Daddy's 1976 F750 Ford dump truck. 68 K actual miles. I named it Rusty after Early Cuyler's son on Squidbillies and for it's unique appearence. I decided a ressurection was in order after paying $600 for 16 ton of stone delivered from the quarry 3 miles from the house. Stone is cheap, $10 a ton. Truck had been setting in the spot Daddy parked it in for 12 years. #1 son Jesse and me dropped the saddle tank and poured out the old gas as the drain was corroded horribly. I spent a couple weekends and used 2 cans of PB Blaster freeing up the doors, hood hinges, power take off, dump linkage, throttle and choke cables. . The motor is a 361 with a Holley 4 barrel, 5 speed transmission with a 2 speed rear. The dump is a 4.5 cubic yard which equates to around 7 ton if myconversion is right. We put 5 gallons of 93 UNL in it and I shot some ether in the holley and she fired right up.after a few minutes of a large volume of very stanky smoke she runs like a clock. Jesse and me rode around the field in it and fun was had by all. Master cylinder was empty, took almost a quart to fill it up. I pumped the brakes and after about 20 pumps she had a good pedal till the booster put full pressure on the system. Right front brake line was subsequently replaced and everything works now except the charging system. I beat on the ancient FOMOCO regulator attempting to free the points to no avail. I will change it first, then the alternator if needed. everything works, including the high end AM factory radio.
