if where yer at is smog exempt for 95 and older vehicles just throw and intake carb and dizzy on it. unless ya wanna keep the FI, then disregard any thing i have to say... :wink:
my 1990 f150 4x4 project
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Looks good. I've got a ford project also. It's mostly done now , it's 78 F250 4x4. I can't help ya on a fi engine tho. I'd have to go the carb route as stated above. Do u have a pull a part,etc nearby? You could probably find a truck with a 351 Windsor and see what you're missing. They sell stuff pretty cheap as well.
Ya I have to have the smog stuff and I just wanna get it going the way it is and I went to pick n pull today and got a few parts and they had a truck with the exact engine I'm going back to get the rest of the stuff I need besides the distributor
That's a sound plan. If you can keep it stock you'll be ahead n the long run. If the only problem was with the old engine's internals then you should be able to replace the missing parts and get it going. One of the nice things about PickNPull is that if you are getting parts from a pretty complete truck you have a great reference as to how things are installed and routed when you have a puzzle with missing parts that you didn't take apart to begin with.Crapple21 said:
Finally got everything on the engine and it will only start with starting fluid I know the gas is bad it's been sitting for two years :shock: I know that's probably the problem I have a water fuel seperater I'm going to install that sometime this next weekend. I'm just wondering if I should check something else.
Good to hear you got it together. You sure you have fuel pressure and injector pulse? Even with old gas it should start and run -- maybe not very well though.
I checked the injector pulse with a test light and they have power going to them. I guess the next thing is check the fuel pressure I can here the fuel pump turn on an it smells like gas underneath the truck like super strong smell. What else should I check?
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Make sure the fuel filters good and that the lines aren't clogged. If it's been sitting for some time there might be gunk in the system. Put some new gas in there and try a bottle of seafoam in the gas tank to clear all the old sh*t out. Also if you have a dual tank make sure your not running the tank that has no gas in it. Dumb I know lol but hey it could happen to anyone. Hope all goes well.
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