Power Steering and power / disk brakes

[Jimbo]

I have a 69 F-100 can I use power steering and power / disk brakes from a F200 / F-250 ? The only thing I am running across in wrecking yards are the F 200/ F250 That have power units that I need for my truck. Thanks for any info that you can pass along.

[FORDification]

The power brake booster is the same between F100s and F250s.

...and yes, you can bolt an F250 disc brake setup to your truck...but you're going to end up with 8-lug rotors, which obviously means you'd have to buy a pair of 8-lug rims for the front, and then either carry two spare tires (an 8-lug for the front and a 5-lug for the rear) or swap the F250 rearend into your truck too, so that the front and rear will match.

Needless to say, it would end up being a hassle either way. I'd highly suggest just keeping your eyes open for an F100/F150 with the 5-lug setup to use.

[390Nut]

Not sure about the 4wd trucks, but the 2wd trucks can use the F100 power steering gears from the mid-late `70's trucks, as well as the parts for the power disk brakes.

There's a good write-up in the tech tutorials here about power steering conversion.

And another for the brakes.

[xxxtina63]

Not 100% sure, but here it goes. 1967 F100's either had manual or power steering via a Bendix power steering unit. 1968 to 1977? had the Ford style power unit. These are not interchangable due to differences in the steering column length/mounting points. If you convert to power, don't be suprised if you have to switch steering columns.