So this vehicle purchase happened at very short notice, it popped up at auction and I simply couldn't let anyone else have it. Yes beer was involved.
I've been looking for a truck for some time, serious amounts of window shopping was going on and I wanted something that was 'modern' so it could just be a 'jump in and drive' hauler...
Now what was super attractive about this truck, is that it is the last year of the older body style, so kinda modern (for me) but looked kinda retro enough to still be cool, it also isn't a full size american truck, so despite looking chunky its a big-little truck, so it ticked a huge amount of boxes for me as standard...
This one just happened to have a supercharger fitted and side pipes, which is what sent me in to a beer crazed frenzy and I needed to own it.
It was also black, so I knew the Mrs would like it and it has room in the front for the dog to come on trips with us too.
Buying something at auction is always a gamble of course, so I was expecting a few niggles... And that is what has taken the truck from a 'jump in and drive' vehicle to one that has it's own build thread.
It's not going to need fully ripping apart and engine swapping (hopefully not), but just needs a proper going through, lots of little niggles fixing so I thought I would let people follow along with hilarity of fixing an auction purchase.
Anyway, here it is!
The first problem that needed tackling was fixing the windscreen wipers... I knew the motor worked as the wash/wipe functioned, just not the wiper speed switch, so I ordered a whole new stalk from Rock-Auto for £35 and I can now confirm we have working wipers!
There are some head-scratching problems with the dual fuel tanks which really need sorting, an issue starting, which may be related and every suspension bush is knackered.
The supercharger is an oldskool model, which is apparently pretty curse word, runs super hot and leaks oil, so needs a cooler and a rebuild. The vacuum fuel reference magic thingy that is meant to throw more fuel at the motor when under load also doesn't fill me with confidence and it seems to behave fairly inconsistently under boost, id like that to not lean out the motor and melt it, so that'll need tackling too.
Dents and bumps that need sorting, broken headlights and lots of water leaking everywhere...
So yeah, welcome to my F-150
Lots of jobs and lots of laughs ahead!
I've been looking for a truck for some time, serious amounts of window shopping was going on and I wanted something that was 'modern' so it could just be a 'jump in and drive' hauler...
Now what was super attractive about this truck, is that it is the last year of the older body style, so kinda modern (for me) but looked kinda retro enough to still be cool, it also isn't a full size american truck, so despite looking chunky its a big-little truck, so it ticked a huge amount of boxes for me as standard...
This one just happened to have a supercharger fitted and side pipes, which is what sent me in to a beer crazed frenzy and I needed to own it.
It was also black, so I knew the Mrs would like it and it has room in the front for the dog to come on trips with us too.
Buying something at auction is always a gamble of course, so I was expecting a few niggles... And that is what has taken the truck from a 'jump in and drive' vehicle to one that has it's own build thread.
It's not going to need fully ripping apart and engine swapping (hopefully not), but just needs a proper going through, lots of little niggles fixing so I thought I would let people follow along with hilarity of fixing an auction purchase.
Anyway, here it is!
The first problem that needed tackling was fixing the windscreen wipers... I knew the motor worked as the wash/wipe functioned, just not the wiper speed switch, so I ordered a whole new stalk from Rock-Auto for £35 and I can now confirm we have working wipers!
There are some head-scratching problems with the dual fuel tanks which really need sorting, an issue starting, which may be related and every suspension bush is knackered.
The supercharger is an oldskool model, which is apparently pretty curse word, runs super hot and leaks oil, so needs a cooler and a rebuild. The vacuum fuel reference magic thingy that is meant to throw more fuel at the motor when under load also doesn't fill me with confidence and it seems to behave fairly inconsistently under boost, id like that to not lean out the motor and melt it, so that'll need tackling too.
Dents and bumps that need sorting, broken headlights and lots of water leaking everywhere...
So yeah, welcome to my F-150
Lots of jobs and lots of laughs ahead!
