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  1. bike-maker

    hydroboost or rear disc

    80-86 trucks use a frame mounted proportioning valve. The MC mounted version is on the newer trucks. The newer trucks (F-Superduty included) have different fittings on the MC, which is why you are ahead to just reuse your stock cast iron MC that's on your truck now.
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    $2k crewcab....

    Beware of Crummy's; loggers are HARD on stuff. This one doesn't look like it though....there's still paint under the doors and it has at least 1 straight body panel.
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    hydroboost or rear disc

    Get a brake pedal from a F-Superduty also; it will bolt right in to your current pedal assembly and has the pin in the correct position.
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    1996 powerstroke

    Guess we were posting at the same time. If it has a E40D, either plan on rebuilding the trans or swapping to a ZF5.
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    1996 powerstroke

    I sold off a 97 CCSB PSD and got my current truck. Got soured on it after I nuked the E40D out of it. And was tired of making payments on it on top of that. Only issue I ever had was a bad CPS like Gary mentioned above; it never left me stranded, would just randomly die every now and then...
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    cylinder wall pit

    You could always heli-coil that head bolt hole. I've had to heli-coil lots of big block chevy's; they're notorious for pulling the threads out of the deck.
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    Gauges!

    I've got 11...I think it qualifies as some sort of addiction
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    Fuel Selector Valve Nightmare

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    ATS Turbo id and info needed

    085, same one I have. Mine came out of a 6.9/C6 truck and bolted right on to my 7.3/ZF5. Compared to NA, it made a world of difference. Pre-turbo pulling my 5er up a steep grade the truck wouldn't hold 3rd gear, and 2nd gear at 3000rpm is about 30mph. Post turbo and with bigger tires (went from...
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    Budget concerns - Upcoming trip

    +1 on the Equus gauges. I've got them for boost, voltage, fuel level, oil pressure, and water temp and they work great Check out Auber Instruments for a EGT gauge. Less than $100 shipped to your door, and they work awesome, but won't bolt in to the gauge pod you are planning.
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    TRANSFER Case Linkage?

    Not sure in your case because of the ranger spacing the tranny back but, when I swapped in the ZF5 using the linkage from the BW1356 going to the existing BW1345, I had to make a shorter link between the two. Just used a piece of 1/8" x 1" steel flat bar, cut 2 holes inn the ends, and...
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    088 fitment questions

    Take a pic or chisel and punch a couple holes in the valley pan baffle. The one underneath the grommet in the valley pan. And remember there are two layers to punch through. I failed to do this on the first go-around and it leaked like a sieve. Got to take it all apart and do it over. I fought...
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    what year beds will fit my truck?

    Check out my avatar. My truck has a bed off of a 87-97. Guy I got it from drove it for ten years and didn't realize it was the wrong bed until I told him. If you want the wheel openings to match, you need a bed off of a 80-86. Main difference is the wheel openings. F150-350 all used the same...
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    Allison automatic...

    I think with 37" + tall tires and 3.55 gears, an allison would work nicely.
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    ZF5 Swap... Cant find write up

    Missed that part....
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    ZF5 Swap... Cant find write up

    I used a bricknose floor pan in mine. Somebody correct me if I'm wrong, but I think the difference between slantnose / bricknose floor pans is in the shifter for the transfer case. Shifter goes through the floor pan on the slantnose trucks, and has it's own hole to the left of the floor pan on...
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    Hydroboost, air filters & ceramic coating

    Sounds good to me. Right now I can lock up all 4 35's at about 1/4 pedal travel with the truck unloaded. Haven't tried a full on panic stop yet with the trailer for fear of what will happen to all the dishes, clothes, food etc. that will get tossed around. Something else that hasn't been...
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    Hydroboost, air filters & ceramic coating

    Haven't dismantled the valve on a hydro master cylinder, but I did take apart the proportioning valve on the standard 89 master cylinder, and it can be easily gutted. Then again, I may just leave it; the stock brakes worked just fine with the truck unloaded. The reason I did the conversion is...
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    Hydroboost, air filters & ceramic coating

    I'll have to do some more investigating; I'd prefer to be running the SuperDuty master cylinder
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    Hydroboost, air filters & ceramic coating

    I actually ran into the problem before I even switched to hydro boost. My vacuum booster took a dump, and I had a spare vacuum booster and master out of an 89 that I tried to swap in. The connections for the brake lines are completely different, and I am remembering comparing the 89 standard...
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    Hydroboost, air filters & ceramic coating

    I understand that the hydro master cylinder is preferred when doing the hydro conversion, and is the route I wanted to take. But on the 86 and older tucks, it would require cutting the end of the brake lines off where they connect to the master cylinder and re-flaring them with the proper metric...
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    Hydroboost, air filters & ceramic coating

    Here's a pic from the side of a vacuum booster. See how it's angled down (goes towards the floor of the cab)? The hydro booster doesn't have the angle; it is perpindicular to the fire wall, thus the need for the pin on the brake pedal to be relocated 3/4" higher.
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    Anybody in the NW need a project truck?

    85 CCLB dually with a transplanted ATS085 turbo'd 7.3, ZF5, looks to be originally 2wd converted to 4wd with a Dana 60 and divorced transfer case. http://portland.craigslist.org/clk/pts/3626743477.html
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    Hydroboost, air filters & ceramic coating

    I did the hydroboost conversion on my 84. I stole all of the parts out of an 89 F-Superduty - booster, lines, power steering pump, and brake pedal. (and don't forget the pushrod between the booster / master cylinder) A few things to note on the swap for 83-86 trucks; This applies to the...
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    E4od is shot , zf5 swap questions

    I've seen NP435 behind a IDI before...

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