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May 7, 2011 | 01:41 PM

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Customcab

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From: Clarksville,Tn

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Originally Posted by Wills1966F100

I wish I had customcab's two speed delay wipers.

Got the 2speed wiper motor from mids 70's model; delay from early 80's or late 70's can't reminder. Mounted the motor to the 64's oem mounting bracket and use the arms from the 64 as well. The wiring harness from the delay wipers is basically plug & play. The area I havn't done yet is shorten the wiper switch arm to match the lenght as the rest of the kob's in on my 64's dash.
Havn't completely install every thing yet; my truck is strip to bare bones; as I'm currently doing a frame off resto. (Old Sckool Project).

There's been several tech comments on doing this upgrade on FTE; I've converted all my 70's trucks; those are alot easier to do then Slicks, mainly because of having to wire in the newer harness.
hope this helps ya out.

May 7, 2011 | 08:28 PM

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Shawns Fords

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From: Aurora Co

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Originally Posted by Customcab

Used a standard F150 style power steering box; only two holes truely go thru the 64 frame; as I mention I've semi box that area to assist with strength. The lower forward mounting bolt on the PS is partically thru the lower frame rail'of the 64 frame. I've cut & mounted a tube type spacer bracket piece against the frame to hold the lower bolt. (This allow all three factory bolts to mount the PS to the 64 Frame. Since I'm placing a tilt steering column; I purchase a universal 36 spline (3/4") joint from Summit; The tie rod end (11/16") that attaches to the 64 steering arm (Curved shape bracket that's attach to the drivers side wheel) from Speedway; and got another tie rod (3/4") that will be machined down that bolts thru the pitman arm attached to the PS box.
Hope this makes sense!

So does your later model gear box from the F100 fit in the same location? the reason im asking is because the OE pitman arm drops straight down where later model steering boxes run horizontal. This is how mine looks right now. Gear box is behind axle and pitman arm drops down along the side of the frame, and swings forward/backwards to move the link.

I would really like to see a picture of what you did here.

May 8, 2011 | 01:00 PM

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From: Clarksville,Tn

[QUOTE=Shawns Fords;10313847]So does your later model gear box from the F100 fit in the same location? the reason im asking is because the OE pitman arm drops straight down where later model steering boxes run horizontal. This is how mine looks right now. Gear box is behind axle and pitman arm drops down along the side of the frame, and swings forward/backwards to move the link.

Bascially same location; mounted on the inside of the frame rail; I'm using the pitman arm from the power steering box. It's running horizontal between frame and leaf springs. I have to move the bump stop leaf spring bracket from facing to the rear & switch it to face forward. As I mention the tie rods are also new ones; I've remove the double tie rod from my 64 and adding two seperate t-rods and a adjusting sleeve to use as a alignment. As I mention I'm not the best at the photo shoot stuff; and currently everything is disassemble. Painting parts and frame. Also taking a break this week for I'm heading to the Supernationals show. I'll try and get a buddy to take my pictures and post them for you to see soon.
Sorry for not having a better answer for ya!