11/10/2013 update: the rear power windows are working. The front window crank is on the front of the panel while the rear window crank is at the rear of the door panel. this places the arm in the wrong position for using a front window regulator on the rear. It required drilling out spot welds and turning the regulator arm to the proper position to match the rear hand crank regulators. then chopping the arm and overlapping it about an inch onto itself for clearance of the work gear. ensure your welds are solid because the arm gets decent force place on it by the worm gear assembly.

everything for the crew cabs is either unavailable, not reproduced, used, and/or pricey.

I also got around to installing a nuc motorsports amsoil bk-21 bypass filter setup with sample valve w/remote oil pressure gage, changed the oil for rotella T6 5w40, installed a donaldson ELF series oil filter, installed a baldwin fuel filter in the stock housing, and a glacier diesel performance auxillary fuel filter with a fleetguard (I will be upgrading it to a CAT 2 micon absolute filter next change.)

The truck should be setup to run for a long time to come hopefully will extended oil change intervals if blackstone labs says the samples come back clean.

 

Waiting while the bed rails line-x gets touched up and a few more parts coated for wear protection.

 

Installed a heater core in the F350 today. All ready for winter now.

Jim

 

Had to get a shovel to dig up this thread.

One of my calipers was frozen. I always replace in pairs. Wow does this thing stop fast now.

 

Wonder what froze it up? We don't have much of that out here in the salt free zone. I've never ever had a caliper problem other than leaking.

 

They freeze up for any reason, the caliper goes out to far, the fluid never got replaced, rust, lack of use. Usually just the fluid though.

 

All I did was use one of those headlight restoration products on the F350's headlights, turn signal lights, and tail lights. Looks marginally better than before.

Jim

 

Swapped on some Army surplus rims and "as new" tires in the old 9x20 size - At least until I can source out some 22's...

Completely rebuilt the brake system - Rebuilt all wheel cylinders and master - Ran all new brake lines...

Rebuilt the carb - Flushed and replaced all the other fluids...

Now to find a cabover camper - A decent F series late model seat (for the seat belts and comfort factor) - Install some tunes - And do the OD Green/Black camo job...

Jury is still out on the A/C project............

 

Slide pins. One finally broke loose when I took it off the truck and the bore was very rusted. The truck stops really well now. As far as I know, all of the pistons were good. I am looking to off load the old calipers on some old sap who needs calipers or send them in for a core refund somewhere. I bought my calipers on amazon and they dont do core charges. My old calipers could probably pass with a rebuild just fine.

 

Got the driver's side washer fluid sprayer to work. Sorry - no pictures.

What a pain for such a small part. Had to take out two panels at the base of the windshield. But ... it gave me the opportunity to clean things out and I'm guessing there was 13 years of crap trapped in there.

Word of advice - your wife's sewing kit (with her favorite needles) and canned air is your friend. Also, while my initial thought was to attack it from the inflow, it was a way better idea to go at it from the sprayer nozzle backwards - otherwise, I would be just jamming crud into the nozzle. I did insert the needle in the inflow and freed up a bunch of crud that way.

 

I just bought new ones on amazon

 

If you do that post a how-to thread. The Ex forum loves those.

Bill, your new mirror pics will fit nicely into this thread.

 

I replaced the calipers. I just tossed the old calipers before the move....

However I notice a folder titled "slide pins" with sever video files on my desktop.... hmmmm

 

im doing my best to keep the truck running lol..... dreaming of the day i can park it and go through the truck from tow hook to trailer hitch.

i do have a used set of slotted rotors and hawk pads for the front that i need to install. buddy gave them to me after he upgraded to the ssbc 8 piston kit in front. his old parts had maybe 5k miles on use.

 

Dang it, picked up something on the road and that rear tire deflated in a hurry! (Allen wrench is for visualization only). Luckily, the spare was good, but I gotta work on my roadside tire change speed (or carry a floor jack all the time).