I got this truck from my boss during the summer. I saw it in his field with three old washing machines on it. I asked him about it and he said if I put blades on his lawn mower he would give it to me. I later found out that he had ordered it new in 1968 right before he went into the marine corps because his dad died a few years earlier and his mom needed a vehicle. He made $100 a month and the payment was $80 a month, but he got it paid off. I decide to restore it, but talking to him, he said that he wanted to get it with 4x4 but that was way out of his budget at the time. I decided the best way to get 4x4 was to swap the frame, and I found a 79 f250 4x4 with no motor or anything else but a cab for $200 from a friend of my boss. I got a divorced transfer case from a 75 from him too, he threw it in with the truck. I then saw a 85 f250 2wd idi sitting by some guys house so I stopped and knocked on his door, and he said he would sell it for $600. I found a guy with a zf5 for a 2wd and I got it for $350. I didn't know if it was diesel or 460, but I got her bolted up and it is a idi pattern. I have just taken everything apart and am ordering new stuff, I need floorpans for the cab, the mounts are still really good, and I didn't get a bed with it so I am going to use a 8"x 8" flatbed I got for $100. I have about $1200 worth of parts in a cart at LMC so I will order that stuff soon. I ordered a clutch and solid flywheel for it, cause my idi is from a automatic, and I bought a injector return line kit and water pump for the motor. I plan to put everything together first and make sure it works, and then do the body work and repaint it when all the bugs are worked out. If anyone has any advise for me on mounting the motor, I did get the plates that bolt to the cross member off the 85 but not sure what height and what angle to the driveshaft and diff/transfer case I should do. If anyone can help me out on that I would appreciate it. I also need help with my t-case. I took it apart and put new seals in it, and all the shafts spin but the input shaft. I had it spinning without the bolts tight, and when I got it tight it wouldn't budge, maybe the torque of the idi will break it loose and start spinning again? Or should I get thicker gaskets? Or should I put some thin oil in it and see if that does it? And I am getting more pictures off my phone that I will post later.
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