Awesome save! Glad to see one rescued from the wrecking yard! All my old Fords seem to run with low oil pressure when warm. some indicated almost zero, yet never had any issues.
Hell yeah man, love the uncle buck aesthetic! I'd check the filter screen on the oil pump, it could be clogged from sitting for so long. Although I do like your idea of dumping heavier oil in it and driving it until it blows up. That's what I do in all of my old shitboxes, just drive it till it blows up.
Justin let me be the first to say CONGRATULATIONS! You took a car that was junked 30 yrs ago with 127,000 miles and put it back on the road. You put a much needed smile on my face today. Can you replace the oil pump to correct the low pressure? I work for a "Black car airport service " and in the mid to late 80s Crown Vics. Had to replace many oil pumps on the 5.0 L. Once they pasted 150 000 mi. I always used the 93 octane gas in mine. Despite the 87 octane "Recommended" by owners manual. I could always feel a difference. Is that what you use? That being said. Cigarette break for me.
ford 351/400M are known for low oil psi as they age, its due to bearing clearance. if nothing else the engine does most people just live with it and use thicker oil. i since then after the video put in straight 40 with stp oil treatment and the oil psi doubled up.
@@vega660-newchannel5 Still, a "high volume" oil pump might help. It helped once on a big block Mopar of mine, but the damage to the rod bearing was already done . It is one if the few pumps that you can change without dropping the oil pan.
Love the character this channel has. Dont sell out when this channel blows up! I doubt you will ever sell out since you have that integrity to never change no matter what. 💯 😎
Awesome video! That was one of my favorite movies. That car is sweet! It sounds like she runs pretty well! Keep it the way it is. I’m glad that you rescued her.
I'm subscribed to some other car stuff on YT and some very well known names/shows, but honestly this channel is the only 1 I click on first thing and look forward to....stay true to this idea brother....dont sell out when it blows up....
I'm building a turbocharged ford 400 to put in my 77 merc, and having heard about the low oil pressure issue, I got a melling high volume oil pump to install on mine. I would highly recommend it, as I've seen good results with them.
The reason why the Ford 351/400M develop low oil pressure it's because of bearing clearance wear and tear as the motor ages. A better oil pump wouldn't be a perfect fix for that circumstance, thicker oil is usually best to just get by till a complete rebuild happens
@@shrek8377 ford did not build these engines to a high tolerance, there not even blue printed. There's really two realistic options, run thicker oil till it blows or rebuild it.
@@vega660-newchannel5 Damn that sucks. And another thing, there are hardly and aftermarket parts for these 351m/400 motors. If there were aftermarket parts for these, they would run like striped assed apes.
The transition from the Ford commercial to the music scratch pan to your P.O.S. (said with respect) was hilarious!!! Lmao!! Great car great video thanks for making it Much respect!
My 83 crownvic sat for 20 years, it had a oil pressure problem. The inside of the pan was filled with sludge that plugged up the pickup tube screen. Maybe your car is having the same problem
possibly, i since then after the video put in straight 40 and stp oil treatment and the oil psi doubled up. it was running with marvel mystery oil before which will thin the oil and make the psi go down.
@@Andrewj2152Andrew when I started reading your comment, I knew that it was from you. It seems like yesterday that you were driving your Crown Victoria home. Now you have it all polished up. It looks great and I hope to see it with some white walls on it soon. Good luck Be safe.
@@carminecrapanzano1407 it’s crazy to see it’s almost been a full year, it’s still doing great. It’s currently sitting covered in the garage. I wouldn’t hesitate to drive it anywhere if I needed to. I will probably pull it out and make a short video of it soon
@@Andrewj2152 I had no fear. I knew that you had it tucked away for the winter. The car is lucky to have fallen into your hands. I would enjoy seeing one of your videos on the car. Well enjoy your holidays. I have my 1978 Oldsmobile Delta in its garage for the winter. As long as there is no salt on the roads I'll take it out every couple weeks to keep the oil flowing around the engine.
I am rooting for this car. It reminds me of one of my former daily drivers (that only lasted a few days of daily driving, sadly) I really disagree with the guys that say "leave it as it is." I recommend putting paint, any paint, over the bare spots. Start where the vinyl roof used to be since that area has to be less perfect than anything else. But nothing would bring up the experience of driving the car like painting the hood nice and shiny. If you have a vacuum leak, the brake booster and pcv are worth taking a look at. All the vacuum that goes under the hood, too but those have small tubes. They say the 351/400 M have untapped potential for [adequate] power. And a 460 bolts to their transmissions. I don't know why you would consider a GM engine, even if you have one in stock.
My first car was an 86 Cadillac Fleetwood Brougham. Made me sad when I found out it got junked later down the line so I am happy this one got save from the yard! This is epic
Ive had so many big old boats like this, its ridiculous. 57 Chrysler, 72 LTD, 72 Polara (x2), 74 Torino wagon, 76 LTD wagon, 76 Grand Marquis, 77 Mk V, 73 & 75 Newports, 68 Fury III, etc etc!
First thing cut that Cat off and run a test pipe now that it’s running. If the car is vibrating in neutral while the shaft is turning then get a new one out of the pile if you can find one. If the front end is good set it at 1/2 negative you’ll track better down the highway. I used to work on those old girls back in the 80’s and they were fun cars and had great backseats for date night!! Awesome Video Thanks 🙏
Back in the early Ninety's a friend had a 1976 2 door with a 351M that would edge out my 1975 4 door Brougham with a 460. Mine even had a new timing chain and rebuilt carb. His 1976 was a freak though.
Its too bad by 78 the 400 was such a Turd....Thanks to emissions....In 1971 when the 400 came out it had 9:1 Compression (still a 2BBL) but made 260HP (SAE GROSS) thanks to a decent factory cam. - I had one in a 79 F250 SCLB 4x4 that had been completely overhauled, I put 351C-4V (4bbl) Heads and the Matching 4V (4bbl) intake manifold, a stout cam. and she would not only pull down a house...But would propel that 7000lb truck to 110MPH - That was not the only 400 I ever built....but it was one of the most powerful....Most guys with trucks like mine put 460's in them, well I didn't have money for custom 460 motor mounts or headers....But I had a 1970 351C-4V that had been blown up and enough machining skills to make spacer plates to put 351C manifold on 400 Block....And worked at an engine shop where I could work on my own junk after hours.... I bored it .030 and Turned the 400 crank .010/.010 and recon'd the rods, got some new cast "badger" 400 .030 pistons and a gasket set...I think the most expensive items were the Comp Cam....and the Melling High Volume oil pump! - Had 30psi Hot at idle...and 60psi Hot at 2000rpm... I don't think I had $1000 in the whole build. = But she ran as good as some $4000 engines I built for customers.
Now you need a cheap or free radio in that empty hole in the dash and some of those swap meet 90s sony explode self enclosed 6x9 speakers in the back window deck and a foghat sticker in the back opera glass.😂 beater with a heater trailer park hoopty. Lol
at the time it was early summer time as i drove it with marvel mystery oil, its cleans out the engine at the cost of thinning the oil and dropping the psi further. i since put in straight 40 with stp oil treatment and the oil psi doubled.
Excellent video 100% agree. Its a runner. What a major turnaround. Great car with a great story, ( Here's a quarter go downtown have a rat gnaw thing off your face). Thanks 4 making my day, I appreciate it!
@MSX98FMDnB I wouldn't mind one when our gas went to almost 7 dollars a gallon. I drive a 14 Challenger R/T Classic daily. It's been but trouble since I bought it new. I get 13 cities, and about 15 on freeways running premium sucks.
@MSX98FMDnB I don't know why or how Newsom is still in. Most people I know didn't want him in again. I am a Socal native. I see nothing he has done good.
@@thomasthurston6656 I live in Alberta Canada and premium is 149.9 liter here. Roughly 5.67 in Canadian dollars. I run regular in my old Magnum Ram and she runs great like that. Love the R/T.
@johnnystafford1826 I hate FCA that has been by far the worst car I have ever had. It's a 14 bought new. It was in the dealer again for over 2 months. This time for heads at less that 40k miles. This is my last MOPAR JUNK.
Check for sloppy timing chain. Oe was nylon over aluminum single row timing set. Making ut even Worse it was 8 degrees retarded at the cam for emmissions. Often the teeth end up in the oil pick up. When doing oil change checks for chunks of irange brown nylon or mits of silvery glitter. You can also watch rotor while turning motor and then stop and go other way and uf it lags replace timing set with 3 key way double row timing set and use the advanced keyway for 30 more hp and ft lbs down low and a little better gas mileage. Run only on non ethanol gas or it will get horrible fuel economy and have issues running right. Get rid of emmissions if it stilll has any. Dual exhaust also help and so does better gears. I had a 78 LTD Landau with a 400 and it was decent and very good on gas for a big car.
because it wouldn't be an uncle buck tribute car if i started clean. thats why i picked out the nastiest shit pile mercury i can scrape off of skid row, and daily it.
