Sycostang67
Scooty Puff Junior
I plan to be busting my but over the next few weeks to try and get this truck up and running before the snow flies as my friend has trouble getting out of his sloped icy driveway in 2wd. We will be taking my old 1985 F-250 gasser and giving it the guts from my old 1986 F-250 diesel. The main reasons for the swap is the 85 has an extended cab and the axles are rebuilt and the 86 has been falling apart. When I had the 85 I did a C6 to 5spd swap, added PW/PL, and did an OBS body swap. Here is how it looked when I was rolling in it. I really miss the bumper I had on it.
Here it is after I got it back from the first friend I sold it to. He eventually pulled the 460/5spd for another project and sold the rest to my other friend.
Here is the 1986 shortly after I got it.
As of right now, we have removed the drive train from the diesel along with all the wiring from the cab and engine compartment.
In this pic you will notice my economical fix for the busted blend door that commonly happens to these trucks. The 85 already has this mod done as well. You may not get to keep the vents functioning, but at least the defrost and floor settings still work.
I knew the gasser core support wouldn't work and we didn't want to swap back to the 80-86 body so I managed to score an F-Super duty diesel front clip at an auction for $25.
Some other things we are doing is converting the old tan interior to grey from a 91 F-250 and we also got a set of OBS super cab windows to put in as well. We just got the interior window surround panels at the salvage yard yesterday. We will be putting in the 4spd for now, but have a 5spd swap lined up for next year. I am excited to see this thing become a diesel, it's something I wanted to do when I had it but got lazy and bought one. I will try and keep this updated weekly. I am heading over today so we can pull the gasser front clip, old interior and wiring.
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Here it is after I got it back from the first friend I sold it to. He eventually pulled the 460/5spd for another project and sold the rest to my other friend.
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Here is the 1986 shortly after I got it.
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As of right now, we have removed the drive train from the diesel along with all the wiring from the cab and engine compartment.
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In this pic you will notice my economical fix for the busted blend door that commonly happens to these trucks. The 85 already has this mod done as well. You may not get to keep the vents functioning, but at least the defrost and floor settings still work.
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I knew the gasser core support wouldn't work and we didn't want to swap back to the 80-86 body so I managed to score an F-Super duty diesel front clip at an auction for $25.
You must be registered for see images attach
Some other things we are doing is converting the old tan interior to grey from a 91 F-250 and we also got a set of OBS super cab windows to put in as well. We just got the interior window surround panels at the salvage yard yesterday. We will be putting in the 4spd for now, but have a 5spd swap lined up for next year. I am excited to see this thing become a diesel, it's something I wanted to do when I had it but got lazy and bought one. I will try and keep this updated weekly. I am heading over today so we can pull the gasser front clip, old interior and wiring.