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Good luck.
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jhammel85
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Geeze...Per facebook you were sleeping..now you're eatting...
Get goin man!
I'm looking forward to seeing it done! Good luck!
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Quit wasting time and get wrenching!! 
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Geeze...Per facebook you were sleeping..now you're eatting...
Get goin man!
I'm looking forward to seeing it done! Good luck!
Quit wasting time and get wrenching!!
Yeah. Like they said!
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I just posted a pic on fb of progress...ill update all this tonight on here.
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Okay day one of the 302 swap....
Took the fenders off with the intent of taking the dog house off.
Saw all of the spot welds and got the saw out.
Got the trans out and broke the damn slave line again.
Just sat down to relax a minute after getting the trans out and heard a crack crack and saw this to my neighbors garage.
Dustin came by later and help get the engine out. Had to take the oil filter off to get the engine out.
Shes out.
This is how shes sit now.
Dustin did the heater box mod. Got a few holes in it but nothing fiber glass cant fix.
Tomorrow is take stuff off the 2.8 and put on the 5.0 such as the vaccum tree, hose clamps, etc...
Took the fenders off with the intent of taking the dog house off.
Saw all of the spot welds and got the saw out.
Got the trans out and broke the damn slave line again.
Just sat down to relax a minute after getting the trans out and heard a crack crack and saw this to my neighbors garage.
Dustin came by later and help get the engine out. Had to take the oil filter off to get the engine out.
Shes out.
This is how shes sit now.
Dustin did the heater box mod. Got a few holes in it but nothing fiber glass cant fix.
Tomorrow is take stuff off the 2.8 and put on the 5.0 such as the vaccum tree, hose clamps, etc...
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remind me to club you like a baby seal for cutting the core support that way.
you need a wedgie too i think....maybe even a nuggie.......
you need a wedgie too i think....maybe even a nuggie.......
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Ive seen core supports worse then this work.
Plan is to put the core back and use flat iron and bend it to fit over the cuts and weld it back together. Better, at least in my eyes, to do that then to drill out all of the spot welds then bolt it all back together. thats alot of rust potettail spots and alot more time then I have, which is 7 days I have given myself to get it at least back on the road driving.
Plan is to put the core back and use flat iron and bend it to fit over the cuts and weld it back together. Better, at least in my eyes, to do that then to drill out all of the spot welds then bolt it all back together. thats alot of rust potettail spots and alot more time then I have, which is 7 days I have given myself to get it at least back on the road driving.
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<<<<<-- Now I can display this.
Okay here it goes. I used the mustang mounts. Had to switch which side they go on real quick then set it in, marked where to make the slot in the crossmember and soon enough there she sits. Also had to take the passengerside header off to help with the instal. Im done for today, dont have help to lift the transfercase and finalize everything and what for where it wants to sit but will have help tomorrow. Plus it started to rain twice so I called it quits then too.
Now for pics.
You can see I have a bit of cutting to do.
Shes in!!!!!!!!!!
Quickly put the rad up to see what I will have to do there too. Have a bit of cutting for that.
And now to think about how to go about this but have a few ideas and may try a few out and see what happens but like I said, not until I get the transfercase mounted tot he trans.
Okay here it goes. I used the mustang mounts. Had to switch which side they go on real quick then set it in, marked where to make the slot in the crossmember and soon enough there she sits. Also had to take the passengerside header off to help with the instal. Im done for today, dont have help to lift the transfercase and finalize everything and what for where it wants to sit but will have help tomorrow. Plus it started to rain twice so I called it quits then too.
Now for pics.
You can see I have a bit of cutting to do.
Shes in!!!!!!!!!!
Quickly put the rad up to see what I will have to do there too. Have a bit of cutting for that.
And now to think about how to go about this but have a few ideas and may try a few out and see what happens but like I said, not until I get the transfercase mounted tot he trans.
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Day 3.
Got the transfercase in.
Took the original transmission crossmember from the ranger, cut the passenger side, turned it and welded it on and works like a charm. Also had to cut new slots to work.
Mounted in and good to go. Used the ranger rubber mount too, bolted right up to the fullsize trans and also fell in place of where the ranger trans mounts points are for the frame.
Put the FEAD on to see what will be needed to be cut for the exploder 5.0 rad for it to fit.
Theres more space there then what the picture shows for the exhaust.
And the distance from the output to the rear end.
Got the transfercase in.
Took the original transmission crossmember from the ranger, cut the passenger side, turned it and welded it on and works like a charm. Also had to cut new slots to work.
Mounted in and good to go. Used the ranger rubber mount too, bolted right up to the fullsize trans and also fell in place of where the ranger trans mounts points are for the frame.
Put the FEAD on to see what will be needed to be cut for the exploder 5.0 rad for it to fit.
Theres more space there then what the picture shows for the exhaust.
And the distance from the output to the rear end.
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loks like the ol drill and cut off wheel trick to me...
i love my grinder.
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loks like the ol drill and cut off wheel trick to me...
i love my grinder.
I guess i should have been more specific lol, i meant the engine cross member.
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