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iwentdoodie
Apr 29, 2005

🤗YOU'RE WELCOME🤗

cursedshitbox posted:

what do you plan on doing with it? it appears to be rwd, and beat just as gently caress as mine is.

Towing back and forth to the dirt track twice a month, and eventually every weekend once we move back to FL.

That and I have a redneck urge to own a diesel flatbed.

Might also be used for an occasional commute.

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cursedshitbox
May 20, 2012

Your rear-end wont survive my hammering.



Fun Shoe
Fuggit, go for it. Aside from my lolbed height, it hauls dirtbikes awesomely.

slothrop
Dec 7, 2006

Santa Alpha, Fox One... Gifts Incoming ~~~>===|>

Soiled Meat

cursedshitbox posted:

db2 mechanical.

correction. some tweaker just broke into it and hosed the glovebox up while the wife was out running errands.

Time to hook up a 5A 100,000V lead to the door handles.

I just lurk here because your thread is awesome but poo poo man, your luck has got to break sometime. I hope the next person who cuts you off in traffic stubs their toe really loving badly.

Motronic
Nov 6, 2009

cursedshitbox posted:

correction. some tweaker just broke into it and hosed the glovebox up while the wife was out running errands.

Time to hook up a 5A 100,000V lead to the door handles.



Should I ship it now or just bring it with me the next time I'm out?

cursedshitbox
May 20, 2012

Your rear-end wont survive my hammering.



Fun Shoe

Motronic posted:



Should I ship it now or just bring it with me the next time I'm out?

Yes please.


In?

or out?

I'm thinking inboard mounting to keep em from getting as bashed up, but my precious stepping real-estate.


Highlighting why the core is cracking over and over:


Lifted with a jack under the front pumpkin.

making a X brace would probably cure it, but start loving up the fenders. Make a tubular brace that ties into the firewall, and the firewall will probably start cracking. FOOOOOOOORRRRDDD.
I so wish they made a 1pc bricknose front end.

cursedshitbox
May 20, 2012

Your rear-end wont survive my hammering.



Fun Shoe


Hell yeah. one ballast is out, replacements ordered in a proper color.

Kia Soul Enthusias
May 9, 2004

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Toilet Rascal
2700K?

cursedshitbox
May 20, 2012

Your rear-end wont survive my hammering.



Fun Shoe

They make lovely chinese kits in that color? :O

(3000k. it works awesome with my colorblindness. any hint of blue leaves me blind as poo poo)

Kia Soul Enthusias
May 9, 2004

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Toilet Rascal

cursedshitbox posted:

They make lovely chinese kits in that color? :O

(3000k. it works awesome with my colorblindness. any hint of blue leaves me blind as poo poo)

I was wondering if they make any HIDs that are 2700K. 3000K doesn't sound too bad. I really hate blue lights.

Mr-Spain
Aug 27, 2003

Bullshit... you can be mine.

Looks like it has AC but other than that it's a beat to hell east texas oil field service truck. No rust, not that you'd find any one one out there.

Kia Soul Enthusias
May 9, 2004

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Toilet Rascal

Mr-Spain posted:

Looks like it has AC but other than that it's a beat to hell east texas oil field service truck. No rust, not that you'd find any one one out there.

Just noticed the reer view mirror is sitting on the dashboard :P

cursedshitbox
May 20, 2012

Your rear-end wont survive my hammering.



Fun Shoe

CharlesM posted:

Just noticed the reer view mirror is sitting on the dashboard :P

Standard appointments for a ford product.

Kia Soul Enthusias
May 9, 2004

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cursedshitbox posted:

Standard appointments for a ford product.

The rental Fiesta I had (22k miles) the rear view mirror was really loose. You couldn't flick the "dimmer" without it moving the whole mirror.

cursedshitbox
May 20, 2012

Your rear-end wont survive my hammering.



Fun Shoe


The first alignment I ever paid for in 13 years of driving and 58 cars. This guy has always fought me, and with the advice of others (wife included) I took it in. Due to its size they were unsure if it even could be done, and charged me accordingly.


E: now with this done I can build alignment plates and just do my own from here on.


E2:


Not too shabby for eyeballs. I should address rear bushings/wheel bearings soon it seems.

cursedshitbox fucked around with this message at 21:08 on Jan 12, 2017

clam ache
Sep 6, 2009
Uhhhhhhhhhh....that toe being different side to side is triggering me. I'm an alignment guy and wtf.....why even print that sheet when two seconds and a turn of an adjuster sleeve will fix it......grrrrrrrrr. Did they seem to do a good job? I mean that makes me wonder if they did another caster swing to make sure the wheel was actually at center.....sorry I'm becoming an alignment sperg lately. It comes from working on brand new cars from my local shoddy body shop.

cursedshitbox
May 20, 2012

Your rear-end wont survive my hammering.



Fun Shoe
I was fairly happy with it before. but anyway. sure the steering wheel was off prior but i didnt give a gently caress as it doesnt have any effect on the toe-in. It wasn't pulling either.

The wheel does feel lighter post alignment not that i care. the tech did run it lock to lock a few times to verify wheel center. Was it worth the $130 bucks they charged? eh.

caster/camber are locked. its a solid front axle kingpin 60, not TTB. By the time the camber/castor is out of spec I've bigger issues.

Next time someone brings up omgwtfbbq your alignment is dicked i'll just link em to the above pictures and describe ackermann's geometry over and over until the sun burns the hell out.

If we're getting ultra spergy technical, using the plastic clamp on cup to my wheel could cause the above results anyway. if we wanted to get technical I'd pop the rotors/dums off and stick gauge blocks to the machined hub face and bounce argon lasers off that fucker. but I'm lazy and have other things to worry about, liiiiike is my radiator gonna fall out or is the wiring harness gonna burn this pile of poo poo to the ground.


E: Fyi.
toe spec is .5" out.

cursedshitbox fucked around with this message at 04:34 on Jan 13, 2017

clam ache
Sep 6, 2009
All of that is 100% correct and just further intensify my liking of you. I'm just a gooob and have both sides matching because it makes me feel better inside. And the body shop I work with looses there poo poo. And has rubbed off on me. But keep up your awesome poo poo dude. I love your Bricknose my dad had a 95 with a 5.slow and when he sold it at 278k it was still driving like new. Guy he sold it to went from Chicago to Mexico multiple times with it and makes my dad jealous all the time when he's at our neighbours house.(guy who bought it is my neighbours dad)

cursedshitbox
May 20, 2012

Your rear-end wont survive my hammering.



Fun Shoe
the bigger/older you go the sloppier it gets.
Bricknoses end in 91 :3: I never did bodywork aside from replacing panels. i'm colorblind and gently caress dealing with all that poo poo. I'll run a sandblock, but hahas will be had if I match colors.
On a FRS or some other modern sporty car? it'd be undrivable. but hey, big stupid axles under a big stupid truck with big stupid log truck springs.



(we legit have a 220v argon laser and I wanna fire it if itd ever stop flooding)
(and that also means I can fix the broken core support and exhaust....and boatsides and. and and... )

eighty-four merc
Dec 22, 2010


In 2020, we're going to make the end of Fight Club real.

cursedshitbox posted:



The first alignment I ever paid for in 13 years of driving and 58 cars.

Congrats, you're officially an adult. I am about to hit the same milestone tomorrow after I put this pile of front end parts on my car.

The alignment rack in my shop is just maybe 10 yards from my bay, though, and it will just be $30 after the bro discount. (And afterwards I should theoretically know how to work the Hunter machine and be able to do it myself)

cursedshitbox
May 20, 2012

Your rear-end wont survive my hammering.



Fun Shoe
I'll never be an adult.
Why? this is why:

I build poo poo like this for grins


You're gonna make chrisgt jealous with all that w123 parts porn.



Bonus low-mid 40s start:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JzrkPphosM4

double glow.


E:

cursedshitbox fucked around with this message at 23:58 on Jan 13, 2017

chrisgt
Sep 6, 2011

:getin:

cursedshitbox posted:


You're gonna make chrisgt jealous with all that w123 parts porn.


I did all that front end stuff and more to mine last summer.
Lower balljoints are a pain in the loving rear end, have fun ...

eighty-four merc
Dec 22, 2010


In 2020, we're going to make the end of Fight Club real.

chrisgt posted:

I did all that front end stuff and more to mine last summer.
Lower balljoints are a pain in the loving rear end, have fun ...

I'm not doing the lowers for that reason and also because they are fine. One of my upper balljoints has a small amount of play and the control arms are cheap and easy so I figured I'd do them with the tie rods, drag link and stabilizer.

I wish I had more time to gently caress around on my own car but I am pretty much limited to a few hours on Saturdays. Would be nice to figure out where my small vacuum leak in the ACC is.

chrisgt
Sep 6, 2011

:getin:
The rest of the stuff is actually pretty easy. You might also want to replace the vacuum cap on the modulator (transmission shift quality thingy). It's a little rubber condom that seals vacuum, costs $3 at the dealer, and likes to crack. When it cracks it causes a leak, poor shifting, and sucks in water rusting out the internals. I caught mine in the early stages of cracking and replaced it before any damage was done.

Part number is: 126 277 00 81
Definitely replace that if you have the stock green modulator.

cursedshitbox
May 20, 2012

Your rear-end wont survive my hammering.



Fun Shoe


Don't want to come off? Ok fine, have it your loving way.

Yerok
Jan 11, 2009
I just moved to Washington and there are a shitload of single cab 4x4 IDI F350's here. I'm on the lookout for a 4x4 crewcab with an 8 foot bed with a 7.3 turbo IDI that I can take out and replace with a 12 valve, then put the IDI in a dentside F350 crewcab that is sitting in Wisconsin.

chrisgt
Sep 6, 2011

:getin:

Yerok posted:

I just moved to Washington and there are a shitload of single cab 4x4 IDI F350's here. I'm on the lookout for a 4x4 crewcab with an 8 foot bed with a 7.3 turbo IDI that I can take out and replace with a 12 valve, then put the IDI in a dentside F350 crewcab that is sitting in Wisconsin.

Why don't you put a 12 valve in the dent side, and then get whatever lovely bricknose and put a 12 valve in that, too...

cursedshitbox
May 20, 2012

Your rear-end wont survive my hammering.



Fun Shoe

chrisgt posted:

Why don't you put a 12 valve in the dent side, and then get whatever lovely bricknose and put a 12 valve in that, too...

This guy knows whats up. IdI is a fine mill for many things, but like death by a thousand cuts...
I gotta say though, it sounds like rear end 99% of the time. get it up to 3300 rpm and it sounds like the world is ending. It needs a turbo

I still really wish that idi 62' purchase came through, but hey if anything happens to the cab on this guy...

CommieGIR
Aug 22, 2006

The blue glow is a feature, not a bug


Pillbug
I'd kill for an IDI truck, but right now, I'm on the hunt for an Audi AEL TDI motor.

cursedshitbox
May 20, 2012

Your rear-end wont survive my hammering.



Fun Shoe

CommieGIR posted:

I'd kill for an IDI truck, but right now, I'm on the hunt for an Audi AEL TDI motor.

yea i saw that. you *need* a TDI rally car you dick.


BTW! just about 8 days from owning this thing for a year. put about 8,000mi on it and yet to swap an engine. what a change from loving rovers man.

CommieGIR
Aug 22, 2006

The blue glow is a feature, not a bug


Pillbug

cursedshitbox posted:

BTW! just about 8 days from owning this thing for a year. put about 8,000mi on it and yet to swap an engine. what a change from loving rovers man.

Because you have a distinct lack of Oil pressure primed Injectors like the 6.0hno

cursedshitbox
May 20, 2012

Your rear-end wont survive my hammering.



Fun Shoe

CommieGIR posted:

Because you have a distinct lack of Oil pressure primed Injectors like the 6.0hno



btdt shut your whore mouth.

CommieGIR
Aug 22, 2006

The blue glow is a feature, not a bug


Pillbug

cursedshitbox posted:



btdt shut your whore mouth.

VE Injector Pumps for the win. I like keeping my oil and my fuel separate by more degrees than a poorly made copper washer.

CommieGIR fucked around with this message at 20:20 on Feb 6, 2017

cursedshitbox
May 20, 2012

Your rear-end wont survive my hammering.



Fun Shoe
pos stanadyne on the idis. but yeah, i bought that 2007 in 2013? for 1500 bucks needing 6.ohno things. fixed it up and it was a fine truck afterwards that gave me no problems. I traded it for the first bus, the 4104.

Yerok
Jan 11, 2009

chrisgt posted:

Why don't you put a 12 valve in the dent side, and then get whatever lovely bricknose and put a 12 valve in that, too...

Obviously putting a 12 valve in anything is the way to go, might as well do something with the IDI though. I mean the funniest thing to do would be to put a built Powerstroke in the '79 F350.

chrisgt
Sep 6, 2011

:getin:

Yerok posted:

Obviously putting a 12 valve in anything is the way to go, might as well do something with the IDI though. I mean the funniest thing to do would be to put a built Powerstroke in the '79 F350.

Sell the idi to some redneck on craigslist to fund more 12v mills.

cursedshitbox
May 20, 2012

Your rear-end wont survive my hammering.



Fun Shoe

Old...


Less old...er new.

I have no plans to put the original a/c back in this pos. so fuckit. Might as well fix my fuckup and remove more a/c stuff.

Preppin' for the rewire:
I used cad to design up this bracket for the lower dash.



Cut the stensils on my laser cutter :siren:
Stupid ford and their stupid quasi-rounds at the edge. So glad this isnt a 1999 model!

Hows this look in the truck?

Perfect. Finished design will be cut out of .125" black acrylic. the original fascia will be gutted and the acrylic bolts over it. Pyrometer goes in the far right hole. Contura switches elsewhere. Indicators and push buttons as needed.

bolind
Jun 19, 2005



Pillbug
I like you shift knob very much!

Atmus
Mar 8, 2002

cursedshitbox posted:



minor victories! 4 beru, 3 chinesium, 1 autolite. none broken, distorted, or put up a fight of any kind. why? because I purchased proper tools just incase.

I'll admit I'm impressed. I've never seen Autolite glowplugs removed intact before.

I'm somewhat curious about your stated mileage though. My original IDI was a 1985 F-250HD extended cab 4wd that the scale said weighed 6,600lbs full, and I got just over 22mpg on diesel and about 19.5mpg on WVO, and that's with a C6d transmission. I suppose the differential gearing could be a big influence, and your big goofy tires probably didn't help in the beginning.

My other IDI is a 1984 F-250 rwd that has 4.10s and got about 17mpg, but it weighs much less than yours or the other one.

When you were doing the interior, did you take the side panels in the footwells off? I know Ford used the same cab for 17 years, but I wondered if they ever filled in the footwell vent hole or if they just kept bolting a plate over it.

cursedshitbox
May 20, 2012

Your rear-end wont survive my hammering.



Fun Shoe
shoulda played the lotto with those plugs, hahaha.

Theres a plate bolted over it. I removed those plates to remove all the rats nest that was in this fucker when i purchased it. Since I've tossed the a/c idea I'm fully plan on installing those from a 83-87 model with a split rear window.

4.10 gears plus big dumb tires. Pretty sure all the metal hanging off of it doesnt help.



Fresh 2mic filter. (was seeming down on power, and surging at light rpms).
Bled like a hot drat without stalling.
Bonus idle videos + flir action. (cold advance/fast idle on)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CGUjLyhYxFE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H_f0xcVoRgA

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digger_smolkin
Feb 23, 2007

Any Problem Solved

Is A New Problem Made

Atmus posted:

When you were doing the interior, did you take the side panels in the footwells off? I know Ford used the same cab for 17 years, but I wondered if they ever filled in the footwell vent hole or if they just kept bolting a plate over it.

My '94 has the vent block-off plate. I know because I had the kick panels off while attempting to fix the plastic toy dash that they put in the OBS trucks (92-96). I would (almost) trade the turbo for the metal dash you brick- and slant-nose people have. Don't take it for granted.

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