I am needing help!! I have installed the cab from my parts truck 1955 C600 onto the donor 2002 E550 with 7.3 powerstroke chassis...Im not sure why I didnt consider the computers before...brain fart or worse---cant say...never considered them though. Now Im ready to start putting things back together like the computers and wire harnesses , The engine is now repositioned so the cab will fit, the brake pedal is now set up to function etc. Now that Im ready to put the wire harness back on etc...OPPS what about the Air bag system? opps what other sensors wont be used what did I forget to take off the now gone cab what else is...needed?...Guys is there a way to reprogram the computer to delete the air bag . I want ABS I want the power steering, throttle to work like it did with the E550 cab still in place but to work now with this antique on its frame....suggestions???Im sure this wont start until I deal with all of this....opps...at least Im thinking now before putting the harness back on...

 

Following as I've been planning to put an old COE body on a 99-03 powerstroke frame, I've seen a few for sale & they've all used the super duty dash, steering column & other interior comforts. Cleatus12r had a thread on his earlier truck conversion see here https://www.ford-trucks.com/forums/1363609-yes-its-a-7-3l-superduty-1973-f100-project.html
without reading through it, I can't remember if he covered the specifics of the wiring & sensors.
We also need pictures!!!!

 

You really can pick and choose what you want. The modules necessary are the PCM (engine and transmission), IDM (engine), ABS module (since you want ABS for some reason) because the speedometer and PCM REQUIRE the signal from the ABS module to convert the analog vehicle speed sensor to the digital 8800 pulse-per-mile for proper speed data, and the accelerator pedal.

You'll end up cutting out more wires from the harness than you'll actually use.

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I would post pictures if the site worked...Ive tried and non of my attempts to upload will bear fruit....I also posted in the general discussion area and there is a photo there....that photo took several attempts to work also....not sure what made it finally work...ok see the next post it finally let me get a picture in there by working around with a reply to my own post....eeegaads...

 

 

see below shovelheadrob.....

 

I don't know about this site but another one that I haunt has a maximum picture size and it just won't upload if the picture is too big. I know that ahead of time and all of my pictures are reduced when I save them so I have no problem. That may or may not be the issue here. Your project looks neat, congrats on being able to do that kind of work.

 

That's as cool as penguin ****, are those wheels 22.5's?
You should start a new thread on the build, I'm sure that I'm not the only person here that would subscribe.

 

No those are the stock E550 19.5 tires....It needs 22.5's..like the tool truck has..Penguin **** cool wow....I guess thats the ****....lol....I will do some posting as I get rolling again....Edith the resto mod was on the back burner....now I may be losing the building where it and the Tool Truck is sitting/is stored each night....so I gotta get this to move on its own power....The donor was a running driving E550////It dragged this C600 as a complete truck all the way to San Diego from Iowa...I bought the E550 in Minnesota. I bought a trailer there also and picked up the antique in Iowa...nice 12 day adventure coming home...brake failure in the Rockies, etc...got stories galore regarding that road trip.....my buddy who stripped the engine while I was away on vacation to get it out to reposition the engine DID NOT label stuff....I came back from vacation a year ago to an engine removed from the frame and a pile of wire harness/disassembled turbo etc...no pictures of how it looked so I got a basket case to work from...he isnt available to help put it back together right now and its a year later...Ill figure it all out but its a bit of a jumbled wire harness/computer mess.....I think how the engine now sits in this frame is going to work just fine with the old cab...I still have some engineering to deal with to get the cab to tilt more than it does now....but that will have to wait until I actually get the harness etc back together so it can move on its own power....I shouldnt have let it sit all those months.....

 

the tool truck....aka Ethyl THE TOOL TRUCK>>.99% stock 1955 C600.... the Resto mod is her sister "Edith" I have problems posting pictures...I tried to get this picture into my last post answering Shovelheadrob.s question about tire sizes... and as a last ditch try did it on a new post not thinking it would work....it did...finally.

 

Thanks for the pics, good luck with the project, keep us informed.