My Little Gas Saver

In today’s blog I am going to talk about these ridiculous gas prices and just how much it is breaking the bank! Gas prices have went sky high and they say that prices will reach 4 dollars a gallon by the month of May. I drive a 2005 Ford F-150 four door that’s lifted and has 35x12.50 mud tires that happen to weigh 78 pounds apiece. All of that adds up and gives me all of about 10 miles to the gallon. Lol.  I guess it’s the price you pay to have a bad truck.  I live in Calhoun and have to drive to Cartersville twice a week for school.  Another thing is I have 2 bad ignition coils in my truck that hurts fuel mileage also.  I have to get those fixed soon. But I think I have came up with a solution to my problem. My papaw has a 1973 4 speed, straight shift, Nissan Datsun truck that has been sitting in his garage for about the last six or eight years.  I got the bright idea to fix the little truck up and then I would have me a gas saver. So I called my papaw and asked if he cared if I fixed the truck up to drive to school. He told me he didn’t mind so my buddy and I dove right in. We started out by draining all the fluids and the old gas and oil out and put a new set of tires on it. We changed the oil and oil filter next. We then started narrowing down the engine troubles. First we realized there wasn’t any fuel getting in the carburetor so we had to put a new fuel pump on it.  After changing out spark plugs and cleaning the carburetor we finally got it running great.  Next we moved to the clutch and brakes. We were afraid we were going to have to replace the clutch but luckily the hydraulic clutch pumped right up and so did the brakes! All we like now is changing out the universal joint in the rear end and getting insurance and a tag and it will be ready to drive! Hopefully it will save me some money on fuel because this 10 MPG with gas at $3.50 is making me go broke!