CoreyTilton
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- Aug 20, 2015
- Messages
- 157
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- Points
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- Location
- Massachusetts
- Vehicle Year
- 1983
- Make / Model
- ranger
- Engine Size
- 302
- Transmission
- Manual
here is a picture of the 16" flex-a-lite LOblow fan mounted in there. this fan is advertised as being 3.25" deep, and as you can see, i had to offset it from center and it JUST fits in there.
i also installed a slight brass extension and T splitter for my new Oil Pressure sender and Oil Temp Sender from Autometer.
i also re-routed and changed the configuration a little bit on the remote oil filter setup.
now both send and return come out the same side, got rid of some hose length, cleaned it up a bit. (you can also see in this picture of much of the stock wiring harness has been cut out.
i also made/installed this crazy contraption to deal with the heater hose problem. hard to get a good picture of it
so the metal bent heater hose return in the top of the intake manifold, i cut down to just enough to put a 5/8" hose on, and i turned the fitting so it aims towards the front of the engine. i then trimmed the send from the water pump down pretty low.
what i have here that i put in then, is 2 nrass T's joined together.
its 5/8" hose bottom going in, with an extension on the top of that T to allow me to thread in the Water temp Sensor for the ECU (this normally was in the metal bent heater hose return) . this then goes into another T that has a 1/8" spur ontop for the hose going to the EGR/throttle body. then it ouputs again in a 5/8" spur going into the metal - now cut - return ontop of the intake manifold. i gunked up the ends of all these afterwords with permatex ultra black just to quadruple check that i dont spring any leaks. that stuff is like magic.
i also installed a rollpan from LMC truck. pretty happy with it. although now it REALLY makes those hideous tailpipes stick out even more.
pleased so far. did an oil change. cut out some un-needed brackets from underneath. finally installed the bosche 044 fuel pump and xrp filters.
gonna hopefully run fuel lines some time in the next 2 weeks and do all the AN fittings for them. gotta start chopping up the dash now that all the gauges and switches have arrived and start wiring up the ignition system.
i also installed a slight brass extension and T splitter for my new Oil Pressure sender and Oil Temp Sender from Autometer.
i also re-routed and changed the configuration a little bit on the remote oil filter setup.
now both send and return come out the same side, got rid of some hose length, cleaned it up a bit. (you can also see in this picture of much of the stock wiring harness has been cut out.
i also made/installed this crazy contraption to deal with the heater hose problem. hard to get a good picture of it
so the metal bent heater hose return in the top of the intake manifold, i cut down to just enough to put a 5/8" hose on, and i turned the fitting so it aims towards the front of the engine. i then trimmed the send from the water pump down pretty low.
what i have here that i put in then, is 2 nrass T's joined together.
its 5/8" hose bottom going in, with an extension on the top of that T to allow me to thread in the Water temp Sensor for the ECU (this normally was in the metal bent heater hose return) . this then goes into another T that has a 1/8" spur ontop for the hose going to the EGR/throttle body. then it ouputs again in a 5/8" spur going into the metal - now cut - return ontop of the intake manifold. i gunked up the ends of all these afterwords with permatex ultra black just to quadruple check that i dont spring any leaks. that stuff is like magic.
i also installed a rollpan from LMC truck. pretty happy with it. although now it REALLY makes those hideous tailpipes stick out even more.
pleased so far. did an oil change. cut out some un-needed brackets from underneath. finally installed the bosche 044 fuel pump and xrp filters.
gonna hopefully run fuel lines some time in the next 2 weeks and do all the AN fittings for them. gotta start chopping up the dash now that all the gauges and switches have arrived and start wiring up the ignition system.
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