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<blockquote data-quote="John SD" data-source="post: 1131517" data-attributes="member: 14713"><p>EFI would have been better. :nod: The 1985 300 in my half ton still had a carb on it. Emission hoses everywhere and a smog pump. </p><p></p><p> Smog pump locked up so I took the belt off. Tried to plug off most of the hoses but still had vaccuum leaks. Carb would shake loose internally and had to be removed from the intake manifold to access the screws to fix it. </p><p></p><p> Gotta say even with the carb problems that 300 would reliably start at -30 with 5W30 oil in it. No plug in either.</p><p></p><p>Heater/AC controls were a mess. Something up under the dash on the vaccuum controls needed replacement. No matter what I set the control on, the air flow blew out the AC vents. </p><p></p><p> Fixed that when I had to change the leaking heater core (Must admit that was an easy job) I just left the cover off so the heat would blow directly in the floor on the passenger side. :roll: New core did put out really good heat. ;-) </p><p></p><p>With hindsight, I did ask more of the pickup than I should have. I put overloads on the rear and a receiver hitch to pull my bumper pull 16' stock trailer. That was asking too much of a half ton with a 300. </p><p></p><p>The pickup was very high geared with 3.08 axles. State speced them that way for fuel economy. Light step bumper the state put on was worthless for pulling a trailer, so that was the reason for the receiver. </p><p></p><p> With the loaded trailer, any hill would require a downshift to 3rd so that meant a max speed of about 40 mph. Didn't want to drive any faster than that anyway because the TTB front end felt like it was tippy-toeing down the road as it was.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="John SD, post: 1131517, member: 14713"] EFI would have been better. :nod: The 1985 300 in my half ton still had a carb on it. Emission hoses everywhere and a smog pump. Smog pump locked up so I took the belt off. Tried to plug off most of the hoses but still had vaccuum leaks. Carb would shake loose internally and had to be removed from the intake manifold to access the screws to fix it. Gotta say even with the carb problems that 300 would reliably start at -30 with 5W30 oil in it. No plug in either. Heater/AC controls were a mess. Something up under the dash on the vaccuum controls needed replacement. No matter what I set the control on, the air flow blew out the AC vents. Fixed that when I had to change the leaking heater core (Must admit that was an easy job) I just left the cover off so the heat would blow directly in the floor on the passenger side. :roll: New core did put out really good heat. ;-) With hindsight, I did ask more of the pickup than I should have. I put overloads on the rear and a receiver hitch to pull my bumper pull 16' stock trailer. That was asking too much of a half ton with a 300. The pickup was very high geared with 3.08 axles. State speced them that way for fuel economy. Light step bumper the state put on was worthless for pulling a trailer, so that was the reason for the receiver. With the loaded trailer, any hill would require a downshift to 3rd so that meant a max speed of about 40 mph. Didn't want to drive any faster than that anyway because the TTB front end felt like it was tippy-toeing down the road as it was. [/QUOTE]
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