Thats what I was hoping someone would say because i read that somewhere about the tail and brake.. 88 superduty behind a 7.3 idi idi ..what would take to get this one swapped in for my e40d?
now were talkin..funny this has been there sitting in my buddies yard 300 ft from my ambulance for three years and reading this board and all yalls help i decided to take a look under that old truck...an hour ago I was shopping for 4wd ZF5 and let me tell you they are scarce, never found one and if i could yall just save me like 2k..ill be going to get the other truck tomorrow with the ZF5 2wd for the pedals crossmeber steering etc.. 100 mile tow
Im still pumped just
Cool thanks..from researching im thinking this isnt going to be as bad as i think..im hoping the 88 crossmember will work in the 92 im shopping parts now but cant think of any im missing really minus pedal assembly,master and slave cylinder and possibly pcm or ecm..im looking into the most durable clutch i can find as well but it seems tat the whole project seems a bit too plug and play?
If worst comes to worst on the crossmembers, you can drill some new holes or slot some holes out a little bit. Although the pedal assemblies are body style specific, I think that the master/slave combos are fairly universal. Your best bet with those may be to buy a new, prefilled/bled set. The next time that I have to replace either, hat's the way that I'm going. Trying to bleed the clutch is a major PITA to say the least. Other than with an E4OD, there's no ecm or pcm used with an IDI. Both of those terms are wrong. It's actually a tcm since all it controls is the transmission. Since you're going with a ZF5, you don't need a computer of any kind. One of the beautiful things about these trucks is the fact that most of the drivtrain parts are pretty easy to swap around. For instance, I put a 6.9/ZF5 combo in my 1986 Bronco almost 10 years back. I did have to drill some holes, but the only welding that I had to do was to replace the factory welds that I had to cut in order to swap the engine crossmembers. Most of the holes were to mount the spring perches for the 3/4 ton axles that I used. I told a couple of naysayers that it would basically be a bolt in job and I proved myself right.
