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Yup. I made the return and pressure hose to fit the 2WD config. Great product. Just factor in $50 for new hoses if you’re doing this project. I sent my Wild Horses hose to @Viper Pilot
FYI I was a 2wd yuckety-yucks at one time. Like when I was 15 (2wd 1966 with a none original 429). And at 16 the ol 2wd 73 with a straight 6 and 3 on the tree NO pwr steering or P/B. Yes I mud bogged it.
Then I got the blue truck (#1/original) and never looked back. And yes I rolled it on it passenger side, rolled it back over, put 3 qts of oil and started it up and drove it for quite some time like it was.
Rich, we're pathetic! Too afraid to leave the house in a vehicle that can't crawl out of a ditch, or pull a big tree out of the road. I sold my last 2wd vehicle in 1983.
Well fine by me, I will be pathetic...and if need be...I will be in 4wd. And I will NOT be stuck in some ditch or trapped by a tree the fell across the road. I will also get to work when there is snow and ice on the roads. Accomplish my meals on wheels gig so grandma Smith gets her vittles. Be able to help the neighbors truck or tractor get unstuck. Get to see new places a 2wd cant get me to.
I can do it without p/s, but it is nice to have and the Saginaw swap is a great idea.
"Neither snow, nor rain, nor heat, nor gloom of night stays these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed rounds."
This is always an enlightening and knowledgeable postings in this forum. I'm just a guy that has always had Ford trucks, Rangers - F150s. Just didn't like Chevy's and Dodge's all rust out in a day. This is my first one that I pulled out of a barn for an old farmer. its sort of rough but I've been tinkering around with it, welding in new metal, on a shorter but multi year timeframe. its a hobby for sure but will be my daily in a year or two and living in the north, you only get a few month to work on things since I don't have an available garage space to work on it. So far I have replaced the floor wells on both passenger and drivers side, trans tunnel was in perfect condition. Replaced both lower skins on inner and outer on both doors. I just finished up the front engine compartment which led to my original questions. the whole front clip is off, so changing the steering gear will never get easier than right now. I cleaned up/ground down frame and replace big chucks of the firewall and have now primed and painted all of the engine bay with bedliner paint. Radiator core and fender skits and supports/brackets are all done in bedliner. I'm sure there could have been other options, better options but for me, its a good level of protection to keep rust at bay for at least a few years. Right now, with all the parts I expect to yet buy, I'm all in under 9K. Engine is all machined, not assembled but packed away along with all the speed parts. 331 with a 512 lift cam, 10.3:1 compression, Edelbrock airgap intake, 2.02/1.6 valves on a 58CC ported/polished iron heads. Hopefully fall into that 350ish HP - far cry from the anemic 147 it came with. This is my first entry at restoration and while fun I know it has lots of "character" as my home builder neighbor always calls mistakes.
Tell us more about that camshaft. Lift is nice, but the ICL, LSA, and duration tell us more about the camshaft's performance range. Specifically, it tells us where it makes power, and what the engine's octane requirement will be.
