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hsimauqs

1986 F350 Crew Cab 4WD

Hi Folks

Just picked up a 1986 F350 Crew Cab 4WD with a bunch of issues, super excited as I've always wanted one of these trucks since I was a little kid, pretty iconic styling and its HUUUUUGE and Green.

Planning on redoing the gaskets / rebuilding the transmission, and then doing a bit of interior work while I use the truck to move snowmobiles around.

In the spring, the plan is to flat-deck the rear and build a pop-top camper above a cargo area, so next winter I can have a home on wheels w/ fireplace and you name it as well as storage for 2 mountain sleds on the deck.

A gallery with larger images :

https://imgur.com/a/w2UqvU4

Gary Lewis

Re: 1986 F350 Crew Cab 4WD

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Welcome!

Glad you found us.

The truck looks big, but it is hard to tell in the pic. If you want, you can edit the code that displays the pic by adding width="100%" to the line. It would look like this w/o the < and > in front and behind it.

nabble_img src="Header.jpg" border="0" width="100%"/

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Dad's: '81 F150 Ranger XLT 4x4: Down for restomod: Full-roller "stroked 351M" w/Trick Flow heads & intake, EEC-V SEFI/E4OD/3.50 gears w/Kevlar clutches
Blue: 2015 F150 Platinum 4x4 SuperCrew wearing Blue Jeans & sporting a 3.5L EB & Max Tow
Big Blue: 1985 F250HD 4x4: 460/ZF5/3.55's, D60 w/Ox locker & 10.25 Sterling/Trutrac, Blue Top & Borgeson, & EEC-V MAF/SEFI

Rembrant

Re: 1986 F350 Crew Cab 4WD

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hsimauqs wrote

...pretty iconic styling and its HUUUUUGE and Green.

Every time I see one of these, I think they are so HUUUUUGE!...lol. Nice truck.

Is that a BC plate?

1994 F150 4x2 Flareside. 5.0 w/MAF, 4R70W, stock.
1984 F150 4X2 Flareside. Mild 302 w/ 5spd. Sold.
1980 F150 4X4 Flareside. 300i6 w/ 5spd. Sold in 2021.
1980 F100 4X2 Flareside. 351w/2bbl w/NP435. Sold in 1995

Dyn Blin

Re: 1986 F350 Crew Cab 4WD

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She's a beauty, and you already have your 2nd fan from the looks at the gallery pics. Good luck & 'looking forward to the build thread.

Sonoma County,CA
1982 F150 Flareside XLS
NP435 4x4
351W Motorcraft 2150

hsimauqs

Re: 1986 F350 Crew Cab 4WD

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well I've already muffed the forum I intended to post in, oh well, why not a tiny pic ;)

I think the image itself was too big to be posted, sort of funny embed codes here with this forum compared to what I'm used to.

Anyway, Its blowing tons of white smoke on driving, I'm going to dump a can of head gasket fix in there today, boot it up and see if I can get it presentable to drive to the car wash so I can pressure wash the engine bay out before starting to drop the engine and transmission.

For a laugh here is a following camera shot of me driving it to its current storage spot from the previous owners house:

https://photos.app.goo.gl/HWM8ac946Cz9s3qR9

hsimauqs

Re: 1986 F350 Crew Cab 4WD

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Yep, BC plates, dont look too closely as I just installed those plates to see what it would look like with plates before I got proper insurance and registration... IF you know what I mean.

Rembrant

Re: 1986 F350 Crew Cab 4WD

hsimauqs wrote

Yep, BC plates, dont look too closely as I just installed those plates to see what it would look like with plates before I got proper insurance and registration... IF you know what I mean.

If it makes you feel any better, I drove mine all summer with no plate on it...lol. (It was in the glove box though). BTW, greetings from the east coast (NS). Nice truck.

Gary Lewis

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I downloaded the pics from Imgur. They were too big to load with Resize = None. But with Resize = Big and adding width="100%" to the code they look pretty good. But I left the last one at the size that Big would give w/o the width="100%" just so you can see.

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85lebaront2

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What engine is in it? I guess I am fortunate Ford didn't offer 4WD dual rear wheel trucks, Darth takes enough room to turn around. Not bad looking BTW.

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"Getting old is inevitable, growing up is optional" Darth Vader 1986 F350 460 converted to MAF/SEFI, E4OD 12X3 1/2 rear brakes, traction loc 3:55 gear, 160 amp 3G alternator Wife's 2011 Flex Limited Daily Driver 2009 Flex Limited with factory tow package Project car 1986 Chrysler LeBaron convertible 2.2L Turbo II, modified A413

myrl883

Re: 1986 F350 Crew Cab 4WD

My son just bought one of those two weeks ago. Yes, it's a lot of truck! His has a 7.3 with a Banks turbo and a ZF-5. He's planning a Cummins 12 valve swap in the next year.

Ford Parts Monkey since 1985
1981 F100 Flareside - Black, 302-4V Roller/AOD
1986 F150 Flareside - Medium Fire Red 302/AOD
1989 F150 Standard Cab 4x4 - Dk Shadow Blue 302/AOD
1993 F350 4x4 Crew Cab - 7.3 IDI/ZF-5
I think it's a sickness...

Rembrant

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85lebaront2 wrote

I guess I am fortunate Ford didn't offer 4WD dual rear wheel trucks, Darth takes enough room to turn around. Not bad looking BTW.

Do you mean that Ford didn't offer them in the Bullnose era? I've seen 4WD dual rear wheel F350's before. Maybe not Bullnoses, but for sure in the 1987-1996 trucks. (And I'm talking cab/chassis trucks...I can't say for certain that I've ever seen one with a pickup bed on it).

85lebaront2

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The DRW trucks could be ordered cab and chassis as a 4WD, but the 1985 up bed will not fit due to the difference in the rear axle. Cab and chassis models still used the Dana rear axle, pickups got the Ford 10.25". On the Dana, the centerline of the duals is directly behind the center of the front wheels, on the Ford, the inner wheel is directly behind the front wheel. This gives a wider track for the rear, and allows for a standardized bed floor and inner panels for all 8' beds.

This followed through from 1985-1997 DRW trucks.

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Rembrant

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85lebaront2 wrote

This followed through from 1985-1997 DRW trucks.

Ahh, OK, gotcha. I know nothing about anything heavier than a half ton, so this stuff is all new to me.

Just curious though...what changed in 1985? Were there no Bullnose duallies 1980-1984?

Sully69

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Nice truck! I love the dog imitating a vulture as well. My dog (who is much bigger) loves jumping up on either the hood, roof or toolbox of my truck. He wants to be sure I never leave without out him!

Sully

Gary Lewis

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I see an update to the Bullnose Facts coming.....

It currently says:

The DRW axles for the pickups, but not the cab & chassis trucks, were made longer to put the inside tire in line with the front tire instead of the space between the rear tires being in line with the front tire. This made the floor of the bed the same for the SRW as the DRW for 1985 & 6.

How can that be improved?

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85lebaront2

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I don't know, other than actually getting people to look at it.

Other item, feedback carbs were used on the 4.9L from sometime in the early 80s (1981 was the earliest I could confirm) through 1986. There were different controls, through 1983 it was the MCU, 1984-1986 it was the EEC-IV. V8 engines were worse, 1981?-1983 it was the infamous EEC-III system, 1984-1986 it was the EEC-IV system.

351W HO (4 barrel) and 460 engines never had feedback carbs. The 351M came with a 7200 VV carb, making the whole thing unique to the early Bullnose models.

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