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Location: Ontario, Canada
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'79 Scottsdale Cab
Hi folks! I'm from S.W. Ontario- the land of road salt and rusted vehicles.
![]() ![]() I have heard from a couple of people that you can take an '81-87 cab, remove the vent cowling in front of the windshield and use them on a '73-80 truck. ![]() Any help would be appreciated. Thanks, FD ![]() Last edited by Farmall Doctor; 10-11-2005 at 06:10 PM. |
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You will need to swap out the wiper linkage. You will prolly want to cap the hinge holes in the cowl that are used for 81-87 to prevent a water leakage. Use cab mounts to match the frame. You might get lucky if the new cab is 83 and older and not have to swap out wiring harnesses.
The trans tunnels are different between 2wd and 4wd. The 4wd tunnel cover can be made to approximately fit the 2wd tunnel, the fit is not exact. Last edited by beaterC10; 10-11-2005 at 08:12 PM. |
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cab
farmall,,hello, if you haven't already you might wanna check out the post from CROSBY ,,kinda the same thing,might be a little help to ya..
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2wd to 4wd
farmall,sorry didnt read your whole post,i just changed a 2wd cab to 4wd cab.i didn't look close enough at first and all i did was cut out the tranny hump and painted cab bottom,BUT you have to cut out back under seat too so you clear transfer case,that piece in your 4 wd cab is actually an insert spot welded in,i just cut out around it,removed old metal etc and then installed in new cab.hope pic's explain better..it came out fitting nicely,,i'm not even close to being a body man but was able to do it...hope that help's some.
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![]() This is all good news to me- it will be alot easier to find a cab. I'm not too concerned about swapping electrical, etc, I am a Farm Equipment mechanic so I am not afraid of tackling anything out of the ordinary. ![]() I am looking forward to doing some more reading on here- this is a nice forum. Thanks so much, FD ![]() |
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2wd cab to 4wd cab
FARMALL or anyone else if they could use it,i have more pic's and bigger so u can see them better if you would like i can email them so they do not take up space here...good luck.
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us111 could you e-mail me the pics if you get time plez at cjcoleman@distributel.net thanks i'm working on an 80 4x4 frame looking to place a 2wd cab on it all the info i can find will help i'm sure thanks again
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I've got this picture posting thing figured out... pretty easy!
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