After years of hauling engines (and one motorcycle) in the trunks of sedans, I finally bought a truck. A rusty 1983 Bullnose Ford F250, 4 speed, 4 wheel drive. The best part? The "invincible Ford 300" engine. Too bad this one sounds like it's about to blow to pieces. Nonetheless, the truck pulled itself home and the engine's still ticking. I was a hair away from throwing in a used engine until I checked off every box and found that this motor may not be bad after all. This is just the tip of the iceberg on this rig, plenty more videos of it to come.

Chapters:
00:00 Pulling my Yamaha out of hibernation
04:49 Getting ready to go
05:25 On my way to buy a truck
07:15 Loading up
07:40 Uh oh, this is a bad noise
09:10 The slow journey home
13:27 A good look at it, walk around
14:31 Unloading the bike
16:18 Quick assessment and going for a drive
20:25 Low oil pressure, but maybe the noise is just loose valves?
24:08 Getting a better listen to this engine knock
25:13 It drove me home, maybe I can get a little more life from it
26:28 Rebuilding the carb, even if it needs a full motor
30:31 Cleaning/checking the spark plugs
32:39 Carburetor rebuild take two
39:12 Checking the spark timing
40:15 A great discovery, is this just a tuning issue?
40:55 Limiting the vacuum advance in the distributor
42:40 Going for a drive WITHOUT the engine sounding like it's falling apart
44:30 Part 2 coming soon
45:32 Hehe, a kitten.