thelastkeg Posted November 29 Posted November 29 (edited) Well I'm finally digging into this 95 F150 I bought from a friend a couple of years ago. He was the original owner, and it was parked around 2015 when the last remaining fuel pump went out. I have a bullnose flareside bed already to put on it. And I have a parts truck for the front cap, but I may try to source some parts that are in better condition. First step this holiday week was to remove the bed and pressure wash everything. There was quite a lot of rat poop and hay and some wiring damage under the hood. It looks like I'll need to source a complete fuel injector wiring harness, a headlight pigtail, and some vacuum lines to repair the damage. The engine does turn over. The fuel tanks are in terrible shape, so I plan to buy a new tank and pump. My first question, if I wanted to just have the one front tank and delete the rear tank, what changes would have to be made to the fuel lines that go to the rear rank? Or would I have to find a truck in the junkyard that only had the one tank to get the lines from? Edited November 29 by thelastkeg Added pics
mat in tn Posted November 29 Posted November 29 no reason i can think of to delete one of the tanks. these are reliable at this point. this truck looks to be worth fixing as it is.
thelastkeg Posted November 30 Author Posted November 30 It’s worth fixing as it is for sure, I just would enjoy turning it into a bullnose. I guess it wouldn’t hurt to just not use the rear tank at this point and leave everything there in case I decide to replace it in the future. The fella was going to haul it off for scrap. I just saw it under the shed and asked about it. Ended up buying it and a 70s John Deere tractor, both for scrap price. The truck was used to travel back and forth between the guy’s house and farm which was about an hour away since he bought it new. It has 200,050 miles on the odometer. Other than the rat damage, some rust in a rear quarter, and some dents in the other rear quarter, it’s in pretty good shape.
thelastkeg Posted Monday at 02:16 PM Author Posted Monday at 02:16 PM Progress is always slower than I anticipate. Getting the wiring harness and fuel rail from the junkyard went really quick, because it came out of a van which has easy access. I also have a new fuel tank and pump in hand. And this weekend I finally got around to removing the upper intake to get down to the wiring harness. The rodents really did a number on the wiring and vacuum hoses around the intake. I had pressure washed it for quite a while before ever removing anything, there's just no way to get this much crud out with the upper intake still on it. So even if I didn't have to replace the wiring, due to all of this and the amount of carbon build up, it's a good thing I removed it anyway. I used the gasket to mark the holes on a 2x4 and bolted that to the upper intake so I can pressure wash it one more time. The fuel rail looks rusty from the rodent nesting, so I grabbed a good one from the junkyard to put on. Should I replace the injectors while I'm here? They aren't cheap, and I haven't even heard this engine run. I had a time removing some of the injectors from the junkyard truck. I'm not sure if there's a special tool or not to pry them out, but they were really stuck. If the ones in my engine are that stuck, I may elect to just leave them in there.
Tarheel Blue Posted Monday at 02:54 PM Posted Monday at 02:54 PM When trying to decide about eliminating/ keeping tanks, consider that the rear tank keeps weight over the slippery tires.
mat in tn Posted Monday at 10:47 PM Posted Monday at 10:47 PM it has been my experience that half come off with the rail and half stay stuck in the intake. work them out and replace the "o" rings at least. use "o" ring grease also. I generally put them on the rail first as these are the ones responsible for containing fuel pressure. the ones at the lower intake are responsible for holding engine vacuum. it looks as though the upper intake gasket was compromised too.
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