4.0 SOHC Swap

[adsm08]

That is not the fuel rail.

The fuel rail is the piece right below it that has the cap bolted on the end, inside the downward pointing arrow.

 

[USMCMiller]

Do I have to worry about that open piece?

 

[adsm08]

Yeah, but I'm still trying to figure out what it is.

I see the T-stat housing and coolant sensor, I see the front of the passenger side of the fuel rail, but I just can't picture the rest.

I think that is a coolant line.

 

[USMCMiller]

http://s1179.photobucket.com/albums/x400/USMCMiller/?action=view&current=VID_20111126_165915.mp4

 

[USMCMiller]

I'm just tryin to figure out if I'm missing a hose or something

 

[adsm08]

Your donor is an Explorer Sport, not a full sized Explorer, isn't it? That makes a difference.

Let me look at something tomorrow on a friend's Explorer.

 

[USMCMiller]

I'm not sure, is possible. And thanks! I got a Haynes manual but I'm just going everything I'm not finding in there

 

[adsm08]

I can tell by the intake. The Sport, Sport Trac, and Ranger used a different intake from the full sized Explorer. They kept something closer to the early build intakes.

 

[USMCMiller]

gotchya

 

[USMCMiller]

I found a guy who'll make a key for $50

 

[adsm08]

Cool. I didn't see my buddy today, so I didn't get to look at his engine and see what is hooked to that tube.

 

[USMCMiller]

Its fine. I took off my driver valve cover and a lifter had came off but the cam on that one is in the down position. If I take the spark plugs out can I use the nut on the back of the camshaft to rotate it without damaging anything? And do they just sit on top of the springs?

 

[adsm08]

Did you loose a roller or a lash adjuster? The SOHC doesn't have "lifters".

Either way you need a valve spring compressor, and I would turn the engine over by the crank bolt, not by the cam shaft.

 

[USMCMiller]

I just happened to pop it open the the small piece on the outer side was popped out and the piece that goes across was off. I got the one back in its spot but the piece that goes across wont fit because the lobe is at the down position.

 

[adsm08]

Ok, so both the roller and the adjuster were out.

The adjuster dropped back into place, even if you spin the engine and get the cam lobe at 12:00 you won't get the roller back in without compressing the spring.