I am out of town for work, so I called my brother to see what has been up since I have been gone.
First thing, he asks me, “Hey, guess what squirrels like to eat?”
I say, “I don’t know, what?”
His reply, “1977 Ford fuel hoses and spark plug wires!”
I own a 1977 F150 4X4…
So I ask, “Did my truck catch on fire?”
His reply “Just a little, its fine now.”
Here’s how it all happened:
He had to start my truck and move it to get to the boat and trailer in my back yard sop he could take the boat out and use it. So, while he was there, he decided to just use my truck to move the boat out of the yard since you can put it in 4 Low and pull the boat around without having to touch the gas pedal. He has a 2003 Dodge 3/4 ton diesel 2 wheel drive that can get the back tires stuck on grass that is wet from morning dew, so using my truck to get the boat to the driveway has always been the usual routine.
He said the truck started right up no problem, and he backed it up to the boat and shut it off. He hooked the boat up, fired it up again and heard a “woosh” and flames came out of the cowl and licked across the windshield. So he shut it down, ran and got the hose and sprayed up through the wheel wells and got it put out. Good thing I removed the splash guards from the wheel wells a long time ago to work on the headers.
Damage assessment: New fuel lines, spark plug wires, distributor, melted oil gauge line, and some melted wire loom, but luckily, not the wires inside.
The whole time he is telling me this, he has an upbeat tone to his voice, so I know nothing serious happened that he can’t fix, so I had to laugh while he telling me the story.
My dad was there and asked my brother what he was going to do. My brothers reply was, “Fix it all and tell him about it after.”
He sent me a video of the truck running again. Turns out my old distributor springs were shot, so it runs a lot nicer now. I got a free tune up out of the deal!!!
