Ordered some stuff for this, diff covers from ruffstuff, front ubolts and plates from our friends at ORD, new shocks, and working on a rust free cab.
CK5
Register an account today to become a member! Once signed in, you'll be able to participate on this site by adding your own topics and posts, as well as connect with other members.
91 W350
- Thread starter Chickntrk
- Start date
One of the projects I wanted to do on this truck was make a trailer hitch that was up and out of the way (really only using it for recovery) and basically doubled as a crossmember on the frame. I somewhat copied the Far From Stock roll pan hitch minus the $660 price tag.
Using a hitch I had laying around I loped off the ends so it would fit between the frame rails
Added some 1/4” c channel
Doesn’t get much higher than that!
Using a hitch I had laying around I loped off the ends so it would fit between the frame rails
Added some 1/4” c channel
Doesn’t get much higher than that!
And a pic where it’s not buried behind piles of junk
Wouldn’t that be nice! Just a 360, NP435, NP205. Sadly your only options in 91 were a 360 or a Cummins, 440 was done in 78
360 is a lot better than a 318
Last edited:
Nice hitch . . I have built a few my self . 1 hidden behind bumper / plate . And 1 on my 3500-HD work truck plus a few more here and there .
Thanks, can never seem to get a pre made one to sit right where you need/want it, I may build a bumper that incorporates it and wraps around under the bedsides for a little more protection.
Painted orange?
Works for me
Rust free cab on its way up from Arizona, gotta decide if I want to chop the roof off or use the whole cab, it’s a 2wd cab so I would need to use my 4x4 transmission tunnel, or I could just lop the roof off and use it on my cab….might be one of those jobs that’s sounds easy until you try it and then all the window openings end up off a smidge and the glass doesn’t fit….thoughts?
Probably best to swap the whole cab then you know it’s rust free. I was thinking about your original cab with the rust like that who knows how far that rust goes down the pillars.
Another vote for swapping swapping cabs, because rust sucks.
More cuts and welds = faster for rust to get started . . . Cab swap
Do the cab swap...I helped my buddy do his club cab, had to redo the tranny tunnel, but that was easy.
Got some work done on the truck tonight:
New front spring plates, 5/8 ubolts and 2 degree shims to fix the pinion angle from ORD, new shocks all around
New u bolts are beefy compared to the stock 9/16 ones
I won my bid on eBay for a removable transmission tunnel from a 70s truck so that should make the trans tunnel a breeze in the 2wd cab I have coming. Next us is new front shackle mounts from @Hogback Fabrication
New front spring plates, 5/8 ubolts and 2 degree shims to fix the pinion angle from ORD, new shocks all around
New u bolts are beefy compared to the stock 9/16 ones
I won my bid on eBay for a removable transmission tunnel from a 70s truck so that should make the trans tunnel a breeze in the 2wd cab I have coming. Next us is new front shackle mounts from @Hogback Fabrication
Bump, did your cab show up?
Cab is coming sometime in March, not sure the exact date yet….the only thing I’ve done since I lasted posted was finally get the winch out of the living room and onto the truck….I did chop a clean rust free roof off of truck in the local yard just in case I need one in the future or someone else does, didn’t want to see it get crushed
Last edited:
