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Not your Average Dana 60 Swap
Got 1 more. Never mentioned the steering damper setup. I ran without one for about the first year. I didn’t want it masking any death wobble or steering issues. But I figured it couldn’t hurt. When I originally ordered my big pile of parts from Rock Auto to rebuild the axles, I screwed up and...- bike-maker
- Post #79
- Forum: 6.9L IH & 7.3L IDI Diesels
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Post up your custom fuel pump/filtration setups....
I’ve been running the same rubber fuel lines for about 10 years with no issues. Just make sure to use the good stuff rated for diesel/oil - The cheap stuff will start falling apart on the inside and clog up your fuel system. Especially if you run biodiesel. I also have cheapo 3/8” clear in-line...- bike-maker
- Post #37
- Forum: 6.9L IH & 7.3L IDI Diesels
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Not your Average Dana 60 Swap
IIRC, the swaps I’ve seen using the sway bar; they used the Superduty bar upside down, and built about a 4” spacer underneath the frame rails to mount the pivot bushings.- bike-maker
- Post #78
- Forum: 6.9L IH & 7.3L IDI Diesels
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Not your Average Dana 60 Swap
No sway bar, no excessive body roll. The way the control arms are mounted to the axle by way of two massive bushings pretty much acts as it’s own sway bar. For those wanting any kind of articulation out of the front axle, throw the stock control arms away and go 4-link.- bike-maker
- Post #76
- Forum: 6.9L IH & 7.3L IDI Diesels
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Broken A/C Heater Vent door86 f250
I fixed mine years ago, and didn’t document anything. But from what I do remember, I had to pull the glove box out and take off the dash pad. They always break off right where they hinge, leaving the door itself intact. I went to Home Depot and got the smallest hinges they had - like you’d see...- bike-maker
- Post #5
- Forum: 6.9L IH & 7.3L IDI Diesels
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Not your Average Dana 60 Swap
Guess I posted some pictures prematurely^^ So the Superduty hitch uses 8 bolts instead of six, none of which lined up particularly well on my frame. And there were a bunch of shims involved in using those bolts. Didn’t seem sturdy enough to me. The outside of the New hitch was 1/4” wider...- bike-maker
- Post #73
- Forum: 6.9L IH & 7.3L IDI Diesels
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Not your Average Dana 60 Swap
On to the next; spare tire storage. IIRC a couple of the threads I linked to in the beginning started talking about trying to fit the newer, bigger spare tire in the stock location. I regularly haul a slide in camper packed with kids, dogs, food, whiskey, guns, etc., so carrying a full-size...- bike-maker
- Post #71
- Forum: 6.9L IH & 7.3L IDI Diesels
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Not your Average Dana 60 Swap
Something I learned the hard way during this swap: my pushrod between the booster and master cylinder was too long by about .080”. I didn’t notice it at first because the master was a pretty tight fit in the booster. It engaged the master just enough that it closed off the transfer ports and...- bike-maker
- Post #70
- Forum: 6.9L IH & 7.3L IDI Diesels
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Not your Average Dana 60 Swap
Yep, no RABS fanciness on the old bullnose. Took the stock proportioning valve apart, and gutted / drilled it so it’s essentially just a junction block now.- bike-maker
- Post #67
- Forum: 6.9L IH & 7.3L IDI Diesels
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Not your Average Dana 60 Swap
So how’s it work? I’ve seen a significant amount of past debate on this forum about the effects of changing to a different bore size master cylinder. I just went from a 1-1/8” master to 1-1/2” so here’s my thoughts: My thinking was that the bigger volume of fluid in the bigger master would...- bike-maker
- Post #65
- Forum: 6.9L IH & 7.3L IDI Diesels
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Not your Average Dana 60 Swap
Since my booster came from a junkyard, I ordered a rebuild kit from pirate jack, fluffed, buffed, and threw it all back together. Excellent write from the sticky. https://www.oilburners.net/threads/hydroboost-reseal-tutorial-long.72688/- bike-maker
- Post #64
- Forum: 6.9L IH & 7.3L IDI Diesels
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Not your Average Dana 60 Swap
The adapter debacle: pressure line addition. Older booster pressure lines are a SAE o-ring fitting. Newer are the same style of o-ring fitting, but a metric version. But the newer booster also has the addition of a short piece of hard line that adapts that o-ring fitting to special internal...- bike-maker
- Post #63
- Forum: 6.9L IH & 7.3L IDI Diesels
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Not your Average Dana 60 Swap
The adapter debacle...... The best tidbit of info I’ve found on all the fitting sizes; you can look up hoses, steering box etc. by application on the Napa website, scroll down and look at the specifications, and it tells you the size / type of fittings used. My original brake lines were SAE...- bike-maker
- Post #62
- Forum: 6.9L IH & 7.3L IDI Diesels
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Not your Average Dana 60 Swap
Input rod difference Left is stock Superduty, right is modified. Cut about an inch out, then threaded both ends to 7/16” fine. Coupling nut with copious amounts of red loc-tite (just on one end to lock it in place),and a jam nut = the added benefit of being able to adjust the height of the...- bike-maker
- Post #61
- Forum: 6.9L IH & 7.3L IDI Diesels
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Not your Average Dana 60 Swap
This is the latest change; I keep thinking I’ve replaced every possible part on my truck that might have been original, but a few weeks ago it proved me wrong once again. The original brake master cylinder started leaking from the input side a while ago, and like any leak, it only got worse: to...- bike-maker
- Post #60
- Forum: 6.9L IH & 7.3L IDI Diesels
