The GBT (aka my 1993 F350 CC Dually)

I'm always doing something to my truck so I thought it would be fun to create a thread to cronicle the adventures of GBT*

*GBT = "Go Big Truck"... my youngest daughter used to say that as a toddler every time we got ready to go somewhere, she never asked to ride in the car.



The truck is a Black XLT 1993 F350 Crew Cab Dually, factory IDIT (turbo replaced with 2nd gen Banks), 5 SPD, as of this post it has 230k miles. Truck is in overall great shape and practically zero rust.

Upgrades/work I've done in the past.

-Rebuilt heads (after finding two broken valve springs)
-Replaced glow plugs
-Powermaster Starter
-Rebuilt Injector Pump from Russ/CDD
-Redhead steering box
-Borgeson steering shaft
-Rebuilt front end with all poly bushings
-Replaced cab mounts with poly bushings
-Fixed a really small rust spot on the corner of the rear window.
-Slotted front brake rotors to help brake response in heavy rain.
-Converted brakes to Hydroboost
-Retrofitted a 1994 R-134 AC system into the truck (way better than the"conversion" it had before)
-Replaced radiator
-Replaced battery cables with custom built heavy duty ones
-New flywheel and clutch (SMF, I miss how quiet the DMF was)
-Replaced U-Joints
-Replaced hood liner with a thicker sound deadner/heat insulation
-Added radiant a heat shield to the bottom of the cab above the down pipe and "header wrapped" the crossover pipe, cab is noticably cooler now.
-Undercoated truck with Fluid Film (need to do again)
-New carpet
-Re-ulpostered the sun visors
-Replaced instrument cluster bezel
-Installed on-board air compressor (Viair continous duty)

The adventure continues...

So the latest project was front bearings. Right front was making some noise, pulled it apart sure enough outer bearing was starting to make metal. My fault, waited too long to repack bearings, it was dry on grease. The race and bearing had a nice "gold" color to them... so got a little warm.

As far as I know the bearings were original to the truck, so I went ahead and replaced all four front wheel bearings and races along with the grease seals. All Timken parts.

Don't forget to keep up with packing bearings!

That is one beautiful truck you have, well loved.
I like the wheels, don`t see them all that often.
You are in Texas, guess the Loan Star Wheel?

Goat

So the latest project was front bearings. Right front was making some noise, pulled it apart sure enough outer bearing was starting to make metal. My fault, waited too long to repack bearings, it was dry on grease. The race and bearing had a nice "gold" color to them... so got a little warm.

As far as I know the bearings were original to the truck, so I went ahead and replaced all four front wheel bearings and races along with the grease seals. All Timken parts.

Don't forget to keep up with packing bearings!

Old Goat said:

That is one beautiful truck you have, well loved.
I like the wheels, don`t see them all that often.
You are in Texas, guess the Loan Star Wheel?

Goat

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Thanks! The wheels were on it when I bought it. At the time I was living in Southern NV, found the truck in Riverside, CA.

My understanding was the wheels were optional from Ford/Dealers for a few years.