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7.3 IDI in a 79 f250
you can only speed so much time and money limping a dead truck along and I just got sick of it. the cab and front clip was no good, ext cab floor needed to be replaced, needed a new roof section, doors, and front clip. the motor was old and needed to be rebuild, I cracked the trans housing and...- snowracer
- Post #142
- Forum: 6.9L IH & 7.3L IDI Diesels
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7.3 IDI in a 79 f250
truck had a 60 up front but is now gone, i parted the truck out after doing some thinking and looking at it. needed way more work then i wanted to do and decided to get out now after spending more time and money on it then i have. picked up a 1995 powerstroke for cheap and sold parts off it so...- snowracer
- Post #137
- Forum: 6.9L IH & 7.3L IDI Diesels
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7.3 IDI in a 79 f250
well not really sure what to say as I love my new F150 as I just get in and drive and the pimp factor is high. with that being said I do like my old trucks as I just cant help to smile when I drive my 78 and even the 79 when its rolling coal :sly was my first time going out that way this...- snowracer
- Post #125
- Forum: 6.9L IH & 7.3L IDI Diesels
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??? FRAME cut/chop/re-weld ???'s
not going lie, im just a idiot with a cut off disk and a welder cookoo but I do have some welder buddies and my old man was a welder for 30plus years. main point with the Z cut and diamond fish plate is like you said, vertical stress and so on. but with that being said my dad and uncle did...- snowracer
- Post #10
- Forum: 6.9L IH & 7.3L IDI Diesels
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??? FRAME cut/chop/re-weld ???'s
well its snowracer but ill let that slide ;Sweet the frame chop was not as bad as people make it sound. how I did mine was a Z the top of the frame was 2inchs wide so went straight down 1inch then did my angle and then same on the bottom. did a fish plate on the inside, was going to do one on...- snowracer
- Post #8
- Forum: 6.9L IH & 7.3L IDI Diesels
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7.3 IDI in a 79 f250
well guess I shouldn't tell ya that im not ticketed anything and this was my first time ever doing a frame cut :sly it really wasn't to bad, had it cut and welded back together in 4hours, that's not counting the fish plate.- snowracer
- Post #117
- Forum: 6.9L IH & 7.3L IDI Diesels
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7.3 IDI in a 79 f250
11/02/2013 so truck has been siting for about 2 month now and i have finally gotten over my hate for it. talked about parting it out and even selling as is but have just been busy so never happened. now that im a little more calm i plan on working on it this winter. plans fix the p/s...- snowracer
- Post #115
- Forum: 6.9L IH & 7.3L IDI Diesels
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7.3 IDI in a 79 f250
09/19/2013 the past few weeks have been crazy and have made a good story. it all starts about month ago when I was playing on kijiji and found a smoking deal on some 2.5 rocks hahaha. got ahold of the guy and it was real and he had lots of them, some for parts but lots still in crates and...- snowracer
- Post #114
- Forum: 6.9L IH & 7.3L IDI Diesels
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7.3 IDI in a 79 f250
able to get closer to the river on the other side of the bridge my ugly mug on the way home I took a side road as looking at my map book it should take me around the base of a small hill/mountain. turns out I took the wrong road but did find a nice...- snowracer
- Post #113
- Forum: 6.9L IH & 7.3L IDI Diesels
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7.3 IDI in a 79 f250
08/19/2013 after the rain this morning I went for a drive down the Blackwater and went for a little hike. stopped in at Punchaw lake next stop was Blackwater river to do some hiking- snowracer
- Post #112
- Forum: 6.9L IH & 7.3L IDI Diesels
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7.3 IDI in a 79 f250
http://youtu.be/dt6_U2f3Ir0 cant remember how to embed the vid so just click it and watch- snowracer
- Post #111
- Forum: 6.9L IH & 7.3L IDI Diesels
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7.3 IDI in a 79 f250
08/18/2013 went out for another little drive down the beaverly powerline with Hauck- snowracer
- Post #110
- Forum: 6.9L IH & 7.3L IDI Diesels
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7.3 IDI in a 79 f250
08/11/2013 went out last night and lets say it sure was an adventure. friend from work came out in her toy, we went down the McBride timber road out to the burner and then keep going and come out on the Pelican. Didn't get that many pics as got dark right after we left the burner so heres...- snowracer
- Post #109
- Forum: 6.9L IH & 7.3L IDI Diesels
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7.3 IDI in a 79 f250
back on the so called trail another deac, this one was a litte tighter to fit a full size threw once at the start of the trail got to see just how chewed out it has got by the guys on quads and sxs as was bad in some spots and real over grown for a full size...- snowracer
- Post #108
- Forum: 6.9L IH & 7.3L IDI Diesels
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7.3 IDI in a 79 f250
08/09/2013 took the truck out for a little drive tonight as got myself a new camera a few weeks ago and have yet to try it out. nothing to crazy to look at as was just me so didn't push it to hard. plan was to go down the start of the Beaverly to Miworth trail but didn't make it all the way...- snowracer
- Post #107
- Forum: 6.9L IH & 7.3L IDI Diesels
