I’ve got a 1960 F350 with a 223 cu in 3.7L I6 that was my great grandfather’s that my father recently brought home from my grandfather’s backyard where it sat for 18+ years. The original goal was to restore it as much as possible but I’m looking for another opinion because I’m in a bit of a bind at this point.
I put a new battery in it, changed the oil and filter, spark plugs and ignition coil wires and tried to start it and got nothing. Checked power to the starter, starter solenoid and ignition switch and had battery voltage on all and I could jump the starter off so knew the starter was operating. Changed the starter solenoid and got no change, then changed the ignition coil and still got no change. Found really bad corrosion on a lot of the wiring so I overlayed wiring for the ignition switch to the starter solenoid and ignition coil, as well as replaced my battery cables. I finally starting getting the truck to turn over but sounded like it wasn’t firing. So started checking for spark and couldn’t get any with a spark tester. Finally changed the points and condenser and now starting to get spark. However my cranking did not sound any better. I tried some starter fluid into the carb and it’ll fire off but then make a really bad grinding sound while trying to start (I assume it’s starter hanging up since I’m still trying to crank the truck). I have checked that my fuel is pulling all the way up to the carberator even though I cannot get the little injector or jet (my carberator knowledge is a little lower as I work on newer vehicles) to squirt fuel into the carberator. Figured carberator might need to be cleaned so I pulled it off and found a good amount of rust inside the intake manifold (attached a picture of the rust inside the manifold). At this point I’m wondering if this engine is likely done for due to rust inside of the engine or if it is likely okay and I should just continue on the path I’m on. As well as if I continue replacing parts, what else should I be checking for because I’m a bit lost at this point.
I put a new battery in it, changed the oil and filter, spark plugs and ignition coil wires and tried to start it and got nothing. Checked power to the starter, starter solenoid and ignition switch and had battery voltage on all and I could jump the starter off so knew the starter was operating. Changed the starter solenoid and got no change, then changed the ignition coil and still got no change. Found really bad corrosion on a lot of the wiring so I overlayed wiring for the ignition switch to the starter solenoid and ignition coil, as well as replaced my battery cables. I finally starting getting the truck to turn over but sounded like it wasn’t firing. So started checking for spark and couldn’t get any with a spark tester. Finally changed the points and condenser and now starting to get spark. However my cranking did not sound any better. I tried some starter fluid into the carb and it’ll fire off but then make a really bad grinding sound while trying to start (I assume it’s starter hanging up since I’m still trying to crank the truck). I have checked that my fuel is pulling all the way up to the carberator even though I cannot get the little injector or jet (my carberator knowledge is a little lower as I work on newer vehicles) to squirt fuel into the carberator. Figured carberator might need to be cleaned so I pulled it off and found a good amount of rust inside the intake manifold (attached a picture of the rust inside the manifold). At this point I’m wondering if this engine is likely done for due to rust inside of the engine or if it is likely okay and I should just continue on the path I’m on. As well as if I continue replacing parts, what else should I be checking for because I’m a bit lost at this point.