PlumCrazy's 88 SuperCab 2.3T Build

[PlumCrazy]

I don't know if it's my phone or connection, but the links just show a photo, no video. Anyone else experience this?

Mine shows the first frame of the video then when you tap it it plays.

 

[alwaysFlOoReD]

Mine shows the first frame of the video then when you tap it it plays.

I think it was my data not being quick enough this morning. It worked this time. Thanks.

 

[SenorNoob]

I love it. Sounds surprisingly good, especially with that plumbing.

 

[PlumCrazy]

I love it. Sounds surprisingly good, especially with that plumbing.

I plan to cut the pipe down to whatever the tallest it can be and still have a functioning hood with an only a 3” hole. I’d rather not do a bolt on hood stack…but I may.

 

[SenorNoob]

Probably a stupid question, but why not go down?

 

[PlumCrazy]

Probably a stupid question, but why not go down?

Because it's not as cool.

 

[PlumCrazy]

Got the bed yoinked off.

Set it aside

Put the front drop hangers on. I tried like hell to free up the bolts so I could reuse the bushings....but in the end...I cut the bolts and punched the bushings out. Exactly why I stopped trying to mess around doing them with the bed on a few months ago.

New bushings should show up today, so I can get the springs bolted back in for good and swap the axle tonight.

Mocked it up with no bushings so it will sit a hair higher than this, but the bed will probably squat it down a bit...I may end up needing to lower the front more.

Quick RockAuto research says I'll need a different RH parking brake cable for the 10" brakes.

Also weather report: Frosty and froggy morning here with temps climbing towards the 50s.

 

[PlumCrazy]

Popped new bushings in with some all thread, a few sockets and a lug nut.

Dropped the 7.5 out and bolted the 8.8 in its place. Had to re-flare the brake lines to swap the ends from 7/16" to 3/8" thread at the wheel cylinders.

Everything was going smoothly up until this point.

The 1999ish 8.8 came as you see it with bare 10" backing plates....no worries. I have loaded backing plates and drums from the 1994 8.8 that I swapped into my black Ranger and reused the original 9" brakes on that truck....I also have some wholesaler closeout Motorcraft shoes.

Where things get weird is that the new shoes I have don't have the correct holes for the adjuster/lower spring setup...no worries! I have a box of wholesaler closeout out adjuster hardware that worked!

Perfect right? All installed pretty smoothly... besides the parking brake arm is a different shape on the newer brakes and the 88 cable may need some modifications (TBD later)

Then I hit the road block for the night.
Apparently the 1999 axles have a larger hub pilot....so the drums I have won't work.

Never realized there were so many variations in brake hardware over the years....but between this truck and my black truck I have found a half dozen things that don't play nice depending on year

Next on the list is swap the in tank pump for a high pressure 255lph and bypass the frame rail pump. I need to look at wire sizes, but I may need to run a larger power wire to the tank.