Rebuild your engine. There is absolutely no point in putting a used engine in your truck. Especially if you need to spend time & money swapping out motor mounts and other stuff.
I note that in an earlier posting 68_f250 was worried that it had already gone on a few pages - it is actually an excellent thread.
I am mostly finished the restoration of my 69 F100 4WD. It had power assist from an early 70's truck, so I just restored it. If I have to do it again I may look at the "Rockcrawler" option because there is no point in restoring this stuff again. For brakes I took a booster and bracket off a 69 2wd F250 and added it to my drums. Works like a charm and cost little. The only trick is you will probably have to modify the linkage from the pedal assembly to the booster. Since the PS really didn't work before the project, I more or less had manual steering and manual brakes before, so I can say that the brakes make a MUCH bigger difference than the steering to the safety and pleasure of driving it. I think it said above that the truck has a 460, so someone already did the swap. good 460's are not that hard to find/buy, so if it is a 460 you may be able to find one. If it is an FE, you should think about a re-build - hate to see that nice truck with a 6.
I love the idea of putting in a T19 and am grateful for the suggestion. Time to start looking for a suitable trannsmission because the NP435 is authentic, but really makes the truck less fun to drive.
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Awesome thanks very much. Now just one more random question. Um, so as far as wiring harness goes- i was looking at a couple online and im not sure which one exactly i would need for this truck. Can i get some help?
Replacing an entire wiring harness can be a fair-sized job. Is yours so buggered up that you feel it would be more work to repair it than just to replace it? I can see from the engine compartment pics that someone's done a real hack job on it in the past, but if there are just a few spots like that, it's easily repairable. just stay away from wire nuts and cheap crimp-on connectors, there are good crimp-on connectors with heat-shrink insulators on them, or, I like to use solder-on connectors with heat-shrink tubing.
Are you looking for upgrades with additional circuits for accessories, or just a stock replacement? How 'bout putting up some links to the ones you've been looking at so we can check 'em out...?
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Im not planning on having a tv or anything in my truck lol I want all the stock stuff to work, I want a CD player not a track player, will be adding more speakers, and I want a few more guages i.e. RPM,...so would I need anything special to do that? I have seen wiring kits in magazines upwards of $600 and then again some on ebay for about 100 bucks. I dont get it ;P
Looks like a decent enough kit with plenty of extra circuits for accessories...you can even add that TV if you're so inclined!
One thing though...it's universal-fit harness, not one made specifically for your truck, so it's going to require a fair amount of adaptation and soldering etc. to make it work. If you don't have much automotive electrical wiring experience, you will by the time you're done...! Don't expect it to be a quick job, though it's certainly much easier than a late model fuel-injected vehicle with tons of accessories.
Probably the main reason for the price discrepancies you've encountered are that some of those higher-priced systems are designed to be more plug-and-play, like some of the direct-fit harnesses made specifically for your vehicle.
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Ah i see that makes sense. Im having trouble deciding which type to go with. I honestly dont have that much electrical experience and Im not sure what sort of guides are available for this. However on the flip side if i can save $300 bucks with a universal harness that would be ideal. Can a nublet do this or should i buck up and get a custom harness?
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