mavericke350
Registered User
Hello,
Over the summer I purchased a nonrunning '87 ford van with a 6.9 banks c6 and what has to be 4.11 gears (she's screaming at 55)
After throwing some parts at it, and concluding it has internal issues that I will play with at a later date, I found a 6.9 with a stud kit, and serpentine, and which appeared to be somewhat rebuilt.
I rewired the glow plugs to momentary push button, added an electric lift pump, and three toggles for the fuel pump.. fuel on, high idle, and the fuel pressure thingamadoohickey. It seems to run well, has a fair amount of blowby though.
Anyhow, after swapping it into the van, I am getting a very loud rattle when there is no load on the trans. I pulled the cover plate off the flywheel to see if it moved at all, thinking I might have left a bolt loose,.. it's solid. Rattle sounds tinny,.. and while I am used to a auto flex plate being, well, a flex plate,.. this thing is a full size flywheel imo.
driving gently, I am getting 14-16 mpg. I would normally be thinking of changing the gears in the rear end to get better milage, but the rattle has me worried.
How much involved in an E4od swap? From what I have read, I need a stand alone controller, but will that flywheel bolt up to the E4od TC? Seems like my cheapest way out,.. Any thoughts from people that have been down this road? I like this van, it's just an old windowless cargo box, but it's wicked handy. I would really like to see 20-22 on the interstate though.
Over the summer I purchased a nonrunning '87 ford van with a 6.9 banks c6 and what has to be 4.11 gears (she's screaming at 55)
After throwing some parts at it, and concluding it has internal issues that I will play with at a later date, I found a 6.9 with a stud kit, and serpentine, and which appeared to be somewhat rebuilt.
I rewired the glow plugs to momentary push button, added an electric lift pump, and three toggles for the fuel pump.. fuel on, high idle, and the fuel pressure thingamadoohickey. It seems to run well, has a fair amount of blowby though.
Anyhow, after swapping it into the van, I am getting a very loud rattle when there is no load on the trans. I pulled the cover plate off the flywheel to see if it moved at all, thinking I might have left a bolt loose,.. it's solid. Rattle sounds tinny,.. and while I am used to a auto flex plate being, well, a flex plate,.. this thing is a full size flywheel imo.
driving gently, I am getting 14-16 mpg. I would normally be thinking of changing the gears in the rear end to get better milage, but the rattle has me worried.
How much involved in an E4od swap? From what I have read, I need a stand alone controller, but will that flywheel bolt up to the E4od TC? Seems like my cheapest way out,.. Any thoughts from people that have been down this road? I like this van, it's just an old windowless cargo box, but it's wicked handy. I would really like to see 20-22 on the interstate though.