rcarlisle Posted March 19, 2021 Share Posted March 19, 2021 May as well start a project thread on this one. There will lots of things for others to hopefully learn from. Purchased 3-17-2021. Seller has reciepts for 302 engine replacement, water pump, thermostat, alternator, exhaust system (single), new plugs and wires, belts, harmnic balancer, clutch slave, clutch, fuel tank and sender, radiator, fan clutch. All lights work, all instruments work. I have ordered a distributor cap - tower #3 is cracked. Distributor is apparently an A-Team performance Ready to Run elctronic unit. Cap has male terminals and an odd rotor. Cap and button are only $15 each so I ordered TWO to havea a backup. - thread on main about this. I have ordered a turn signal switch harness - the lever action is a soggy mess. I have ordered a brake booster. - thread on main about this I have yet to get truck cleaned well. Windows are clean, which is a start. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Lewis Posted March 19, 2021 Share Posted March 19, 2021 I'm on board. Here we go! Bloomin' Onion here we come! Nice looking truck. Is that a Medium Blue interior? It looks greenish, which would be Spruce in '81, but surely not with a blue exterior. And what are the things on the sides of the bed? Some kind of tie downs? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1986F150Six Posted March 19, 2021 Share Posted March 19, 2021 I'm on board. Here we go! Bloomin' Onion here we come! Nice looking truck. Is that a Medium Blue interior? It looks greenish, which would be Spruce in '81, but surely not with a blue exterior. And what are the things on the sides of the bed? Some kind of tie downs? Randy, Regarding "no name yet", Gary has Big Blue and Blue, so why not go with Lil' Blue! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rembrant Posted March 19, 2021 Share Posted March 19, 2021 Randy, Regarding "no name yet", Gary has Big Blue and Blue, so why not go with Lil' Blue! I see the truck was originally an automatic. I'm curious what 5spd is in it...that's a different looking shifter...doesn't look like it is from the 1988-1996 trucks. I have read reports of guys swapping in the later 1997-up M5OD that was used behind the 3.8V6 trucks...the "Essex V6" that replaced the 300 inline 6 had the SBF bolt pattern. PS: Kudos to you for having both the Haynes and Chiltons books laying on the seat!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rcarlisle Posted March 19, 2021 Author Share Posted March 19, 2021 Randy, Regarding "no name yet", Gary has Big Blue and Blue, so why not go with Lil' Blue! I've been a blues guitar player and drummer since 1983. Trying to come up with a name like that. My wife's Tucson was called Delta Blue - at the time we were going to Clarksdale MS every year for delta blues. This might be Delta Blues II. Idk. I called it POBS the other night, "Piece of Blue S..." well you know. It will eventually tell me what it's real name is I'm sure. THe interior is the lightish to medium blue. THat's going to have to be a slow process, at least til I get the wife onboard with the value of restoring the truck. Right now, she sees it as a tool to haul stuff for her. Not so much a toy to restore and use a "going to town unit". I've sorta been laying out ideas on what to try to fix on to upgrade it. She has not ridden in it yet either - tomorrow will be our first hauling trip. One of the issues will probably break and strand us, with my luck. And yep, the things on side of bed are flip up tie downs. I kinda like them. Little T shaped piece flips up to tie off, then back down into housing when not in use. Some of JC Whitney's finest parts probably. So far, Gary told me it may be a Mazda M5OD-R2 from what I've seen. It's been too wet to get under it again to get photos. It has horizontal ribbing on the case. Was used in later F150s, and a few 250s. But there will be pics soon. Even if I have to bring it in the warehouse at work. Trans was swapped and prev owner wasn't real sure of anything. I think he liked the idea of being a restorer, but didn't really know much about cars/truck? Was comparing the Haynes and Chilton last night - they are the SAME on stuff I looked at. I was very disappointed. I was excited about the HAYNES manual - they used to be much more comprehensive than the Chilton. I do have a manual from my 84 Dodge that beat them both with a hammer - need to see what it was and try to get one like that. It was like a bridge between the manufacturer manual which is very technical and the haynes, which was always my favorite. So far, am enjoying the community here and looking forward to contributing help as I learn more. Seems like every google search leads here in the top few links. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FuzzFace2 Posted March 20, 2021 Share Posted March 20, 2021 I've been a blues guitar player and drummer since 1983. Trying to come up with a name like that. My wife's Tucson was called Delta Blue - at the time we were going to Clarksdale MS every year for delta blues. This might be Delta Blues II. Idk. I called it POBS the other night, "Piece of Blue S..." well you know. It will eventually tell me what it's real name is I'm sure. THe interior is the lightish to medium blue. THat's going to have to be a slow process, at least til I get the wife onboard with the value of restoring the truck. Right now, she sees it as a tool to haul stuff for her. Not so much a toy to restore and use a "going to town unit". I've sorta been laying out ideas on what to try to fix on to upgrade it. She has not ridden in it yet either - tomorrow will be our first hauling trip. One of the issues will probably break and strand us, with my luck. And yep, the things on side of bed are flip up tie downs. I kinda like them. Little T shaped piece flips up to tie off, then back down into housing when not in use. Some of JC Whitney's finest parts probably. So far, Gary told me it may be a Mazda M5OD-R2 from what I've seen. It's been too wet to get under it again to get photos. It has horizontal ribbing on the case. Was used in later F150s, and a few 250s. But there will be pics soon. Even if I have to bring it in the warehouse at work. Trans was swapped and prev owner wasn't real sure of anything. I think he liked the idea of being a restorer, but didn't really know much about cars/truck? Was comparing the Haynes and Chilton last night - they are the SAME on stuff I looked at. I was very disappointed. I was excited about the HAYNES manual - they used to be much more comprehensive than the Chilton. I do have a manual from my 84 Dodge that beat them both with a hammer - need to see what it was and try to get one like that. It was like a bridge between the manufacturer manual which is very technical and the haynes, which was always my favorite. So far, am enjoying the community here and looking forward to contributing help as I learn more. Seems like every google search leads here in the top few links. Looks like it has good bones to start with and a lot of work, on paper anyway, done to it. I do like the 302 & 5sp what rear gear dose the truck have? So what are the issues that may leave you stuck on the side of the road? First time out for a real ride, 37 miles 1 way to a show at work, in my truck with the wife she asked "what if we break down?" I said you have AAA's number don't you? If everything went as planed we would not have anything to do or ever talk about it would be boring! Dave ---- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rcarlisle Posted March 20, 2021 Author Share Posted March 20, 2021 Looks like it has good bones to start with and a lot of work, on paper anyway, done to it. I do like the 302 & 5sp what rear gear dose the truck have? So what are the issues that may leave you stuck on the side of the road? First time out for a real ride, 37 miles 1 way to a show at work, in my truck with the wife she asked "what if we break down?" I said you have AAA's number don't you? If everything went as planed we would not have anything to do or ever talk about it would be boring! Dave ---- So far it runs well. I'm working on the first issues already, parts ordered and waiting. Nothing that would seem to be terrifying. Don't know the rear gear yet, been too wet to crawl under this week. Still trying to convince my wife the value of restoring more than what it is. She just sees am old work truck. I told her no one would really want to work out of something this old much. That this is more worthy of preserving and or fixing up a little. Hopefully as I get it cleaned up and looking some better, she'll come around. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FuzzFace2 Posted March 20, 2021 Share Posted March 20, 2021 So far it runs well. I'm working on the first issues already, parts ordered and waiting. Nothing that would seem to be terrifying. Don't know the rear gear yet, been too wet to crawl under this week. Still trying to convince my wife the value of restoring more than what it is. She just sees am old work truck. I told her no one would really want to work out of something this old much. That this is more worthy of preserving and or fixing up a little. Hopefully as I get it cleaned up and looking some better, she'll come around. My wife did not really come around till I had paint on the body and then could see it was a pretty truck. Up to that point it was a money pit sitting in the garage for the last 4 years that I never even got to drive! I think if you could give it a nice bath and a waxing so it looks a little better on the out side she may see what you see .... we hope I found Color Back works pretty good for a quick shine. Dave ---- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rcarlisle Posted March 20, 2021 Author Share Posted March 20, 2021 My wife did not really come around till I had paint on the body and then could see it was a pretty truck. Up to that point it was a money pit sitting in the garage for the last 4 years that I never even got to drive! I think if you could give it a nice bath and a waxing so it looks a little better on the out side she may see what you see .... we hope I found Color Back works pretty good for a quick shine. Dave ---- Yep I'm trying to get it looking better. Have been connecting in the interior this week. Reduce the amount of DNA in there. This truck is DRY for lack of a better term. Tires are dry. Dash is dry and cracked. Door panels and plastic are scaly. Going to keep at it till it gets cleaner and softer. Get one of them carpet covers for the dash. New tires as soon as I can. It is looking better every day though. She'll come around some day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FuzzFace2 Posted March 20, 2021 Share Posted March 20, 2021 Yep I'm trying to get it looking better. Have been connecting in the interior this week. Reduce the amount of DNA in there. This truck is DRY for lack of a better term. Tires are dry. Dash is dry and cracked. Door panels and plastic are scaly. Going to keep at it till it gets cleaner and softer. Get one of them carpet covers for the dash. New tires as soon as I can. It is looking better every day though. She'll come around some day. The dash pad over lay is nice and cant tell unless you look really close. Dave ---- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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