Fixing Ford f-350 problems so its ready to go Jeeping!

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Fixing Ford f-350 problems so its ready to go Jeeping!

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5 ай бұрын

It's time for Easter Jeep Safari again, and my Jeep is still broken from last year. Time to start preparing my 1991 Ford F-350 Mom's Spaghetti for the trip to Moab Utah. I tackle some issues with the transmission, rear suspension, and even add a little Bling with a metalflake steering wheel.
If you are in Moab for EJS 2024 make sure to stop by the Bestop kickoff party March 25 in the parking lot behind the Food Truck circle downtown. Fred Williams and I will be down there hanging out.
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@AutoEdits 5 ай бұрын

I'm really enjoying these videos feeling like just hanging out in the garage with you while wrenching!

@thedirtheadshed 5 ай бұрын

We are totally hanging out Jason!

@Nevermind_Im_Lost 5 ай бұрын

That's what it's like watching yours too, Jason! Love your channel and pup!

@toddcovell7288 5 ай бұрын

That truck is coming along great hope you have fun Whelan👍👍👍

@mazevx2451 5 ай бұрын

Woa Jason, you're here 😮 looks like we're all just a big community in some way

@CLGravy 5 ай бұрын

Did we just become best friends?

@user-dw9ms3qk6u 5 ай бұрын

I have total respect for someone who truly does it their way. Putting a 70's metal flake steering wheel on a bad ass home built dirt rocket??? And that's just one reason why your channel rocks.

@thedirtheadshed 5 ай бұрын

I appreciate the support!

@ZanalJT 4 ай бұрын

Just passed you on the freeway in the gold TJ!! Highlight of my day to see mom’s spaghetti and ya in the flesh!!

@thedirtheadshed 4 ай бұрын

Ha! Nice!

@KC-7mm 5 ай бұрын

Dave your personality cracks me up. I don’t mean that in a bad way I truly enjoy watching your videos.

@thedirtheadshed 5 ай бұрын

I appreciate it .

@ianmankersen 5 ай бұрын

Love this truck. Glad you keep taking the time to work out issues that make you not completely happy with it.

@thedirtheadshed 5 ай бұрын

As I get older I am realizing it’s easier to fix them than to start over

@Bobby82568 5 ай бұрын

Man I remember when you first showed us mom’s spaghetti on Dirt Everyday and now it’s going to EJS. They grow up so fast 😢

@thedirtheadshed 5 ай бұрын

Yep. Pretty soon it’ll be all grown up

@big3fan916 5 ай бұрын

People who do nothing will never know the feeling of ACCOMPLISHMENT !

@danvanwormer3543 5 ай бұрын

No matter what you are working on, I learn something new.

@adamcochran6323 Ай бұрын

Love the video! Its always so nice to eliminate the annoying noises... great little truck!

@MarkBrighton-nb8je 4 ай бұрын

That's what a truck SHOULD look like !! 😅😅😊

@thedirtheadshed 4 ай бұрын

Thanks

@papercut138 4 ай бұрын

Vomit on my sweater! Who doesn't love Mom's Spaghetti!!!👍👍👍

@thedirtheadshed 4 ай бұрын

Exactly!

@fv6927 5 ай бұрын

I know you're a huge truck guy but I have never owned a really cool lowered car and I just want to see you finish up the mustang....... I'm 53 years young and I respect the knowledge and skill that you have.

@hblide 5 ай бұрын

Your videos are getting better. better sound, more camera angles.. just better production in general .... really good stuff Dave!

@thedirtheadshed 5 ай бұрын

Thanks! I’m trying to work on that side of things more

@JeepnJeff 5 ай бұрын

I want to try out those Holley Retrobrites. I wish more companies would make their LED's look more like sealbeams. Hate the look of most LED's on older rigs.

@thedirtheadshed 5 ай бұрын

I can’t stand most of the LED lights out there either

@chrisurfer83 4 ай бұрын

Keep truckin' you are gonna clear 100k subs soon!

@thedirtheadshed 4 ай бұрын

Heck yeah! I’m excited to see where it goes

@OjaiBonsai 5 ай бұрын

Mom spaghetti is such a great name

@thedirtheadshed 5 ай бұрын

It’s a good one!

@ambrosebrower8760 5 ай бұрын

It’s a miracle that there are hot rod shops still around and actually have parts in stock. Those places should really be celebrated

@thedirtheadshed 5 ай бұрын

I totally agree

@speedyforde3404 5 ай бұрын

Looks like it will be so fun in the rocks at Moab!

@thedirtheadshed 5 ай бұрын

I can’t wait

@yermoffroad 5 ай бұрын

Ive had two zf5s, seems like the sycros kinda get shitty after 100k. Some shops didnt want to work on them for some reason to I found. The small block verson is aslo kind of hard to find, f100 guys love em.

@thedirtheadshed 5 ай бұрын

All things I’ve found as well!

@grahamgeiger3206 5 ай бұрын

I love the close ratio diesel ones. I just wish they had removable bellhousings.

@samuelnoller1565 5 ай бұрын

Small block ZFs are the most desired because bronco and f150 guys want em. Just gotta watch the junkyard inventories and jump on one when it shows up. And yeah, the 2-3 synchro especially likes to wear out.

@moabwheeling1305 5 ай бұрын

I love Mom's Spaghetti and what you have done with it over the years Dave . It has to be one of my favorite builds of all time. Keep up the great work brother.

@rabidcoyote97 5 ай бұрын

Taking care of the little things, good to get them crossed off the list and one step closer to Moab.

@thedirtheadshed 5 ай бұрын

One bite at a time

@HackeryGarage 4 ай бұрын

It is always an awesome feeling when you fix something that has been bothering you for awhile. Rad to see the truck coming along!

@user-my9fm5xy9o Ай бұрын

So much good content.

@thedirtheadshed Ай бұрын

Glad you’re digging it

@mattf6397 4 ай бұрын

See you soon here in Moab!!!

@thedirtheadshed 4 ай бұрын

Right oh. Come by that kickoff party on Monday

@amorton94 4 ай бұрын

This is such a cool truck.

@thedirtheadshed 4 ай бұрын

Thanks! It gets even better in the next video

@babyduckmilitia2186 4 ай бұрын

Love this truck, great video as always

@thedirtheadshed 4 ай бұрын

Thanks so much

@drew7767 5 ай бұрын

seeing the travel on that rear suspension when you let all the air out was impressive! awesome setup!

@DoesItTho 4 ай бұрын

Who the heck is this dude??? I’m an immediate fan!!! Subscribed 🫡

@thedirtheadshed 4 ай бұрын

Hey… it’s me. And I appreciate the subscription

@slooooendurooo7989 5 ай бұрын

I like the flare side

@thedirtheadshed 4 ай бұрын

Thanks

@AS-ng5pi 5 ай бұрын

Dave, you should get an AWD Ford Maverick and do an air bag set up on that. Something that would be fun and doable but not kill the pocketbook.

@thedirtheadshed 4 ай бұрын

That would be a good cruiser

@gamblerspec 5 ай бұрын

I like the step up idea for welding without weld sitting on top. Super cool

@thedirtheadshed 4 ай бұрын

Glad you caught that. Works great

@richardharvey8939 4 ай бұрын

Fun video as always

@thedirtheadshed 4 ай бұрын

Glad you liked it

@vanstechcorral 4 ай бұрын

We were at that Moab food truck circle a year or so ago, had coffee early morning with the director of a Costner movie project, on an 84 VW Westfalia cross country trip. Yep, a Grant style steering wheel installed on that one too. Electric power steering next.

@thedirtheadshed 4 ай бұрын

Nice! Sounds like you’re doing it right

@nimas.1415 5 ай бұрын

Dave, you mentioned wanting to paint Moms spaghetti… I think that would elevate this build. It plenty capable and cool, it just needs a single color to set it off. That MT-90 is good stuff, I run that in all my Toyotas. I buy it from FCP euro, who offers a lifetime replacement on all parts/fluid they sell. Sounds crazy, but I haven’t bought an fluids/filters in 5 years.

@thedirtheadshed 5 ай бұрын

That’s pretty wild. I’ll look them up

@mnovak85 5 ай бұрын

I dig it! Makes me want to cannonball the 29 hrs to Moab this week to see it in action.

@gregthompson1609 5 ай бұрын

That sweet sweet vindication of fixing something that's annoyed you for far too long. Love Mom's Spaghetti!

@thedirtheadshed 5 ай бұрын

I still haven’t driven it yet… it still has time to let me down

@brendonhearn8778 5 ай бұрын

Nice! Always a good time sorting out those "smaller" annoying problems, noises etc. Thanks for sharing. cheers

@thedirtheadshed 5 ай бұрын

They just make the right more fun to drive

@Foxcanfixit 5 ай бұрын

The dash lyrics. Perfect

@thedirtheadshed 5 ай бұрын

Details

@adamdevries3734 5 ай бұрын

Should change the lettering on the hood to FEEP. Love your videos

@thedirtheadshed 5 ай бұрын

Haha. Thanks

@Fparrish 5 ай бұрын

Dave, that’s awesome you figured out that darn cluck, must feel so good. Also hey if you sold ALL you tucks/cars you might be able to afford one Gladiator 😂

@thedirtheadshed 5 ай бұрын

I know. That one is probably pushing 110k

@Fparrish 5 ай бұрын

@@thedirtheadshed must have tons as well. Crazy how expensive those gladiators can get.

@mapyzer 5 ай бұрын

This is my favorite truck on the internet.

@TheMerc1950 5 ай бұрын

No clunks for the win!

@iToy80 5 ай бұрын

I forgot how cool the suspension on this “Jeep” was. It’s a really awesome truck! Almost as manly as Louisvitten 🥰

@thedirtheadshed 5 ай бұрын

That truck is cool too… but not sure it’ll ever be Spaghetti Cool

@jwil1543 4 ай бұрын

Love the truck. Waiting to see you paint it flat black. Like that rc truck from the 80s

@thedirtheadshed 4 ай бұрын

Blackfoot! What a great RC. I had on as a kid

@FergasaurusRex 4 ай бұрын

Always love your videos man. I totally understand always doing things by yourself as sometimes a helping hand isn't always available. also working in my garage on my mini truck I have to be half contortionist to work on stuff but love your stuff and keep on being awesome.

@thedirtheadshed 4 ай бұрын

Haha. It’s a struggle sometimes

@shanewright6958 5 ай бұрын

Another great video 👍👍

@thedirtheadshed 4 ай бұрын

Thanks!

@fv6927 5 ай бұрын

Love Mom's spaghetti such a beast but I'm going to keep bothering you for more slammed mustang content... please. I really really love the mustang and how you have it looking.

@Str8sixfan 5 ай бұрын

My 95 F-150 had the same noisy transmission and it was only an M5OD. Makes me curious because I didn't think that transmission and the ZF shared a single thing in common. But appears they did; noisy in neutral. Also always feels so good to get rid of a noise like that!

@thedirtheadshed 4 ай бұрын

I’m pretty sure the trans will always be louder than i would like

@colubrinedeucecreative 4 ай бұрын

Nice work!

@thedirtheadshed 4 ай бұрын

Thank you!

@bassettraceengines 5 ай бұрын

Great job!!!

@thedirtheadshed 5 ай бұрын

Thank you

@ronizard1674 4 ай бұрын

Shoulda put the hiem joints in the vice and pivot the arms so that you could verify the source of the noise.

@thedirtheadshed 4 ай бұрын

They don’t make the same noise in the vice. Need all the other pressures on it.

@MrBdiggiti 5 ай бұрын

I love it nothing like fixing irritating noises! Dave Rocks!

@thedirtheadshed 4 ай бұрын

Thank you

@mavericksteer831 4 ай бұрын

Nice work finding the clunk! You’re the man Dave!

@thedirtheadshed 4 ай бұрын

I’m trying!!

@1320Jason 4 ай бұрын

When you were putting on the tire, you used the jack to do something…curious what you did? I have a hard time putting my big wheels back on my rig and always looking for tips. Mom’s spaghetti is a rad truck!! You the MAN Dave!!

@thedirtheadshed 4 ай бұрын

Usually I’ll sit down, pinch it with my legs and lift. This time I just lowered the axle to the right height and lucked out of rotation

@1320Jason 4 ай бұрын

@@thedirtheadshed …thanks Dave. I do same

@mrmeyers26 5 ай бұрын

I really hope you can go back to doing this full time. I will do whatever I can to support this channel to make that happen 🤘

@thedirtheadshed 5 ай бұрын

I appreciate that!

@adrianw3985 5 ай бұрын

We are going to Easter Jeep Safari, will be rocking a LC100. Just doing easy trails this year. Hope to bump into you. Cheers!

@thedirtheadshed 5 ай бұрын

Nice! It’s fun in any rig you are in

@adrianw3985 5 ай бұрын

@@thedirtheadshed we will try and attend that Best Top kick off event.

@kailuagarage 5 ай бұрын

I seem to have the best luck with Pennzoil Synchromesh for reducing noise in my NV3500, which is just old school dino oil.

@thedirtheadshed 4 ай бұрын

Good to know. Heard about it, but never used it

@chrismorris177 4 ай бұрын

“I gotta work on the drivability” proceeds to install a gold flake steering wheel.😂😂😂 I like your style!! I almost put an old school budnick billet wheel on my crawler.

@thedirtheadshed 4 ай бұрын

Ooohhh. That would be a nice touch in the Mazda

@bubbacomputer 5 ай бұрын

That truck is getting better and better, great job!

@HoundofWar 5 ай бұрын

YOU CHANGED THE STEARING WHEEL?!!! That was my favorite part.... great video Dave.

@thedirtheadshed 4 ай бұрын

You can’t be serious…. Thanks!

@hendo337 4 ай бұрын

I've had a '97 F250HD 351w ZF-5 S47 and I have a '94 F250 393w ZF-5 S42 now. The 351 with just bolt ons, true duals, smog delete, UDPs, electric fan, ecthad 220k with he original S47 and it still shifted perfect up till the day the truck was totalled. The 393w stroker with AFR 175 heads, lightning lower, explorer upper intakes, 70mm TB, Cobra MAF, Doug's long tubes, 5.0 HO camshaft, converted to SMPFI makes crazy tq, the HP is gone by 5k, the S42 has been rebuilt and it's shifting a little hard when you try to shift it fast so it's probably that you have the S42.

@thedirtheadshed 4 ай бұрын

It definitely doesn’t want to shift fast

@Gerry-K 5 ай бұрын

That Gold flake steering wheel is so 60's. Love it! 😎 I had one in my 67 Camaro with MoonEye tach back in the day.

@thedirtheadshed 5 ай бұрын

That’s great. Mooneyes has been such a great company

@EdwardRoss-tb5hz 5 ай бұрын

Mom's spaghetti is growing on me, cool rig. Look forward to the up grades.

@thedirtheadshed 4 ай бұрын

This next video is a fun one

@MontanaDirtRoads 5 ай бұрын

Torque king 4x4 carries these bad ass coolers that go on where pto covers are and also contain a filter aswell, i have that same zf5s42 trans in my eddie baure f150...its got some upgrades and has killed many m5odr2 transmissions

@thedirtheadshed 5 ай бұрын

Hmm. I’ll check that out. Thanks

@bertb842 4 ай бұрын

great stuff! Moms spaghetti is your best rig!! bull nose grille tops it off nicely!! keep it up!!

@thedirtheadshed 4 ай бұрын

It’s a good one! Toss up between this and the Mazda though

@TurboDog73TX 5 ай бұрын

Rad stuff! I love Mom's Spaghetti.

@thedirtheadshed 5 ай бұрын

Thanks! It just keeps getting better

@Hillbillypunk Ай бұрын

"grinds between 2nd and 3rd" It's a Ford!🎉

@music10293 5 ай бұрын

As a dodge guy it's common to put gear oil in g56 transmissions to reduce noise instead of the atf as recommended

@thedirtheadshed 5 ай бұрын

Yep! That is one of the reasons I didn’t hesitate putting gear oil in this one

@saturnfivehynrgrc581 5 ай бұрын

Good stuff Dave. Like button energized

@thedirtheadshed 5 ай бұрын

Thanks again!

@rjfreimuth 4 ай бұрын

I learn so much stuff from you Dave. Thanks for sharing the goods.

@thedirtheadshed 4 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching! Tell your friends

@brianward3944 5 ай бұрын

RIGHT ON DAVE!!! Way to trouble shoot and solve! Always totally digging your vid's! Keep us updated on the gear oil instead of ATF thing. Please?

@frosty_silver_fox4292 5 ай бұрын

With my trans fresh out of the trans shop, with zero miles on the rebuild, i couldn't & still can't downshift my Zf5 from 3rd back to 2nd without grinding. Sooo frustrating. The only way i could do it without grinding was to be barely rolling. Sweet truck Dave. Also, i really enjoy the intro to your vidya's. 🍻

@thedirtheadshed 5 ай бұрын

So frustrating! I wonder what the solution is.

@abcsd1254 5 ай бұрын

So awesome that the redline and the missing bolt fixed that transmission; love Mom’s Spaghetti

@KyleC2OO7 4 ай бұрын

Cool truck, hope my 86 F150 can be one day be this capable!

@thedirtheadshed 4 ай бұрын

Just gotta put in the work

@matty86suk 5 ай бұрын

I swapped out all the hiems for enduro joints from my 2 rigs over the last year

@thedirtheadshed 5 ай бұрын

Some reason my Mazda is on heims and it’s quiet. This one I have had nothing but problems with

@CoyoteFTW 4 ай бұрын

love the truck it’s perfect

@thedirtheadshed 4 ай бұрын

It’s kinda junk, kinda great

@ianfosbrook8406 5 ай бұрын

love it when you fix a repair...good day in the shop❤

@thedirtheadshed 5 ай бұрын

Nobody likes doing work twice!

@jeffreyharman9145 5 ай бұрын

Love that steering wheel. Mom's spaghetti deserves all the love!

@matthewmcclelland709 5 ай бұрын

Can't wait to see the wheels on with the steering wheel!

@thedirtheadshed 5 ай бұрын

Yeah buddy! Me too

@hotrodcasanova3574 5 ай бұрын

Mom's spaghetti would totally out wheel that fancy jeep at your work lol.

@thedirtheadshed 5 ай бұрын

Don’t got to threaten me with a good time

@dougmorris9107 5 ай бұрын

Dave, i agree, the steering wheel is rad. :) keep up the good work!

@thedirtheadshed 5 ай бұрын

Wait till you see the next round of mods!

@jimanderson4495 5 ай бұрын

Thanks Dave. Still watching, just not commenting.

@thedirtheadshed 5 ай бұрын

Hey. You commented here. I appreciate it

@michaellauer3397 5 ай бұрын

That truck ought to be worth rebuilding the transmission in. It’s cool how i that ZF5 S42 comes apart. You might find it fun.

@thedirtheadshed 4 ай бұрын

I need to look up some videos on it

@michaellauer3397 4 ай бұрын

I have a 97 F350 4wd regular cab, 460, ZF5 that I bought new in 97. Has 250,000 miles on it, working great. I also have 2 “small block“ ZFs, one with the transfer case on it and one 2 Wheel Dr. for projects. It’s really pretty cool to be able to run a 410 gear without a doubler, using the granny gear. Then overdrive to get home. I’m gonna put a 205 on the four-wheel-drive ZF which will shorten it up like 10 inches. Plus it’s overall more compact than the chain drive case.

@patvirgin8822 5 ай бұрын

I love your work process. Will Mom's spaghetti ever get rear wheel wells and a bed floor?

@thedirtheadshed 4 ай бұрын

It may! It has an aluminum bed floor that’s pretty legit. Needs the inner tubs and shock covers though

@hunterbrock2347 4 ай бұрын

Thanks for reminding me that I need to get to work on my brick nose Ford looking stack of parts. The 302 spun a rod bearing and the M5OD clutch is almost non-existent. Naturally to fix it I'm going with a 300 i6 and ZF5 from an F-250. If I can ever talk my dirt track racing buddy into helping me, I want the engine to make an HP per cube but I'm at least on the way to a hot rod intake and header hopefully sucking wind through a Holley Sniper.

@thedirtheadshed 4 ай бұрын

Nice. My friend is in the process of doing a 300/zf5 in his early bronco

@hunterbrock2347 4 ай бұрын

@@thedirtheadshed oh, I've had those grant steering wheel parts sitting around for a while too but the wheel I got is wood and the center is anodized black. I pulled the horn button out of like an F-800 bucket truck. The engine having catastrophic damage really set my plans back but a 3/5 lowering kit is the plan and 20" Ram steelies with vintage Ford hubcaps.

@ssarkees 5 ай бұрын

Thanks Dave! Mom’s Spaghetti has a special place in my heart!

@long-jeep 5 ай бұрын

Hopefully Mom's spaghetti doesn't catch the Blasphemi curse with that steering wheel. 😆

@MegaRetr 4 ай бұрын

Your videos are getting better.

@thedirtheadshed 4 ай бұрын

Thanks! I’m trying to make them entertaining and not drag on too long

@johngeary8534 5 ай бұрын

I’ve got a F150 cab in excellent shape. 100% new interior. 1985. Strait front fenders and straight side beds…

@thedirtheadshed 4 ай бұрын

There ya go. Winning combination

@johngeary8534 4 ай бұрын

@@thedirtheadshed Frame is strait also. Would you be interested? Amazing price for you!

@nwoffroader 4 ай бұрын

Please bend that front driver side bumper back 😆 Great video!!!

@thedirtheadshed 4 ай бұрын

I need to. Or just build some proper bumpers

@jakengle 5 ай бұрын

Always great to see new videos from you!

@thedirtheadshed 5 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching, and commenting

@JoeReese-kh1jc Ай бұрын

A day without Dirt is like a day without sunshine...

@thedirtheadshed Ай бұрын

Yep!

@dogpotter 5 ай бұрын

Good Video Dave! glad you were able to chase down and eliminate those annoying noises. and the metalflake wheel is just plain cool!

@josephdailey7775 5 ай бұрын

Gunna need the same steering wheel for the mustang too

@thedirtheadshed 5 ай бұрын

I want the white vinyl one for it

@ANotSoHotRodGarage 5 ай бұрын

Dave after years of working on a dirt car, we would take the hiems joints, coat the ball with Lucas oil treatment then spin them making sure to get it up in the channel inside, put t all back together and spray with wd. 40. Makes them smooth and quiet.

@thedirtheadshed 5 ай бұрын

They can make a few comebacks. But always seem to be a problem later on

@jacobrowley8283 5 ай бұрын

So stoked can’t wait to be down in Moab this year 🤘🏻

@thedirtheadshed 5 ай бұрын

Same! Should be a blast

@brandonbennett6708 4 ай бұрын

Someone protect this man at all costs.

@thedirtheadshed 4 ай бұрын

Hahah. I appreciate that

@user-sv7xy1df8d 5 ай бұрын

Have the same problem with my zf5 will definitely give that a try 👍🏾

@thedirtheadshed 5 ай бұрын

Let me get some miles on it first… in case it doesn’t work

@PaulKaiser42 5 ай бұрын

That truck is going to be so rad and plush 👍🏻👍🏻. Great video Dave!!!

@bobbolieu9013 5 ай бұрын

You've got a lot of travel in the rear-end. That's pretty cool. It is pretty rad when we can fix things that have been annoying for a long while. Great work Dave.