My 01 X Nightmare repair and Future Mods

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Well I have a 01 X I"ve had since 1-08 And was My wifes to replace here suburaban but she wanted a 7.3 like the one I had in my truck. Well now my wife has here mustang and drives my 6.4 ford in the winter so this has kind of bacame mine. Well When I got it it had 156,000 miles now 214,000. I realy haven"t done alot to it. The few things did was resealed the winshield it leaked, New front leaf springs, front wheel bearings, The front trans pump bushing (snow plowing), the front wheel joints, And many front brake pads. Furure plans It needs GP, new exahast, maybe injectors, air intake, front springs maybe (x), rear air bags, and any thing i might come up with. I don"t have to may pic of it. But a few I do have and a few working.
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Brings me to where I"m at now I am rebilding the brake system. Front and rear Calpers With brackets, front and rear rotors, front and rear pads. And add in driver"s side upper and lower ball joints, and drivers side wheel joint. Here some pic"s
Had to go buy damaged bolt kit just to get the dam locking lug nuts off
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do we see a problem here??????
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Then tore the kuckle down to change ball joints
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All the new parts OUCH!!!!!
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I got a set of stock rims for it with the wrong center caps but we"ll see if they work
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Changed ball Joints
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Changed U joint
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Forgot to take pic befor I put back together
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Got the kuckle put back together
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And got most of the brakes back together
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Still Have to hook up lines and finsh driver"s side front

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Tires mounted and blanced
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Truck done
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9-7-12
Well Spent some time working on the X Changed oil and fuel filter this week @ 220899 miles. It"s still all working good

9-18-12
Well A little up date I"m gathering parts for a front end up grade.

All ready have the New X codes and U bolts (Thanks Jason for the link)
X Code Leaf Spring 1999-2004 Ford F250SD, F350SD 4wd - Leaf Spring (Front)

Now I ordered some Energy Suspesion stuff Part #"s
4-2148G Front Leaf Spring Bushings
4-5186G Front Sway Bar Kit
4-7128G Track Arm Bushings
9-9156G Front Bump stops

Now I just need shocks I have Lifetimes from autozone Might just get those replaced or get some thing better????

Once the front is done We"ll see how much I got to rase the rear and most likey do some sort of add a leaf.

A few pics of my X with the plow

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11-27-12
Well went out and Worked on her to day

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Was moving right along getting bolts and stuff out then I found this EPIC FAIL
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If youcan't tell thats my plow mount blocking my spring bolt :facepalm1::ahhh:

So now thebumper and mount need to come off


But UPS did bring me some toys to
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Well got some work done today

Got the rears out next to the new one
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Took plow mount off
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Now three springs out
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Then went and pressed al the bushings out of new springs
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Newbushings in ready to go (forgot to take pic of it in)
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Then there was four out
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Then the second front one in
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That's where I called it quits fo the night. Still got to do swaybar bushings and get new shocks up front.

12-4-12
Well today was good and bad. Good new rear springs are in bad broke ac line. More the progresses will come to a stop till I have some more money to spend on it

12-5-12
Well Up date no pic's. I got the rears in wrong ubolts . Put front sway bar on no links still need to press old bushings out of links. Just one of the days every thing i touched turned bad and then some.
 

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I've run poly bushing in just about every truck I have ever had that I replacer springs in. The ones I got have the graphite in the bushing so they don't squeak that's why there black. The colored ones don't have it.
 

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Gosh damn do all you northern guys have that much rust on stuff??!!?

No way I could ever live up there, I'd be beside myself with all that rust all over everything
 

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OK so I'm like way behind on this thread.

Put in some 2013 mirrors

Then I brought the truck in and did an add a leaf and f350 block I the rear
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Got a pinion seal leak
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So that's next to fix. Along with my new Ford dif cover

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Still have a 4" exhaust to install along with an 08 center console.

And add these to the list today
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