Hello From Ky, I have two F-150s; A 1985 with a carbureted 300 and a NP435 4 speed. The other truck is a 1990 F150 with a EFI 300 and the E4OD transmission thatI have been having some problems with slipping. I noticed by the sound of your truck that your truck is straight piped like my 1990 is. My OEM muffler was rotted out and I went to Autozone and bought two different sizes of straight pipe in place of the muffler and a new tailpipe with the muffler clamps and I haven’t changed a thing since. Initially I had also bought the long Cherry Bomb muffler to replace the old OEM muffler - But loved the sound of the straight pipe. Now if I could find a transmission shop that wouldn’t try to rip me off on rebuilding the E4OD transmission.
Yup its staight piped. Thats Bummer bout the trannie slipping, at least it's the E4OD, and not the AOD, it's a better trannie though it's probably more expensive to rebuild.........
@@betogray9765 I think that I am going to try to drop the transmission pan, drain the torque converter and replace the filter before I do any drastic moves. The other day, I bought a can of the SeaFoam TransTune and have been driving the truck around not too far away from home to see if the SeaFoam does anything. So Far, I can see some improvement from before - But I don’t want to jinx myself. I have my other Ford with the 4,speed that I mostly drive if I want to go farther away from home. There’s nothing like having a spare truck.
I know the feeling about the spare truck, I had to buy a car while my truck was torn apart, and it's so nice to have an extra vehicle. Though in Illinois it sucks because license is $151 a year. Anyway not going to tell you what to do, but I've been told that if a tranny is slipping not to change the fluid because there is a good chance that after you change it it won't work at all, something to do with the grit or something in the oil.
@@betogray9765 Yeah, I have also heard both sides regarding replacing the transmission fluid. Being that Ford was nice enough to place a drain plug in the torque converter on the early E4OD transmission, I’m hoping that I can get rid of much of the crud by draining the fluid from both areas. I am wanting to go the extra step and also flush the transmission lines going to the radiator and that portion of the radiator. The transmission shop told me that they charge around $300.00 to do transmission fluid service which sounds really expensive. I really hated the thought of spending that kind of money for something that was a pure gamble. The guy never did tell me exactly what he was going to do or whether he felt like that he could make an improvement for the $300.00 - So back to square one. So I bought my own case of ATF and filter for when I decide to tackle the job. I had to replace the old OEM Motorcraft starter & solenoid a little while back in which I decided to try one of the Pure Energy starters like Junkyard Digs used in some of his videos. The starter whirls the engine over pretty quickly with none of the unwelcome fitment issues with the shins like the Advance Auto Parts and Autozone starters seemed to have. The Pure Energy starter seemed to be a heavier built starter than the Motorcraft starter that I removed was. One word of warning, Those starter solenoids that the auto parts stores like Autozone have are pure crap - I went back with Motorcraft and the fit was perfect. With the solenoids that Autozone had, The large terminals didn’t seem to be quite long enough to accommodate all of the wire terminals like the Motorcraft solenoid did. I also installed a ground strap from the ground post on the battery terminal to the bracket for the alternator as well as a ground strap going from the battery over near where the solenoid bolts on in which really seems to help the alternator. Unfortunately Fords have not been known for their grounding - Especially if there are a bunch of options like my 1990 XLT Lariat 150 has. The 1985 150 which is pretty much a “Plain Jane” seems to always work perfectly with virtually no options other than the AC. It’s been raining quite a bit here in Central Ky - So no spontaneous combustion around here.
If the trailer had trailer brakes and you had them plugged up on your truck. Excellent. If not. Then I agree with your last statement. I drive everyday a 96 F150 4.9 5 speed short bed. My only problem is my rear ratio to high and the Mazda 5 speed. I have a small block ZF5-47 coming. I pull a 5500 lb camper.
@@TheWolverine-rm2kr I seem to have lost them......?????? 😕 must have feel off..... or they were in the same boating accident that a bunch of people's guns were in......
So far it's been a pretty good truck. This summer I plan on doing quite a bit of work to it, it needs various things like a rear main or something on the back of the engine, it's leaking oil like crazy. An engine mount, and then I need to swap in the front axle make it four-wheel drive. First I have to rebuild it though (the TTB)... so yeah, stick around for more content!
@@betogray9765 niceee yeah I’ll def stick around for that...my 95 every flipping starter we put it in it blows so I need a new one of those again lol...also just needs some body work done
I don't think it's terrible, last night I got pulled over and the cop told me that when I passed him he could tell I had no exhaust. Well I have a full exhaust, just pipe though... and I knew was a cop so I wasn't on it either. He didn't give me a ticket or anything just told me that I need to fix it.
8k with highway gears.... Not ideal. I used to tow cars all the time w/ a 2.2L 4cyl 1990s S10 5spd w/ 3.73:1 rear. That was even less ideal. My e150 5.0 3.55 was ok at towing but 10%+ grades were taxing
4x4?? Im thinking of buying my neighbor’s 95 truck but its 2wd and im confident it will tow my boat but i dont know how she will do getting off the boat ramp. 20ft bowrider boat
dumber here.. 83 4.9 f100.. towing & snagged a jersey barrier.. f'd heartford traffic cuz rigg barely had enough room to get thru after us.. someone hit it in front of us.. lol but climbing hills.. likes blowing exaust apart in third gear lugg up hill.. oh those awesome low decibel vibes.. miss them.. lol
Took me a while to find me a 6 but your right, these are great engines, bought one for my son 10 years ago and he sold it, I would have bought it but sold it before I could, Have a 1996 f 150 300 5 speed short bed , very happy 😃 these were built for pull and fuel saver
LOL seen many grain trucks with Ford or gm straight 6 gas engines. They drive 2mph along chopper in field then haul 26,000# gross down the road 55mph to the elevator. That 300 engine used to be an option in said choppers FYI where they turn 3200 or 3600rpm literally all day long.
this is when trucks had balls regardless of which brand
Frfr
One of if not the best, most reliable, bullet proof truck engines ever built! No speed demon but torque for days!
Hello From Ky, I have two F-150s; A 1985 with a carbureted 300 and a NP435 4 speed. The other truck is a 1990 F150 with a EFI 300 and the E4OD transmission thatI have been having some problems with slipping. I noticed by the sound of your truck that your truck is straight piped like my 1990 is. My OEM muffler was rotted out and I went to Autozone and bought two different sizes of straight pipe in place of the muffler and a new tailpipe with the muffler clamps and I haven’t changed a thing since. Initially I had also bought the long Cherry Bomb muffler to replace the old OEM muffler - But loved the sound of the straight pipe. Now if I could find a transmission shop that wouldn’t try to rip me off on rebuilding the E4OD transmission.
Yup its staight piped. Thats Bummer bout the trannie slipping, at least it's the E4OD, and not the AOD, it's a better trannie though it's probably more expensive to rebuild.........
@@betogray9765 I think that I am going to try to drop the transmission pan, drain the torque converter and replace the filter before I do any drastic moves. The other day, I bought a can of the SeaFoam TransTune and have been driving the truck around not too far away from home to see if the SeaFoam does anything. So Far, I can see some improvement from before - But I don’t want to jinx myself. I have my other Ford with the 4,speed that I mostly drive if I want to go farther away from home. There’s nothing like having a spare truck.
I know the feeling about the spare truck, I had to buy a car while my truck was torn apart, and it's so nice to have an extra vehicle. Though in Illinois it sucks because license is $151 a year. Anyway not going to tell you what to do, but I've been told that if a tranny is slipping not to change the fluid because there is a good chance that after you change it it won't work at all, something to do with the grit or something in the oil.
@@betogray9765 Yeah, I have also heard both sides regarding replacing the transmission fluid. Being that Ford was nice enough to place a drain plug in the torque converter on the early E4OD transmission, I’m hoping that I can get rid of much of the crud by draining the fluid from both areas.
I am wanting to go the extra step and also flush the transmission lines going to the radiator and that portion of the radiator. The transmission shop told me that they charge around $300.00 to do transmission fluid service which sounds really expensive. I really hated the thought of spending that kind of money for something that was a pure gamble. The guy never did tell me exactly what he was going to do or whether he felt like that he could make an improvement for the $300.00 - So back to square one. So I bought my own case of ATF and filter for when I decide to tackle the job. I had to replace the old OEM Motorcraft starter & solenoid a little while back in which I decided to try one of the Pure Energy starters like Junkyard Digs used in some of his videos. The starter whirls the engine over pretty quickly with none of the unwelcome fitment issues with the shins like the Advance Auto Parts and Autozone starters seemed to have. The Pure Energy starter seemed to be a heavier built starter than the Motorcraft starter that I removed was. One word of warning, Those starter solenoids that the auto parts stores like Autozone have are pure crap - I went back with Motorcraft and the fit was perfect. With the solenoids that Autozone had, The large terminals didn’t seem to be quite long enough to accommodate all of the wire terminals like the Motorcraft solenoid did. I also installed a ground strap from the ground post on the battery terminal to the bracket for the alternator as well as a ground strap going from the battery over near where the solenoid bolts on in which really seems to help the alternator. Unfortunately Fords have not been known for their grounding - Especially if there are a bunch of options like my 1990 XLT Lariat 150 has. The 1985 150 which is pretty much a “Plain Jane” seems to always work perfectly with virtually no options other than the AC. It’s been raining quite a bit here in Central Ky - So no spontaneous combustion around here.
If the trailer had trailer brakes and you had them plugged up on your truck. Excellent. If not. Then I agree with your last statement. I drive everyday a 96 F150 4.9 5 speed short bed. My only problem is my rear ratio to high and the Mazda 5 speed. I have a small block ZF5-47 coming. I pull a 5500 lb camper.
So right now it has 308, it had 273, and there's not that much of a difference. I'm planning on swapping to 355, because I've got 31-inch tires now
@@betogray9765
Yes I’m going to 3.55:1 also.
I went with 3.31 it’s a 2/3rd gear reduction only 200 rpm from the 3.55. Started breaking in today. It’s perfect !!!
Love it! Pure nostalgia!
My 89 pulled a Dodge Ram charger like nothing did 55 the whole way back
Yeah, my main problem is I have 308 at the moment, even worse now with 31-inch tires
@@betogray9765 I bet she still gets the job done
@@2RAWDON69 oh yeahhhh, though neither of us are happy LOL
I used to hate the sound of any 6 cylinder till I got a 300/4.9. This one sounds so fuckin good, is it just straight piped?
Yes it is!! I'll do a second video on it, explaining what I've got.
@@betogray9765 Does it still have the factory cats
@@TheWolverine-rm2kr no
@@TheWolverine-rm2kr I seem to have lost them......?????? 😕 must have feel off..... or they were in the same boating accident that a bunch of people's guns were in......
this is my dream truck loll
It's mine too. Not really, if you know what I mean..... I wish I could get an OBS 7.3 5 speed 4x4 short bed ext/crew cab.
So far it's been a pretty good truck. This summer I plan on doing quite a bit of work to it, it needs various things like a rear main or something on the back of the engine, it's leaking oil like crazy. An engine mount, and then I need to swap in the front axle make it four-wheel drive. First I have to rebuild it though (the TTB)... so yeah, stick around for more content!
@@betogray9765 niceee yeah I’ll def stick around for that...my 95 every flipping starter we put it in it blows so I need a new one of those again lol...also just needs some body work done
I bought mine about 26 hours ago
Doesnt the manual list these things as somewhere between 5,000-6000lbs capacity?
Depends on the rear end. Manual is rated at less than the auto in the manual
@@stlswaggerI have a 4.9 5 speed, what would you estimate the towing capacity is?
your saying an ford 150 2000 can haul at least 7000 lbs behind it?
I'm going to straight pipe my '74 F-250 4.9
About how loud is it?
I don't think it's terrible, last night I got pulled over and the cop told me that when I passed him he could tell I had no exhaust. Well I have a full exhaust, just pipe though... and I knew was a cop so I wasn't on it either. He didn't give me a ticket or anything just told me that I need to fix it.
8k with highway gears.... Not ideal. I used to tow cars all the time w/ a 2.2L 4cyl 1990s S10 5spd w/ 3.73:1 rear. That was even less ideal.
My e150 5.0 3.55 was ok at towing but 10%+ grades were taxing
4x4?? Im thinking of buying my neighbor’s 95 truck but its 2wd and im confident it will tow my boat but i dont know how she will do getting off the boat ramp. 20ft bowrider boat
Nope just 4x2, at the moment. Hope to make it 4x4 eventually. If your neighbors is open dif it will be worthless on a boat ramp.
Did you start from 2nd gear ⚙️
Nope! Haha. It had 3.08 gears, so it was geared fairly high……..
I liked 1996 because it have a obd2
dumber here.. 83 4.9 f100.. towing & snagged a jersey barrier.. f'd heartford traffic cuz rigg barely had enough room to get thru after us.. someone hit it in front of us.. lol but climbing hills.. likes blowing exaust apart in third gear lugg up hill.. oh those awesome low decibel vibes.. miss them.. lol
Lmmfao... u trying to destroy that lil shit engine
Well, that motor ain’t sh!t, and it ain’t going to get destroyed. Also next time try to use better words.
Took me a while to find me a 6 but your right, these are great engines, bought one for my son 10 years ago and he sold it, I would have bought it but sold it before I could, Have a 1996 f 150 300 5 speed short bed , very happy 😃 these were built for pull and fuel saver
@@betogray9765 or what, u gonna do something... sit down and stfu lil girl jane..
@@betogray9765 he doesn't know what he is talking about...
My 1990 5 speed I6 pulls 7500 lbs of ice melting salt like a champ 🛻😆
LOL seen many grain trucks with Ford or gm straight 6 gas engines. They drive 2mph along chopper in field then haul 26,000# gross down the road 55mph to the elevator. That 300 engine used to be an option in said choppers FYI where they turn 3200 or 3600rpm literally all day long.