IDIBRONCO
IDIBRONCO
Just so you're aware, that probably won't go 80 down the highway any better than your 86 did before all the work. 
So what did you do with your truck today?
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I am very aware of that… but that’s all right. As of yet that is not the plan with this truck.Just so you're aware, that probably won't go 80 down the highway any better than your 86 did before all the work.
Any particular reason that you do not like the F super duty trucks?
Top speed in fourth gear is 68 mph
I was thinking along the lines of a crane rather than a lumber rack, but I 100% agree on the turbo and four-wheel-drive conversionI really like that truck. Looks like a perfect work truck, just needs a lumber rack, turbo, and 4x4 conversion.
IDIBRONCO
IDIBRONCO
Mostly because of the low top speed. I don't pull heavy very often so I mostly want the lower RPM at higher speeds.
DrCharles
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Do they have a unique rear axle, or can you swap in a rear from a truck with a more favorable ratio than that stump-pulling 5.13?
They are a Dana 80 axle. From my understanding, 4.10 gears can be equipped
But for this truck, 5.13s are just fine
Rdnck84_03
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You can go higher geared in the Dana 80, but you have to change the carrier. The 99 superduty I just got rid of had 3.73 in a D80.
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IDIBRONCO
IDIBRONCO
I'm afraid that I'm going to have to put my high dollar cat down so I went and got a replacement this morning. He's about 3 months old and hasn't gotten a very warm welcome from my other cats yet. I'm going to call him Midway USA, Midway for short. Not after the shooting supply place. Not after Kinsley, KS which is half way from San Francisco to New York. His name is because I got him in Lebanon, KS which is only a couple of miles from the center of the lower 48 states.
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So now for the conclusion of today's adventures with my truck. I've known that the cheap no name Chinese starter on my truck was getting tired. This morning it was 17* and the engine wouldn't have started if I wouldn't have had a can of ether in the bed of the truck. I stayed at home with the scaredy cats and the kitten for a couple of hours to be sure that there wasn't much bloodshed. Then I drove over to work to remedy the starter situation. I had tried a couple of days ago, but I ended up rounding off a bolt head on one of the starter bolts. So I jacked the passenger's side up and went at the bolt with a hammer and chisel. Fortunately that broke the bolt loose so the rest of the R&R wasn't too hard. I had bought generic 3/8" bolt to put in the starter and some more including one to replace the missing on in the driver's side collector on that header. Now the starting is MUCH better and the noise down the highway is MUCH quieter. Overall, I'm happy with the results.
Jesus Freak
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That's a fine looking feline. I can always mail you more if you need some. Sorry that you lost your "money cat" as I call them.
nelstomlinson
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If I ever put my Superduty on the road, I'll want an overdrive. I do have an old brownie I could stick under there.
