MarX740
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New Member here and to diesels(and fullsize trucks)
Making a build thread for my 90 F250HD. After the nightmare I had just getting the thing(PO ended up disappearing with deposit) I figure it'll either motivate me to restore her to her former glory or scatter the parts to the ends of the earth.
Still in the preliminary stages of this, progress may be slow as I have a lot of things to get done before everything turns into dogsleds and polar bears(Canada)
Firstly the details on the truck.
1990 F250HD 4x2 Supercab longbed
7.3L IDI
Hypermax pulse turbo system
460~K kms
E40D Trans
Plans:
Do an audit on the cab condition. Seat bolts on the drivers side are pulled right through the floor. Seems to be some half hearted rocker and corner repair(coverups, lots of bondo) Going to pull the carpets and see what I'm looking at but I feel like it may be curtains for this one(Salt is awful here)
I could get a new cab in around the $500 mark, trouble would be getting them swapped(I don't have a shop, barely a garage and somewhat limited tooling ie no hoists or gantrys, I'd put my expertise level at hobbyist at best)
Electrical audit, somewhere in its life it's had other electrical accessories spliced into it, just wanna remove any old wiring that isn't being used, touch up ground points etc.
Beds basically shot, floors and inner wheelwells are full of holes, crossmembers are nearly nonexistent.
Paint was not done well and I'm not sure what it even was. Very grainy, almost tacky and it was painted at least 3 months ago!
Once/If I get it in roadworthy shape I'd like to clean up the engine, possibly add a water to air IC and moose jr pump. Not looking for crazy numbers just some fun.
Replace the interior carpeting and headliner, upgrade the audio a bit(would like to find a slide out nav system) reupholster the captains seats.
Plan on a body lift of a couple inches, not much, just enough to give it a little more height and make it easier to work under.
Here's a few pics, mostly from before I got it.
Making a build thread for my 90 F250HD. After the nightmare I had just getting the thing(PO ended up disappearing with deposit) I figure it'll either motivate me to restore her to her former glory or scatter the parts to the ends of the earth.
Still in the preliminary stages of this, progress may be slow as I have a lot of things to get done before everything turns into dogsleds and polar bears(Canada)
Firstly the details on the truck.
1990 F250HD 4x2 Supercab longbed
7.3L IDI
Hypermax pulse turbo system
460~K kms
E40D Trans
Plans:
Do an audit on the cab condition. Seat bolts on the drivers side are pulled right through the floor. Seems to be some half hearted rocker and corner repair(coverups, lots of bondo) Going to pull the carpets and see what I'm looking at but I feel like it may be curtains for this one(Salt is awful here)
I could get a new cab in around the $500 mark, trouble would be getting them swapped(I don't have a shop, barely a garage and somewhat limited tooling ie no hoists or gantrys, I'd put my expertise level at hobbyist at best)
Electrical audit, somewhere in its life it's had other electrical accessories spliced into it, just wanna remove any old wiring that isn't being used, touch up ground points etc.
Beds basically shot, floors and inner wheelwells are full of holes, crossmembers are nearly nonexistent.
Paint was not done well and I'm not sure what it even was. Very grainy, almost tacky and it was painted at least 3 months ago!
Once/If I get it in roadworthy shape I'd like to clean up the engine, possibly add a water to air IC and moose jr pump. Not looking for crazy numbers just some fun.
Replace the interior carpeting and headliner, upgrade the audio a bit(would like to find a slide out nav system) reupholster the captains seats.
Plan on a body lift of a couple inches, not much, just enough to give it a little more height and make it easier to work under.
Here's a few pics, mostly from before I got it.
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