e4od to zf5 swap help

swhs93 · Jul 1, 2011

Hi I have a 90 f250 ext cab 4x4 with an e4od and am working towards getting everything i need to swap it out with a zf5, but was wondering if anyone had any advice on doing the swap or knows how hard it is or how long it took them.

Thanks

international · Jul 1, 2011

Get a donor truck.

itsacrazyasian · Jul 1, 2011

international said:
Get a donor truck.

i did my c6 to zf5 swap in a afternoon. Hardest part was getting the tranny on and off my tranny jack by myself. Everythign else was cake!

international · Jul 1, 2011

You should come up to my place for my axle swap with that kind of speed. Took me two long days to switch out my 2 wheel e4od to 4 wheel drive with all that goes with that.

93_444idi · Jul 1, 2011

id say be patient doing it and expect to find issues and things you need and dont have. if it's a 4wd truck the rod that connects to the transfer case will have to be shortened. Driveshafts will be different lengths.

if you have a 4wd truck get a 4wd donor truck. a 2wd crossmember wont work. it didn't for me at least.

91dirtydiesel · Jul 2, 2011

How much different are the rear driveshafts?

swhs93 · Jul 2, 2011

Thx everyone I found a 4x4 87 truck (mine is 4x4) its obviously bolted up to a 6.9 but it will bolt up to my 7.3 right? And its a regular cab but the front shaft should work and ill have to hunt down a rear one. Thx again.

itsacrazyasian · Jul 2, 2011

swhs93 said:
Thx everyone I found a 4x4 87 truck (mine is 4x4) its obviously bolted up to a 6.9 but it will bolt up to my 7.3 right? And its a regular cab but the front shaft should work and ill have to hunt down a rear one. Thx again.

the front shaft is different if its a dana 50 or 60 in the front.

The ZF5 in my truck was behind a 6.9 before i cracked the block. works great!

also on the rear shaft, i had my stock one lengthened to fit. in your case, yours might bolt in as they are about the same length. if not a modded your shaft isn't a big deal.

93_444idi · Jul 2, 2011

there is about a 6" difference going from e4od to zf5. I had enough spare shafts sitting around I found ones to work. zf5 is shorter obviously.

itsacrazyasian · Jul 2, 2011

93_444idi said:
there is about a 6" difference going from e4od to zf5. I had enough spare shafts sitting around I found ones to work. zf5 is shorter obviously.

brain fart...

My truck had a C6.

Long day, multiple broken electric crappy chainsaws and getting cut off by a kia soul which resulted in a large coke being spilled in my truck. Thank jeebas i can hose my truck out on the inside.

h2odrx · Jul 3, 2011

swhs93 said:
Thx everyone I found a 4x4 87 truck (mine is 4x4) its obviously bolted up to a 6.9 but it will bolt up to my 7.3 right? And its a regular cab but the front shaft should work and ill have to hunt down a rear one. Thx again.

should be ok... sell me the e4od?

swhs93 · Jul 3, 2011

Thanks for all the advice and I'm not sure if I'm going to sell my e4od just cause I had it rebuilt about a year ago and hate to sell it after what I got in it.

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