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My girlfriend's parents had an 88 F150 that has been sitting for about 10 years. I asked what they planned to do with it and they just gave it to me. Story goes that it ran when parked, but had "become unreliable". I'm thinking perhaps TFI issues...
So I fiddled with it yesterday, put some penetrating oil down the cylinders since it was dry for sure, and behaving stuck. Hooked up the battery, and spun over. Put the plugs in, it did fire for a bit but eventually quit. Never really hit smoothly. Pumps were running, but unknown if the 10 year old gas was gunking it up or not. I will know more when I get to finally drag it homegas gauge reads way high so pump will have to be pulled anyway.
300 6 cylinder, 5 speed 2wd. Pretty basic truck, no cruise, no a/c, strictly am/fm radio that is nonfunctional. Brakes even still have fluid and are solid. 3 out of 4 tires are still holding air... Body is in pretty good shape, better than any others I have so I am figuring on keeping it decent. The paint isn't all that burned up even...
So I fiddled with it yesterday, put some penetrating oil down the cylinders since it was dry for sure, and behaving stuck. Hooked up the battery, and spun over. Put the plugs in, it did fire for a bit but eventually quit. Never really hit smoothly. Pumps were running, but unknown if the 10 year old gas was gunking it up or not. I will know more when I get to finally drag it homegas gauge reads way high so pump will have to be pulled anyway.
300 6 cylinder, 5 speed 2wd. Pretty basic truck, no cruise, no a/c, strictly am/fm radio that is nonfunctional. Brakes even still have fluid and are solid. 3 out of 4 tires are still holding air... Body is in pretty good shape, better than any others I have so I am figuring on keeping it decent. The paint isn't all that burned up even...