1986 Ford F-250 - History of Ford's 1st Diesel F-Series Truck From AutoMoments
When Ford and International Harvester got together, it was the beginning of a beautiful friendship.
While the buying public fell in love with this truck's powertrain, it's a shame that some of its other virtues have been lost in the chaos of the 21st century. Sometimes a humble work truck is all you need.
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Joe Ligo is an Emmy Award-winning TV producer and the director of The Last Independent Automaker, a six-part documentary on the history of American Motors Corporation. He's also the creator of the webseries AutoMoments, which features reviews and stories of classic cars. Previously he's worked with Hagerty, The Drive, The Autopian and MotorWeek. He owns a 1972 AMC Ambassador Brougham sedan.
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What you lose out in power you gain in insane simplicity and reliability, What are you using it for? Hotshot?? Get a Banks turbo. Anything that does go wrong with it, you can fix in your driveway or roadside. It'll never blow a head gasket, spin a bearing or bend a rod under normal abuse and neglect. Remember, every time you avoid a diesel repair shop, it's $3,000 back in your pocket minimum. They have to lift off the cab to do anything on modern diesels. In the 9 years I owned an early 7.3, the only times it lost power and stalled out, it had air in the fuel line. So I would bleed the out the air and patch it when I got home. No big.
BROTHA SHE AINTS A REEL DEEZUL LESSIN SHE GOTS ALL DE 1000 POUNDS FEETS OF THE TORKS AND SHE BETTR ROLL DAT COAL OR UR LITE IN DE LOAFERS HOSS GOBBLES!
-SENT FROM MY LG DISHWASHER
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