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Has anyone mentioned the dome light mod? Replace the early style chrome dome light with the 96+ dome light. Direct swap, much brighter dome light, looks more modern, and doesn't heat up to 1000°F when it's on. Plus there are tons in the junkyards. I just did it recently in my own truck.
I've done the dome light swap, in fact I have a couple for sale right now on craigslist. A tan/saddle colored one and a gray one.
They were in 1995 model years too.
The one thing that I find that is a little off though is, on a standard cab truck,the light beam aims much higher than it does on Bronco/S or Crw cabs due to the angled roof section that it mounts to.
Not a terribly big deal.
And bucket seats didn't come in standard cab trucks except Lightnings. We had this discussion fairly recently here.
I had a 95 standard cab, manual trans, 4x4 with buckets and seperate fold down center seat. I assumed it was stock. Either way, you can certainly find them in a single cab. There's one out there at least...
Intermittent wipers are an easy upgrade, also used to get the drl modules off the Canadian trucks and it was plug and play. I once found a truck that had the "Northwest Package" with an oem factory rear defrost back glass. Have never seen another. The locking hood latches were also a popular add-on.
I wish these trucks came with a mist wiper feature OEM rather than turning the wipers on and off if you only need one swipe.
I had a 95 standard cab, manual trans, 4x4 with buckets and seperate fold down center seat. I assumed it was stock. Either way, you can certainly find them in a single cab. There's one out there at least...
Sway bars and skid plates can been good upgrades. Picked up front and rear bars, a rear fuel tank skid plate and two transfer case skid plates last week
Please do a write up on the cruise control. I have a fleet bone stock 97 f250 hd diesel that i already but a 95 cruise control wheel on. Dont you need a different master cylinder as well? The 95 f250 gas that the wherl came from has a sensor on the master cylinder
Sway bars and skid plates can been good upgrades. Picked up front and rear bars, a rear fuel tank skid plate and two transfer case skid plates last week
Which models came with skid plates? Or are they aftermarket?
Which models came with skid plates? Or are they aftermarket?
thanks!
These came off of one with the Off Road package. One of the TC skid plates was off of a Bronco. The Bronco skid plate is a little beefier than the F-150s.
Broncos had skid plates for the transfer case and fuel tank. The bronco tank is a 25 or 33 gallon model, and much taller than the f series rear tank.
be leary of any transfer case skid that has a bend in it. It's either been bashed on a rock or they used it as a jacking point. Either way diminishes the integrity of the skid.
Has anyone mentioned the dome light mod? Replace the early style chrome dome light with the 96+ dome light. Direct swap, much brighter dome light, looks more modern, and doesn't heat up to 1000°F when it's on. Plus there are tons in the junkyards. I just did it recently in my own truck.
Just in case you can't find what you are looking for this site can really help. You can search your local area with it too. I've found a couple of parts yards around here that I didn't even know existed. Good luck!
Sway bars and skid plates can been good upgrades. Picked up front and rear bars, a rear fuel tank skid plate and two transfer case skid plates last week
This is a little embarrassing, since I used to be into autocross with a modified CRX, but I didn't realize that my truck lacked sway bars. So I went by the Pull-a-Part this morning, and found a '93 XLT with front and rear bars... sadly I didn't have anything with me large enough to take the spring perch off. Any idea what size that is off the top of your head? I'm hoping if I take off the front plate, sway bar, and end-links as one piece... that they'll only charge me for one item. If someone gets to it before I can return, I did see a '91 Bronco with the front bar still in place. Funny thing is, I saw (weeks ago) a '95 XL that had the front "skid plate" that the sway bar attaches to, I can't say if it had a sway bar then, since I wasn't looking... but I remember thinking that I was pretty sure my truck didn't have a similar plate. I have a pile of ball joints and tie rod ends that I need to install on my truck, I'd like to get the sway bar from the Pull-a-Part so that I can do them all at the same time!
This is a little embarrassing, since I used to be into autocross with a modified CRX, but I didn't realize that my truck lacked sway bars. So I went by the Pull-a-Part this morning, and found a '93 XLT with front and rear bars... sadly I didn't have anything with me large enough to take the spring perch off. Any idea what size that is off the top of your head? I'm hoping if I take off the front plate, sway bar, and end-links as one piece... that they'll only charge me for one item. If someone gets to it before I can return, I did see a '91 Bronco with the front bar still in place. Funny thing is, I saw (weeks ago) a '95 XL that had the front "skid plate" that the sway bar attaches to, I can't say if it had a sway bar then, since I wasn't looking... but I remember thinking that I was pretty sure my truck didn't have a similar plate. I have a pile of ball joints and tie rod ends that I need to install on my truck, I'd like to get the sway bar from the Pull-a-Part so that I can do them all at the same time!
Thanks! Did you use an adjustable wrench? I don't think I have any sockets/wrenches bigger than 23mm. On another note, I do have the mounting plate for the sway bar... I thought I didn't... so I just need the bar and the spring perches.
07-03-2018, 05:43 PM
