VandalS
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Which years are the old body style? Mine are both over 30 years old.
Differences between 86 and 87 F-250
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Which years are the old body style? Mine are both over 30 years old.
OBS is commonly refered to the 92-97 bodies.
where's the little popcorn eating ******* when I need him? :O
Knuckledragger
blowing chunks and grabbing porcelain
I could not tell for sure, but if you are using the 87 tanks, I would like to buy the 86 sending units from you. Mine do not work correctly, or at all. Tired of doing math to figure out how far I can go.
madpogue
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Um, you don't have one now? If not, particularly if you currently have a regular cab truck, the supercab won't just mount on it directly. Frames are completely different. Just look under your truck at where the frame dog-legs up.
VandalS
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Good catch. I knew I needed to move the rear mount, didn't catch the frame moving up. Bed mounts will work fine for what I have planned. Body will need some floor modifications or a 2-3" body lift. I'm not against doing the body lift, but then I need to lift the bumpers and jump a little higher to get in.
I'd use the super cab chassis but then I'd need to convert it to 4x4 and swap engine and transmission as well. The spring mounts aren't there for an easy swap so I'm thinking the body lift will be the easiest option.
OEM fuel tanks on pickup chassis are the same no matter what size the cab is. it is a direct swap over. ford was never big on part number proliferation.
VandalS
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I'm planning to move the cross-member and set the cab on there to see if I need to raise it. I'm not a fan of high body lifts so if it's more than 1-2" needed I'm planning to cut the spots it hits and rebox the floor to clear the frame.
I'm planning just to swap the fuel sending units from the 86 to match the dash.
I'm planning just to swap the fuel sending units from the 86 to match the dash.
VandalS
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So looked at the amount of floor I'd need to cut and reweld I've decided to just go with the body lift. Now I need to figure out what cables I need to order to make it all fit. I had to drop the front tank out because of the new crossmember.
madpogue
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Cables? As in parking brake? Well since the frame is going to remain the same length, the front/intermediate cable from the original regular cab should work. Rear cables are the same on all SRW pickups for a particular year.
Edit - oh, the height difference.... Hmm. So are the bricknose parking brakes self-adjusting (built into the pedal release mechanism) like the OBS? Or is there an adjustment stud w/nut on the splitter, like the slantnose? In either case, there SHOULD be enough adjustment potential to account for the lift.
Edit - oh, the height difference.... Hmm. So are the bricknose parking brakes self-adjusting (built into the pedal release mechanism) like the OBS? Or is there an adjustment stud w/nut on the splitter, like the slantnose? In either case, there SHOULD be enough adjustment potential to account for the lift.
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VandalS
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I found the stock parking brake cable housing barely fits. I'm going to need to find a different cable or to relocate the mount for the cable.
VandalS
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One other odd thing I found was the cab is 1.25" higher than the bed. Did a 3" body lift and installed new cab mounts and found things don't quite line up.
