Been off for a while guys Very busy with the car lot and helping out the family with my Mom.
Droopy 1400 miles later,...
The truck is running Awesome! I love the power, the noise and vibration, I have been working and driving it quite a bit, No snowplowing but have been towing cars with it from the auction and it pulls great! Still no fuel economy numbers as I have not had a chance to pull the fuel tank and take care of the leak at the top, but suffice it to say it is at least double the 5.0 that it replaced.
Here is the fun part, The cost of the 2nd motor. I know that I got a great deal on the in the frame P Pumped motor at $2100.00 shipped to my door. So I set off on selling my leftover Cummins to help defray my 2nd swap expenses.
Well suffice to say that it was a success, Here is what I sold:
I pulled the "new" VE Pump off the old motor and reinstalled the old pump. as well as the stock turbo. Put it together and sold as a complete motor core that needed rebuild. It sold for $1550.00 and the buyer came and picked it up from my shop.
The New Bosch VE Pump that I paid $450.00 shipped for, and installed a Fuel Pin and 3200 Gov Spring sold for $1,028.00
So with the motor and pump, and all of the extra stuff:
$1,550.00 Motor
$1,028.00 Pump
$700.00 Extra Cummins to Ford Adapter
$265.00 POD Injectors
$232.50 Stock 4bta Wastgeted Turbo
$76.00 Liquid filled Motor Mounts
$50.00 Motor Perches
$68.00 Ford T19 sp trans
$43.00 Air Cleaner Assembly
$31.00 Turbo Elbow
$104.00 Scrap out the rest of the frame rad and misc parts.
$4,147.50 Total in sales
-2,100.00 for the purchase of the 2nd 4bt
$2,047.50 money in my pocket.
So overall I am not real dissapointed that the first motor didn't work out, I ended up with a LOT better motor and a little more money in my pocket.
Of course there is my labor and more misc expenses involved, Intercooler, piping, oil, filters, stuff like that but overall I am real happy with the final outcome even tho it was a very frustrating project at times.
Next on the list along with the fuel tank is a Transmissino leak at the rear top of the Mazda 5sp Tranny:
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It is leaking from this star bolt that seems to be an adjustment for 5th gear. So I need to get that take care of:
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Also will be taking off the Snow Tires and steelies, and installing the Summer Treads. Freshly polished Alcoas with SS Lugs and caps wrapped with a new set of 245 Michelins AT's .
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Ill get some pics once I get them installed next week.
Thats it for now!
Thanks again guys!
