Domesticated
04-25-2010, 10:14 PM
ok i just copied and pasted this from ss.net cause those guys are mostly v8 guys, but i figure i can get some advise from the fella here at home
so long story short, when i was 17 i had an 83 ford e-150. lent it to a friend for 6-7 months. got it back and it was running funny. it sat for another year. i got it running ok to move it to a friends field to park it. 4 years later i just remembered i own the van and for the last couple months ive been looking for a reliable car, so i figured id just get this running again. specs its a 302, or 305, whatever idk, ive never worked ona ford or a v8. carbed of course. 4 speed auto. had a rebuilt carb and engine before i bought it from my dad 5 years ago. i think an RV cam? whatever that means. and a recently rebuilt clutch (5 years ago). it wasnt shifting right and having a hard time starting 3 years ago when i got it back from my friend. i think starting issues was an electrical short. so for the shifting i checked to see if it had fluid in the tranny. pulled the dipstick and it was filled to the top of the dipstick! WTF. so heres my question. where do i start to get the engine running. drain fuel tank, new filter, new fluids all around, check spark. how do i clear out the fuel line just crank it? carb rebuild? spark, distributor im sure. also, would having all that atf in the tranny cause damage or can i just drain it and fill it properly? thanks in advance for any input!
so long story short, when i was 17 i had an 83 ford e-150. lent it to a friend for 6-7 months. got it back and it was running funny. it sat for another year. i got it running ok to move it to a friends field to park it. 4 years later i just remembered i own the van and for the last couple months ive been looking for a reliable car, so i figured id just get this running again. specs its a 302, or 305, whatever idk, ive never worked ona ford or a v8. carbed of course. 4 speed auto. had a rebuilt carb and engine before i bought it from my dad 5 years ago. i think an RV cam? whatever that means. and a recently rebuilt clutch (5 years ago). it wasnt shifting right and having a hard time starting 3 years ago when i got it back from my friend. i think starting issues was an electrical short. so for the shifting i checked to see if it had fluid in the tranny. pulled the dipstick and it was filled to the top of the dipstick! WTF. so heres my question. where do i start to get the engine running. drain fuel tank, new filter, new fluids all around, check spark. how do i clear out the fuel line just crank it? carb rebuild? spark, distributor im sure. also, would having all that atf in the tranny cause damage or can i just drain it and fill it properly? thanks in advance for any input!