Mexico fender bender! E and F axel swap?

[lucky]

Hola:

Had a little fender bender in Mexico. Pushed in the drivers fender just above the bumper and maybe bent the front axel. Drivers tire tilts in a little, not too bad and drives okay for the trip north. My question is: is the F series axel able to replace an E series axel on my E350? I got an F350 parts truck back at the farm. Both trucks are '86 made 3 months apart.

 

[Mr_Roboto]

Probably not.

Your Econoline was produced 1975 - 91, and shared a few parts with the 1973 - 79 pickups.

"If" parts were interchangeable, it would be with the 73 - 79 pickup.

 

[towcat]

E and F front axles do not interchange.

 

[Agnem]

What hit you, and how did it fare? Mexican law (or the lack of it) scares me. Glad it wasn't me.

 

[lucky]

Thanks for the info all. It looked worse than it was. The fender was pushed in a little but the force was taken up by the edge of the bumper - lucky. When I looked at it at first and for the first few days I couldn't get it on a level spot. When I got it on some flat it was not bent. Drives okay and I've gone from Baha to Hoover Dam and am on to Grand Canyon tomorrow. The ding was ****** to ****** and we both agreed it would be okay to run into each other again but not with trucks.

Lots of my F parts fit my E they were built 3 months apart in '86 and both have the C6 and 6.9. I understand some front end parts swap.

 

[MUDKICKR]

the i-beams will not interchange. wanted to lower a ford van like 5 years ago and noone made any lowering i-beams for it. tried the f-series and they wouldnt work as well, if i remember correctly the vans are like 3-4" longer

 

[lucky]

Thanks Mud
She is still pounding along, in Auburn Indiana and that $4 gallon diesel is starting to hurt big time. Mexico was $2 a gallon. We'll all be burning cooking oil soon.