1989 f150 *unknown* project

[little luke]

Well did I few things today when I got burnt out on the house. Removed the roll bar..... Turns out I was just setting in there... It's a big paper wieght.
Already like it better
I also fixed the shifter. Everything that wasn't metal was gone. It was so bad I couldn't ever find 3rd or 4th. 20 minutes and a few pieces of rubber and grease and its tight and shift like a new trans. The suspension is almost shot. I can squat the bed when I stand on the bumper, and all 6 shocks are ****. The bushings on the rear sway bar are gone too. Let me hear what i could do for the rear end. Id like to lower it a tad bit and keep the ass end level with the front. Oh Hoping to go take a look at that old 70s model tommorrow.

 

[JoeDaddy]

I just realized this is a 4x4 LOL

 

[little luke]

Yeah it's 4x4. If it was a 2wd I'd be looking at a high Hp build

 

[Lysons]

Why not put a 6.4 in it!
That would be the best way to go!!
*sarcasm*

 

[little luke]

i had the sorta same truck. same color only way rusty all over and a 300 6cyl 4sp. kinda wish i still had it. so i could throw a super duty turbo on it gated around 2-4 psi and run the chit out of it.

live life full throttle

I've been looking up info on a 4.9 with a turbo, but I haven't found much on how indepth this would be.

 

[JoeDaddy]

Go on YouTube. A hillbilly did one with a 7.3 turbo. You have 2 exh pipes on the pass side already so its just a matter of making a mount, connecting pipes and feed/return oil lines. I've been considering doing one myself.

 

[little luke]

Any recommendations on stripping this bed liner crap off? Grinder and wire wheel just smears it around. Would that aircraft remover or what ever its called so it?

 

[trackspeeder]

Try a heat gun. It should soften that crap. Scrape it off with a putty knife.

 

[little luke]

Ill give it a shot. Used a gasket scraper just now and cleared off a 6"x"6 square with it.

 

[vcassens]

Is the entire truck coated with the bed liner?

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[lincolnlocker]

torch would burn it off well.

live life full throttle

 

[little luke]

Is the entire truck coated with the bed liner?

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Unfortunately yes. It's cracking in the body lines, hood and top of the cab. I just took a torch and a scraper to it and it works pretty well. It still leaves a thin coat though.

 

[little luke]

Funny thing is, The only part of the truck that isn't painTed in liner is the bed

 

[vcassens]

Try a wire wheel on the thin stuff it might work better on it

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[little luke]

Gonna be slow progress, but the torch and the grinder are the only things that work

 

[lincolnlocker]

wow! almost be better off just re rhino lining the entire truck

live life full throttle

 

[little luke]

Hoping to avoid that, wanting to go with a two tone black and burnt copper paint job.

Also got the new shocks ordered today. I believe the 24 year old factory shocks are gone.

 

[AKHILF]

You can do a flip kit on the rear axle and get it about 5" lower haha. Did it to my 94 2wd. You'd just have to figure out how to lower the front some.

 

[lincolnlocker]

cut a coil off the springs

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[AKHILF]

That's what I'm doing on mine for now. I want to order dream beams but shipping up to ak cost almost as much as the beams. Don't cut to much on the springs though. You won't be able to make it up in an alignment.