grateful no one was in front of me.
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Tuned
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From: Sacramento, CA
grateful no one was in front of me.
Yesterday I had my new donor truck (1970 F250) delivered to me, it has power steering and power disc brakes. I'm excited to make the swap into my 1966 F250. Even more so after trying to make a stop while exiting the freeway yesterday night. Light turned yellow and I had enough room to stop, I thought. Let me say that I am not a fast driver. I am happy at 55 to 60 MPH, but both feet on that petal and I still ran the red light. My truck usually stops Ok, not great, but well enough that I feel safe driving it. It stopped fine the rest of the way home but I'm still a little shaken.
I was researching the swap and saw that there was tech article mentioned in a few posts but I couldn't find the article myself. Anyone have a link to it?
Also, I saw mention of power discs vs manual discs. Is there much of a difference? How much vacuum is needed to run the power discs? I'm guessing that I have manual drums now because I have no vacuum hose to my brake system. But I really don't know how to tell the difference.
Anyway, the truck is my DD so I can't have it down very long. But I do get a three day weekend every week, hopefully I can get it done in that time period. And I'll use side streets until then.
Joel
I was researching the swap and saw that there was tech article mentioned in a few posts but I couldn't find the article myself. Anyone have a link to it?
Also, I saw mention of power discs vs manual discs. Is there much of a difference? How much vacuum is needed to run the power discs? I'm guessing that I have manual drums now because I have no vacuum hose to my brake system. But I really don't know how to tell the difference.
Anyway, the truck is my DD so I can't have it down very long. But I do get a three day weekend every week, hopefully I can get it done in that time period. And I'll use side streets until then.
Joel
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Joel, Sounds like you were asleep at the wheel or you have an issue with the brakes.
You want power disc brakes. You could use a helper if you are going to complete in a weekend. I recommend a backup plan for Monday just in case.
John
You want power disc brakes. You could use a helper if you are going to complete in a weekend. I recommend a backup plan for Monday just in case.
John
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If you're not super familiar with the job I would also recommend a backup plan. I started my disc swap in November....still not done...haha.
But mine isn't a daily driver anymore and my truck is at my brother's house where he keeps saying he'll wrap it up but he doesn't....
But mine isn't a daily driver anymore and my truck is at my brother's house where he keeps saying he'll wrap it up but he doesn't....
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Tuned
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Ha, asleep at the wheel of Big Blue. She'd keep a narcaleptic awake. Climb in and hold on, she has no shocks left and is just bouncing around on the coil overs.
I have some work to do and I'm excited to get to it, now if my pesky job will leave me with enough energy at the end of the day to find a bit of ambition.
I have some work to do and I'm excited to get to it, now if my pesky job will leave me with enough energy at the end of the day to find a bit of ambition.
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