2wd-to-4wd conversion
06-30-2011, 02:52 PM
#42
broke white boy
i agree with the strait axle swap but they are not a bolt in operation and the only a limited number of years that had the strait axle that would be a good swap and lots of the older trucks have made their way to the crusher. but the ttb was under all the trucks for almost 20 years. so parts are still plenty.
06-30-2011, 05:29 PM
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Originally Posted by 1989-FORD-F150
Now I'm all confused I just want to swap the axle with another ford 4x4 axle what do I need from warn shouldn't they just bolt on?
07-13-2011, 02:25 PM
#49
Dailydriving300ci-of-fury
No what im saying that the only 4x4 300 has a manual tranny. there arent any 4x4 300s with automatic ones. If there is, then that is a HUGE suprise, because no junkyard has an auto 4x4 300 tranny, and every 4.9L 300 4x4 truck that ive seen has a manual.
However the news about being able to bolt up a 302 tranny to a 300 engine gives me much more hope for doing a swap someday
However the news about being able to bolt up a 302 tranny to a 300 engine gives me much more hope for doing a swap someday
http://www.autotrader.com/fyc/vdp.js...standard=false
12-12-2011, 10:18 PM
#50
It is no harder than changing ball joints , piviot bushings or radius arm bushings.
Seems like everyone that has no clue how to work on a truck theirselfs make it out to be this long hard process to swap it out.
It is 4 nuts and 6 bolts that hold the whole front axle on. 2 radius arm nuts 2 bolts and 2 nuts holding the axles at the pivot on the cross member and the 2 bolts holding the springs to the spring towers.
now how hard could it be to take that apart?
Seems like everyone that has no clue how to work on a truck theirselfs make it out to be this long hard process to swap it out.
It is 4 nuts and 6 bolts that hold the whole front axle on. 2 radius arm nuts 2 bolts and 2 nuts holding the axles at the pivot on the cross member and the 2 bolts holding the springs to the spring towers.
now how hard could it be to take that apart?