The Dana 60 swap as begun

[Lonesome7.3]

I did the tear down the other day and now I am working on cleaning up the frame. Right now I am going as far as I can go before I have to start buying parts. I dropped a lot of money on some cool stuff when I had a job so now I get to install them. Oh and those brackets were a real pain. The ****** that had this truck before wanted to make sure they never came off.

 

[Lonesome7.3]

I went out there to take photographs of the ground down welds and cleaned up crap.But I tripped over my creeper and dropped my camera. That thing spent all that time in Iraq with me just to get detroyed here at home. I am very angry right now.

 

[Optikalillushun]

i am very confused by ur truck. is that an F-350 with a TTB front axle? and what is with the 10 lug wheels...

 

[Lonesome7.3]

Yes it is a F350 with a TTB front end. There is a long story behind that issue. As far as the ten lug, that is a bolt on conversion.

 

[Optikalillushun]

ah i see, well good luck with the swap its pretty easy.

 

[BigRigTech]

There is something misssing in the picture.....Rust.....Frames with paint on them when they are 10+ years old.....Lucky ********........I'll be watching, I've been there, done that and got the t-shirt on this swap.

 

[discbrks]

There is something misssing in the picture.....Rust.....Frames with paint on them when they are 10+ years old.....Lucky ********........

Its great living in the south....

 

[Lonesome7.3]

This one is far from easy. The truck was a two wheel drive converted to a four wheel drive an dnow converted to a straight axle. I keep discovering all kinds of differences.

The frame is black becuse I painted it when I did the first swap. I will be doing the same again once I fill in all the holes and get all the new parts on.

 

[BigRigTech]

My truck was a 2wd too, not any more though....It's a pile of work but it's worth it in the end.

 

[Lonesome7.3]

I agree. I just wish I was not on such a tight dead line.

 

[Diesel_brad]

they look like f150 radius arms?
Someone convertered the truck to 4wd and used a TTB?

 

[Lonesome7.3]

The springs and redius arms are the stock two whhel drive F350 components.

 

[Diesel_brad]

But it is a D50 TTB?

 

[Lonesome7.3]

Yes it is a D50 TTB. Well, it was a D50 TTB...

 

[Lonesome7.3]

I was able to snag a camera so here is the latest. I am running into all kinds of problems I did not expect. There are huge differences between the two and four wheel drive frames. Plus, not having my donor truck on site is starting to be a real issue. But for now the brackets are removed and the prep work on the frame continues. I also included a shot of the parts waiting to go on.