78 f250 custom build thread
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Where did you get your lower door skins? I need to buy some for mine.
More Turbo
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Yeah I'm in Canada so the shipping would be even worse, ah well
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I see, what I would do is try them both and see what the shipping is. Who knows might not be that bad I think mine was so high was because I ordered other parts and they shipped out of 3 different places, even at that it was high but that's probably the reason. Good luck to ya anyhow
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Got my outer panels glued on my doors body lines line up. (will post pics soon) also as I was hanging the fenders on to match body lines for the doors I came to conclusion that I would be further ahead to just get new fenders. Where is a good place to get generic? I don't want to pay too much but I also want them to line up. I haven't had very good luck with the cab corners or the lower door skins, the cab corners were made to long on the back of the left side it hung in past the original line toward the frame and I had to trim it and put filler in to try to match the line (lots of messing around). The door skins I got don't have the bend they need above the bottom bump body line so im going to see what it looks like once they're primed and if I don't like them I am going to put some filler on the cab and fenders in that crease to compensate for it. So If anyone knows of a good generic fender and where to get it let me know. Thanks all.
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The other side is all done other than being glued. Now to start body work and welding the inside panels in too.
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Well got my inside panels tacked on for one final test fit before I weld and glue them.
I also picked up a truck bed last weekend. Its in pretty good shape will take some body work but not too much, Way better than the one I have. The bed has the ranger trim package I am not sure what year but it has the chrome in the dent and around the lower body line. What I would like to do is just have the chrome in the dent. Now questions I have to whom it may concern is, are there glue on trim that I could make work for the cab and doors I have, and also if I take the trim off the lower body line are those clipped in or glued or how are they fastened. Reason im asking I haven't really got a chance to look at it yet im waiting for a nice day to go get it.
Thanks in advance!
I also picked up a truck bed last weekend. Its in pretty good shape will take some body work but not too much, Way better than the one I have. The bed has the ranger trim package I am not sure what year but it has the chrome in the dent and around the lower body line. What I would like to do is just have the chrome in the dent. Now questions I have to whom it may concern is, are there glue on trim that I could make work for the cab and doors I have, and also if I take the trim off the lower body line are those clipped in or glued or how are they fastened. Reason im asking I haven't really got a chance to look at it yet im waiting for a nice day to go get it.
Thanks in advance!
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79 f150, 302, 030 over, cam, 4bbl, T-5 WC swap
i am new to the forums here, so im not sure if im posting in the right spot or what, i cant figure out how to post a thread either unless ya gotta pay to do that, anyway, i recently resto- modded a 78 150, was auto trans i put in a t-5 WC out of a 88 GT. two flywheels, two clutch kits, two cables, TO bearings, clutch forks, and i still have a wobble like vibration. first clutch set and flywheel i could barely push the pedal down, switched all of it out, vibration is 80 percent better, but i got under it the other day to adjust the cable, and it was running, and the clutch fork is wobbling like the clutch is out of align, like there is one spot of the pressure plate that isnt seating right. i drilled out the PP holes in the flywheel and replaced with grade 5 bolts, nuts and lock washers, all the same size, and length. the input shaft on the trans had a decent ding in the end of it i had to grind off to fit the pilot bearing. since the clutch and all has been switched out twice, whats the chances my input shaft is bent? any help would be appreciated
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