Engine overheat help

78 I believe.

 

That's back when stuff was super simple.

That was just bad luck, or rodents?

 

Yeah, no doubt...the wiring on those amounted to about 5' of wire in total!

 

I think the truck was immersed at one point. Yeah, under water type of immersed. Guy said only thing visible from the boat launch was the top corner of the passenger side windshield and the tip of the radio antenna.

The truck was recovered in short order, all fluids drained and changed, and dried out.... I don't know if interior was changed or not but it didn't smell at all or have any visible signs of mold mildew.

I found this out about the truck some time after I had bought it. I wouldn't have ever considered it if I knew that part of it's history!

 

The spark plug wires accounted for more wiring than the chassis wiring.

 

Yep. That'll do it.

Makes you laugh when you see idiots on Tesla's purposely submersing their cars. Just wait...

 

But that wasn't my first good luck with that ford, no sir!

On the way to work one spring morning, it caught fire in the engine compartment!!! Luckly, I had a bucket in the back of the truck, pulled over to the side of the highway, broke the ice down in the ditch and scooped up water (gravel....mud....I was in a hurry) and put it out.

The coil was mounted on top of the intake manifold next to a gas line that had rotted to the point of leaking gas onto the hot terminal of the coil.

I did have coverage on it for that one, But looking back on it, should have let it go up in smoke and filed a claim.

 

Hey brother! There you are!

I'm sure I would do the same thing again. And probably regret it once more. I mean, thats what insurance is for, no?

 

Buddy from high school had a 77 or 78 F150 400M (IIRC) and he had a marshmallow roast under the hood right in the middle of town one Friday night...they got it out, but it got toasted pretty good...took some work to get running again...'course it was probably his work that caused the fire in the first place...probably forgot to put hose clamp on the fuel line or something

 

My '83 chevy pickup leaks rain water thru the cowl or winsdhield gasket. Rain water runs along the firewall, soaks the fuse block and forms puddles on the floor mats. It's hard to believe but I never had an electrical problem.

I still can't find the leak, but a tarp fixed it. Amazing how the old simple trucks were so reliable but the newer trucks are definitely more powerful.

 

This one was fun to find.

 

One quick thing you can try is “wiggling” (grab the harness in your hand and push/pull) both sides of the connector that goes through the fire wall by the parking brake. While craning the engine.

You said you couldn’t get the spare down do you have the silver cylindrical key that goes on the end of the rod?

 

The owner of the vehicle with less that 500 miles was super stoked!

 

Hood release bracket?

That was a factory oopsie?

 

Parking brake

edit yes it was the hood release