I got Bazooka Joe running!!

[stumpcatcher]

Hi
I brought 86 RANGER 2.9LT Super Cab manual transmission 4X4 home from the local junk yard on a trailer. It is said to have unspecified engine trouble. When I was trying to get it started it was trying to fire so I nursed it along with starting fluid tilll it could run by itself. Then I cleaned the spark plugs they were all carbon black and it ran pretty smooth. The gas tank is full of gas thats been in there about 6 years so it would sputter on that and try to quit, and the oil is about 1/2 quart over full and blacker than coal. I didnt notice how many miles are on it, I will look today.

Im gonna take all the rotten gas out and put in 2 gallons of premium gas with a bottle of injector cleaner. Then drain the oil down to the add mark and put a quart of tranny fluid and let the engine run for half an hour then change oil & filter.

The engine sounded good and the alternator works fine, its operating temp was rite where it should be.

The front brakes still work but all the other steel brake lines are busted, but thats no biggie to fix. The body is pretty good, there are rust holes at the fender wells not really big so thats not hard to fix.

Drivers window is busted out, so ill just put on another door that I have, figure thats easier than putting a window in. Back widow is busted out, I have one in another Ranger wreck I can put in.

The windshield has a big star at the bottom left like a big spider web, that dont bother me but the cops wont like it, I have a a better windshield I could put in, its cracked but it will pass. Ive put in windshields that have the old style rubber B4, but Ive never put in a modern one that only uses the black goop.

Im just gonna get it good enuff so I can get winter firewood supply on my north 40, then next summer I wanna take the bed off and clean up the under carriage and undercoat everything.

All my Ford trucks have "Joe" in their name, since this one is a 4x4 Im calling it Bazooka Joe.

 

[PanamaExpat]

Let me guess... It's pink like bubble gum

 

[stumpcatcher]

Nope, blue, Im gonna paint it lite brown.

 

[stumpcatcher]

Ok, I dared to look it sez 147 thousand miles.

And rust does sleep, when its below freezing outside.

 

[alwaysFlOoReD]

That's fairly low mileage.
Good luck,

Richard

 

[stumpcatcher]

Ya thanks Richard.
Its gonna run good Im sure.

Im not sure how WW3 will be fought, but WW4 will be fought with sticks and stones -Albert Einstein

 

[wildbill23c]

Awesome find. Sounds like that engine problem could have been simple neglect by the previous owner, seems extremely common today, not very many people take the time to check their vehicle's fluid levels, do the services, etc. They just think that the Jiffy Lube is doing all that, when often times they aren't, as caught on film by an undercover crew who found out they were charging customers at several locations for work that was "done" when in fact it was never done including simple oil changes. This is why I do my own services, I know its done, and done properly.

You'll get it going, its just going to take a bit of time.

Your putting tranny fluid in the engine, what's that supposed to do? Never heard of doing that before. I've done the cap full of ATF in the carburetor to clean it out but never heard of putting tranny fluid in the engine itself. May have to try that if it does anything for cleaning the internals of an engine. Kind of afraid to though might cause more leaks than I already have LOL.

 

[stumpcatcher]

ATF in the oil breaks down and dissolves sludge and gorilla snot, frees sticky lifters, stuck rings, etc. At operating temp add a quart slowly while running, run for 15 mins then change oil and filter, its the cats asz.

If you think oil is black now wait till you see how much blacker it is when you drain it.

 

[swynx]

Gorilla snot? The hair goo super holder? I was wondering what to use to flush my oil. Almost did my oil change today glad I didn't.

 

[PirateB]

I've seen guys pour all sorts of stuff in the crankcase, atf, kerosene, lacquer thinner, etc. My personal method is MMO with a quality oil usually rotella. It isn't a fast cleaner, it will help clean up sludge over a few oil changes, this way hopefully you don't clog any oil passages or your pick up tube

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