So i began cutting her apart. Friend of my dad passed away and had a bunch of 1/8th plate laying around. im going to start with that on the floor. This is certainly going to be a task.
The whole wire harness is coming out. im not even going to attempt to save anything. its a total loss. even stuff that runs across the frame, its just hacked to death. Im going to string a new harness for it.
The engine harness is in even worse shape. I have the diagrams, im just going to strip it and rewire the whole engine. Far quicker that way than trying to figure out this rats nest.
I am going to build a shelf behind the side door in front of the wheel well to relocate the batteries. i think i melted them when trying to move it monday due to the fact that brain surgeon pinched the starter line (the big old $9 a foot wire) between the block and the starter. guess what lit up when i hit the start key?
on a positive note, i do believe i now hold the world record for quickest removal of an econoline engine housing.
a little surprised to see a turbo sitting there. i don't think it spins as i didn't hear it driving home. and seeing that the oil pressure sensor hose is just dangling there and not hosing the engine bay with oil, i gotta think its seized up and not getting any oil
Figured out how he adapted a 2002 ZF6 to a 92 IDI. He didn't. It looks like the ZF6 has 6 bolts holding it to the block (never looked at the bottom come to think of it). the IDI doesn't have the top two. so he just simply never put the top two in. Now right dead center of them on the flange of the bell housing is a crack about 1/16 wide. when I pull the tranny to look at the clutch i will weld that up. But i do need to start formulating a plan to do this tranny correctly.
then dropping the tank i glanced at the drive shaft. while its true he got a custom shaft, he ordered it about 2 inches too short. so to make up the difference he went to home depot and got some zinc bolts and some big nuts to use as spacers and spaced the end of the driveshaft away from the end of the transfer case. i though that was awesome myself. shows real ingenuity.
Lots of problems. and its cold. but im having fun.
BTW, you think these will be beefy enough for my batteries? im going to put the batteries in the back as i said, and move the starter solenoid into the same rack. so the only thing that will come out of it will be the heavy 2/0 wire for the starter. run the ground to the frame, put a huge grounding strap from the frame to the block instead of the little strap it currently has. i should be good.
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