4wd to 2wd conversion

[TayCo 7s]

dude you can use the 4x4 ibeams just take out all the beef from the 4x4 reinforce the beams the truck is perfect 4.0, the tire 35´s sounds awesome! come on its perfect

 

[84projectFORD]

Any updates?

 

[88f150driver]

What all is done to that thing?

whats up fellas? nothing new with the ranger since my last posting. been pretty busy the last week sharing the love with my stroker stang.

anyhow met up with the in-laws over the weekend and was talkin with my father-in-law about my old truck which lead to the subject of this 95 mustang ive been tryin to sell. to make a long story short he threw a trade offer at me that im biting my nails on cause im really interested in doing it, but i wanted to run my thoughts across some of you guys that know prerunners to get some insite before i get too carried away.

months back my father-in-law was trying to start up a handy man business and needed a truck so since my truck was sitting on the side of my house doing nothing i sold it to him for 3 grand to help him out under the agreement that if he were to ever want to sell the truck he would offer it back to me. well his handy man business didnt go as well as hoped and now he doesnt really have a need for a truck anymore and now he lives near a drag strip so now he wants to build a car for the track.

the trade offer is to trade me back my truck (88 f-150 4wd) as well as a 1987 f-350 4wd with a 460/c6 for this 95 mustang gt that ive been trying to sell.

here are pics of each

here is what i "think" my plan would be if this goes through...

remove the 4.0/5 speed out of the ranger and keep as spares for my step sons truck

remove the 302/5 speed set up out of the f150 and put into the ranger

remove the 460/c6 from the f350 and install into the brown f150

remove the axles out of the 1 ton and set them aside for my jeep

sell the flat bed off the f350

sell the ranger

trash remainder of f350 parts i cannot use nor have a use for

brown f150 is now the prerunner project

im really liking the idea of this whole thing but its along road to get all of this done so its definately not going to happen overnight. i guess the main reason im liking this idea so much is i know everything about my brown truck front to back top to bottom, i know its a good solid truck and what im working with.

are there any obvious problems with this that stick out to anyone? will a f150 single cab be a good canadiate for a prerunner or is this just a horrible idea all together?

because i drive a grey 88 f150 stock and i got about 2 grand in the bank i was goin to spend on my truck....What all do u have done to it beacuse it is beautiful ...thanks

 

[88f150driver]

What do u have done to the 88 f150.....(specificly) and how much because im 17 and got a 88 grey and got a couple of grand in tha bank im willing to put in to it and i want mine to look close to that 1 cuz that is a head turner right there

 

[feellnfroggy]

A couple grand wont get you much more than the tires/wheels, brushguard, fender flares and gears. Unless you check the junkyards and get a few steals on wheels and brushguarrd and gears.

 

[desertrunner]

sorry fellas, i actually got into a tight spot with money awhile back and sold my ranger so i havnt been on the site in awhile. someone sent me a pm the other day on my f150 so i got on here to look around again, its been awhile.

because i drive a grey 88 f150 stock and i got about 2 grand in the bank i was goin to spend on my truck....What all do u have done to it beacuse it is beautiful ...thanks

o lord i had so much money wrapped up in that truck it was insane

What do u have done to the 88 f150.....(specificly) and how much because im 17 and got a 88 grey and got a couple of grand in tha bank im willing to put in to it and i want mine to look close to that 1 cuz that is a head turner right there

i had about 10 grand or so wrapped up in it when it was said and done. i really freakin loved that truck and thought i would never get rid of it. to make a long story short my father in law came to visit and was telling me about how he was wanting to start up his own handy man business and was lookin for a truck so he asked if id want to sell it since i rarely drove it. we made a deal inwhich was more of me really hooking up my father in law and that was that. well a few months later he we got to talkin and he was telling me how he really isnt interested in doing the handyman thing anymore and asked if i wanted the truck back so i said yes, i traded this mustang that i had for it and a f350 that he had. he shows up with them and he had basicly stripped the brown truck. i was so pi$$ed i couldnt see straight. i wanted to freakin lose it but what do you do its my father in law. so i kept it for a couple more months and everytime i looked at it i got insanely pissed off over the whole thing so i ended up just selling it for 2 grand just so i didnt have to see it anymore cause it made me sick thinking about it everytime i saw it.

A couple grand wont get you much more than the tires/wheels, brushguard, fender flares and gears. Unless you check the junkyards and get a few steals on wheels and brushguarrd and gears.

not trying to be rude to the origional guy that was asking how much i had in it but this is pretty much the truth, u wanna play then your gonna pay. the tires alone were 415 each, but that was back when the economy wasnt crappy so they are prolly alot cheaper now.

if you have any specific questions about the truck id be more than happy to answer anything anyone wants to know about it. i knew the truck front to back and had prolly turned every bolt on it atleast once at some point in time.

it was a 6 inch lift with f250 rear lift springs not blocks. the fender flares were bushwacker 4 inch cutouts, had to trim the fenders for them but i went that route vs a 3 inch body lift cause my wife is short. for this truck inorder to fit 38's you either have to do a 6 inch suspension and a 3 inch body or a 6 inch suspension and cut the fenders. the front axle was the ttb dana 44, rear was the 31 spline 8.8, had 5.13 gears in them. the wheels were us wheels 15x14's. ranch hand bumpers front and rear. the front i boxed and put a 2 inch reciever in. the rear i had wired up for a 7 way plug. the bed had line-x even on the bedrails. had a rebuilt 302 with a torque cam and a few other goodies. i ran a 460 radiator and a 30% overflow waterpump to help cooling when towing. had a hurst short throw shifter on the 5 speed. had a pretty sick stereo in it as well. 300 watts to 2 jl audio subs, monster cap, mb quart 6.5's. cobra cb with dual fire sticks. the list goes on and on. had alot of cash wrapped up in her.

 

[desertrunner]

Any updates?

i did end up converting it to a 2 wheel drive before i ended up selling it. let me load up all the pics on photobucket and ill post them up

^ what i was workin with, front 2 wheel explorer beam set up

^ this is the explorer passenger side pivot bracket, i cut it and a small section of the crossmember off in the junkyard with my saw. after using it for mockup i removed all the rivots, drilled 1 new hole in the drop down bracket and used it.

^ prepping the front end for disassembly

^ springs out of the way, pitman arm/tie rods removed

^ ready to pull her out

^ the drop down bracket and passenger pivot that had to be removed

^ worthless bumpstop that was destroyed and allowed my pumpkin to smash against the above drop down bracket

^ hole in the axle housing. i questioned earlier if the r&p was still in good shape and after removing it and really checking it out it was still in good condition after all

^ explorer beams etc mocked up and in place, checked everything for clearance etc before continuing

^ dana 35 once it was completely removed, right before i pulled the springs

^ back together again, still needed an alignment as the camber was off as well as the position of the steering wheel was way off as well. rode like a champ. installed new wheel bearings inner and outter, new rotors, pads. used the stock calipers.

i used the explorer passenger side pivot bracket as well, removed the rangers from the rear side of the drop down bracket, had to drill 1 new hole on the drop bracket and bolted the explorers up to the front of the drop down bracket. everything lined up perfectly and was actually "plug and play" since i had the right parts and id do it again without hesitation.