junk
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I've had my 89 Crewcab torn down for quite a while now. I figured I would put up a build thread to document how it's going.
As you can see I started with a pretty decent truck that definitely needed some work. I had put close to 70K miles on this truck since I bought it in 1998. It also started as a 2wd auto truck, but that changed.
Mechanically the truck was pretty solid. It got a drop-in diesel about 10 years ago. The 4-speed has been rebuilt and got a new clutch. The US gear was new when installed.
Body wise I had a rustfree box and minimal rust in the cab. The cab does have several stress cracks that need to be fixed. Nothing visible, but the welder will get a workout. I rounded up a different set of front doors as they were just beat and rusty on the skins. Front fenders, hood and radiator support were shot. Either rust or stress cracks. I have no clue how many miles are on this truck, but it had a lot of stress cracks.
In the last pictures you can see that it has had the frame powedercoated. I powdercoated every bracket that I could. The axles got painted as I didn't want to remove the gears for powdercoating. It's coming along, but taking a lot of time. Before I had the frame powdercoated I reworked the front suspension to be 2000 superduty mounts and springs. When I converted it to 4wd the 1st time we cobbled in f250 springs and mounts from an 83. It was ugly, but worked for a lot of miles. The new stuff looks a lot better. We'll see once it's on the road.
I'll add more pictures as I keep working on this. The engine and transmission still need cleaning. I set them back in the frame so i could easily move them when we put concrete in my shop this summer. Next move is to build a new transmission bracket and start loading all the fuel and brake lines back onto the frame.
Jeremy
As you can see I started with a pretty decent truck that definitely needed some work. I had put close to 70K miles on this truck since I bought it in 1998. It also started as a 2wd auto truck, but that changed.
Mechanically the truck was pretty solid. It got a drop-in diesel about 10 years ago. The 4-speed has been rebuilt and got a new clutch. The US gear was new when installed.
Body wise I had a rustfree box and minimal rust in the cab. The cab does have several stress cracks that need to be fixed. Nothing visible, but the welder will get a workout. I rounded up a different set of front doors as they were just beat and rusty on the skins. Front fenders, hood and radiator support were shot. Either rust or stress cracks. I have no clue how many miles are on this truck, but it had a lot of stress cracks.
In the last pictures you can see that it has had the frame powedercoated. I powdercoated every bracket that I could. The axles got painted as I didn't want to remove the gears for powdercoating. It's coming along, but taking a lot of time. Before I had the frame powdercoated I reworked the front suspension to be 2000 superduty mounts and springs. When I converted it to 4wd the 1st time we cobbled in f250 springs and mounts from an 83. It was ugly, but worked for a lot of miles. The new stuff looks a lot better. We'll see once it's on the road.
I'll add more pictures as I keep working on this. The engine and transmission still need cleaning. I set them back in the frame so i could easily move them when we put concrete in my shop this summer. Next move is to build a new transmission bracket and start loading all the fuel and brake lines back onto the frame.
Jeremy