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Price Reduced 12/12/2022 $11,000 OBO It is finally time to part with this family treasure. I have owned it since 2014 and leading up to that I spent a year looking for it. It was pretty much stock with 228k miles on it when I got it and over the last 7 years I have transformed it into a very...

I'm not sure who make the diff cover, it was supplied by the customer and I think he got it from a small hot rod shop near Sandpoint Idaho. It is designed for drag racers so it does have the bearing cap supports which are completely unnecessary, but I think it was pretty cheap and its HD...

SuperDuty... I’ll try not to turn our sidebar into a thread derail but here are the answers to your questions. You no doubt have a better grasp on the specific years things were available and what parts to put together for the best performance. I always forget those details soon after I have...

The excursion I just built can lift the front tire 30” off the ground before the back lifts. The larger C on the 1550 axle allows for more steering angle without binding as it has more clearance for the joint. This may not be an advertised fact, but when I built the truck above we tested...

The F550 has the Super 60 with beefier 1550 u-joints and yokes that are stronger and allow for more turning radius. Here is the drivers side from Venture truck parts. They have the pass side too...

The tone ring from the normal 10.5 diff fits on the e-locker housing and everything functions like factory on older trucks if you swap the diff and do not get an entire axle which is what I would recommend. You are probably correct about the superduties not getting e-lockers until 2011, I think...

I made them along with all the other swap parts for this rig. I used Carli 2” lift coils and 2.5” pin top shocks with deaver leaf springs. The rear axle to look for with the e-locker installed are 2009 and newer. The way to tell is there will be a green plug on the left side of the diff cover...

Well worth it. I just finished a swap on a customers 2000 7.3 Excursion. The turning circle and bigger brakes alone are worth it and while you are at it slap a factory e-locker in the rear. They are under $500 from several places online.

It’s been a very long time since I have updated this thread on the old truck. Quite a bit had improved although it looks about the same from the outside. I ended up doing the e-fuel conversion about a year ago and did a full replacement of all components including lines and tank. I replaced the...

Looks good man! If you haul stuff often it is nice to be prepared to remove the swing out easily. I often found myself in a bind when trying to load large items because my full length swing out kept me from backing up to loading docks or opening the tailgate in tight quarters. I also love the...

Better to get them replaced sooner than later. Mine jammed on me once and almost caused and accident. I had to jerk the wheel pretty hard to dislodge the bearing that stopped me from being able to turn the wheel. There are several places to get the bearings, but they are about $80-120 for both...

If your steering wheel wiggles at all your bearings are starting to go. A fresh one will have little to no play up/down or side to side. There are two bearings, one right behind the steering wheel that you can replace without removing the column and one just before the tilt pivot that requires...

Thanks, it is a bay at my work. I am currently working on renting the next bay over to get double the space and actually be able to fab with the truck inside!

In other news, I have been able to fix a bunch of little issues and add some small improvements over the past few weeks. My steering column bearings have been shot for some time and they finally gave up the ghost on our camping trip to Idaho. I was able to practically steal a mint column and...

Sorry for the crazy photo size, I am trying to figure out the best way to attach images and Flickr was a total pain in the butt! The image embed is ok but you end up with giant pictures. Moving on... I welded up the crossbars to the clamps and mounted the tent. I didn't have any helpers so I...

Then I bent up the other legs and added the top bars It took a bunch of time looking at other clamps and trying to decide wither to build some or buy an existing system. In the end I just made my own since I couldn't find anything that fit the bill

Thanks for the advice mtnbiker4evr13, I love ordering from RiffRaff. Thats exactly what I was going to do for a turbo upgrade... until I came across a deal of a lifetime last week. More about that later. Java, yeah I noticed you then as well. Funny how we randomly pass each other every now and...

After some initial runs around the neighborhood we headed out to Reiter Pit to give it the first taste of dirt. They had some huge boulders that kept the kiddos busy for a while as well.

All back together and aligned

Finally I needed to replace my radius arm bushings and tie rod ends as they were shot and contributing to my excessive body roll and steering play. They were shot! I want to revamp the front end this winter and switch to a 3 link with sway bar to get better flex without having to replace...