chucky2
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- Location
- Chicagoland, IL USA
- Vehicle Year
- 2003
- Make / Model
- Ford
- Engine Size
- 4.0L SOHC V-6
- Transmission
- Automatic
My '03 FX4 Level II (Supercab) has some pretty degraded crossmembers and the spare tire holder, which looks in a way to be engineered to hold the end of the truck together, are in the same shape. The frame itself, while rusted courtesy of living in the Peoples Republic of Illinoisistan doens't look TOO bad. I already have the bed off to replace it, that's how I found the frame crosssmembers and spare tire box degradation, along with the draining the gas tank as I'll be taking the opportunity to put new fuel pump and hoses in, along with new brake lines.
There are vendors here up north which sell 'rust free southern parts'...the more I look at this, the more to me it looks like just getting a rust free rear frame section will save me a lot of drilling and hamming out rivets - I plan to use Huck fasteners putting the two sections back together.
My question is: Does anyone know if any 01 and up Supercab rear frame section, maybe even including the B4000 Mazda's?, will work for this?
Thanks anyone for the help!
Chuck
There are vendors here up north which sell 'rust free southern parts'...the more I look at this, the more to me it looks like just getting a rust free rear frame section will save me a lot of drilling and hamming out rivets - I plan to use Huck fasteners putting the two sections back together.
My question is: Does anyone know if any 01 and up Supercab rear frame section, maybe even including the B4000 Mazda's?, will work for this?
Thanks anyone for the help!
Chuck