Good afternoon y'all. Long time lurker, first time poster - that being said, I hope this is the right place for this kinda thread. I'm about to go pick up my newest truck, a 1990 F250, 7.3L diesel, 4x4, auto, reg. cab/long bed that I plan to do some upgrades to and essentially make it as robust as possible.




I plan on doing a few upgrades to it - one being the ZF5 swap. I've already bought a transmission, pedal assembly, no-shifter steering column, et cetera, et cetera. I was wondering if anyone has done anything to upgrade their pedal shaft bushings such as machine their own brass/bronze bushings or even a roller bearing conversion? Has anyone blown a steering column apart and done any upgrades to it? What are some popular upgrades I should look into for an IDI F250? I'm new to the world of diesel trucks.



Here's a short background on me - I'm Matt and I build high end hot rods for a world class hot rod shop in central Texas and oftentimes work with CNC machined parts and machine my own stuff on an upright mill and lathe. So I usually go overkill on stuff but I like pushing the limits of what's possible and elevating stuff where I can. I plan on keeping this truck for a long while so I like knowing these parts are going to last. I might start a build thread just to document everything I've done to my truck so I can share with the community. Is there a sub-forum dedicated to build threads?

Thanks in advance!

 

Cool project!

 

I'm not aware of a build forum. You can do it where ever it makes sense. By engine type or by truck years. Haven't had my pedals or steering wheel out to see how bushings are doing. Since yours are out, may as well go over them to see what you can do with them. Look forward to seeing your build thread. If you do it at the Bricknose forum leave a link here so the Bullnose guys can find you.