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So this will be the new thread for my new to me ‘84 F150. I know I posted in my old thread that I inherited my grandad’s F150 that he purchased new from Ford in 1984, and it was built at the Norfolk plant, 5 miles from my house. Well it came down between the Bronco I’ve had since 2014 and the F150 and the F150 won based on sentimental value and the fact that we have another 4 wheel drive truck. So the Bronco was sold in April of this year.
Specs on the truck are single cab, long bed, 2 wheel drive, 302, AOD, 3.55s, open diff.
So problems I knew about when I got the truck, wirings was jerry rigged from the uncle that got it when my grandad passed away. Also the tilt steering column was broke from my lazy fat ass uncle used it to get in and out of the truck. Also some rust but a lot less than was on my bronco. Eventually I plan on building either a 302 good for about 300 hp, manual swap, maybe even a gear swap, fix the rust, and do a budget paint job.
Since I’ve had it, I took the interior out, cleaned it all up, installed Kilmat everywhere except for the driver side floor board where I still need to fix some rust. Got ahold of a used non tilt steering column and got that installed. It’s been hard to find time to work on it since I was out of town for work from middle of January to beginning of April and then middle of June to beginning of August.
Stockpiled some ignition parts over the last couple months and got the starter solenoid, positive battery cable, and ignition coil installed today. Still doesn’t start.
Anyway, I know that was a lot to catch up for over the last 9 months. Now onto pictures. And if anyone is any good with wiring, I would definitely appreciate some help with the rats nest on this thing.
Specs on the truck are single cab, long bed, 2 wheel drive, 302, AOD, 3.55s, open diff.
So problems I knew about when I got the truck, wirings was jerry rigged from the uncle that got it when my grandad passed away. Also the tilt steering column was broke from my lazy fat ass uncle used it to get in and out of the truck. Also some rust but a lot less than was on my bronco. Eventually I plan on building either a 302 good for about 300 hp, manual swap, maybe even a gear swap, fix the rust, and do a budget paint job.
Since I’ve had it, I took the interior out, cleaned it all up, installed Kilmat everywhere except for the driver side floor board where I still need to fix some rust. Got ahold of a used non tilt steering column and got that installed. It’s been hard to find time to work on it since I was out of town for work from middle of January to beginning of April and then middle of June to beginning of August.
Stockpiled some ignition parts over the last couple months and got the starter solenoid, positive battery cable, and ignition coil installed today. Still doesn’t start.
Anyway, I know that was a lot to catch up for over the last 9 months. Now onto pictures. And if anyone is any good with wiring, I would definitely appreciate some help with the rats nest on this thing.