So i found a motor out of a 1991 7.3 Ambulance. Had to trade out all the van hardware for the truck hardware. I should probably take pics. The motor mounts are different and so is the oil cooler. If your swapping a van motor to a truck. Stay sober enough to realize the mounts are different. The motor will not fit correctly with the van mounts. I promise. I tried. The van mounts are all pretty and cast solid iron on the drivers side. They look alot better. I painted the van oil cooler all pretty and green. It ended up being about a week set back figuring all this out.
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So my original rad support support bushings where completely shot. Not saying i couldn't have bought new off the shelf. But this is my solution. I took some energy suspension. Jeep CJ5 body bushing and built some custom washers to fit in the bosses on the frame mounts and the rad support itself. Turned out perfect. Bolted it all up and worked great.
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I also decided im going to rebuild the transmission. Sine i had the motor out and ultimately this truck is going to be a very important tool used to manage my small backyard expanding machine shop and also to keep my mental health in check by towing my fishing boat and other toys. I figured it was important to make sure i'm not going to have anymore problems for some time. I decided to tear down the transmission and inspect it. What i found wasn't pretty the clutches inside the direct drum were completely shot. Just plain out dead. So i started ordering parts. I decided i was going to try and resurface the direct drum and found out it was randomly work hardened all the way through in about 20-30 spots. Needless to say i didn't like it so i just barely got to ordering another one today. As for the transmission build i went with the Patc kit that includes a Sonnax servo Alto red clutches. An extra wide band and a shift kit as well. I'll be replacing the bushings i bought a rebuilt front pump as well. I guess i should post some Transmission carnage pics as well. But for now heres a picture of all the pretty parts.
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So the borgwarner transfer case was also shot (imagine that) But luckily i have a married NP205 transfer case laying around that now has a new home. I'm going to twin stick the transfer case. So i have the selection between front wheel drive rear wheel drive four wheel and High, Low in all of those as well. Why do i need this ? I don't actually know. But i'll have it and thats cool.
