Illegal to remove the cats, Virginia will fail it on a yearly safety inspection if I do. Smog is unhooked and so is the EGR, but the EGR is part of the carburetor base plate so it's harder to delete.

@DeadReckon dont drive it on the month of inspections

@@bryan-q9h It's a requirement, you have to take the car in yearly to be inspected.

​@@DeadReckon then put them on the day of the inspection or just don't do the inspection

@@marcowulliampopirers2216 Driving around with no, or a bad inspection sticker in VA isn't a good idea. I don't like messing with exhaust, so once it's done it's done.

could always tune it

85mph, 135 km/h. The speedo would just be twitching past its end at top speed; question is, do you want to be in that car at somewhere near 110 mph?

@@vicmclaglen1631 Haha wrote a typo. I mean 140 kph. or 85 mph. thats a realy low top speed

@@dansken0867 That was just the industry standard limit for a speedo in U.S. vehicles except for sports cars. The LTD in the video would get up to around 105-110.

It goes to 85 miles an hour, that was standard back then, I doubt this car would touch 110 with the way it's geared and it's power, not that you'd want to go that fast.

I'm gonna check that next week when it's warm, if it's a bad sending unit, they're cheap enough

The 302 V8 is just as reliable as any Chevy or Dodge. The AOD transmission is better than the 200R4 GM used and worlds better than the A904 Dodge used. I bought it knowing the fuel injection was messed up but also knowing how to fix it. They built nearly 2 million of these cars, they aren't that bad.

@ I know the 302 very well. That’s what was in my 1988 Ford Bronco XLT. That truck was a dog with fleas. Believe it or not they had 3 different engines for that year. A straight six that had zero balls. The 302 which was also balless. The next was the 351. I heard that was the engine to get in that truck. For it to pull hills you needed that engine with a stick. Mine was an automatic. To climb a hill with the A/C on I had to turn off the A/C. At 68,000 miles I lost compression as I was pulling into my driveway on my way back from out of state. I had it flat bedded to a garage. They said I had 3 options. Junk the truck at 11 years old. Replace the engine or replace the rod & main bearings & a new oil pump. I did option 3. That cost me $1500. I started it up & got full pressure. Drove to the gas station & refilled the tank & drove home. As soon as I pulled in the driveway the oil pressure dropped to zero. I then had to replace the engine. I went for a brand new engine installed. I went with a pre-oiler with high pressure hydraulic hoses. All custom made to fit. I relocated the oil filter so it was easier to get at. I added an engine oil cooler & a tranny oil cooler. I went for my lungs. I upgraded to Bosche injectors instead of Motorcraft. I started it up & had great oil pressure. I took it out on the highway. Still no balls. After all that. It still was a dog with fleas. I kept the truck for 6 more years & sold it at a loss.

@@johnclyne6350 No V8 made good power in the 80's, It was 150-180HP and that was it. Chevy, Ford, and Dodge were all dogs in the 70's and 80's, no avoiding that. I don't know what you did to that 302, but I've never seen one fail like that. You can trash talk Ford all you want but I'm saving all the old American iron I can because it doesn't matter if it's Ford, GM, or Mopar, it's all going away and we should all be fighting that rather than sticking to the old "Ford is junk!", "Chevy is junk!", "Dodge is junk!" nonsense and arguing with each other. Everything except their pickup trucks that GM makes now is junk, everything that Stellantis (Formerly Chrysler) makes is junk, and don't get me started on modern Fords. But the old stuff I'm gonna save.

@ I bought my Ford Bronco used at 4 years old from a Ford dealer. It had low miles at 31,000 miles. It looked great too. I did my homework. Mind you this was just before "car fax" was available. I had a mechanic check it out. He found a lot of small issues needing attention. I told the dealer I wanted these small things fixed before I bought it. I asked how long it would take their service department to fix all the issues? They suggested three weeks? I called on the date for me to pick it up & they said it was ready? Upon arrival about half the issues I brought up were never fixed? I got it in writing that they would fix the other issues post purchase (turned out the letter of intent was never fully implemented). This was my first interaction with a Ford dealer. I was underwhelmed. At the suggestion of others I bought the engine & transmission drive train warranty for $250. Within 11 months the transfer case exploded on the highway & took out the transmission. I took my truck to another Ford dealer for repairs because the first one screwed me. I had to hire an attorney to sue Ford because Ford hadn't any records of my warranty purchase? Turned out the first dealer pocketed the money on the transfer of the power train warranty. Ford corporate made good on the contract after contacting their zone manager. 12 weeks later I only had to pay my co-payment & additional repairs ($800). Ford never offered me a loaner? I had to rent a truck because I don't fit in cars-I'm freakishly large. I was out thousands of dollars because Ford couldn't do the right thing despite my proof that a dealer scammed me twice. So, yeah. I have a chip on my shoulder for Ford. I think you would agree if you were treated like that too.

No, starting in 1980 Ford started using this crap on Lincolns, then in '84 the LTD's got TBI injection, I think in 86 or 87 they went to multiport injection.

Nah, I got cameras and cordless hole punchers, and my neighbors ain't that type haha.

@@DeadReckon That works, all good man.👍

Nope, factory throttle body fuel injection. The police cars / fleet models had a computerized carburetor but all civilian use models had fuel injection.

@@DeadReckon not in 84 .. that was in 94 84 had carbs i had to change mine

@@brianberthold3118 Nope, this was a factory fuel injected car, don't know what to tell you. Had a throttle body fuel injection system, you can see it at the start of the video.

@@DeadReckon guess you got a car with a replaced engine ... mine had a carb

@@brianberthold3118 Unless the car you had was sold for fleet use originally it came with throttle body injection in 1984. There were no carbureted LTD's after 1984 except police / fleet. Taxi / Fleet / Government LTD's didn't get fuel injection until much later.

I've just got less of a filter than most of them. When I edit my videos it usually just goes to the flow of my ADHD haha

peg fans spotted

Yep, I don't think the fuel gauge is working right though. Seems to be making enough pressure to make the carburetor happy though... *shrug*

Return line is clear on mine, I think the computer is dead 'cause it ain't throwing a check engine light and nothing is plugged in except the computer.

Unfortunately all it's got is Crazy Uncle Ben. I'm no Luke, but I'll get it dialed in. He has zen levels of patience, I do not. Either way, in a few weeks I'll have tires for it, and be rambling around town.

@@DeadReckon And I am jealous as are many here. Have fun in it and while you are remember those of us living vicariously cheering loud!

@@maxbialystock254 Go out there and look, I found this car sitting in the woods waiting to be an engine donor. They're out there, you just gotta dig for them.

I gotta replace the valve cover gaskets but other than that it seems solid.

Nah it's staying grandpa spec

@@DeadReckon then it better have deer whistles on the hood.

Not quite good, but close! Runs a little different under load, I think part of it is old gas mixed with new.

Might've been, that dash panel came out of my Dad's truck and there was a lot of random wiring in that dash.

Thanks. I grew up driving old vehicles on these crooked roads. I'm gonna be working on another car I'm buying this fall, something wholly inappropriate for curvy roads I am going to setup for curvy roads, you'll have to wait until sometime in November to know what. I'm broke, have limited parking, and my brothers '78 GMC High Sierra is taking up my only free parking space haha.

Check any wiring you may have touched while doing the valve cover gasket, maybe something came unplugged. My Sentra was a 5 speed so I'm not sure about the automatics.

@@DeadReckon I only removed the coils! I figured they are the same because the motor as the same I was messing with the overdrive button and now it doesn’t work! Could it be a ground issue

@@johngom1412 I'm not sure, I had an overdrive issue in my '94 Sentra, I had to change the entire shifter to fix that.

@@DeadReckon thanks for the info

Gonna be disappointed, this old truck just lights right off

No, I sold it after it was pulled. I don't have room for spare engines, did the swap in my driveway.

@@DeadReckon I was hoping you still had it, and would sell the smog pump bracket. I need one to get my D-100 inspected, seems they check that stuff now, always passed before without the smog pump but not now. Got a pump but no bracket to mount the damned thing. Turns out to be a difficult piece to find for a /6, nobody kept them. Salute, to changing engines in the driveway. Been there done that twice. (different vehicles)

@@tonyunderwood9678 Ah gotcha, they don't care about smog pumps around here, if my truck came with one it was deleted way before I got it. They do perform a visual inspection for a cat sometimes, but they don't do emissions sniffing or care about smog or EGR.

@@DeadReckon Watch where you take it for a state inspection. I'm in Garden City, took my truck to Kelly's on G.C. Blvd. They gigged it for not having a smog pump. Hell, it never had one long as I've had it, previous owner likely removed it. I guess I could always look around for another inspection spot and have it re-inspected, although Kelly's said that the inspection places are being told to check stuff like that. Tacky.. I mean damn it's a 39 year old truck and they wanna flunk it for not having a smog pump, and only northern VA. actually sniffs for smog, not around here. Thinking maybe Kelly's is being a bit nitpicky... They actually said it would be legal to tag and drive it as an antique but if it's registered for standard plates (this one is) it's illegal to operate it without the smog pump. I mean wtf... Might end up finding some other inspection station that's not so gestapo'ish if I can't turn up a smog pump mount bracket.

@@tonyunderwood9678 Never used them, don't want to put the people I do use out on the internet either JIC. If you happen to catch me at home one day I can recommend a few places to go for inspection. I won't name the shop but I had one in trouble with the State Police over my '93 F150, it had a courtesy light over the bed, not a 3rd brake light, failed me for a 3rd brake light being out... That was a long, pain in the ass day.

Figures.

It's a really old way of doing it, and there is a good reason they don't do this anymore haha

They're great if you rebuild them, could also be the electronic ignition screwed up. My truck has points ignition, brand new distributor for like a 72 D100 I got off RockAuto. These carburetors once rebuilt run great.

@@DeadReckon we rebuilt mine and it still doesn’t run right I can’t figure out why and it might be the ignition screw up because I hit a bump hard enough my truck would shut off and I would have to go wiggle a wire and it was good again

@@Greasy_Rat_garage Yeah sounds like you got electrical gremlins. One of the reasons I got a points distributor for my truck. Here's the part numbers for the distributor and coil I used, the coil is different on points, I don't remember why SKP SKDICH05 STANDARD MOTOR PRODUCTS UC12

@@DeadReckon thanks I’m gona pull my cap and check it

@@Greasy_Rat_garage The hall effect sensors in those distributors can cause issues too, wiring between the control box on the fender or firewall, lots of ways they can fail.

What?

Not when I was growing up, but my Dad had that truck for nearly 10 years before he died, he really liked that old Dodge.

@@DeadReckon keep it, dont ever let go of it.

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@@TacuacheDelpradoverde Yep

They do have wiring issues but they're such nice cars, I miss mine so much.

@@DeadReckon would you happen to know if a starter being completely stuck would mess up any electrical stuff? when i turn the key absolutely nothing happens, im thinking its the fuses, a chewed wire, or the ignition switch, but im not sure if it could potentially be the starter or not

@@Oddball159 Could've overheated wiring, get a test light or power probe and start poking, start at the battery, work your way back. Make sure the ignition solenoid has power and is being triggered by the key, you'll need two people for that unless you got stretchy arms haha.