Reviving the 83 ford with LDS 5 ton drive line

[Kayne]

Im looking for some advice for keeping this drive line or going to one im more familiar with. I inherited a 83 ford F350 with a continental 465 LDT in it, it is the original trans and T case for the motor as my grandfather pulled them out of a old Deuce. Im not really familiar with these drive lines and have been doing lots of reading but still in the dark. Im very very familiar with the Cummins 6bt and 6btas. Would like to know how they compare in power and reliability and how hard is it to get parts for the LDT. As for parts, ive been looking on line and have not found anything other than "surplus motors". Also this thing was running as a commercial trailer puller up till 3 years ago. My grandfather pulled trailers with it everyday for about 8 years. So i know when it was parked that it was in great running shape. Its done a good bit of sitting since then. I know i need to clean the fuel system and change the oil, is there anything else i should do before trying to run it??

 

[73m819]

You say it is a auto ???

 

[hndrsonj]

Bet it's a 302 and auto from a GMC.

 

[uscgmatt]

The GMC m211's had an auto. Will the m211 trans bolt up to the ldt?

 

[gimpyrobb]

Pics!?

 

[Heath_h49008]

I'm sorry... F350? With an LDT in it?

Yeah... I'm going to need to see pictures of this.

 

[Atomic]

Just sayin'.

 

[Scooteerr]

Just sayin'.

#2 on that

 

[Kayne]

Its got the old military auto shifter in it. From what i know its out of a 69 Deuce that was used to pull the missile launchers. I have pic of the out side now. Ill post pics of the engine shortly as the trucks an hour away at my folks. As you can see the radiator is the grill as there was no more room. The shifter that is in it has reverse neutral drive 3 2 1 and is a old military shift linkage. Again pics to come

 

[Warthog]

Interesting truck. Sound like a great project.

 

[212sparky]

How about some pics of the engine?????

 

[Warthog]

Ill post pics of the engine shortly as the trucks an hour away at my folks. .... Again pics to come

As he said, he will be posting soon.

 

[Scooteerr]

Interesting truck. Sound like a great project.

Ditto, and very interested about the auto transition...

 

[Ford Mechanic]

That's some real redneck engineering there man. You know what they say, Takes one to know one

 

[Trailboss]

Most people talk about putting a 7.3 engine in a deuce to replace the LDT, not the other way around. That has got to be one beefed up front end to handle that weight, but I bet it had enough torque to pull those trailers easily.

 

[gimpyrobb]

Its not a multifuel radiator.

 

[Westech]

That my friend is a GMC Radiator sticking out... and old auto shifter.... That would be a GMC 302 and the cast 4 speed trans. Not a Multi fuel.

 

[Kayne]

well picture will show that it is infact a multi fuel, the radiator is i have found out from my dad out of a old GMC delivery truck. the trans tho is Auto and attached to the LDT multi fuel. Waiting on pic from my Dad. At the latest it will be tomorrow. as for the 302 im not sure what your referencing

 

[jrobinson5093]

That is a awesome truck I wanna see more.

 

[Corvette1974]

That thing is bada$$.

Will