Re: Ford 460 engine

Posted by The tractor vet on August 13, 2015 at 21:34:17 from (104.179.81.68):

In Reply to: Ford 460 engine posted by nhbalerman on August 13, 2015 at 16:20:36:

I had a 88 F359 dual rear wheel 4x4 with a 460 five speed with 4.10 gears and a flat bed I pulled a 28 foot goose neck with it and only once saw less the 10 mgp . Bought it used and abused and fixed it up . I did have to replace the fuel regulator and we changed the ecm cleaned the egr and adjusted the timing for a total of 36 degrees at 2000 RPM ran high test in it and plum run the bag off that truck . never hauled more then i could load on the trailer and never drove it any faster then it would run. Changed oil every 3to 3500 miles and some weeks it was and oil change twice a week . I retired it at 287000 miles and it was still going strong . empty truck would do a shade better the 14 mpg empty truck and trailer 12-12.5 fully loaded trailer with 2 706's on and what ever else i could stuff under or around them 10-10.5 . The only time i got down to around 5-6 mpg was the one night i pulled out of Plymouth ind. with a gleaner K setting on the deck with a two row corn head on the combine and the grain head was up on the goose neck . I backed the K on the trailer and off i went . Wind that night was out of the east and blowing hard and the load was draging harder then the time i hauled a 1066 and a 806 both with dual and loaded with weights . I was having a hard time keeping it at the double nickel and the gas gauge was going down fast . I had to fuel on the east side of Ft. Wayne . Once i was fueld i pulled into the back lot and unloaded the K and turned it around and stuffed the corn head up under the grain head and chained her down and head on east . That made all the difference , next stop for fuel was Canton Ohio and i still had 3/8 of a tank left . Maybe i could have made the rest of the way home but at that time of night and in the hills nah i would not chance it i really hate walking . It really sucks when you have a 1/4 tank or a shade less and you run out of fuel on a hill. and oh the 460 in your truck uses the same cam that they came out with way back in 68 but the timing set is not the same . Won't say a word more on the subject.

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