I Bought A Big ’Ol Truck. Is The Motor Toast? 1983 Ford F250

After years of hauling engines (and one motorcycle) in the trunks of sedans, I finally bought a truck. A rusty 1983 Bullnose Ford F250, 4 speed, 4 wheel drive. The best part? The “invincible Ford 300“ engine. Too bad this one sounds like it’s about to blow to pieces. Nonetheless, the truck pulled itself home and the engine’s still ticking. I was a hair away from throwing in a used engine until I checked off every box and found that this motor may not be bad after all. This is just the tip of the iceberg on this rig, plenty more videos of it to come. Chapters: 00:00 - Pulling my Yamaha out of hibernation 04:49 - Getting ready to go 05:25 - On my way to buy a truck 07:15 - Loading up 07:40 - Uh oh, this is a bad noise 09:10 - The slow journey home 13:27 - A good look at it, walk around 14:31 - Unloading the bike 16:18 - Quick assessment and going for a drive 20:25 - Low oil pressure, but maybe the noise is just loose valves? 24:08 - Getting a better listen to this engine knock 25:13 - It drove me home, maybe I can get a little more life from it 26:28 - Rebuilding the carb, even if it needs a full motor 30:31 - Cleaning/checking the spark plugs 32:39 - Carburetor rebuild take two 39:12 - Checking the spark timing 40:15 - A great discovery, is this just a tuning issue? 40:55 - Limiting the vacuum advance in the distributor 42:40 - Going for a drive WITHOUT the engine sounding like it’s falling apart 44:30 - Part 2 coming soon 45:32 - Hehe, a kitten.