Manny's 67' F-250 Highboy Restoration

[popeyes71]

Congratulations on the great news!! No Matter if boy or girl, looks like you're going to end up with another helper!

[hfdco4]

So Manny, did you buy and presents for the new family member even though they haven't arrived?

[cstoyer]

So lots to update...

Biggest Thing is I'm gonna be a dad!!!!

Secondly all the parts are at home now thankfully.
These are
79 D60 king pin disc front
10.25 sterling cab chassis rear
zf5-42
429 thunderjet 360HP
Divorced NP205 t case

Yep now just gotta get it together. Been pulling 50-60 hour weeks for too long now want my free time back. It's coming

Manny

Other than the ZF5-42 and 429 we have the exact same drive train. I kept and rebuilt the NP-435 and turned my FE-360 into a FE-447. Is your D60 in need of a rebuild or did you luck out and find a good used one? Mine needed rebuilt so I did convert it to crossover steer with Reid Knuckles and High Steer kit from Ruff Stuff.

Congrats on the fatherhood news.

cstoyer

[Manny]

Manny

Other than the ZF5-42 and 429 we have the exact same drive train. I kept and rebuilt the NP-435 and turned my FE-360 into a FE-447. Is your D60 in need of a rebuild or did you luck out and find a good used one? Mine needed rebuilt so I did convert it to crossover steer with Reid Knuckles and High Steer kit from Ruff Stuff.

Congrats on the fatherhood news.

cstoyer

I have a good one i hope it seems tight, and is 4.10 already was rolling and had brakes when i pulled it. We shall see!!

[Manny]

Thanks to all for the kind words about FATHERHOOD!!!! We have discovered he is a boy! Reilly Robert Perkins should be here good lord willing mid June. As for now getting to work. So here is some photos!!

The Dana 60 high pinion. Let me tell ya them buggers are heavy!!!


There is also the Dana 60 dually for the 94' F350. Yeah another project. Same for the 1985-86 417 a wheel horse. Uh project poor here now.


The cab chassis sterling axle a perfect fit upgrade!!!


Now i started pulling the old Dana 24 t case. That top was cut off a 70' that jewel will help with the top repair!!


I didn't drop it on my head..


There was some massive reorganization needed with all these new found goodies in the shop. Axles have to come out springs and such. So i went ahead and put the np205 and the dana 60 under the truck........ well


It for tonight been working more got more to catch y'all up on,

[DuckRyder]

Wish I had that shop (room) to work in!

Looking forward to more updates!

[popeyes71]

Great progress Manny! And congrats on find out your having a boy!

[Manny]

Thanks guys. All right so here is more.

I tore the Sterling down. It was a 4.10 however the open diff had some chipped teeth.




I purchased a $150 used limited slip.Then put a $110 clutch kit in it and swapped the gears and bearings over.


Had to get aggressive with the old bearings. However the bearings were 90 a set so i saved my old good ones.


All pressed on.

[Manny]

Here is a change of topic i started scattering the 429.


The good news is its a 360 hp 10:5 to 1 engine. The bad news is it's gonna need good gas at 10.5 to 1.


The other thing is it has the original nylon aluminum timing chain so the mileage has to be low. I'll take it!!!

[crazyhorse]

Mr Manny, congratulations on being a dad.

I enjoy your posts , please keep'em coming. .

[Manny]

So Manny, did you buy and presents for the new family member even though they haven't arrived?

Sorry i missed that quote. Actually we did the kid is gonna be spoiled no doubt but its all good.

[Manny]

Here is something that may help others in there projects. The axle tube was rusted on the inside so it needed a cleaning and rags just won't get it all the way done.


Soooo take a long extension and sockets. Tape them together. Tape a rag around it as a pad.Finally tape a scotch pad to it. Make certain to use good tape 3m only.



Apply speed handle or a ratchet and just start twisting away to clean it up.


The results were not to shabby.


That's wd-40 laying in the tube. I also cleaned out the housing and sprayed it with wd-40 to save it.





As of current.

[DuckRyder]

Looking good!

Good idea on the axle tube cleaning...

[Manny]

Okay so those pictures were the last ones taken with my canon pocket camera. Kinda don't know what happened there...... So i have been working on a smooth flow. Lets see how this works with iphone photos optimized, and then uploaded.

The rear end got mocked up with the factory spacers. The contact patch was quite good for the old set and good back lash.







As it was good went ahead with new pinion seal and nut and locked it all up together.






So can you see those or not? I hope so!!

[DuckRyder]

Yep , we can see those fine!

Progress!