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  1. Old_Ironsides

    Build Thread:: 1979 f150 7.3 IDI Conversion (Old Ironsides)

    These trucks are so easy to work on too... and the 7.3 solves the issue of a finicky carburetor :D
  2. Old_Ironsides

    Build Thread:: 1979 f150 7.3 IDI Conversion (Old Ironsides)

    thank you ;Sweet it is a blast to drive
  3. Old_Ironsides

    Build Thread:: 1979 f150 7.3 IDI Conversion (Old Ironsides)

    It does run pretty quiet, quieter than I was anticipating. can listen to the radio or carry on a conversation comfortably while driving.
  4. Old_Ironsides

    Build Thread:: 1979 f150 7.3 IDI Conversion (Old Ironsides)

    Nice, that's a clean looking setup you have got there. That gauge cluster fits in the 79 bezel great too.
  5. Old_Ironsides

    Build Thread:: 1979 f150 7.3 IDI Conversion (Old Ironsides)

    thank you!
  6. Old_Ironsides

    Build Thread:: 1979 f150 7.3 IDI Conversion (Old Ironsides)

    Thanks! and anytime ;Sweet
  7. Old_Ironsides

    Build Thread:: 1979 f150 7.3 IDI Conversion (Old Ironsides)

    Thank you! It really isn't as loud as I though it might be in the cab, which I am happy with. Can still listen to the radio comfortably anyway lol. It may develop a whistle sometime down the road :sly
  8. Old_Ironsides

    Build Thread:: 1979 f150 7.3 IDI Conversion (Old Ironsides)

    Here is some driving video I took. Its not too exciting, and my phone didn't pick up the sound all that well, but I also had the windows up. When it warms up outside I'll get some better video of driving it, but this is something at least for the time being...
  9. Old_Ironsides

    Build Thread:: 1979 f150 7.3 IDI Conversion (Old Ironsides)

    Thank you. It doesn't have any bump steer to speak of, since I haven't put on a drop pitman arm, and the drag link and track bar are still parallel. The pull I have is when just going down the road in a straight line without braking or hitting any bumps, when the wheel is let go it want to go...
  10. Old_Ironsides

    Build Thread:: 1979 f150 7.3 IDI Conversion (Old Ironsides)

    hey everyone been a while since I've checked in but here is another update. I have finished up the truck in the past few weeks here, and I am quite happy with it. I do have some driving video for those who want to see that, and I'll upload it soon when I have a chance. I also will...
  11. Old_Ironsides

    NP205?

    That is correct ;Sweet. It is on page three of my build thread that I have some detailed photos of what is involved to do this. http://www.oilburners.net/forums/showthread.php?66770-Build-Thread-1979-f150-7-3-IDI-Conversion-(Old-Ironsides)/page3
  12. Old_Ironsides

    Build Thread:: 1979 f150 7.3 IDI Conversion (Old Ironsides)

    Right, that is true.. I'll have to eyeball that and see what the size of the fitting is going into the cooler.
  13. Old_Ironsides

    Build Thread:: 1979 f150 7.3 IDI Conversion (Old Ironsides)

    That would be good if it is cooler towards the back.. would make sense too since the coolant back there would not have been through any of the head yet, where it will pick up the majority of its heat. That inline adapter looks like a good possibility too, but do you think it would still ever...
  14. Old_Ironsides

    Build Thread:: 1979 f150 7.3 IDI Conversion (Old Ironsides)

    I do have the oil cooler in this radiator, and I haven't done the alternator upgrade either. I like that thermostat you linked to, that price is much nicer than the 110 or whatever it was on summit for one. I think that might be the way to go. If i can avoid draining the coolant I just put...
  15. Old_Ironsides

    Build Thread:: 1979 f150 7.3 IDI Conversion (Old Ironsides)

    Sensor is in the head, I put it in the unused hole towards the back on the passenger side. Some arrangement up at the radiator would be more ideal but this sensor is a NPT threaded one. I should have sprung for the more expensive adjustable thermostat kit, which had a threaded sensor but also...
  16. Old_Ironsides

    Build Thread:: 1979 f150 7.3 IDI Conversion (Old Ironsides)

    I love how these old engines sound.. especially with the cold timing advance on they sound pretty mean
  17. Old_Ironsides

    Build Thread:: 1979 f150 7.3 IDI Conversion (Old Ironsides)

    Thanks! Yea that radiator was a bit challenging to fit in there but I am happy about how it turned out. Originally I was planning on using the '79 radiator, which probably would have worked out since it had the "super duty cooling system", but that radiator was very weathered and as I found...
  18. Old_Ironsides

    Build Thread:: 1979 f150 7.3 IDI Conversion (Old Ironsides)

    Thank you! I was very happy to finally hear it run.. now I cant wait to drive it! few more weeks of odds and ends at least
  19. Old_Ironsides

    Build Thread:: 1979 f150 7.3 IDI Conversion (Old Ironsides)

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-CFN6uFyczE Finally got it uploaded to youtube... like I have written in the video description, if you just want to see it start, skip ahead to about 3:45. I had to bleed some air out, and left some video of that in there so if you want to watch me fight with...
  20. Old_Ironsides

    Build Thread:: 1979 f150 7.3 IDI Conversion (Old Ironsides)

    While I wait for my start up video to upload, here are a few more pictures New radiator and other parts including fans, fan harness, exhaust adapter, gauges, a few things of shrink tubing, and some wire loom With the electric fans, I really did not like the idea of using the...
  21. Old_Ironsides

    Build Thread:: 1979 f150 7.3 IDI Conversion (Old Ironsides)

    Thanks, and there will be a start up video on its way as soon as I get it uploaded, I did get her fired off last night. ;Sweet
  22. Old_Ironsides

    Build Thread:: 1979 f150 7.3 IDI Conversion (Old Ironsides)

    I agree that your solution of using three pieces is more ideal that what I have here, but the space i am working in is so limited I could hardly make the 90 and have enough room for it to work. There is quite literally less that 1/2 inch of hose between the 90 adapter and the inlet on the...
  23. Old_Ironsides

    Build Thread:: 1979 f150 7.3 IDI Conversion (Old Ironsides)

    Oh... and as you will see in one of those pictures, I do have the old vacuum booster hooked back up. There is ample clearance for the booster, so i have decided to use it for the moment, to save on the expense. I don't plan on running this setup forever, but for the time being it will have to...
  24. Old_Ironsides

    Build Thread:: 1979 f150 7.3 IDI Conversion (Old Ironsides)

    ~Continuation~ Heres another shot from inside the old radiator One more problem I ran into was with the lower radiator hose. The way i have the radiator mounted, with the bottom kicked towards the engine slightly to clear the core support mounts, everything is so tight that an...
  25. Old_Ironsides

    Build Thread:: 1979 f150 7.3 IDI Conversion (Old Ironsides)

    Here's another update on what I've been up to. I have gotten the cab and nose back on the truck, and it is really starting to come together quite nicely. It definitely sits quite a bit taller than it did before.. By the time everything is back on the front end It will be sitting just about...

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