What Have You Done to Your FORD Today

[1985 Ford F-150]

Took it huntin had to fix a heater hose that was a little too tight and ripped from the truck bouncin around.

 

[Dirky]

When did you pick that Merc up? There's a local guy here with one that's dropped, satin blacked and got a windsor in it....

I picked up the Mercury in mid August. Found the truck in Alberta, about 1300 KM away and had to have it.

 

[Fordzilla80]

Definitely rare trucks.

Good find man!

 

[TexasNomad]

looked at it and went "oooooh, shiny"

 

[LEB Ben]

Put JB Kwik around the leaky vent hose until I get the motivation to actually change it...probably this weekend. Only reason I did it was so I wouldn't lose the 20 drops of gas I'll lose during fill up today...doesn't leak any other time.

 

[Fordzilla80]

Pulled the first 3 plugs on the F100, and they were replaced not long before I got the truck. The electrodes and insulators were still pretty much perfect. The only problem they seem to have is the carbon all over them. I also looked into the 1st combustion chamber, and I couldn't tell because the plug hole is so small, but the sunlight reflected off of something shiny in the chamber, and i'm hoping that shiny thing isn't a damaged piston.

 

[73F100Shortbed]

I'm going to vacuum it out in a little while. The other day I replaced a cracked rubber fuel hose that I only replaced 4 months ago. How annoying. I was 100 miles from home too. The only good thing is I apparently picked up 3.6mpg. I used 7.3 gallons in that 100 miles. So instead of my typical 10mpg I got 13.6mpg. Not sure how that happened.

 

[fatherdoug]

Replaced the block heater for the third time in two years. Also pulled the oulet apart that I plug the heater into and found a big spiders web in the outlet. Replaced the outlet, and I hope this one lasts awhile.

 

[TexasNomad]

come to think about it, other then giving the Holley a little tweakin' haven't done any thing to the old girl, she still puttin' along just fine.

 

[Blade]

aint done nothin yet, but gonna give Ol' Rusty (MY TRUCK!) a drive in the woods later tonight,

 

[TexasNomad]

aint done nothin yet, but gonna give Ol' Rusty (MY TRUCK!) a drive in the woods later tonight,

I'm hoping i'll be able to say that in the next few years

 

[Blade]

good to see ya light on Tex gonna start giving me hell again

 

[TexasNomad]

good to see ya light on Tex gonna start giving me hell again

squeal! I mean you know it..

 

[countryboytn]

New rear brake shoes, and a new wheel cylinder yesterday. Rotating tires today.

 

[LEB Ben]

New rear brake shoes, and a new wheel cylinder yesterday. Rotating tires today.

If you remember, can you measure the length of the lug nuts?

 

[countryboytn]

I thought I had done that for you already. but I may not have. If not I have one laying in my center console I can get out and measure

 

[LEB Ben]

^^^Naw...don't think you did. But if so, I'm getting old and forgetful. And your lugnuts are shank style I assume, and do you still run them with the washers?

 

[countryboytn]

I think it was in the thread where you got new wheels or something... I don't remember. But here is the picture again... and yes I'm still running washers with them. What's shank style mean?

 

[LEB Ben]

Oh hell yeah you did. Appreciate the pic...that was everything I needed. 1/2" x 1.5". And shank is the style of lug nut you have as opposed to open, acorn, etc.

 

[m78]

Drove my friends 2002, 18K mile Thunder bird today
woohooo !