Hey all,
I've had this '85 D-150 longbed sitting out back for some time, with a broke 318 (long story). Bought it running and driving from the JY for $700. New tires, a lot of Re-man stuff. Guy couldnt get it to pump fuel on its own so he put in an electric inline pump which would flood it. Got tired of it, sold it to JY.
Anyway, I've been slowly working on installing a 360 into this thing out of a '79 3/4 ton Club Cab (body wasted on that thing!). Got it in this last Thursday, put the crossmember in and was going to crank it to be sure everything was good but the dang mini-starter I put on it was bad. Luckily I found the other one I had and put that on Friday, it works. Hooked up the electrical and put in the Dist, then the carb, and was able to fire it by priming it up with gas.
Today I moved the filter from before the fuel pump where the kid had it to after the pump, hooked the main line back up (I had previously took the electric one off), prayed, and then fired it off. It pumps on its own, no electric pump needed! That was a big relief and was my main concern going into this.
Now I've gotta hook up the trans cooler lines, put a tradiator in it, hoses, linkage, driveshaft, alternator, belts, a whole lotta little details but getting it fired off and running on its own was the biggest deal. Also going to put on the exhaust, using a dual system a buddy gave me off a wrecked '92 longbed that had a 318 magnum. Got manifolds and everything. NO CATS! They werent on the system when I got it and I'm not putting them on there.
Hopefully next week I can have a running/driving Truck to haul stuff with, which was the purpose of this whole build, to replace my '89 fullsize when I traded it for the '75 RR.
I've had this '85 D-150 longbed sitting out back for some time, with a broke 318 (long story). Bought it running and driving from the JY for $700. New tires, a lot of Re-man stuff. Guy couldnt get it to pump fuel on its own so he put in an electric inline pump which would flood it. Got tired of it, sold it to JY.
Anyway, I've been slowly working on installing a 360 into this thing out of a '79 3/4 ton Club Cab (body wasted on that thing!). Got it in this last Thursday, put the crossmember in and was going to crank it to be sure everything was good but the dang mini-starter I put on it was bad. Luckily I found the other one I had and put that on Friday, it works. Hooked up the electrical and put in the Dist, then the carb, and was able to fire it by priming it up with gas.
Today I moved the filter from before the fuel pump where the kid had it to after the pump, hooked the main line back up (I had previously took the electric one off), prayed, and then fired it off. It pumps on its own, no electric pump needed! That was a big relief and was my main concern going into this.
Now I've gotta hook up the trans cooler lines, put a tradiator in it, hoses, linkage, driveshaft, alternator, belts, a whole lotta little details but getting it fired off and running on its own was the biggest deal. Also going to put on the exhaust, using a dual system a buddy gave me off a wrecked '92 longbed that had a 318 magnum. Got manifolds and everything. NO CATS! They werent on the system when I got it and I'm not putting them on there.
Hopefully next week I can have a running/driving Truck to haul stuff with, which was the purpose of this whole build, to replace my '89 fullsize when I traded it for the '75 RR.
