What did you do to your truck today?
11-15-2014, 11:48 PM
Senior Member
Performed the TSB www.supermotors.net/registry/media/520094 procedure tonight and it worked perfect. After seeing how much flex was between my frame and crossmember, it made perfect sense after the rivet...or pieces of the rivet were removed.
What I found was that the holes in the crossmember, frame, and shock tower had not been damaged at all. The loose feeling was actually the rivet that had sheared off and broke between the crossmember and frame. I reamed the hole out to 9/16", inserted a grade 8 bolt and then a washer and locknut on the bottom.
It now finally tracks straight down the road!
What I found was that the holes in the crossmember, frame, and shock tower had not been damaged at all. The loose feeling was actually the rivet that had sheared off and broke between the crossmember and frame. I reamed the hole out to 9/16", inserted a grade 8 bolt and then a washer and locknut on the bottom.
It now finally tracks straight down the road!
11-16-2014, 07:05 PM
Senior Member
So I didn't do this all in one day but over the past few months I've done a lot of work on my truck but hadn't had the time to actually sit down and post it all be the airforce has my *** all of the place lol.
So I replaced my exhaust from the " imaginary cats back" with a super 50 series muffler w/ 1 3in inlet and 2x2.5 outlets... I had it set as duals for awhile and then cut them of right as they dumped over the axle and slid the tips on.. Suprising,y it sounds good not like a bee..
Next I changed out the rearend from an open diff with the 2:73 ratio to a new-to-me 3:55 limited slip rearend from a 4x4.. It's awesome.
Next I replaced the three pain in the *** rubber plugs on the top of the M50D Mazda transmission... F you Mazda... I did it in my driveway in base housing and they frown upon vehicle maintenance at your house on base... So I didn't drop the tranny I just lifted the carpet and unscrewed the tunnel panel and pulled the top of the tranny out that way... Pretty straight forward...
I also changed the leaky water pump...
Also I pulled off the old ratty seat cover and stuck a patch of mine in the center seat... It's velcro... I may cover the entire middle seat idk...
I'm getting bored and complacent so im looking at 4 or 6 inch lift with new mud grips when my current ones wear out... And I may get headers.. Idk yet.. But the lift and bigger tires are a must... Excuse the crappy pic my phones camera is effective up and the truck is a lil dirty not bad though... And I owe almost all the info I got on these projects from the f150 forum.. I learn as I go. Thanks fellas!!
So I replaced my exhaust from the " imaginary cats back" with a super 50 series muffler w/ 1 3in inlet and 2x2.5 outlets... I had it set as duals for awhile and then cut them of right as they dumped over the axle and slid the tips on.. Suprising,y it sounds good not like a bee..
Next I changed out the rearend from an open diff with the 2:73 ratio to a new-to-me 3:55 limited slip rearend from a 4x4.. It's awesome.
Next I replaced the three pain in the *** rubber plugs on the top of the M50D Mazda transmission... F you Mazda... I did it in my driveway in base housing and they frown upon vehicle maintenance at your house on base... So I didn't drop the tranny I just lifted the carpet and unscrewed the tunnel panel and pulled the top of the tranny out that way... Pretty straight forward...
I also changed the leaky water pump...
Also I pulled off the old ratty seat cover and stuck a patch of mine in the center seat... It's velcro... I may cover the entire middle seat idk...
I'm getting bored and complacent so im looking at 4 or 6 inch lift with new mud grips when my current ones wear out... And I may get headers.. Idk yet.. But the lift and bigger tires are a must... Excuse the crappy pic my phones camera is effective up and the truck is a lil dirty not bad though... And I owe almost all the info I got on these projects from the f150 forum.. I learn as I go. Thanks fellas!!
11-16-2014, 07:13 PM
Senior Member
And washed it by hand the first time in months... I've been in dorms at different bases for the past year and a half and haven't been able to hand wash it... 
11-17-2014, 10:12 AM
Senior Member
They are stout man... I towed my wife's car from Georgia to Missouri and back and then to Texas and I mean I probably shouldn't have but I was at 70 with low rpms almost the in tire time on the interstate... that's with the manual trans. And the 4.9L... and then not towing anything it does what I need it to do and still has low and top end.
