Posted by JDEM on October 15, 2017 at 07:33:45 from (70.194.5.185):
I drove my 1995 Ford F150 yesterday after it was parked for a week. I got this from my father-in-law who is now in a nursing home. 35,000 original miles. 4WD and a 300 cubic inch straight six, fuel injected, E40D trans. It was a great running truck - until now. I live by the shore of Lake Huron in northern Michigan and there are a few factories along the lake that make plywood and OSB. So often the smell of toasting wood is in the air. When I was driving the truck, I thought that "toasty wood' smell was extra strong. Then smoke started pouring out from under the hood of the truck. So I pull into a parking lot and opened the hood. HUGE squirrel nest on top of the engine, on fire with big flames. At this point - JUST a grass fire. I was 100 feet from a Catholic charity store. I ran in and there sat a fire extinguisher. I asked to use it and assured them I'd pay them or it. NOPE. The young guy behind the counter screamed "stay away from your truck, I am calling 9-1-1." Geez. So against "orders" from Mr. Sissy, I found a tree branch and started trying to beat out a fire. Just as a fire-truck showed up, a guy in a old rusty pickup (a guy in my age bracket" - came over with his fire extinguisher and it was out in two seconds. I offered him $20 to buy a new one and he would not take my money. So that was that. Then I had five firemen, all suited up - advising me to stand away. I said "no" and told them all was fine and I did NOT call them. The jerk in the store did. They were nice about it and had me sign a piece of paper refusing their help. I better not get a bill in the mail. After that - I looked the engine over. Most things that were rubber or plastic were gone. All the wires to the fuel injectors were bare copper. Even so - I turned the key and it started right up. I saw no leaks with the engine running - so I drove it 8 miles back to my house. Stalled many times along the way and 1st to 2nd shift burned rubber every time with the "check engine light" on and trans in default mode. I am amazed it still ran. If that guy in the store had let me use the fire extinguisher - all would of been fine. Now the truck is in my shop and I am trying to find a way to fix it. I went to a local junkyard and got lucky. Found a 1995 F150 with a straight six and for $50 - stripped all the plastic and rubber off of it, along with the wire harnesses and solenoids. Now I have to figure out how to get the EFI air intake-manifold off the top of the engine and try to fix this poor truck. Again - I am amazed this thing survived and I drove it home. This 1995 gasser gets better MPGs then my 1994 turbo-diesel when not hauling a load. I wish it had a back seat so we could use it more.
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