Midnight: "I've tossed around the idea of this conversion for a while now"

@ Midnight: I have the utmost confidence in you so long as it doesn't involve belts ;) hehe!

That's the way to go fdude64. My parents made me get it done at a shop, $1386 out and I still don't have a tranny jack. The next week I ripped out my entire front end for a SAS.
Popped in the Timing cover, lower intake, dizzy, harmonic balancer, and fuel rail. Should be buttoned up tomorrow.

-Mike

That.....is a good idea.
I'll get working on that, I'm gonna have to charge my camera.

I started the write-up.

https://www.ford-trucks.com/forums/1...l#post12071008

Took my truck to my brothers shop to get an alignment done. He call me back to tell me that it needs ball joints and tie rod ends.

Well I didn't have to work on the old ford today. My wife got in her 04 ram and the alternator was shot. There goes 160 bucks. :(

Good evening gang,

I got my 96 Explorer all done, new Posi Trac clutch packs, new seals, synthetic lube,
picked up a new Ford hat while I was at the dealer, hehehe

I did the front upper control arm yesterday, back to slacking now....

Only got to put 2 hrs into the truck today. The 2 water pump gaskets in my kit don't fit. Guess I'll have to hope Carquest has it tomorrow, then I can pop on the rest of the accessories and start her up. Switchin' to photobucket so pics will take a while.

-Mike

Found a 83 f100 2wd flareside in town for around $400. think I might buy it and see if i can find someone who wants to trade on a 78 2wd

my 1990 f350
http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b2...%20OBS/513.jpg
first thing i did changed the tranny
http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b2.../IMG_06511.jpg
decided to change the front clip and with that replaced the water pump and heater core radiator a/c compressor fan clutch belts
http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b2...S/IMG_0917.jpg
http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b2...S/IMG_0925.jpg
http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b2...S/IMG_0923.jpg
http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b2...S/IMG_0966.jpg
then i decided to lift it went with the skyjacker 6'' lift and 37in tires
http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b2...%20OBS/612.jpg
got some newer running boards redoing them right now cause they were to low
http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b2.../IMG_11101.jpg
and this is my last thing ive gotten picked up a set of doug thorley headers with a 2in 1out flowmaster
http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b2...S/IMG_1162.jpg

How hard was it to change the front clip? I have a 1991 regular cab with the 300 I6. I like the 92-96 front end better

its fairly simple. i went to a parts yard and pulled what i needed.
front bumper, fenders, hood,headlights, grill,valence below the headlights and the windshield cowl. took about a whole day to take all parts off and get the other parts i did other maintenance while the whole truck was apart.

Hmm. I think when i go to do all the work on mine I'll do this. So whats the deal with the cowl? i thought it'd be the same on all years?

No...On the 87-91 models, it has a slight difference, than the 92+ models...

Cowl forward has to come off and be swapped...

Finally got my exhaust fixed...

2-1/4" Y pipe (Made in U.S.A baby!) flared over the previously installed 2.25" exhaust pipes...And then into a Dynomax Muffler, then some more 2.25 pipe on a 45* bend, out in front of the rear, right tire..

Ending in one of my old 3" x 14" Stainless Steel Slash cut tips...:-jammin



Went from a balls out, race truck sound, down to whisper quiet...

If I hadn't did the Tachometer Cluster swap, I wouldn't even know the truck is running...

It's SOOOOO much more enjoyable of a drive now..:-X22