Good answer.

 

Been a while since a posted an update on my truck. I've nearly worn the hawgs out, the lugs are starting pop off, so I'll be in the market soon for new tires.

I pulled my tranny last weekend to fix a leak and decided to go through it and found this...





I don't really know how it was working so well with the low reverse clutches completely gone. I guess the manual valve body really throws some pressure to it.


I'm also in the process of upgrading to hydroboost. I got a unit off like 2008 model f250, and made a conversion bracket for it.








Since I wanted to keep it all low profile, I didn't extend the bracket off the firewall like the original. The booster rod is now too long to bolt to the brake pedal, plus my brake pedal is the one with the weird offset, so I guess rather shortening the rod, I may just weld a bracket to the brake pedal to make up the difference. Maybe this pic will explain it better.






I guess that's about it. Any input is welcome.

 

What tires you looking for next?

 

44" boggers. But I might could settle for swampers.

 

I like the plate mount for hydroboost. I always reccomend doing it that way for easy install but I just weld plate to firewall.
For rod being too long I cut and full pen welded. Do it if your capable. Here's a couple saved pics I had on this issue.
Couple ways you could go.
Top pic: if rods are same diameter. Slide on sleeve, bevel, weld , grind weld smooth, slide sleeve over weld, weld sleeve.
Bottom one is if your welding two different diameter rods.



It has to be good!! It's the most important weld on your rig

 

^^^ I thought about shortening the rod, but I would still have to pull the pedal and re-drill the mounting hole. I've thought about just cutting the push rod, threading it, and building an L shaped bracket to drop the push-rod down the inch or so to the brake pedal hole.

The other option would be to pull the brake pedal and weld a bracket to the pedal that would extended toward the rear of the truck and mate with the stock length push rod. If I did this, however, I would need to shim the brake pedal to the side about an eighth of an inch to clear the wider part of the push rod.

In Hindsight, I should have taken more time and built a bracket that offset the booster the correct difference from the wall, then I could use a stock booster with no modifications... sometimes laziness trumps good engineering though.

I didn't weld the plate to the firewall simply because I have a bunch of dampening material in that area, and it would be a mess to remove. Furthermore, I wanted to retain those four bolts as they hold the brake pedal assembly.

 

Hey kingofcows, just stopped by the 4x4 forum and saw your build... nice work!

Love them dentside trucks. Hell any Ford covered in mud looks good...

 

If I had know sooner I would have given you my old 44s...

they had like 50% left on them... just put 50s on my rig.

 

Head Gasket...



Tires

 

With those 44" boggers you'll find your weak links.