How to Reset the Oil Life Monitoring on a 2011 2014 F150

How to Reset the Oil Life Monitoring on a 2011-2014 F150

A super quick video on how to reset the oil life monitoring on a 2011-2014 Ford F150

1973 Torino - Old Car Truth's

Yesterday I was working on the fuel system in the Torino. I am getting it ready to support the fuel injection system. One of the first items I decided to do was to replace the old fuel tank with a brand new tank. I wanted to to do this in order to make sure that no old debris clogged up my new system. This change would also enable me to install a 27.5 gallon tank from a later year Torino in lieu of the stock 22 gallon tank.

This whole process is going to be part of a video that I am making on installing the Holley Sniper system. So I won't go into this in any great detail right now. I would like to say that by removing the tank after 44 years exposed one of the "Old Car Truth's".

The Truth in this case is that working on these cars leads to other work that is required. So if you are working on your own vehicle you must be prepared to be distracted from the initial goal to take care of an issue that you did not know when you started working on the current task.

With the old tank removed I discovered that there was no undercoating above the tank. It had surface rust, and a little more serious rust. So rather than continuing with the fuel system install I now have to take care of the rust and then paint the area. I could just leave it alone and move on, but I can't. I know its there so now I need to fix it. So that's what I'll do.

The next "Old Car Truth" that was exposed by this fuel system install is that you never have all the parts you need to finish the project immediately. With changing tanks, I need to order a breather for the top of the new tank. between 73 and 74 they made a few changes between the tanks other than the capacity.

Now mind you I'm not complaining, I am just stating fact. I will continue plugging away because I cannot wait to drive the car with fuel injection and I want it done prior to Cruising the Coast in October.

MSD 6AL Install 1973 Ford Torino Part 2

Part 2 of installing the MSD 6AL in my 1973 Gran Torino Sport.

This is the MSD 6AL that I purchased and installed.

The Hummingbird

Yesterday afternoon when I got home my wife was standing in the garage. Almost as if she was waiting on me. Which I knew was not the case.. I asked her what she was doing and she told me that there was a hummingbird trapped in the garage.

In reviewing the situation I could not understand how this little guy was trapped since the garage door was as open as it can get. It seemed as though the guy  couldn't understand to fly a foot lower and he could just zoom out of the garage.

We could not scare him out. I lowered the door so there would be a gap at the top of the door as well as the bottom. That strategy did not work to well either. So we decided to go to dinner and think about solutions. We wanted him out so that he would not die from dehydration of starvation.

The plan we had decided to use was to hang a feeder from the open door and see if the sugar water would draw him down to the lower level and allow him to see his way out. I did not participate in this portion, but I wish I had taken a picture. It was a redneck display of epic proportion. The hummingbird feeder was hung with a zip tie from the garage door. They had placed flowers in my jack handle directly under the feeder.

It was a great idea and the hummingbird took the bait. It got a drink and then flew the coop.

Everyone was happy. The bird was happy. We had successfully saved the little bird, and that little bit of kindness made us all feel good.