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Old Oct 5, 2009 | 04:47 PM
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4wd conversion

I recently converted my 1992 f-150 into a 4wd. It was in excelent shape with only 51,000 miles on it. So I kept staring at the front and convinced myself to do it. It was really easy and I'll be gald to answer any of your questions.
 
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Old Oct 5, 2009 | 08:26 PM
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Congratulations. Some pics with a technical write-up would go a long way. Did you put in a solid axle or swap-in a TTB?
 
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Old Oct 5, 2009 | 09:37 PM
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i have a 95 with only 70000mi on it and i plan on doing the exact same thing. could you please mabye post some pictures and give a detailed write up?
 
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Old Oct 6, 2009 | 12:41 AM
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pics or its not real lol!!
 
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Old Oct 6, 2009 | 04:06 AM
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what type of supsension you put under it or did you do a solid axle with leaf springs, lets see some pics too.
 
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Old Oct 6, 2009 | 12:33 PM
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I just did it completly stock just painted up real nice. I will put up some pics tonight or mabye tomorrow with more information on how i did it.
 
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Old Oct 6, 2009 | 11:02 PM
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Subscribing. I have a 1991 shortbox 2 wheel drive I am going to be doing pretty soon myself. I bought a complete 1990 supercab shortbox 4x4 parts truck to steal most of the parts out of. Im going with a manual tranny, so I still have to pick one of those up yet since my parts truck is a auto.

Tell me If Im out to lunch here, but I was planning on changing out both front and rear suspension. I havent read up on it for awhile, but I seem to remember the suspension being wider in the 4 wheel drive compared to the 2 wheel drive.

How long did the swap take you to do/finish?
 
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Old Oct 7, 2009 | 10:42 AM
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I'm planning on doing the same, I'm parting out my 94 and will swap it into my 89 crew cab dually.

What do you estimate the time was that I took to do the conversion?

What "if I would have know" or "next time I will do it differant" moments did you have.



THANKS!!
 
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