Re: 93 F-350 7.3

Posted by High Octane on December 18, 2010 at 09:06:58 from (4.253.118.228):

In Reply to: Re: 93 F-350 7.3 posted by Hogleg on December 17, 2010 at 15:55:37:

Years back, Dad had a 1980 F-350 with a 351 Modified/400 and a C4.

Flatbed, Cab and chassis model again,,, used to be an old tire service truck. Had 2 toolboxes that ran down each side of the bed. Even had a gas powered air compressor on it!

6mpg with a 2 barrel loaded right at 10,000lbs.

We put some miles on that truck. had 67,000 on it when we got it, when dad sold it, it might had 180,000. One transmission in its whole time we had it.

Then came this 93,,, and Dad picked it right up. We went up on my birthday and got it,,, Back then, a 1993 was the second newest truck we ever had, vs the 96 dodge.

had low milage. Body was rough, but the cab was not rusted out. Dents,,, the big mirrors have torn the door sheet metal and I want to find a 93 XLT Lariot regular cab but had the good interior package and make my ride a little nicer on the inside. Almost thought of Bronco of that year, they were pretty nice inside! I want to put power windows in,,, etc etc. Make a real nice ol truck.

This thing even had setup to have air brakes. For a trailer, the truck has HYD with ABS, I belive that was part of the lift bed they had on it, it was an aftermarket addition.

The compressor was missing, but they left everything else there.

Had the 5 speed. When I was in high school and these things were new, all the guys said, gotta have a dually, diesel with a 5 speed.

I remember a fella who his dad bought a brand new 93 F-350 and he had it in town. A nother guy had a late 80's chevy 3500 with the 454. They hooked back to back,,, that ford dragged that other one around.

Anyways,,,,,

Thanks for letting me talk about an old truck here. it aint new, it aint flashy, got alot of life left, and it is a real nice driver.

JDmarris, I hear ya on throwing in a 500 swap.

I will do that, I found one out of a 93 ambulance at the local JY. 68K miles, was rolled over. They said my frame was the same as the ambulance.

I can hear it run, I will go have a look. But I intend on atleast pulling the heads off, stripping it down to the shortblock, new gaskets and seals. If the bores look good, Ill run it. But I gotta know if it will be a good one,,, them engines are big, and IF I get lucky, I will be an old man before something goes wrong with it again.

I had the head gasket pop on the drivers side in 05, had some wear but the block was in real good clean shape. Had some cracks around the glowplug chamber in both heads. Had em checked, they didnt leak. Had the heads rebuilt, and they got low miles on em, so if they check good again, or need to be swapped, I got another set and parts on hand to fix them.

One time I bought a 350 chevy, off a guy, oh yeah runs good! put er in it ran 30 feet/30 seconds up the drive way and the cam froze solid in it. Had a new cam and bearings I could have put in,,, didnt, learned.

Anybody got any pics of interiors for the single cab trucks? When I find the dorrs with power windows and get em working, gonna rip that matting out and put in insulation/soundpad and carpet if there was such a thing for those trucks. Did they ever have a padded cloth headliner? All the cabs Ive seen are plain jane steel. Chrome grille and a nice bumper with driving lights,,, seen a F-150 that had that,, maybe off a lightning,,,

Gonna be pulling the doghouse off it anyways to pull the engine, (i know dont have to) but gonna put on the fenders I got for it, gonna try and pull some dents out of the rocker panels, might even do some body work!

Thanks again. It aint new. But Ive seen some nice ones in my time.

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