Little project for my parents first diesel

[Matt_P]

Can't wait to see it done. Every other truck you have built has turned out awesome and I'm sure this one won't be any different!

Thanks! Im really anxious to get it done and see how they like their first truck!

what's in Courtneys mouth?

Well at that certain time it was a corona in her mouth

Looks like another cool project Matt, you got a deal on that truck!

Thank you! Yeah I couldnt pass that deal up, especially when it only took about two hours tonight to make the truck four wheel drive

holy hell this a an awesome project for mom and pop...

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Its definitely a lot of fun to be able to do this for them after everything they have done for me!

Looks like a cool project. So how long have you lived in Vandalia? Your about an hour from me.

Thanks, Ive lived here since august, your not far at all then.

Finally got the truck pulled in the shop after work tonight and started on it around 530. Got the cab pulled first and the engine torn down. Overall the engine looked great! The EGR cooler was blown as expected, and whoever had the cab off before did a hell of a hackjob with missing turbo bolts, oil filter housing bolt, and other random bolts missing as well as a broken ICP pigtail help together by zip ties. Oh and cross the dummy plugs and stc off the list, Im an idiot and forgot this was an early 04 truck. Got the exhaust all ripped off too.

Then it was on to the 4wd swap. Got the transfercase and rear driveshaft bolted up. Im still waiting on the CV joint rebuild kit for the front driveshaft to show up so it hasnt been installed yet. Then after that it was on to ripping out all the 2wd crap.

After all that was out and the coil towers popped off we wheeled the dana 60 in and the the leafs off and put the add a leafs in. Then went to work on getting the shock mounts and front and rear shackle mounts bolted on as well as the track bar mount. Then the leaf packs went on and then got the axle rolled up and set the leafs down on the axle. Got the u bolts tightened up, drag link bolted on and at 11:00 we called it done for the night with the four wheel drive swap done minus the trac bar which will go on once the cab is done.

I still need to go through the brakes and everything and replace one broken wheel stud but not a bad nights work for a couple of us. Heads go to the machine shop in the morning and hopefully the engine parts and exhaust and all that will be here in the next couple days. Here are some pics

Cab up

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Transfercase and driveshaft on

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Engine tore down

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Scrap

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2wd coming out

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Its gone

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And 4wd installed

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[lincolnlocker]

holy hell you're on it!!

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[cmont58]

Thats awesome didn't realize it was that simple of a swap from 2wd to 4

 

[ThreeFitty]

This is awesome! Cant wait to see it done

 

[TrailerHauler]

Thats awesome didn't realize it was that simple of a swap from 2wd to 4

I couldn't believe how easy it was when I did mine a few years ago, I love that Ford made all the frames the same and everything a direct swap. It is a bit more involved with a 4r100 or a ZF6 though, since the output shaft and tail housing have to be swapped out in order to bolt up a transfer case.

 

[Matt_P]

holy hell you're on it!!

live life full throttle

haha yeah everything went really smooth last night!

Thats awesome didn't realize it was that simple of a swap from 2wd to 4

Yeah its very simple and all bolt on

This is awesome! Cant wait to see it done

thanks!

I couldn't believe how easy it was when I did mine a few years ago, I love that Ford made all the frames the same and everything a direct swap. It is a bit more involved with a 4r100 or a ZF6 though, since the output shaft and tail housing have to be swapped out in order to bolt up a transfer case.

Yeah I love how universal everything is on these frames.

Heads should be done in the morning. All engine parts and exhaust should be here in the morning so tomorrow night the engine should be going back together and the cab back down. Then Im just waiting on wheel spacers and 05 front parts to show up

 

[K_Hood]

Awesome job! I've been anxiously awaiting update pics on Instagram too LOL

I'm sure you're parents are going to be really happy with the final product. Great looking shop set up you got going too.

Obviously you have a lot on your plate, but any idea when the 86 will be complete? Really excited about that project as well.

 

[Matt_P]

Awesome job! I've been anxiously awaiting update pics on Instagram too LOL

I'm sure you're parents are going to be really happy with the final product. Great looking shop set up you got going too.

Obviously you have a lot on your plate, but any idea when the 86 will be complete? Really excited about that project as well.

Thank you! I know they are very excited to get it back! Ill update the 86 thread, unfortunately its not a very good update

 

[Matt_P]

Well no huge update unfortunately since all the engine parts wont be in til monday now. I got the heads back, new sway bar links in the front and got the rear blocks installed and new shocks and put the new wheels on to see how they look until the 2" spacers show up

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[smcox1]

I can't believe how good those 08 20's look on these older trucks.

 

[Willman940]

Pardon my ignorance but is electronics from 2x4 to 4x4 pretty simple? I only has because my truck is a nightmare electronics wise. Also since it's going up on the salt belt are you doing any rust prevention?

 

[Matt_P]

I can't believe how good those 08 20's look on these older trucks.

Yeah I love the way they look

Pardon my ignorance but is electronics from 2x4 to 4x4 pretty simple? I only has because my truck is a nightmare electronics wise. Also since it's going up on the salt belt are you doing any rust prevention?

Since I went with a manual transfercase the only electronic part would be the four wheel drive indicator. Yes as far as rust prevention Im going to coat the frame in chassis saver like I did on my truck

Did some polishing on the wheels today

before:

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After:

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[swinky]

Is that a magnetic koozie?!!!

 

[Matt_P]

Is that a magnetic koozie?!!!

haha yes it is! I get a couple of them every time our snap on guy has them on his truck. They are the handiest koozies ever

 

[Matt_P]

Truck is almost done

The IPR screen was about halfway off the IPR, that explains part of why it started so hard when cold besides the four bad glow plugs

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Decided to replace the water pump as well becuase I could see a little coolant on the front cover and when I pulled it out, it was worn out to the born where the fins were contacting the housing. Threw in a new thermostat as well

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Parts showed up as well

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Going back together

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cab read to drop

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And back down

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Floor shifter installed:

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Truck runs great! Just need to straighten the steering wheel, fix a small coolant leak on the lower radiator hose and put the 05 front end on and the truck is just about done

 

[Lysons]

You did and unreal job on that truck!
Love it!

 

[PWRstroke_smoke]

great job on their rig!

 

[Matt_P]

You did and unreal job on that truck!
Love it!

great job on their rig!

Thanks guys! I forgot to update the thread again, Ive been driving the truck for the past couple days and its running great! Everything for the 05 front end showed up so Ill be putting that on soon and then continuing to drive it while my truck is in the shop to make sure everything is good on it.

Here are some finished pictures with the old front end

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Sits just slightly lower than my truck

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[01pwrstkr]

Looks great! You did a killer job! It's very cool of you to do that for them!

"3 can keep a secret if 2 are dead"

 

[lincolnlocker]

Looks great! You did a killer job! It's very cool of you to do that for them!

"3 can keep a secret if 2 are dead"

whs

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