got my first truck today

Anonymous-0 · Mar 10, 2013

Bought a 91 F-150 4x4 today. It is a straight 6 with a automatic transmission. I think I got a deal for $1650

sd pete · Mar 10, 2013

Those were good old pickups. Good luck with it.

bill mart · Mar 10, 2013

cant kill those 6 cylinder fords. Bill

larrystinescorner · Mar 10, 2013

best of luck!

Kirk Grau · Mar 10, 2013

Neighbor had one similar setting out for $1500 a year or two ago and got that for it so you are probably about right for the value. I had told him if it sat long enough that he would consider $1000 I would take it off his hands for him.

Good Luck with it, given a little care it will go practically forever.

Kirk

Bob Bancroft · Mar 10, 2013

Bought my first truck from my retiring uncle in 1984 or 85. I had just quit my steady job and started farming. It was a 72 Chev. 3/4 ton step side. 250 six, 4 speed truck trans. Coil rear springs, with single leaf helpers! When I sold it I was afraid of the torque arms that ran from the frame back to the rear axle rotting out. Neighbor ran it for years before he gave up on it.

PaGlenn · Mar 10, 2013

Once you get a truck, you will always have a truck. You will not be able to function without one. I got a small sports car I use every day because of the gas prices.. But I also have two pickups.

S.Crum · Mar 10, 2013

Got an 89' F-150 and had a 92' f-150. Favorite son ran the 92' with the 300 straight 6 and 5 speed for 3 years. One time he lost oil pressure and ran it for 2 miles before it set up. I replaced the oil pump drive shaft, and freed it up and he ran it another 6 months before I sold it. I told the guy that bought it about the oil pump problem and that it had set up, I also told him I always ran Lucas in it. He still bought it and ran it another year until the rear spring hangers ripped out of the frame. Wasn't worth fixing at that point.
Just check your spring hangers both front end and rear end sets.

806man · Mar 10, 2013

I've only had 2 pickups in my adult life. Always drove what Dad had as a farm truck. After I married Dad then told me I needed one of my own. Bought my first one new in 1977. Chevrolet Scottsdale 4x4, Kept it till it got so rusty I was afraid I would fall out the floorboards. Then bought my old '93 Dodge Cummins 4x4. I guess I will keep it till I can't go any more. Till this day I don't know how we ever got by without a 4 wheel drive. A very necessary piece of equipment on our farm.

Paul from MI · Mar 10, 2013

I ran my old '91 F150 with a 5 speed and the old 300 6 for 17 years and 200,000 miles. No major problems, just maintenance stuff. I should have bought two of them and put one in the barn. That old 6 was bullet-proof!

Tony Vidlak · Mar 10, 2013

You cant go wrong with that 6 cylinder.
My daily driver right now is a 92 Ford F-250 , 6 cylinder automatic . Purchased 3 years ago for $1500.
The ole truck even gets good gas mileage.
The only thing Ive had to do with it is install a muffler OEM $60. not to bad.

Royse · Mar 10, 2013

Congrats on the new truck!
I have to agree with the others, that 300 was a great engine.
It had enough torque to pull most anything with the right tranny.
Got good mileage and was easy to access and work on.
Best of luck with it!

bobs old iron · Mar 11, 2013

those 6-cyl were a good motor, even though they didn't have a lot of power,[carb], till ford started to make them fuel-injected, then they were a motor to have/keep, till some idoit in mangement decided to stop making it..

bobs old iron · Mar 11, 2013

those 6-cyl were a good motor, even though they didn't have a lot of power,[carb], till ford started to make them fuel-injected, then they were a motor to have/keep, till some idoit in mangement decided to stop making it..

GregCO · Mar 11, 2013

Those 300's were really good. They weren't the fastest thing around, but were real steady and would pull about anything if you just gave them the time. A friend of mine had a 150 with a V8 and I had the 150 with the 300. We would go everywhere together camping, hunting, and boating. He could pull me in the mountains a little, but I got there on about half the fuel he did.

Greg

Dan T in MO · Mar 13, 2013

Back when Dodge introduced there first V-10, I hoped the Ford would up the ante with a 600 cubic inch V-12. Just take 2 of those straight-6s and forge a different crankshaft. It would truly be an unstoppable motor in a pickup. Instead, those idiots decided to get rid of the pushrods.

Dan T in MO · Mar 13, 2013

My Ranger (4-banger/5-speed) gets about 25 to 30 mpg. How does that compare to the sportscar?

Anonymous-0 · Mar 13, 2013

rotten hangers are so common on 92 to 96 models that they sell aftermarket hangers for them. much easier fix if you catch them before the springs try to go through the floor of the bed. even if the frame was getting a little thin i would think it would be easy enough to weld or bolt a plate to the frame. don't know about the earlier models.

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