TRAGEDY STRIKES. = NEED ANOTHER ANTIQUE F250 SUPER-CAB TRUCK

[CaptBuffalo]

as for the zf-5 swap, im in the middle of one (i have the trans, saving money for parts and shop bills) and from what I have read this is the clutch and flywheel you'll need to buy in order to avoid using a dual mass flywheel:
LuK 07-131 Clutch Set
LuK LFW127 Flywheel

and for the floor pan, i have heard that you can just beat on the t-19 pan to make it fit the hump of the zf5, as opposed to getting the zf5 pan. but if you can get the pan anyways, i'd do that

 

[satx78247]

CaptBuffalo,

Thanks for the information. = Presuming that the administrator of the estate & I can come to a price, that benefits us both, I shall be looking for a suitable ZF & other parts.

yours, satx

 

[CaptBuffalo]

Another thing to think about is if you aren't doing the swap yourself, is finding a shop that'll do it. For some reason none of the shops that I've talked to so far have even heard of people going from a t19 to a zf5; odd considering how common it seems to be. One guy even went on a rant about how there's no such thing as free info and not to trust anything you read here.. so, he isn't getting my money lol

 

[satx78247]

CaptBuffalo,

As the saying is, "When it rains, it pours" seems appropriate here. = I've now found a 1989 XLT Lariat with ZF & 131,000 miles about an hour SE of Houston.

Passing strange, eh??

yours, satx

 

[CaptBuffalo]

Noice

 

[satx78247]

CaptBuffalo, et. al.,

Now what do I do?? = I wonder WHICH diesel PU is better for my purposes??

yours, satx

 

[towcat]

CaptBuffalo, et. al.,

Now what do I do?? = I wonder WHICH diesel PU is better for my purposes??

yours, satx

i'd be all over the ZF5 truck.

 

[Thewespaul]

X2 on ZF truck, also depends on condition and prices. Would be nice to have a truck that you don't have to put in the shop and wait for a swap, you can just run it!

 

[CaptBuffalo]

CaptBuffalo, et. al.,

Now what do I do?? = I wonder WHICH diesel PU is better for my purposes??

yours, satx

If the choice is between a 7th gen and an 8th (bull or brick nose) I pesonally would pick the bull. But imo it is more about style preference now. (Not including price, milage, colors, etc)

 

[satx78247]

towcat; Thewespaul; CaptBuffalo,

The trucks are about the same price. The 1989 is missing the tailgate & needs a brake vacuum pump.

The 1984 has about half the miles & is in FINE shape as is BUT then I'd have to have the ZF installed.
(That's presuming that I can FIND a suitable ZF & the other parts from a wreck. = NOT an easy task in South Texas.)

yours, satx

 

[The Warden]

The 1989 is missing the tailgate & needs a brake vacuum pump.

Sounds like a good excuse to do a hydroboost swap to me!

 

[satx78247]

The warden,

OK. You stumped me (which isn't difficult).

What's that???

yours, satx

 

[towcat]

Tim-
he's not a mechanic. Keep it uncomplicated.
you too will find out when you move out of the area, ******** like me are not easy to find. Tom can't find anyone competent to do his ZF5 conversion in MO.
satx-
a hydro is a power steering brake booster stolen from a F450 of 88-94 vintage and dropped in where a vac booster system was at. see below for pic.

 

[satx78247]

towcat; All,

Towcat: 1st, you are definitely NOT any sort of ALPHA HOTEL. - Just a good/helpful/NICE guy, who can actually UN-complicate technical issues for neophytes like me.
(I can do my own routine/simple maintenance on an IDI truck but that's all that I know how to do. = SIMPLICITY is the MAIN reason that I prefer the IDI trucks)

THANKS for the explanation.

Btw, I've found an independent diesel mechanic (who comes well-recommended by other local owners), who was once a Master Instructor at one of the TSTI. - He's now retired & only does work that he wants to do for extra pocket $$$.

In South Texas, the real problem in getting a transmission exchange to a ZF is FINDING a suitable (or even repairable) diesel ZF & the necessary conversion parts.
(I'm told that the cause of the "critical shortage" of ZF transmissions is that the transmissions GET EXPORTED to Mexico/Latin America, as diesel fuel is about HALF or less of typical US retail prices there. = I paid as little as 50 cents a gallon for petro diesel in South America, when I was stationed there years ago. - At that time pump diesel in the USA was about 1.50 per gallon..)

yours, satx

 

[satx78247]

To All,

"The IN thing" in Bexar County & the surrounding counties seems to be STEALING pickup tailgates. = A friend, who is a BCSO Deputy, says that 2-4 are stolen each day!!!
(Lonnie G__________ says that more tailgates are stolen than wheels. hubcaps & tires here.)

yours, satx