"functionoverfashion" (functionoverfashion)
07/09/2015 at 08:52 • Filed to: None
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"functionoverfashion" (functionoverfashion)
07/09/2015 at 08:52 • Filed to: None | 7
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... to replace the starter on my 1972 Ford F100.
Not like, 10 minutes to do the actual work, plus a few minutes beforehand gathering tools, setting up the truck, then pondering, looking at the starter, getting access, then cleaning up afterwards. I mean, I looked at the clock, went down to the basement, gathered tools (I only needed two sockets), went out to my car, got the starter, opened the hood (for light) laid out a mat under the truck, crawled under, unbolted the starter and the cable from the stud, grabbed the new one out of the box, bolted it in, attached the cable, crawled out from the truck, shut the hood, put the tools back, put the old starter in the box from the new one, walked back in the house... it was 10 minutes later.
I love my old truck. Also, it only cost $55. And now it starts every time, without hesitation!
pip bip - choose Corrour
> functionoverfashion
07/09/2015 at 09:02 |
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nice and simple!
engineered properly.
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functionoverfashion
> pip bip - choose Corrour
07/09/2015 at 09:08 |
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Very simple. Also, just lots of extra room. No 4wd, no power steering, no emissions stuff, no protective plates of any kind... when I was working on the water pump a few years ago, I took the radiator out and stood in the engine bay and had plenty of room even to drill out one of the bolts that had broken off. I’m pretty thin, but still...
BigBlock440
> functionoverfashion
07/09/2015 at 10:17 |
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I’m assuming the 6 cylinder, there’s not quite as much room with the 8. Sometimes a repair is pleasantly surprising.
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functionoverfashion
> BigBlock440
07/09/2015 at 10:53 |
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Actually, it’s the 302 v8! Believe me, there’s a lot of room in there. I’ll snap a pic later if I can remember.
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BigBlock440
> functionoverfashion
07/09/2015 at 11:06 |
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The two Fords I’ve worked on were 90’s models, but I pulled the starter out of the 6-cylinder one and put it in the V8 one because we needed that one at the moment. It didn’t take all that long, but the exhaust did get in the way a little, IIRC. It also had a 351, but I don’t think that it would have made that much of a difference. My favorite part about it was not having to use a jack. Also, my car has headers and a big block, which make changing the starter much more difficult, so I also enjoyed the relative ease of the trucks.
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functionoverfashion
> BigBlock440
07/09/2015 at 11:31 |
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I changed the starter on my father’s ‘98 F250 with a 351, it wasn’t quite as easy as the ‘72 but it wasn’t bad. The best part, like you said, was not having to jack it up. Thankfully it happened in June not January. It’s the plow truck so usually shit breaks in the middle of a wet snowstorm, at night. This was like, a gift that it quit in the summer. He drove my ‘72 for a day or two until we got a chance to fix the ‘98. Nice when a starter fails and it isn’t even mildly inconvenient - it happened at my house! The one on the ‘72 hadn’t failed yet but it was making death noises.
tromoly
> functionoverfashion
07/09/2015 at 13:56 |
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Old cars = maintenance dreams.