Carguy3J
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- '99 4dr. XLT SOHC A4WD
Well, what the title says:
I'm looking at buying a '94 F350 with a wrecked cab/bed. The frame is straight. It comes with a parts truck donor for the cab/bed. The donor is a '96.
Both trucks are F-350's, 351/5.8L, 5spd, 4x4. The '94 chassis has a nearly new motor and clutch, along with a ton of fresh steering and suspension parts, whereas the chassis, and the motor is bad on the high mileage '96 donor, hence the desire to swap cabs, instead of fixing the '96.
I know the sheet metal is the same. My concern is possible wiring/electronics differences, particularly because the donor is a '96. Is this going to be OBD2, or did the heavy duty F350 "hold over" with an obd1 system? What will have to be kept from the 94 and switched? OR what would I need to take from the '96 (such as sensors on the motor, etc..) to make the '94 motor compatible with the '96 ecm/wiring?
Since the title is what the cab is, that means the truck will be a '96 legally, so I'm wondering if I might run into inspection issues if I keep the '94 ecm/emissions. Or are there no differences on these particular trucks? I KNOW it would be a problem with a car or light duty truck. I'm just wondering if the fact its an f350 might "save" me, as far as different emissions requirements.
I'm looking at buying a '94 F350 with a wrecked cab/bed. The frame is straight. It comes with a parts truck donor for the cab/bed. The donor is a '96.
Both trucks are F-350's, 351/5.8L, 5spd, 4x4. The '94 chassis has a nearly new motor and clutch, along with a ton of fresh steering and suspension parts, whereas the chassis, and the motor is bad on the high mileage '96 donor, hence the desire to swap cabs, instead of fixing the '96.
I know the sheet metal is the same. My concern is possible wiring/electronics differences, particularly because the donor is a '96. Is this going to be OBD2, or did the heavy duty F350 "hold over" with an obd1 system? What will have to be kept from the 94 and switched? OR what would I need to take from the '96 (such as sensors on the motor, etc..) to make the '94 motor compatible with the '96 ecm/wiring?
Since the title is what the cab is, that means the truck will be a '96 legally, so I'm wondering if I might run into inspection issues if I keep the '94 ecm/emissions. Or are there no differences on these particular trucks? I KNOW it would be a problem with a car or light duty truck. I'm just wondering if the fact its an f350 might "save" me, as far as different emissions requirements.