Note that I do not recommend this - the reasons are described in the post. I put a traction lock in my 66's 9" rear axle and decided that I was really over drum brakes, so I set out to put disc brakes on it. I am too cheap to spend hundreds on the kits that are out there, so I started researchi...

I did not have that problem because the steering shaft attaches further outboard on the ttb suspension than the one you have. What I would do is get the steering shaft connected (because it has to go in a straight line...) and then build an "A-frame" type of bracket for the motor mount to ...

Since I am still on shakedown with the truck, I have not done any off-road stuff. Mostly just driving around town. It rides pretty similar to a F150 from the 90s, better than my 96 F250. The ttb suspension does not have a lot of travel, so if you want to do serious off-road stuff, its not the way to...

Great job! You obviously have a lot of patience to work through the wiring as well as the extensive fab work. Thanks. The wiring of a obd2 system is not for the faint of heart. I am sure I have at least 150 hours into studying schematics and running wires. Then, when I wired the instrument cluster,...

Cool build! Like the headliner idea, did you have any problems getting the curves in it without snapping? I didn't break any pieces of the frp, but was worried about it, so I only worked on it when it was above 80F outside, so it was hot in the cab and I was always soaked in sweat when I was done p...

I tuned it with SCT Pro Racer (which I have used before). The 351C likes a lot of spark advance, so the biggest thing I had to do was add a whole bunch of timing. The Explorer pcm uses the 36-1 toothed wheel on the crank damper. The Cleveland is a 28 in-oz imbalance engine, while the Explorer 5.0 is...

Since the factory seat was junk, and since I like the high-back seats, I put a seat from a late 80s truck in it: http://www.rubydist.com/images/66F100-074.jpg http://www.rubydist.com/images/66F100-075.jpg After much research and thought, I made a headliner out of textured frp and put that in. I didn...

Wiring a obd2 system into a vehicle that it was not intended for is a challenge... I spent about as many hours on the wiring as I did on the mechanical stuff, so that gives you an idea of the complexity of it. The obd2 pcm has a 104-pin connector, and all those wires need to go to the right place. (...

The easiest way to get the fuel injected intake on the Cleveland is to use the Explorer GT40 intake with adapters to make it wide enough to fit the Cleveland. Price Motorsports makes a nice adapter setup, with a cast valley pan and a pair of machined and polished blocks that attach to the heads and ...

By this time, I had decided that I have been pretty happy for the past 20+ years not having to screw with carbs, so I was researching how to put fuel injection on the Cleveland. There are several choices. The simplest would be to utilize the efi from the Bronco 302, since I had nearly all of the wir...

It turns out that the engine bay in the 90s era trucks is a few inches longer than in the 66, so I had to move the engine forward a inch or so compared to how it sat in the Bronco. I made some custom motor mounts to do that. I used the pan from a late 70s 351M/400 truck, with the rear sump, but movi...

Here is the first shot of the Bronco cross-member sitting in the right location on the 66 frame: http://www.rubydist.com/images/66F100-037.jpg Starting to get it locked in the exact location: http://www.rubydist.com/images/66F100-038.jpg http://www.rubydist.com/images/66F100-039.jpg Welded and bolte...

I originally bought the truck cheap enough that I thought I would drop in the engine and just sell it. By now, I have enough time and money in the thing that I am starting to seriously consider keeping it. However, I if I keep it, I want it to be a 4x4 - a driver that I can drive in the snow if I wa...

The body was in pretty good shape for how these trucks tend to age - not much rust and pretty straight all together. The right cab mount needed a little reinforcing on the bottom: http://www.rubydist.com/images/66F100-020.jpg The left cab mount needed to be replaced, along with part of the driver's ...

The engine was sitting on the dolly in such a way as I could not turn it over. As life tends to go for me, it was stuck. Even though the prior owner had it under a tarp, water had gotten in the exhaust ports (likely as snow) and rusted the bores enough that I could not turn it over. I was able to ge...

I picked up a non-running 1966 F100 a while back. It was pretty straight and not a lot of rust, but the engine was sitting in the bed. Supposedly, it had previously had a Cleveland in it, and this one had been rebuilt not too long ago so it was supposed to be a simple drop-in project. http://www.rub...