Flathead Larry is ever expanding on classic and modern concepts for the automotive community. Focusing more on the Ford trucks while adding a touch of antique and today's style together! Enjoy.
nice. however, at 41:00 -ish, I see a Ford Power Steering Pump. That can be swapped to a Saginaw unit from the econoline vans (with bracket as well)! Had huge problems trying to get my '78 f150 quiet and found these Saginaws on the van and **bam** nice. edit: oh and I grabbed the Serpentine belt and 3g alternator and bracket ... and '96 4.9l efi manifolds and efi and ... lol, <3 all
i own a 77 ford f-150, not my daily driver. i have not changed the brakes in 19 years. your video was very helpful, tapping out the pin, was different than newer vehicles. appreciate you posting.
Crazy how little compression those springs were under while the truck was in the air. Makes me feel much safer picking parts off them(my 84 has some bent suspension parts)
What was done with the engine? The Front Axle match the rear. Differential Driveshaft front connect with the transfer case of the transmission? I will need a list to have it added on eBay to purchase. Will need a guide. For convenience ill use the video for details. Nice work! And thank you.
So this doesn’t look as hard as many people make it out to be, just pricey (depending on your method of obtaining parts) and time consuming. All in all sick truck man
Outstanding video! Thank you so much for the steps involved and including the torque specs.I have to change my pump on a 92 f-150 with the same engine as yours. Keep up the great work!
I have a 96 F250 4x4 with 5 speed behind a 460. The truck is rotted out , but the running gear is perfect. Id like to run a small block in another truck. Or transfer the transmission to the small block. Is there an adapter plate in front of the transmission??? It seems you said that the heavy 5 speeds would fit the small block pattern. Also have 2, 6.9 IDI automatic trucks. What would need to be done to fit the 460 , 5 speed to them? I know I'll need the flywheel of course. Both of my C6 autos are toasted. If none of this rambling made sense, I'm asking how do you put a bigblock. Transmission behind a small block Windsor bolt pattern engine???
I have a 1978 F-150 2-whd drv . 302 3 on the tree I want to swap to a 5 speed. You make large jobs look doable thx. What would be the best 5 speed swap ? Mustang or F150 5 speed . great video watch it twice.
this awesome. I am actually doing the same thing in a couple days. I'll be putting a zf5 and a front and rear diff off a 1991 f250 on to a 1992 f150. making a search and rescue unit. but I trying to figure out how to put the leaf springs on the front of the f150 from the f250. hope to get it going fast. thank you for the video sir.
With going through all the work to put the zf5 in there and converting to 4x4 I would’ve went with the solid axle Dana 44 or sky’s off road makes a kit to use super duty axles.
Did you any problems with your inertia switch failing and locking the transmission in park or having the ignition switch under the dash fail or having to replace the whole steering column. I have all the problems with my 96 F-150 XLT
Nicely work! As one who has done a couple of these conversions I can testify as to how straightforward the process is. With each of mine I also changed the spring towers and converted to quad shocks. Early on in your video I knew you would discover the fact that the 2WD & 4WD radius arms were not the same. Others may find it helpful to know the 2WD radius arms from F250 & F350 trucks will work for F150 4WD applications.
Good job! I have a ‘92 Flare side and did much the same excepting I stuck with the AOD, but went to a manual shifting t-case and swapped a tired and unhappy 302 with a warmed up 351. You covered the basics well. While details are missing you hit the important pats well enough with the time-lapse sequences. Nice looking truck….should serve you well for many years!
When doing the zf conversion, make sure you use the clutch and slave cylinder that matches the year of clutch master cylinder you are using. Brick nose master cylinders have a .81something or other bore , and the aeronose master cylinders have a .76ishortheother bore and won’t move enough fluid to operate the older slave cylinder/throw out bearing. And they mount to the firewall completely different. So it’s not as easy as just swapping the master cylinders. At least not without some major mods
I completely made my own line and used a Wilwood brake master cylinder I could build you a kit for $325 and I also used a 92 Slave cylinder. Worked perfect!
