Another future project...???!!!!

[B2 Addict]

I thought that I would revive this thread since I just found out from CHKNFKR that the front axle is actually a leaf sprung D50 TTB, (I always thought it was a straight axle but I was wrong), and the rear is a Sterling.

I now know what a D50 front and a Sterling rear are.......

I still haven't been able to convince my wifes Uncle that I NEED that ole Ford, but I will never give up....


B2

 

[RangerBoy94]

Ya if in not mistaken all f-series trucks 80-91 never had a solid front axle and only the 92-97 f-350's has sfa's. My dads 93 250 diesel has the d-50 ttb and that thing rides like a rock each beam has litereally 1/2 inch of up travel before it hits the bumpstop. Good thing about these trucks is that a sas is a bolt up swap. I'm keepin an eye out for a kingpin d-60 with 4.10 gears to put under our 93.

 

[CHKNFKR]

the 350 was always a solid axle. the 250 has flip flopped.

 

[CHKNFKR]

and the 2wd trucks mirrored that. 250s ran tib and 350s ran a monobeam

 

[B2 Addict]

I'm learning a lot, slowly but surely! It's becoming quite addictive and I have all kinds of thoughts about where to go with my B2.......


B2

 

[custom '90 ranger]

Man Just let me come up there and get that i could use a good tow rig and i LOVE those old 6.9 diesels they are unstoppable if taken care of

Lucas

 

[85_Ranger4x4]

the 350 was always a solid axle. the 250 has flip flopped.

86+ F-350's were solid, otherwise they had the same TTB D50 the 3/4 ton trucks did.

Our '80 F-350 is TTB.

 

[Bennybooster]

86+ F-350's were solid, otherwise they had the same TTB D50 the 3/4 ton trucks did.

Our '80 F-350 is TTB.

I second this

 

[CHKNFKR]

Is it possible those years were hit or miss? I've seen a handfull of '80 - '85s around here that were solid. Maybe the solid axle was only offered on a certain package or with certain motors? I suppose the ones i've seen may not have been original equipment...

 

[85_Ranger4x4]

Is it possible those years were hit or miss? I've seen a handfull of '80 - '85s around here that were solid. Maybe the solid axle was only offered on a certain package or with certain motors? I suppose the ones i've seen may not have been original equipment...

It is supposed to be an easy swap...

Wikipedia says that they were on select F-350's, all of the ones I have seen are TTB though. Then on the F-series page they say it was a midyear '85 changeover... so I don't know.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dana_50

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/F-series#Axles_and_differentials

 

[B2 Addict]

Man Just let me come up there and get that i could use a good tow rig and i LOVE those old 6.9 diesels they are unstoppable if taken care of

Lucas

Man I wish I could get him to come off of it, my wifes Uncle is one of those people that would rather see it sit there and rot than to let somebody do something with it........

I haven't been able to hound him too much yet because I don't have any cash to flash around, hopefully that will all change by next Fall, plus I still have my wifes Grandaddy on my side, it's in his barn and he wants it gone!


B2

 

[custom '90 ranger]

Man I wish I could get him to come off of it, my wifes Uncle is one of those people that would rather see it sit there and rot than to let somebody do something with it........

I haven't been able to hound him too much yet because I don't have any cash to flash around, hopefully that will all change by next Fall, plus I still have my wifes Grandaddy on my side, it's in his barn and he wants it gone!


B2

yeah i know what you mean bein a broke college student saving for a wedding i dont have a ready cash flow myself

i like that '64 IH you put pics of up my old man is a hard core IH and Ford man his idea is there were only two trucks ever built and one was built so good they ran themselves out of business lol

I have a 75 IH 200 4X4 that im trying to work on every chance i get but its hard when im in cookeville and its back home at my folks place

and if i were you i would stay on him about it cause if your wifes Granddaddy wants it gone its gonna force her uncel to do something

oh and on another note what part of the boro do you live?

Lucas

 

[85_Ranger4x4]

yeah i know what you mean bein a broke college student saving for a wedding i dont have a ready cash flow myself

i like that '64 IH you put pics of up my old man is a hard core IH and Ford man his idea is there were only two trucks ever built and one was built so good they ran themselves out of business lol

I have a 75 IH 200 4X4 that im trying to work on every chance i get but its hard when im in cookeville and its back home at my folks place

and if i were you i would stay on him about it cause if your wifes Granddaddy wants it gone its gonna force her uncel to do something

oh and on another note what part of the boro do you live?

Lucas

The truck division never went out of business, they are called Navistar now. They lost the IH name when they sold it with the ag division.

The ag division was horribly missmanaged for a long time before they were sold, they were only bought for their dealer base and combine line.

I despise looking up parts for IH equipment, they have to have about the most backwards parts lookup known to man...

 

[B2 Addict]

yeah i know what you mean bein a broke college student saving for a wedding i dont have a ready cash flow myself

i like that '64 IH you put pics of up my old man is a hard core IH and Ford man his idea is there were only two trucks ever built and one was built so good they ran themselves out of business lol

I have a 75 IH 200 4X4 that im trying to work on every chance i get but its hard when im in cookeville and its back home at my folks place

and if i were you i would stay on him about it cause if your wifes Granddaddy wants it gone its gonna force her uncel to do something

oh and on another note what part of the boro do you live?

Lucas

Thanks man, I can't wait to get the money to start on the '64 IH!!!!

I live on the south side of Murfreesboro, off of Hwy 231 S., about 15 miles north of Shelbyville.......


B2

 

[custom '90 ranger]

The truck division never went out of business, they are called Navistar now. They lost the IH name when they sold it with the ag division.

The ag division was horribly missmanaged for a long time before they were sold, they were only bought for their dealer base and combine line.

I despise looking up parts for IH equipment, they have to have about the most backwards parts lookup known to man...

yeah i know what you mean about looking up ag parts i worked at an IH dealer in parts for two years while i was in high school

and yes the light truck line (one ton and under) declared bankruptcy it was the sales from the light line that funded the reasearch for the heavy duty line which is now Navistar but i often wonder what the world would be like today if there were still an International Truck

Lucas