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Yeah, I wasn't home when the UPS guy dropped it off, but I saw him a day later at work and thanked me for having that big heave box delivered.
But I did get it into the Basement and hope to get it put on this Saturday. But the stock header flange bolts want to come out. I have been spraying them with PB Blaster every day twice a day. So hopefully it won't be to bad.
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Well we got the exhaust swap done last weekend. The guy built the kit just right and didn't have to jack up the truck and up on jack stands for the install. The section coming off the headers was cut just short of the Cross beam and the last two sections went in like a glove. We did have to get new bolts for the header flanges, but that was not to bad of a issue. The truck was not that loud at first, but its starting to break in and sound better.
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That looks very nice... :tu::tu:
Dana
It looked like your truck jizzed on the camera when you started it :eek2:
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Actually I just got done washing all the dirt off from all the rain we had the past week.
We are going to swap out the Front Springs Monday and hope that helps out the ride a little more with the new shocks we put on over the winter. I still need to find a deal on a good air chisel so I can take the factory leaf spring brackets off and replace them as they are just about to fall apart.
Got the springs today
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I never realized how bad my front springs were until I replaced them. It made a big difference in the ride quality.
Wow what a job it was to put the new springs in. Had a spring compressor that didn't work and even tried a strut compressor as well, no go. Ended up unbolting the front sway bar and dropping the rotor and all down and the springs went right in with a little help with a hammer and a crowbar. I still have a little bow left but not as bad. I am going to take it to get the camber adjusted to get it finished up. The truck actually sits up about a 1/8 of a inch higher and sets more level. Next up is to find a new sway bar complete with new bushings. LMC has a sway bar for the truck, but it says it won't work on the Lightning only the regular F-150's.
Old Springs
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New Springs
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"The truck actually sits up about a 1/8 of a inch higher and sets more level." If I'm not mistaken, they will break in and set a lil lower after some miles on them.
I'm sure they will come down some after a while. But still need to get it aligned so it don't screw up my tires I put on just before winter weather hit hard.Quote:
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I did make a trip to Harbor Freight today and got some body tools to work on the cab tomorrow. I am going to try and knock out some of the dents and put the Gen. 2 Style dome light in. I will get the bulbs for it tonight at work so I don't have to make a trip up there tomorrow.
Got a new stash of parts today. Can't wait to put the new lights on.
New Corners
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New Headlights
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New Lowers
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New Tailights
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Premium Sound Amp.
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Rocker Panells
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Cab Corners
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Intake Spacer
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nice, very nice. :tu:
Dana
Well I got the lights swapped out. Lot more work than on a G2. truck that's for sure. Pictures didn't come out to well with the phone as they look way better in person and at night they are brighter being there is no haze to them like the ones we took out.
Old headlights
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Lights almost out.
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No Lights
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New Headlights in
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Looking good!:tu:
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Got a little more work done today. Replaced the side view mirror's. One was broke and it took a dremel tool to get one of the bolts out and while we were at it. We replaced the interior door handles as well. The second picture came out a little blurry but still can see how good they look.
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great work.. very nice
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Dana
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Well the replacement interior door handles I got up at work, the drivers side broke after two weeks then got it replaced and it broke the next day. So stay away from the interior door handles for the Gen. 1's at autozone. They are cheaply made. Better ones are from LMC from what I am told. I put the old faded one back on till I find time to go and look at the ones from LMC in person.
I haven't updated the thread in a while, but haven't done much to the truck as of late. But what has been done is Painted the wheels Black,New Radio,got another stock wheel(Thanks Stevo) for a spare. The truck is no longer a Daily Driver. I picked up a 99 Explorer 5.0 AWD for daily driving and it will be needed in the winter time here. I plan to pull the New radio out of the Dirty Dog and put it into the Explorer. Latest purchase's for the Dirty Dog include 04 wheels and the leaf spring brackets. Plans are to get the fenders,leaf spring brackets,Radiator Core Support and radius arm bracket replaced this winter. Then I can focus on the Cab and Cab corners when the weather warms up and I can take it to my brother's shop and have him help with that part.
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Tyson, its starting to take shape and its a labor of love..
Keep at it young man..
Dana
Nice job on the truck so far! Just a heads up on the radiator core support, you can leave the A/C hooked up and still replace the cores. I will try to post a little more on your thread because I know how improtant and how much fun it is to get a little feed back. dboat is really good about encouraging us! lol :d
How about a New Years update. :icon_mrgreen:
Well I got a new gun for my Sandblaster kit. Bad news is my Air Compressor does not flow enough SCFM to support the gun. Well I got a few friends with the right compressor. So I am going to get with one of them tomorrow and see about blasting my brackets. Then we are going to build a device to sit the bed on while we have it off to swap out the brackets. Hopefully in the next few weeks we can get started on that. Been a while since we did any work on it and I'm ready to work on it again. Only thing left rust repair wise is the Fenders and radiator Core support,cab corners and rocker panels. Got the cab corners and rocker panels in the basement. But the cab needs some work from a few good size dents to be taken out.
Got supplies to build a stand for the bed, lug nuts for Gen. 2 wheels showed up yesterday. Making a trip to LMC truck to pick up the mounting hardware for the rear leaf spring brackets. Saturday is when we plan to pull the bed. Should take a few weeks to get the brackets swapped out with my work schedule.
Well I got of work early today, so I went up to LMC and picked up the hardware. Going to replace the leaf spring U-bolts, but not sure witch one's I need. One is for Progressive Springs and a one is without Progressive Springs. So I am just going to get them off and run up there and compare them to a set of each.
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Little update as of late. Going to do a Cab swap as the damage mine has is going to cost way more than the one I got for it. I have got
Only the dash,doors,steering column,hood,fenders, and a few more things under the hood to take off the firewall. Got the seats and all the interior down in the basement out of the way for now.
Dang, that's a lot of work. :(
wow, that is a lot of work. but good luck on it.. :tu:
Dana
Yeah its a lot of work, but it is going to save a bunch of money at the body shop. Will be putting new fenders on at the same time since mine are shot.
Well I got a nice Update. The Cab is not worth Fixing and going to have to swap it out. So we are just about ready to swap it out. So since the fenders need to come off to pull the cab. We are going to replace them with new ones when it goes back together. Right now it sits with no fenders,grill, headlights,hood,wiper motor and wiper arms. Dash is out,doors came off today along with the gas and brake pedal and hood release cable. Only thing left is a few small things and the cab will be ready to be swapped. Probably the first weekend of August. We are also going to replace the Leaf spring brackets as well. The front ones were trashed.
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wow, this is one involved project. good luck.. keep at it.
Dana
Got a little more done. Got the cab swapped out,leaf spring brackets replaced and a front Radius arm Bracket as well.
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Old Cab, window was broke on purpose.
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New Cab
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Got a Glass guy coming by Friday to replace the window and a few other things. Got the dash almost ready to go back in after a few more coats of paint. Found a set of shortie header's I may pick up and put on before I get the fenders back on.
Making progress- I guess you didn't have time to make the Ford Performance thing over in Wichita on Sunday huh?
Didn't know anything about it, what all did they have going on?Quote:
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Got a new windshield going in monday. Then the dash can go back in.
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