow belonged to the 4x4 club and rolled his truck. He also overheated it and blew the head gasket, when I used the motor it made a chocolate milkshake in the oilpan, and was messed up. It was hard to keep interested after doing the work of installing the motor.
I had an idea to put a 460 in it, or rebuild the original 352. I put it to a vote in the general forum and most said 352.
So out went the leaky 390 and in went the 352, with a little more cam, and a performer intake, and a 4100 carb.[img][img]http://i748.photobucket.com/albums/xx12 ... os/003.jpg[/img][/img]
The MSD red cap and coil and wires look out of place, but they fired up, and after twisting the distributor a bit , ran OK. No leaks, but I'm not sure where to put the hose from the PCV.[img][img]http://i748.photobucket.com/albums/xx12 ... os/004.jpg[/img][/img]

[Sixfootfour]

I pulled the truck out of the garage to clean it. Motor and transmission is working. I need to get it inspected, brakes, steering are OK. It needs a windshield, and the headlights. The headlights were missing when I got the truck.[/img]

[MadMaxetc]

Looking Good.

PVC should go into the bottom of the air cleaner, AFTER the filter.

[Michelle]

Looking good. BTW, do you still have your 71 429 Mustang? I used to own one myslelf. It was fun car, wish I still had it. Got a few pictures here someplace.

[Sixfootfour]

Yes, I still have the 429 Mustang. It is a tire burning machine. It has a C-6 automatic, and 3.73 gears in the 9 inch dif.
I am hoping to get this 66 slick on the road soon. just a few more details , like lights, and inspection.

I have the air breather hooked to clean air. I am using a 74 air cleaner.
The carb doesn't have a PCV inlet for vacuum, and I don't have a spacer with a vacuum nipple, so I just put a "T" in the brake booster line.

The truck came with manual steering, so it didn't need another vacuum nipple.

[Thunderboy]

The carb doesn't have a PCV inlet for vacuum, and I don't have a spacer with a vacuum nipple, so I just put a "T" in the brake booster line.

Then make sure you have vacuum hose rated for oil usage. Oil in a hose not designed for oil will will quickly soften and fail, and you could lose power assist at a critical time.

I would find/make another outlet. You could buy a nipple to thread into your intake manifold and attach both hoses there. Lots safer.

[Sixfootfour]

I installed some headlight relays today. I viewed the link in the tech section, bought some parts , and started in on it. I used one wire from the battery to power both relays. I put in a fuse and then soldered in a 2 way junction. I assumed black was low beam and red was high beam. It doesn't matter, any way. The relays I got had 5 prongs, but you only use 4, the one with an A after the number, is reversed, and turns things off when energized. NAPA had the halogen lamps in stock, and they are working.

While I was wiring, I added a ground strap to the engine.
It is an old battery cable, and I soldered a lug on the other end to hook to the engine.[/img]
The paint is scratched on the firewall from trying to get the headers in place. I ended up lifting the motor about 2 inches.
This site is a great help, and I'm close to getting the truck back on the road.

[Sixfootfour]

I put a fan shroud on the engine today. When I was timing the motor, it is hard to see the fan, and a shroud will help cooling , too.
I used a junkyard shroud from a newer truck, and it covereg the rad exactly. The mounting lugs were a bit different, but I drilled new holes on the side of the rad flange.

I painted the bed yesterday, sanded, primered, sanded, and painted.

The voltage regulator has been lowered, so I could run the wires along the top of the rad. The wires from the firewall are now across the front of the rad, too.

[olliesshop]

Boy that bed looks nice !!! Mine is so dented I think I'm going to have to get creative, since it would take a 100+ hours just to get the dents out.