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Then YT wouldn't let it be a short. So dumb. I'm like you, I've seen some great shorts I wish they did a long version. But with all copyright crap it'd be a chore. Str8 6 are the best. Ford 4.9, or Cummins 5.9, 6.7 no VGT crap. Jeep, chevy all made a great Str8 6. But they last too long and that not great for car sales. Great for us though.
@@AaronAfromGA I had an engineer tell me, off the books, that if they could legally seal the engine door closed and only the dealers could open it, they would.
We had an '86 Ford Econoline with a 4.9L in it at work for years. It always used a bit of coolant but never needed more than a splash or two in the reservoir every few months. When it hit 350,000 miles the owner bought a new van. He walked back in the shop and held up the title and asked who wants it. I said I'll take it. The exhaust started to leak a bit at the manifold after 375k. Not wanting to listen to it or smell exhaust I pulled the manifolds off the engine and found both were broke clean in half right in the middle. Then I noticed that the headgasket was seeping oil a bit, and figured at 375k, a few new gaskets would do it good. I pulled the head, and that too came off in two pieces. It was broke clean in half between cylinders 3 and 4. The crack was old, the iron was rusty and there was a ton of green staining where it had been leaking for years. I knew that van from about 40k way back in 1987 or so and it always used a bit of coolant. When I checked the deck and old headgasket I found that there had been a wire trapped under the head between cylinders 3 and 4 at the very edge. A search of the truck's old receipts at work showed that when it was 3 months old it had a recall done to replace the intake manifold, and they ended up replacing the head due to damaged threads in the head. It likely went 300k or more with a cylinder head that was broken clean in half and it still only lost a few ounces of coolant every few months and it ran perfectly that whole time. I found it a junkyard head and manifolds, did a quick valve job and its still running today. a buddy has it as his fishing van and it just turned 550k. It'll likely rust away before that motor gives up. (The van they replaced it with at work lasted less than two years, the 4.2L started knocking due to coolant leaking from the timing cover causing an oil/coolant mix). Bring back the 4.9L and real trucks, not this garbage they try to sell us today.
I'm a Chevy guy too, and yes the old 292, and 250 were solid engines, but the old Ford 300 was and still is as reliable or more reliable than anything you can find out there. That being said, the Chevy I6's had a good bit more HP than the 300, according to the manufacturer data. However, having spent a lot of time, and miles with each engine I can't say that I ever noticed much, if any difference between them as far as power goes. But I had one old Ford with a 300 that had a rod (or 2) knocking pretty bad and leaked oil like a sieve (maybe associated with the knock?). My best friend's dad owned a mechanics shop in town and the first thing we would do every evening before venturing out was to pull up to the shop, grab the five gallon bucket full of 90w gear oil and pump the ol' 300 full. That was good enough to get us through that night and some of the next day. We did that for probably 6 months and I sold the truck to someone from another town, that was 30 years ago and as far as I know the old engine may still be running today ! But I highly doubt it ! Lol
Never owned one personally, but my Dad had one for a while. Fantastic engine, always thought inline six's are awesome. Only thing I dont like about the 300, is it's not a cross flow head. I believe an the aftermarket has a head for it thats cross flow though..
There's just something about old American I6 engines that are just, great. The 200 and 300, GM's 250, and Chrsyler's 4.0L - even when they're struggling, they just don't give up until the failure is nearly catastrophic.
I got my 98 f150 from my dad, he was in pipeline and put almost 600000 and only replace the rear end. I drove it to 986000 and it was only running on 4 cylinders and it still ran great. Got rid of it when egr went and filled the cab with soot. Amazing
@@LouisVallen correct 300 4.9 produced from 1965 my birth year through 1996! The 4.2 v6 replaced it. 240/ 300 Most durable engine Ford ever built. I have an 88 efi over 400,000 miles with zf still going strong and a 1990 with e40d automatic .
In high school, my auto shop teacher, Dennis Baker had a turbocharged 300 inch six without a waste gate, the size of the turbo was calculated to use with a rev limiter so it never over boosted, it was in an early 70s Econoline van, worked great
Search ford 300 turbo on here , the dang things usually lay down like 425-450 ft pounds in the basement at like 2200-2400rpm. Hp is still ok, like 225ish. They put out diesellike torque.
Excellent motor. I wished they still made them! My old boss had one that got a tear in the oil pan but he had to drive it home 140 miles. It made it. He repaired it and drove that pickup another 3 years!
My dad was a Ford fully certified by Ford and nase service technician and he worked for Ford from 1960 to 1981 said this was the best engine ever built and told me they were a pleasure to work on
NGL, there are very few consumers who want a 100hp engine that can't crack 20mpg when 4 bangers are pushing 300 at 30. The vast majority of people shopping new vehicles will be won by specs and features, even if they knew about the legendary reliability.
@@gummostump4217people who know will buy them while the rest of the idiots will go for whats trending on tic toc. I would love a new version of the 300 with current technology.
On the farm we have a self propelled mower, at the same time i had an old Ford p/u with a 300. I drove this thing until it almost fell into itself, then we put this engine on this farm equipment because someone forgot to tighten down the oilplug after servicing. After almost 30 years it's still going, it gets a lot of use every year.
@@larrystoker6232 had a 302 H.O.G in my 94 bronco. Great motor, entire truck fell apart. Trans took a dump twice, never touched the motor. Besides plugs and wires. Sat for years once it was rotten throw a battery in it would fire every time no prob.
Best engine Ford has ever produced!It was actually an industrial engine to run conveyor belts for warehouse assembly.Had one in a 77 F-150.You couldn't kill it!That engine was a beast!
My dad had an 1978 F-100 8 foot bed pickup and towed and carried 28,000 lbs of rough-sawn oak lumber from Tennessee to Cenral Indiana and survived the trip. Sure he rebuilt the engine, later. But it was a great truck.
My dad used to have a 1983 Ford e150 with that engine. That engine has never failed for 15 years until he sold it. The trans was a 3 speed. The top of the first gear was like 15mph, but it would scratch the tires going from 1 to 2. I learned to drive with that van.
That's how we got here. Horses and mules were "well enough" 140 years ago. Technology keeps improving. But great points along the way will still be remembered and honored.
@@moomosachs1031 It’s about the wealthiest 1% telling us we’re killing the environment by running our small businesses, dropping kids at school, etc while they fly around the world on private jets to their many vacation mansions 🤬
Damn straight, though ive seen a windsor run with no coolant, no oil, at redline until damn near the entire rotating assembly shredded itself into dust, never threw a rod, just eventually after a helluva fireworks show from the internals exiting the exhaust in a rain of sparks, it finally quit. (It was sharing a radiator with a 350 chevy, the chevy slung a rod, blew all the coolant out, and failed pretty much immediately, and the windsor just kept going till it burnt all its oil up running with no coolant and didnt stop till there was nothing left to keep turning)
Had one in my 1970 F100. 3 on the tree. Torquey little monster. Pulled great. Love it so much when I got older and richer I bought BMWs with their straight 6's.
Had a friend, his dad would pay us decent money for the time to go to every pick-a-part, salvage, and junk yard for up to three hours drive in any direction. Just for us to get as many of the 4.9 I6's as we could and bring them back. The year didn't matter, running didn't matter, entirely complete didn't matter. As long as there weren't any non-factory holes, it was good. He'd strip them down, do any bore work, honing, polishing then build up some pretty hot pieces. Put them in so many trucks, vans, and at least two sedans. Of them, the one I enjoyed the most was a '65 Econoline we found when on such a trip. The body, chassis everything with exception of the engine and trans were perfectly serviceable solid. It was mostly chalky dark blue with lots of primer patches. I wonder now, about thirty years on whatever happened to it after we went separate ways in life.
That 300 6 is bullet proof and torque was great. Had a old one with a 4 speed. Easy to work on and probably had over 400k when I sold it still running and driving.
Ive never had a 6 before so i just bought one recently. Also I just bought a 76 f150 4x4 with a fe390 that already needed a serious valve job. Ive only driven it twice. The first time to my place and then to a shop. Im thinking of pulling the 390/c6 out and putting a 300/np435 setup in it. What do y'all think?
I'm a Chevy guy and that 300 is badass. I've had a few work trucks along the way. And a '79 Ford 300 4speed was one of them. That truck was tough, I wish I still had it.
I had a 1967 Ford Econline window van with a 240 six that had an entire life with the Sacramento gas company. Then I drove it for an eternity. It had 600,000 miles and still ran fine when I gave it to my cousin. And every airport still has those engines powering their ground equipment. Belt loaders for bags, tugs to take bag carts around, generators. Amazing.
I have owned a '65 F-100 pickup, a '70 Custom sedan, a 35Kw generator and a Hale irrigation pump, all powered by the Ford 300 straight six! Beast of an engine, with tons of torque, that was easy on gas! Point and condenser ignitions on all of them and regular maintenance kept them running forever! Both vehicles were totaled in wrecks, the generator and pump were sold with the farm, but were still running well when sold! No complaints on that engine!
My dad had the 300 6 in his 1990 F-150 and it worked flawlessly for well over 250,000 miles. It plowed deep snow, hauled heavy loads, pulled heavy trailers, never overheated, always ran great and got about 15 miles per gallon. He took great care of it over the years. Changed the oil every 2,500-3,000 miles. Wonderful engine by the Blue oval team🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
My '93 F-150 was my 1st truck back in 2001. Had 160,000 miles on it then and had been an oilfield truck. Got me through 4 yrs of college making 3hr trip one way back to the farm every weekend. I used it for years hauling hunters as a hunting guide, been a welder truck, a feed truck, tooltruck, wood hauler, and a firetruck depending on the season. Have never touched that motor except spark plugs. Hasn't been on pavement in the last 10 years. Has 360K on it, all hard miles. I've ripped the front axle out, had A arms punch through the mounting brackets, had to torch out pretty much every frame rivet and replaced with bolts, lost the rear fuel tank somewhere, dash went to hell so it's all held up with stap iron, the windshield came unglued so it jumps everytime you shut the door, have hit countless deer, ALWAYS starts just can't kill it. My kids will drive it to school,lol
@@moriscoley5328 yeah I thought that way then I bought a Tesla and I love that MFer technology is a good thing if it wasn’t you would still be hand cranking that ICE vehicle.
@@edb294 You bought a Tesla and you think your opinions are valid? 😆 🤣 😂 Enjoy your less than a hundred mile range in good weather after only 5 years. That's if the steering and suspension on your 5 ton car are still holding up and you aren't sick of replacing the terrible riding high load range tires every year.
I'm a GMC guy , but I can't deny the incredible reliability of the Ford 300( 4.9) carburetor or throttle body fuel injection , it doesn't matter to me. These engines( if maintained ) will last a good long time.
@@JohnRodriguesPhotographer I have a 283 in a 61 Ford pickup truck with a 350 Auto behind it it just didn't seem to me like the 283 had What it Took for heavy towing whereas the 300 Ford I've pulled cars out of the woods up hills everything else it jumps and bucks but it always pulls them out do you really think the 283 as far as pulling power is a comparable motor don't get me wrong I really like the 283 always have but I don't see it is a great torquer what do you have to comment about that???
@@americanjoe5486 I like 283 for speed. The 300 is a bullet proof stump puller. I had a 66 Bel aire with a 283, power glide trañny. Had it up to 120mph, still had pedal.
I had a 91 with dual tanks and a 5 speed. Drive shaft yoke broke so I drove it home frontwd. That truck hauled so much crap to and from. It wasn't a hotrod, but it'd always go. Some POS drunk hit and ran on it and effed it up bad. I got paid the value but I told them now I gotta pull the entire drive line and buy another cab and frame and bed to put DL in it. It had 250K and didn't burn oil and got great mpg. I put it in a 92 and drove it to 400k, gave to family member and he used for a roofing business. It just wore out and he traded it in. I wanted to smack him. Deal was if u don't want it I get 1st dibs. He forgot that. They sent it to a auction up north and Idk what happened after that. I took great care of that truck. It was washed every week, rustproof every year, I fixed whatever it needed. It wasn't much. Trucks now are crap. Can't work on it barely, get parts, Alls electric. Crap.
@@jasonchristopher2977 yes they weren’t fast put they pulled awesome always started even though solenoids weren’t great you could always jump it with a screwdriver I had a buddy who we used to joke that if the hood was up on those old fords it wasn’t broke you were just starting them lol
@@poisonPpaully Yes. I recall we had a str8 that broke tip and my buddy said hey let me see that and it was perfect for crossing terminals. I had 1 in a 91 4x4 5 speed and dual tank. Work truck. Hauled compressors, nails, screw guns, hoses, ladders, stages etc. Had 10 feet hanging off each end and drove her to almost lil over 500k. Water pump and u joint broke. Water we fixed on job site and I put her in 4wd, unhooked rear drive shaft and got her home that way. Couldn't stop it. Has my respect. Reason why most str8 6 are usually good motors excluding some BMW junks etc.
Best engine ever built, I’ve had one in trucks, vans, Broncos and seen them in crazy engine swaps, they were tough. I saw one glowing red from a stopped up catalytic converter, I thought it was toast, the next day I cut the exhaust off and fired it up, ran like a new one. Had one with three hundred and sixty thousand miles on it and still ran like a Timex. Just an awesome engine. I’ll take one over just about any engine.
Had the honor to own two of these motors: '81 F-100 w/250k miles when it got totaled in a head-on, and a '86 F-150 4x4 w/ 210K miles when I sold her. Zero engine problems on both motors.
My friend had a 93 f 150 and we went hunting one day. We drove back this dirt road covered in about 6 inches of snow for probably 2 miles. We hunted all day, didn't get shit, when we went to leave the truck wouldn't start. We're both cold, tired and just wanted to get home. It was about 20 degrees and dropping. I'm thinking we were either walking or camping then my friend said get in the drivers seat. He jumps up opens his tool box and crawls under the truck, I hear bang, bang, bang, ok try it he says. I turn the key, nothing. We do this like 2 or 3 more times and then finally she fired up like there was never a problem. That was the first time I've seen that actually hitting something made it work.
Couldn't agree more! Give me that engine in a square body 80s or 90s looking truck. I'm talking base base with no bs electrical modules to fail. Manual crank windows and a bench seat, 3 on the tree, high beam flasher on the floor, radio delete, A pillar window vents, and a locked rear diff. I'd buy one today.
Same, but 4 on the floor w/ OD - like grandpa had in his service call van. We did crank inserts & rings when I was 15, 170k miles & the cylinders all still had factory cross- hatch. Enough that we just swapped rings & dropped em back in, no bottle brush needed
My 1981 f150 has the old school 1969 straight 6( I somehow blew up the first one and swapped it). The 4 speed with the granny gear plus the 4x4 is the best truck I've ever had
Theyre legendary work, drag, do whatever last forever engines in their home country, where the majority were sold. Ive worked on one that was running well with an electrical/oil fire just chugging away on the back of the valve cover, every bolt on that engine was backed out 3 turns, half the plug wires were burnt through the insulation, the previous owner had glued the thermostat shut with silicone. A better statement is the barra made it a legend in australia maybe. But the 4.9 is an american legend by birth and australia cant claim that. Like an old ford guy might throw hands over such a statement. Thanks for doing cool things with our engine though, just dont claim it. Its already bad enough when england talks so much shit about their super special v8 in the rovers thats just an old buick engine (that buick sold to them for "reasons"), then talk bad on american cars. But right now, youre claiming john wayne because his movies were big there, that kinda thing.
@@xijinpingsfavoritehemorrho1328 do i see another Yank trying to basically claim they came up with the barra? Mate, trying looking up the past of the engine that came before and the engineering of the Barra before spitting nonsense and you'll find your answer, so don't go claiming something that doesn't even resemble the 4.9, friend.
The barra was more related to the 250 inline 6 that was in ford cars from 69-80 in the United States. I currently have a 63 ranchero with a 250 from a ford Granada. Great motors and very simple to work on 😎
@@xijinpingsfavoritehemorrho1328 thats a terrible analogy, the ford barra is australian and took a ton of work by aussie engineers at ford Australia to make it what it is, if anything the boys at ford aus will be throwing hands at americans trying to say its there motor when nothing crosses over and oz has always gotten more power out of our 6s than the u.s we had a factory 6 with 300+ hp in 1971, also america did not invent the v8, i6 or v6 they just revised designs allready made so if anything all your v8s are owed to the french
I had a 90 f150 xlt lariat long bed dual tank 6 inline.... she was Soo beautiful..I had lost count how many ppl at gas stations would ask me if i was interested in selling it 🥲🥹
I have a 96 XLT short bed ,4.9 , possi rear end ,dual tanks and a tow package! 210,000 miles. Rust belt truck. All the spring shackles had to be replaced. Then just regular maintenance. Doesn't burn a drop of oil. It's a awesome truck!
They can even handle getting hot a few times and damaging itself..unlike some of these aluminum gigs that get past 210° one time and there done.. these iron beasts didn't rev high but they were perfect for trucks and towed n hauling.. powerband was like a diesel 1600 rpms to 3600rpms..
@@dustinandtarynwolfe5540 they were kinda hard on starters because the weight and they were 8.8:1 compression which really isn't a lot but they were heavy kinda long stroke motors.
@@AlphanumericCharacters your telling me an all aluminum engine can handle overheating like a steel or iron engine?? Wrong, an aluminum motor can blow a headgasket from getting hot just 1 time. You can overheat an iron motor several times before it starts to cause damage..and of course the materials and thickness of the headgasket itself also makes a huge difference..
👿👺👹 Unfortunately, corrupt leftist elites and unaccountable corporate oligarchs like Bill Clinton, Bill Gates and Black Rock CEO Larry Fink are FORCING companies to go green, by coercing banks, lenders, and suppliers NOT to do business with them, unless they agree to stop producing traditional technology, in favor of electric, battery operated technology. As we speak, there's a BIG conference in NY with Bill Clinton and Larry Fink, where they are pushing "The Great Reset", which includes crazy, authoritarian sh*t like more severe lockdowns to "stop climate change", forced energy price spikes, etc.
Do you really think that a mechanical engine with thousands of moving parts is going to last longer than an electric car that has 85% less moving parts?
@@TheCostofAutism...thousands of moving parts? My family has a farm in Michigan with multiple F250s with the 300 engine with over 400k miles and Ford tractors that have been in constant usage since the 40s with the same damn 300 engine running day and night..good weather and bad. Show me one EV that can last decade after decade and still run and be a viable tool instead of a overpriced fancy toy to run errands with on the weekends. Get real fool!
@@jamescooney7445..good deal sir. These damn new vehicles are so ridiculously over the top engineered they are impossible to fix out in the field or even in your driveway.
I will vouch for this engine it is one of the best engines ever made no engine today from any manufacturer can touch the 300 six in reliability and durability
I have to agree with this. I have a 77 Ford pickup with this motor in it. It's only got 167,000 but this truck has been one of the most reliable I've ever owned to tell you how reliable it is this pickup. My grandfather bought new in 77 and it's still going to this day.
I had an 87 and a 96 F150 with this motor. It didn't matter if the truck was empty or severely overloaded, the engine always pulled at the same leisurely, but reliable, pace.
Yep, the Ford 300 I6 and the Toyota 22r/re are 2 of the most reliable engines any car company has ever built to this day. There are some others out there that were/are very reliable. Ford's 2 liter DOHC I4, Honda's SOHC/DOHC 1.6 liter I4, Ford's 3 liter pushrod V6 and GM's 3.8 liter pushrod V6 are some other great examples.
My neighbor built two. One he custom made an m90 supercharger with complete custom fuel injection (before megasquirt came along), and a "race motor" that ran off of methanol and made about 350hp n/a. He put it in a highboy and used it as a mudbogger. Did good too.
In 1990 I bought my F-150 inline 6, it is still running today, as a farm truck. In the same week in 1990 my brother bought a new Nissan Frontier. I've been shaving with my brother's Nissan for about 20 years now.
I had a 81 Ford pickup my dad bought it for me. And he let me drive it my senior year of high school. Weather for speed Stick. It was 1986, and that was my first Ford pickup truck❤
News flash: if they did they'd go out of business in 20 years because the market is trending towards electric cars. Not to mention gas prices are only going to go up as it becomes less available. I like the engine too but we can't blind ourselves to reality. Gasoline is a finite resource and electric cars are only going to become cheaper and more prominent.
@@danielmassie3910 I hope not plastics, pollys, grease, polymers, the silicone needed for the chips, even the asphalt are made of it. Still need the oil even if you don't need the gas n diesel the amount of things made from crude is wild.
@@danielmassie3910 Gasoline is not a finite resource. Even if it was its not even close compared to having to use rare minerals to make batteries that might not even last a decade.
@@danielmassie3910 the market isn't trending to electric cars. The market is going that way due to government regulations and what's basically bribery by the government to the auto makers by way of subsidies to produce garbage electric cars. Once the subsidies dry up when political power shifts, you won't see near as many electric cars. Look at the hybrid hype from the early 2000s. Same thing will happen and electrics will be a niche market.
From a die hard chevy man, this was my first and favorite truck i have ever had the pleasure of 😢 i still have it. I guess you could say i am a fan of the real made in America products
The problem is, if they do, will be it won't be the i6 of yesteryear. It'll be this plastic covered monstrosity, with electronics everywhere and all the sensors that go with it. The days of 300,000 mile gas engines are over and replaced with plastic and wires with engine that take a crap right after the warranty is up. That's why you see turboed and high reving small engines. You ware them out faster the harder they work. The opposite of the old i6 that's de-tuned to last forever
@@cypher1o1 the i6 was discontinued due to 1 it being so long it cant fit in many vehicles, 2 is emissions, mine had emissions problems and it would choke you out of a open field no joke.
@@cypher1o1 I agree. If anyone produces another inline 6, it'll be a 1.6L turbo... I dont want an engine that depends on a component to produce enough power move the vehicle... Turbos and superchargers are for extra performance and not dependable for daily use, IMO.
I had a ford 4.0l l6 barra (Australian) a while back. 470,000kms, or 292,000 miles, was still going strong when i sold it. Didnt use or leak any coolant or oil. Wishing now that i never sold the bloody thing
Still got my 89 Ford F150 4x4 with the 4.9 liter engine and 5 speed manual transmission. It’s still running strong and no problem yet. Been one dependable engine that’s for sire!
One of the I.C.E. motors ever made by any manufacturer...oil changes some new spark plugs every now n then and they will just keep running... my buddy accidentally put 5w30 in one after we swapped it from 150 to another and we it started it soun at least 2 main bearings maybe 3 and it still continued to run really didn't notice ant power loss either.. during cash for clunkers they couldn't kill these motors most engines lasted 10 maybe 15 minutes tops. Theses 300s ran with nothing but sand and liquid silicon in them there were reports that they would run for over an hour and show no signs of stopping..you could have cleaned those motors out and they would keep going.. so baisc but tough as hell motor..
We are at the early stages of electric vehicles. Give it 10-20 years from now. Things are going to be so much better that you will look back at that inline 6 and laugh.
Amen, as Henry said "People want cheap dependable transpotation". Don't make it fancy. Don't make it expensive. You want to improve it, make it easy and cheap to fix. Give us room to work, make us use NO special tools and tie all that emmission crap into one nugget that changes color when it goes bad.
@@jackmyers6040Every car manufacturer is owned by 1 or 2 holding companies. Vanguard builderberg and black rock. Those are the 3 corporations that own everything. They own every single thing. All companies you think are competition with each other, they're not.
Had a '96 F 150 with the 300 in it back in high school and that thing was a damn tank. My dad took it off my hands for a work truck after I upgraded to a new car and drove it up to just a couple years ago. It still ran like a champ but it started falling apart (Ohio rust)
Most definitely one of the better six-cylinder motors ever made.. I've worked on several Ford 300s Chevy inline 6s Jeep 4.2 something about an inline 6 gasser. They will outlast the body and frame and can be abused and beaten and still be running strong. And now they have a major and a large aftermarket support.
