I bought the truck really cheap with the po saying the transmission was bad. Well after picking her up and getting home with her I started looking into the truck more. She has rusted out cab and the bed was bondo filled so bad that it cracked under the paint. So I found a good cab and whilst...
well y’all yesterday started the process of body swapping. Removed cab and bed from chassis finally. New cab will be picking up next week and getting it stripped down for cleaning and prepping for sound deadening.
I’ll post some pics later to show progress.
It’s long way to go still Next...
The thing I have been seeing if I use 92 and up is the dash mounting points are a little different so my dash wont line up. I found more obs cabs than bricknose unless I hit the JYDS. I plan to go by and check out one that i know has quite a few trucks today or tomorrow
Well Guys I need some more input please. The donor cab I found has some holes on the upper driver side and the drip rail is rusted. This truck is a diesel. I have found another bricknose but its a f150 but decent cab with no rust. I know that the dash has to be swapped over with all wiring. My...
Well it seems that the rust won with the ol girl and I have to swap cabs. I have found a rolling chassis with good clip and cab with interior. My question is (after searching for swap info) the donor truck is 2wd and I have 4wd. Does anyone know if this will be basically plug and play minus the...
Ext Cab.
I will be searching for new bed as well as this on has cracked on inside where the tailgate closes and had some shoddy panel repair to it as well. I have ordered the new body mounts and will be using the cab and clip from donor truck as it looks to be in great shape. Plan to re-purpose...
Well I haven't even started replacing any parts on the engine yet as they are coming in from all the ordering I've been doing. I found rust under the truck on the floor pans and side rockers. Just what i needed. I found another can and hopefully will be able to pick it up next weekend.
While i...
Got motocraft glow plugs
My next question is does the glow plug relay and block also need to be motorcraft as well?
Put new batteries in yesterday and she spun over good but didn’t fire off. Found the GPR busted after taking breather off and wires were burnt on relay.
Do I assume that most...
Started ordering parts from RockAuto Got new door strikers and pins, hinges, tail lights and new Bishko cd for service manual and parts locations.
Many more to order still
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