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70 f250 - beat and rusty

lagunaMS

lagunaMS

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Got this 70 a couple years ago from my uncle in Colorado, I headed out one day after work and got there a couple days later. It had been sitting for a while, likely a couple years due to my uncle's declining health. The interior smelled like rat shit and had pine straw and actual shit everywhere

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It's a 70 highboy, 360fe, np435, divorced dana 24, lp44 closed knuckle front, d60 rear

Quick summary- got it running, replaced transfer case mount bushings, new tires on some old dodge steelies. Atturo trail blade 235/85-16. Just got the cheapest ones i could find and wound up liking them
 
The old seat was fucking nasty and it went to the dump after I swapped in a mint vinyl seat from an OBS ford I found at the junkyard. It bolted right in with zero modifications. Even got the cup holder with it, trimmed to allow tcase shifting

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Started running shitty. Got the carb rebuilt and did an HEI conversion after I received tons of good advice and suggestions here:

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ford 360fe hard starting/restarting

70 f250, 360fe, unknown mileage, unknown compression numbers but getting a tester today Got the truck a couple years ago non running and did plugs/wires, cap/rotor, ignition coil, fuel pump, fuel filter, fuel lines. Just had the carb rebuilt, valve cover gaskets and pcv replaced also. It has an...
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Got tired of the old radiator leaking and groaning so I pulled it out and replaced it and the hoses. Champion brand from ebay as suggested on fordification.com

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Sold my tractor and needed a new way to lift things. Found this sweet bed crane on marketplace and started building a sub frame for it, as seen here:

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mounting a bed crane in a 70 f250

I had a perfectly good tractor with a boom pole that would lift anything I wanted, and then I sold it :homer: but i like seeing the money in my account more than the amount I used the tractor. after seeing Projectjunkie 's crane in this thread I've been looking on marketplace for something like...
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Finished wiring the crane this morning and this is how it sits now after I test drove it. Still have to add some angled supports from the truck frame to the bottom of the plate the crane is bolted to. Also welded the nuts to the under side of the 1/2" plate so I can just impact the bolts out from the topside to quickly break down the crane without help.

Wiring is 4ga from battery to a 150a circuit breaker under the hood, 4ga cable to the bed and a tweco quick connect at the crane
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The old trailer hitch was jank as fuck, 2x2 square tube with angle iron supports welded to the bumper. I cut all that off a while back.

Found a cheap weld-on Curt hitch and globbed that on this morning. There were a bunch of DIY holes in the frame from someone making their own bumper brackets so I just used them as extra weld points. Only most of my welds were ugly

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The end of the receiver tube is about flush with the tailgate, not sure if I'll still be able to use the bumper but I'll probably leave it as is. This is a good enough bumper

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When I get some more time I'm to add some rear supports to the hitch. 2x3 .25 tube on each side, at a 45 degree angle going up and connected to the 1/2" plate and 2x3 crossmember in the background. After that it will be plenty stout to tow whatever I want

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And now the progress is up to date. I will never make this truck nice or restore it, I enjoy the rusty work truck look.

79 d60 will go in after my chevy SAS is done. Also got a married 205 for it that I'll be using as well.


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Probably a 2" lift in the front to level it amd some skinny 33s

Then some floor pan patching and stuff
 
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I'll update the sloppy shifter thread here from now on instead of the original place

irate4x4.com

np435 parts source / sloppy shifter

np435 in a '70 highboy the transmission shifts fine but the shifter has a lot of rotational play. in any gear or neutral I can move the whole shift lever in an arc about 12". I replaced the cup and spring last year so those are tight. the actual issue is that the groves in the ball are wallered...
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Also this crane must pull a shit load of current. Lifted the 205 in and out of the bed yesterday and was slow to crank this morning. Tried to lift a 14 bolt earlier out of a trailer while the truck was running. Truck started overheating so I shut it off, fixed a power connection in the crane's control box, and lowered the 14b back down into the trailer. Tried to start the truck again and it wouldn't even spin over.

Will definitely need a bigger alternator and maybe a 2nd battery to.use the crane regularly.

And now another thing to figure out for the overheating issue. I don't Have a fan shroud so I'll do that next
 
Replace a used water pump when you install a new radiator.

Cheap insurance for radiators that sit in front of water pumps with a spinning fan.


350TacoZilla said:
Shroud is probably a good start or pull the water pump and see if its filled with deposits from sitting.
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I was gonna offer d44 disc brake advice but ill just stfu about that now.

Idk how interchangeable dodge and ford 435s are but i might have access to a dodge 4x 435 for parts (besides the output)
 
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Water pump and fan shroud on the way. Will be doing the 3g swap next month when I get some more time. 160a vs the stock 55 should do the trick
 
total newb said:
I was gonna offer d44 disc brake advice but ill just stfu about that now.

Idk how interchangeable dodge and ford 435s are but i might have access to a dodge 4x 435 for parts (besides the output)
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let's hear it anyway
Grendel said:
Is this what that stuff I shipped you was for?
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yes unless my chevy needs them more
holdmypocket said:
I’ve read that with v-belts you can only go up to 130 amp otherwise they slip.
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I read that too but I'm glad everyone chimed in and said it would work. I was asssuming I'd have to do a dual pulley setup or something
 
WiscoF100 said:
Share with the class anyways
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I did a swap for a customer. It was a bump side but i dont recall if it was a big or small ball d44.

Gm spindle, backing plate, caliper, hub and rotor.
Stock ford stub shaft.

The only odd piece is you need to make a bushing for the spindle. The ford stub has a larger od at the brg. I used the wild horses uhmv plastic spindle bushing and just ran out on the id on a lathe.

Stock master worked.
 
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