1995 Ford VAN Bucket

[M4wdFab]

O my.  what i have done. 

i hate fords.  cant believe he took what i offered him, i was on the fence and left it in his hands, really hoping he would say no.

lol


starts, runs, moves, bucket fully functional. he has owned and used for painting for 20 years.  never let him down claims / has been siting for 1 year.  has 2020 stickers on it

has a blown brake line somewhere, and front pump seal on trans leaks.... a lot....  probably 1 quart in 5-10min idle



plans are to diaper it or pull the boom out and make a unit thats functional on my RAM, or pull the trans and fix the 3$ seal and brake line. 

monster cat present, 3 batteries, and more scrap value than i paid im sure as is, clean open title with open receipt acquired.   


meh

[M4wdFab]

5.8L v8   just took the boom for a ride and checked out my barn roof.  works good. 

[mr.mindless]

Too bad the trans seal is such a bear, that seems like an ideal unit!

I bet a tip jar for friend’s use would keep it registered and insured for free if it’s worth running. Tree trimming and decorating, gutter cleaning, yard lights….

Of course a flatbed mount is lots less to maintain and lots of us have flatbeds already.

[M4wdFab]

its probably not horrible, i just talked to will about ford vans- he changed a motor on his he just traded in.  with the dog house the trans bolts are easy to get to, and its 2wd... so i bet 4 hours on the lift i could RandR the 4$ seal it needs.  might be sketchy to get the boom over the front of the van so its out of the way of the lift to get it higher than 3' off the ground ha


looks like the two big deepcycle batteries are 2016 dated and the engine battery is 2019, so there is that.  it was hooked to a big boy charger when i showed up. 

worked fine just now with engine off to check out my barn roof while still on the trailer.  seems to operated fine.

[M4wdFab]

welded diff and chains might be in future if it stays on the van to get around my barn.

seems like lots of rental possibility also. 

[M4wdFab]

thinking ill order the 9$ seal and get it in the shop.  she how bad it looks to pull the trans.  plan to cut the cat out to potentially pay for 2/3's the investment. 

Flat black would look way better than rusty white so it might get a gravel spray job too haha

[M4wdFab]

pushed into the shop tonight and on the lift!  trans pulling thursday.  off to Buffalo tomorrow for Dentist appointments with Mom

[M4wdFab]

trans 100% disconnected and ready to pry off and on to a trans jack. 

only broke one starter bolt that should be easy to fix, had to use torch on all 4 TQ bolts, weld a nut on to the other starter bolt. 


not too bad.

its hot.

[etk300ex]

I'm not going out there haha

[M4wdFab]

success, no leak after trans torq converter input seal changed.  took a lap around the barn and knocked a few bees nests out, solid unit.

crimped off rear brakes (needs a hardline, brake hose, 2 wheel cylinders (maybe rear hardware kit bah) to get back in service.   front brakes seem fine for lot duty.

changed a steer tire that was badly edge worn even though all front end components are tight

[M4wdFab]

cut cat out and sent numbers to john and will, its like 2' long and big lol


probably need to hook muffler back up at some point. 

and reinstall the dog house, cab gets hot with out it. 

[M]

its hot.

That you?

[M4wdFab]

i mean it is a Ford, so...



but no- i was fine today with 3 fans running. 

[M4wdFab]

back on the lift tonight for some odds and ends

exhaust reconnected with CAT delete, sketchy krispy starter motor kick wire replaced.

batteries still had charge after sitting for a week



took the unit around the house and inspected gutters, i have a family of birds in my electric weather head service elbow thing, but clean gutters roof in good shape!


ready for service or rental i think!

[cracker]

Interested in rental... I found a gutter issue on the high side of my barn that needs looked at and a high bay bulb that needs replaced.