SkyHog
Touchdown! Greaser!
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Everything Offends Me
So on a whim, yesterday, I went out and looked at a truck that was for sale for $500. Its a 1972 F250, with a 390cid engine. Beautiful (for being 35 years old). I spent all day yesterday doing the new truck thing, including hitting up the junkyard for new seats.
Come time to drain the oil, it was getting a bit late, and in the darkness, I grabbed what felt like the oil pan and drained the "oil" out. Then I filled the oil back up, checked the stick....wow, that's a lot of oil. Maybe I overfilled it somehow. Back underneath to drain the oil again, and nothing comes out.
After scratching my head for about an hour, I went under again, and quickly determined that I accidentally drained the transmission fluid, not the oil, and now I have double the oil capacity in the crankcase. Yikes!
That problem was solved by draining the oil and refilling (after finding the real oilpan). I go to refill the transmission fluid and find....I don't have a 1 inch socket, which I need to open the fill cock for the tranmission. D'oh! Truck is sitting until I go buy a 1 inch socket.
I'll post pictures later, but this truck is awesome, and its just what I wanted for a beater that can be fun to work on/restore in between plane building time. Couldn't beat the price (even talked it down a bit), and its dirt simple to work on. Best part: Its pre emission, so I can do whatever I want to it and not have to worry about some overburdensome laws keeping me from having fun!
Come time to drain the oil, it was getting a bit late, and in the darkness, I grabbed what felt like the oil pan and drained the "oil" out. Then I filled the oil back up, checked the stick....wow, that's a lot of oil. Maybe I overfilled it somehow. Back underneath to drain the oil again, and nothing comes out.
After scratching my head for about an hour, I went under again, and quickly determined that I accidentally drained the transmission fluid, not the oil, and now I have double the oil capacity in the crankcase. Yikes!
That problem was solved by draining the oil and refilling (after finding the real oilpan). I go to refill the transmission fluid and find....I don't have a 1 inch socket, which I need to open the fill cock for the tranmission. D'oh! Truck is sitting until I go buy a 1 inch socket.
I'll post pictures later, but this truck is awesome, and its just what I wanted for a beater that can be fun to work on/restore in between plane building time. Couldn't beat the price (even talked it down a bit), and its dirt simple to work on. Best part: Its pre emission, so I can do whatever I want to it and not have to worry about some overburdensome laws keeping me from having fun!