Kinda OT, but has anyone here done this before?
I know it is nothing new, and a lot of people on the web say it is easy, but I haven't found a lot of specifics, especially with regard to wiring.
What I have;
1997 F250 4x4 xcab longbed Powerstroke auto 190K mi
Auction car, been wheeled and repossessed. Has some suspension damage. Open downpipe exhaust
Repo truck tore the ebrake cable back so far it just about locked up one brake. After fixing that, I drove 300 miles home.
It ran OK, seemed to shift fine, but blinked the OD light (that's check engine for the tranny) all the way. At some point on the drive, It decided to blow a lot of tranny fluid out the front of the trans, but the axle was dry before I started my trip.
It had codes stored for crank sensor, and torque converter slip. Cleared em, and did a drive cycle... no codes set, but it did die at idle once.
I figure the cranks sensor is bad, the TCC is starting to slip, the front seal is wasted...and the trans may need a rebuild.
Truck #2
This truck is a 1996 F350 reg cab longbed 4x4 manual.
Out of state truck, reconstructed title as it was rolled slowly in the woods, and rebuilt with another cab. Possibly means no back fees.
The cab and interior are poor, tailgate wasted, bed not great. Seems to run well, the guy I got it from said great, he drove it a few thousand miles at leas, and said he loved the truck, but he has a new one now. Anyway this truck makes horrendous noises from the clutch/flywheel all the time, and slips if you try to beat on it.
The plan;
Longbed 250 get trans, pedals, and ECU from the 350, South bend DMF eliminator clutch set.
Air assist bags from the350, nice shocks
F350 springs, solid axle, and steering linkage from the Pitman arm down
Some nice seats out of a plush Bronco if I can find one in the yard.
The stock downpipe looks like a terrible design, I may try to get rid of that.
F350 may go back together downgraded to 250 status with some stock replacement parts in the autobox, or maybe better just to part it out.
This truck has to have a bit of a split personality, as it needs to live at the end of a dirt road, make 4 hour highway trips, do some medium hauling(under 10K loads), and occasionally it will be asked to go above and beyond, probably in terrible conditions.
Puzzles;
It seems if you don't swap wiring harnesses, you have to reset codes form time to time, but how much of a PITA is it to get the harness out?
Looks like the rear driveshaft will have to be lengthened.
I might have to cut the tranny hump out of the stick?
Unknown???
If someone knows a great writeup, or has done this, point me the right way.
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