getting my stock OEM ready for a long trip towing my mustang
I have a 1992F 250 super cab 5.8 motor with 355 posi rear end. truck was bought with 64,000 miles, and I currently have 73,000 miles on it. It’s been extremely reliable driving up to three 3 1/2 hours from the West Coast to Florida to Miami and then back. I have replaced the main belt, plan to flush the radiator put in new hoses and upgrade the fuel injectors. I’ve also added a larger tranny cooler and piggyback it to the stock OEM cooler.
What I am planning to do with this truck is to add a transmission gauge for temperature, oil pressure gauge, and engine temperature gauge. I also will add some additional driving lights for better seeing at night. The load I’ll be hauling here is a car trailer with a 3800 pound car on it. The trailer itself should weigh about 1900 pounds empty but will have trailer brakes on it. I’ll also be adding a Killswitch discreetly somewhere within the truck based on how easy the truck is to steal. Is there anything that I’m leaving out that I can do that will make my trip to Missouri and back to Florida without any drama.
I have a 1992F 250 super cab 5.8 motor with 355 posi rear end. truck was bought with 64,000 miles, and I currently have 73,000 miles on it. It’s been extremely reliable driving up to three 3 1/2 hours from the West Coast to Florida to Miami and then back. I have replaced the main belt, plan to flush the radiator put in new hoses and upgrade the fuel injectors. I’ve also added a larger tranny cooler and piggyback it to the stock OEM cooler.
What I am planning to do with this truck is to add a transmission gauge for temperature, oil pressure gauge, and engine temperature gauge. I also will add some additional driving lights for better seeing at night. The load I’ll be hauling here is a car trailer with a 3800 pound car on it. The trailer itself should weigh about 1900 pounds empty but will have trailer brakes on it. I’ll also be adding a Killswitch discreetly somewhere within the truck based on how easy the truck is to steal. Is there anything that I’m leaving out that I can do that will make my trip to Missouri and back to Florida without any drama.
