cmwright14
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- Vehicle Year
- 1989
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- 4.0
- Transmission
- Automatic
So im in the middle of swapping a 5.0 / a4od 4x4 combo from a 95 Bronco into my 89 Ranger. The ranger started its life as a 2.9l / 5speed, then about 10 years ago i converted it to a 4.0 / auto with the help of a donor 91 explorer i had. After going through 3 A4ld’s over the years and finally blowing the 4.0, i figure the next logical step is a 5.0 swap.
I picked up the 5.0 engine, trans, transfer case all together, and it came with the matching ecu and part of the engine harness. By “part of” i mean everything is plugged into the engine but the harness was cut about 12” further downstream..with no ecu plug.
What would be my best option as far as integrating the eec-v engine into the eec-iv chassis? Ive read that the ecu connection is much different between the 2 generations, so would i be better off sourcing a harness and ecu from a eec-iv 5.0/ a4od combo and then making the appropriate conversion from there? Ps im also considering using a stand alone tranny controller as far as the transmission goes. Thanks
I picked up the 5.0 engine, trans, transfer case all together, and it came with the matching ecu and part of the engine harness. By “part of” i mean everything is plugged into the engine but the harness was cut about 12” further downstream..with no ecu plug.
What would be my best option as far as integrating the eec-v engine into the eec-iv chassis? Ive read that the ecu connection is much different between the 2 generations, so would i be better off sourcing a harness and ecu from a eec-iv 5.0/ a4od combo and then making the appropriate conversion from there? Ps im also considering using a stand alone tranny controller as far as the transmission goes. Thanks
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