who's done it ? what did you have to do exactly?.. what kinda $$ did it run ya ?

I went to PYP this weekend and happened on a 74' F250 with a 390 4V/C6 package which I dragged out/home. I didnt take the rear section of the drive shaft just the front yoke(not sure if that was a fk up or) anywho.. wondering just how much BS i'm playing with to put t in the 66 slick and if I need that later part of the drive shaft or not. The F250 had a carrier bearing I'd assume the F100 setup with the c6 would be the same ? TIA

 

Bobby, I have a C6 in my 66. I went with a one piece drive shaft. I had it cut to fit, and have had no problems.


John

 

I had a C-6 out of a 1972 F-250 in my 65. I have the two piece drive shaft and just used the front half from the 72 and attached it to the rear half of my 65. I used the same cross member/transmission mount that my previous T-18 was bolted to. I then used the steering column out of the 72 and re-painted it to match my interior color. Everything bolted right up and took a weekend to complete.

I made my own transmission cooler lines and used an after market cooler in front of my rad. I found an old clutch pedal and chopped everything off except the shaft, since the brake pedal pivots on the clutch pedal shaft and I wanted to remove the pedal all together. I figured that would be easier than tracking down the correct parts for a factory equipped automatic truck since I imagine more were equipped with 3 or 4 speed manuals.

Total cost was $400.00 for the entire pickup.
$5.00 for can of red spray paint
$50.00 for a new flex plate
$5.00 for the flex plate bolts
$125.00 for the transmission rebuild kit
$200.00 for the stall converter

All prices are estimates as it has been over 5 years since I completed the swap. I built the transmission to be behind a well built 390, I never got to the 390 and have scraped that project all together in favor of a 4.6L MOD engine with 4R70W.

Hopefully this helps you out with your swap.

Jeff

 

D9TZ4800A .. Driveshaft Center Support (carrier bearing) Kit

The kit contains the bearing, washers, rubber support, U shaped bracket, shims & misc. hardware.

Fits all F100/150's and most F250's: 1953/1996.

MSRP: $53.00 / FTEpartsguy.com price: $38.16

 

Bill: Does that kit fit the Cruiso as well ? I recently replaced the carrier bearing on her. Thing is the cruiso has always slipped out of gear at the most opportune times. I don't like (2nd - D - L) set up. It's leaking more now than ever and will need a rebuild before long is my guess. Kind of good timing if the C6 is in any decent shape.

John: what did the single piece drive shaft cost to put together ?

 

Bob, The cutting to fit was under $150.00 and was several years back. Don't know how prices compare to the left coast.


John

 

D9TZ4800A .. Driveshaft Center Support Kit

Fits: 1953/83 F100 / 1975/96 F150 / Most 1953/96 F250's, with...

FX & MX Cruise-O, C6, C4, AOD, FMX, E4OD, Ford-O-Matic, 3 speed manual, 4 speed New Process and Warner T-18, T-19, T-98, ZF, T/K & Mitsubishi 5 speeds.....the whole chittery.
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> > Bob...take a look at the bottom of your steering column under the hood at the manual control selector lever, where the shift rod from the trans hooks up.

There's a bushing and insulator in that lever, and if broken, worn, or missing, there will be slop in the shift lever.

The bushing/insulator kit to fix it, is still available from Ford.

It comes with two bushing & insulators, because the same kit also fits 1965/79 3 speed M/T's.

C5TZ7343A / MSRP: $16.32 / FTEpartsguy.com price: $11.75

Fits: A/T: 1965/79 F100/350 / 3 Speed M/T: 1965/66 F100/250 2WD, 1967/79 F100/350.

 

Wowser great news all around. Thanks for the info Bill, now "what to do?" lol this should be easy, uhhmm which is the cheapest HEH!

I think the plan is to have the F100 sit idle while the 390 comes together and the C6 can be checked out. Then the headers will need exhaust (dual) yep think it's time to plan on the old girl becoming a full time project for the next year or so.. damn I'm going to miss driving that truck