what am i doing wrong with posting these pics? its attaching them twice?

 

looks like your off to a pretty good start, i like those rims too, but i wanna run something a little larger when i do my swap, and georgia is awesome isnt it? how much did you get the rolling chassis for if you dont mind me askin btw?

 

2k and after i bought it i found one for 1600... go figure. they wanted 2k an axle up may way plus the hangers plus the springs so i saved a bunch of money

 

Where at? what you going to do with your old stuff?

 

Looking forward to seeing the progress!

 

i got quoted $2900 at the yard for rolling frame, with factory 20's with tires in oklahoma, waiting on the gas money and somewhere to put it, my yard here is way to small

 

got some more progress done one the swap! got the orginal holes welded up and ground flat to make a new surface for the new superduty hangers, they were just slightly off and didnt want to weaken the bolt holes.

got my new brake lines run, didnt need to be replaced but i had the tanks out, needed a different fiting to go to the superduty brake line, and i replaced it with a nickle-copper tubbing gurenteed never to rust for the life of the vehicle. mabe by a company called S.U.R.&R. and is it so easy to bend and flairs like butter! got everything blead out and works great!

Got my emergency brake cables connected together and operational, i like the OBS setup better. this is just weird how it works

My adaptor univeral finally came after calling all over the united states to find someone who had it in stock. The company has a 2 month backorder on it :doh: figured i would just replace the rest of them with greaseable spicers

Got the driveshaft in, what a PITA. everything was froze in and almost half of the spring clips broke in half to were i had to cut the univeral out with a grinder and push the universals to the center. I wish i had a torch!

things are comming together and should be able to take her down the road this weekend! see how the 3.73 gears work out and check for any vibrations

 

did you use the obs rear drive shaft or the superduty drive shaft?

 

looks good, to bad they wouldnt match up on the holes, good idea on that tho

 

bought the frame in monroe georgia which is just outside of atlanta. by my old stuff u mean my OBS stuff...... everything is for sale. i belive the wheels are sold but hipping may break the deal.
http://www.powerstroke.org/forum/suspension-parts/206794-1997-f250-wheels-axles-4-10-a.html

 

Looking good man! Just take your time with it. And any details on how you did that emergency brake? Im curious... I havent done mine yet, but I wasnt going to do it that way lol

 

i used both superduty e-brake cables. moved the hanger to the front so it is aprox 17 inches from the center bolt of the spring hanger because thats what it was in the superduty frame. and then only used the bottom hole. then i just used two cable clamps to hold the two different cables together untill i can find a crimp that will hold the pressure but it works for now.
GOT A MAJOR QUESTION? after doin the swap in the rear i removed the front driveshaft so i cant bind the 4.10s to the 3.73s and my spedo dont work at all and once i start down the road it shifts HARD and then the OD light starts flashing. tried to pull trouble coads but none found? WTF? is it cause of the two different gears? i never touched anything infront of the bed besides disconnecting the batteries to do some light welding. any ideas? HELP!!!

 

Did you use the original cable from the e brake assembly?

And did you **** the vss back up? That will cause all those problems

 

VSS BACK UP..... ure past me? the sensor in the top of the rear? Yes i did hook that up but that gave me an ABS code

 

if the one on top of the rear is the speed and distance sensor i used the one that was in the SD rear. do i need one out of a OBS. might have to go buy one if need be. i broke the one out of the OBS rear trying to remove it

 

Might need to change the ABS toner ring on the 05 axles or it might not work at all. Just a thought.

 

You need the obs one. It will fit in the housing. The sd one may give a different signal. Also the plug is different...

But if you got an abs code. Change the sensor. If it still does then check the wiring and th tone ring.

 

thanks..... i started to think bout it when u said the vss. i thought that was an ABS sensor but i guss not. gona pick up one tomorrow morning first thing and take it dack down the road with no bed or tail lights. god i love the country haha and the sad part is i will fit right in with everyone else.

 

Lol . The vss controls a lot more than you think. Transmission shifting, speed, braking and so on.

Get that new one in.

and the sd has a different vss how did you make it work?

 

first i didnt have it connected at all but the i just used 2 inline squeze connectors on the wires themselves just to see if it fixed the problem, should of known better. i think i was just excited to get her goin down the road for the first time

and yes i left the stock cable comming down from the peddle in

 

Yeah that's not gonna work lol

 

What size rims and tires are you running? I am curious to see what it will look like with the box back on.

Dont forget that if your tire diameter changes (from obs to sd tires), you will need to change the setting in the speedo to get it to read the right speed.

I'm tuned in for sure!

 

if youre lucky you can just pop the sensor out of your old 10.25" rear and install it in the new 10.5" and it wont leak....mine did, for the sub $20 cost though Id say just get a new one

 

got a new sensor, tried to get the old one out but broke it. $23 bucks and every thing is fine now thanks everyone.... yea when i get my final set up done with the 35s i will reprogram the spedo. both of my other vehicles the spedo doesnt work so its no biggy for me. im running 275/70 R18 for now
took her down the road today tearin up the assfault. i like the 3.73s

 

Told you, you would like those gears! Ill be swapping mine eventually.

And glad that new sensor fixed it all!

I wouldnt worry about 35's and speedo issues, it will only be a few MPH. Running a 285-70-17, my speedometer is dead on.

 

got the new shock mounts welded on the axle and put a slight bend on them to match the OBS shock angle. put a few stich weld on the sppring hangers and down to my buddies house i went so start on the front axle. so i can have a level concete surface

 

Good luck man! You better be at Carlisle LOL

Word of advice, dont set the truck down without the track bar. Its not exactly safe, or stable. A stiff breeze will blow the thing over.

We used a ratchet strap to hold it all together while we mocked the track bar.