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Ongoing Project

Been chugging for months to get it going. Open to any questions

u/DreadOcean72972 — 11 days ago
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Help!!

I am here to ask a probably very basic mechanic question, but this is the first vehicle I’ve ever worked on, so give me some grace. I recently replaced the radiator in my 1970, and spent a decent amount of time flushing everything out. Yesterday I noticed coolant leaking into the cab of my truck (I went and purchased a new heater core today). I went to drain the coolant so I could replace said heater core, and my three day old coolant is brown. I don’t know if I wasn’t flushing coolant properly or if there is a bigger issue at hand. Any advice is appreciated!!

u/fiddleleaffig28 — 9 days ago
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I love it when it finally starts to cool off in Texas.

The weather is finally cooling off out here so I finally get to drive the truck (and car) around more. It's been a long hot summer.

u/fLeXaN_tExAn — 12 days ago
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Project car guy back again. Any classic Ford F100 geniuses out there? Want to help me replace a carburetor? Or...anything else?

I posted a while back about how I wanted to learn about cars, and you guys were all, "JUST BUY A BEATER, BRO!"

Well, I took your advice.

I'd been looking at old pickups online for months at that point, and the opportunity popped up for me to buy a (blessedly cheap) bumpside Ford that was running a year or two ago. That said, it needs some love to get it running now after sitting outside with a bad carburetor.

Now that I've got it in my garage I'm feeling a little....overwhelmed. No amount of YouTube prepared me for this.

Not looking for free labor or for someone to "just come fix it," but could definitely use another set of eyes and someone who knows what's what to give me a hand. I guess the dream is someone who's bored on a gray Saturday who loves projects.

Anyone got a mechanically inclined dad they want to lend me?

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u/zorkempire — 12 days ago
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Should I trade

I’m considering trading my truck for this my truck is a 2012 f250 6.7

u/Fit_Treat_7039 — 11 days ago
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Pertronix wiring

So in the process of improving on the "Drunk with a screwdriver" maintenance of the previous owner of my 68 F-250, I am sorting out the electrical system. The previously added Pertronix module, as we all probably know, needs 12 volts or it wont run right. I didn't want to just cut the resistor wire to bypass it, so I poked around and found that the right hand small post on the starter solenoid is off with the key switched off, 12v with the key on, and stays 12v with the key in "Start."

Is there any reason not to wire the module to that that anyone can think of? I couldn't think of a reason, but I wanted to put it out there.

I'm trying to retain the ability to just go back to points if this thing ends up being more trouble than it's worth, but for now it's working fine.

What say you?

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u/girl_incognito — 13 days ago