OT-Ford Truck Engine Question?

Here is the story now that I have a second. The truck is right before they went to FI so there are vacuum hoses etc. all over. I removed a good sized box of unhooked smog parts and there was still a pile left on there which I have not removed yet due to time and weather.

Anyways, once I discovered the leak from the front, I decided to shorten the hose as you would a heater hose etc. It took about an hour to remove the hose from the multiple barb nipple. I then hooked it back up and took off for home. I made it about three miles out of my 20 when it split almost in two and sprayed the remaining oil out.

Shut it off and slid to the side of the road in the fog pulling a car trailer.

Call wife, get oil from home and replace hose with a section of roadside repair heater hose. I had no options at this time living in the middle of nowhere with the nearest parts store 30 miles away......the other way and it is dark and late and the coyotes were howlling great.

I get home and look the truck over. There is no cooler there right now at least. It has been removed.

My solution is some high-pressure oil rated hose and a 1" heater hose to go over it.

I don't hardly drive it. It sits and then I tow stuff to work and back once in awhile that is all.

I got the truck for a $100 from a buddy of mine and it is real nice for what it is.

Bad idea? I don't know but I do know that the hose that was on there was probably as old as the truck or close to it. The new hose is rated higher.

I guess the clear oil in now is a good thing. It never really became clean before with a change until it had a 3 gallon cleansing..........


Thanks for the support, ROB