My backyard build (56K warning)

[compleckz]

sweet

 

[KELLY88]

Truck is looking sick! One question: how are you going to get it out of the garage when you're done?

 

[dude772]

Truck is looking sick! One question: how are you going to get it out of the garage when you're done?

Hahaha yea theres alot of CRAP around it. The garage isn't actually a garage, its a barn converted to a shop, so the doors not the problem. All I will have to do is crank the steering pull forward crank it the other way back up and then pull out.

Or i could break down and clean the crap. But I dont see that happening.

 

[dude772]

Transmission time!

Took it all apart put the new 4x4 adapter output shaft in, going to order up some parts for it tomorrow to make sure the transmissions going to be tough enough. Should be ready to go by thursday and back in the truck this weekend.

I've got the transmission guy at work helpin me out.

 

[odie1969]

what are your front jack stands made out of. it almost looks like thos old jacks you would find in the dodges from the 70s welded to a steel wheel. Just wandering thanks

 

[dude772]

Close! there old chevy bumper jacks flipped upsidedown and welded to steel wheels with angle iron. They work perfectly, cause theres no other way i could easily jack something like this truck up and down as needed.

 

[turbo cat]

poor poor little fiero looks great man how much $$$ do you have in the 302 swap?

 

[dude772]

poor poor little fiero looks great man how much $$$ do you have in the 302 swap?

$90 in mounts
$300 for headers
$100 for a core engine and all the wires and computer to go with it
$300 for a rebuild kit
$200 for 97 explorer front accessories and p/s pump
$70 valve covers
$110 intake spacer
$70 oil filter adapter
$100 for misc wires and shrink tube and solder
$100 for a starter
$500 for the transmission adapter

The transmission cost me nothing to save when i scrapped another car but will cost me to rebuild
countless hours rebuilding the engine, and wiring it up

So it was about $2000 so far that i can think of off the top of my head.

and of that i recovered $60 selling my origonal 4.0L and the wire harness from a scrap explorer.

 

[fellows86]

awsome build man . Glad to see some more ford guys around this area . seems toi be everywhere you looks its chev fullsize and s-10s . keep up the good work

 

[lil red]

nice build, now all you need to do is come here and do the same to my truck

 

[dude772]

nice build, now all you need to do is come here and do the same to my truck

Sure no problem. As long as you can afford the hourly rate haha.

Got the transmission all buttoned back up today. Had a problem with the parts supplier not sending one of the drums. So we had to wait another day to get it.

Its all good now tho, new seals and gaskets, direct drum, new clutches, new pan, new band, and a shift kit. I wanted this transmission to last a little bit longer than the A4LD did hahaha.

There she is next to the truck, I'm going to toss it back in the truck tomorrow and hook up some cooler lines and bolt the headers in then I can figure out where to mount my third link so its not in the way of the exhaust.. Should be fun.

 

[dude772]

And from sitting next to the truck to being bolted up under the truck in 1 day . Got the transfercase in also.

The transmission belhousing had to be modified slightly to make things fit properly with the headers. There was a tab just above the starter and a tab at one of the belhousing bolt on the other side. had to grind those off and then it slipped in no problem!


I think i have to tweek the headers that i got tho. they dont seem to fit just right.... nothing a nice long pry par cant handle!

Also bought a bunch of grade 8 bolts for the suspension today... The bolts i got for the suspension joint i got didn't have enough threads on the end, so they need to go back and get exhanged for some slightly shorter bolts or some with more threads.

 

[dude772]

I've posted these in other threads on the site, but they belong in here with the rest of my build so here are my shots of the transmission installed, and the headers installed.

There are a few clearance issues with the headers to the transmission, and headers to the front axle.

Im really not impressed with the James duff headers. Definitly not suggested!

 

[dude772]

BAH!!!!!! F**** One damn problem after another! First the steering shaft is found to be no good cause theres a mile of slop in it. Then the headers dont fit corectly. Then the crank is the wrong size, then the water pump pulley isn't correct. Then the water pump is incorrect. Then the tentioner doesn't come with the bolts. Then the starter goes for a shit again. Then there a wasted day at work. Then I have to renew my plates. Then I have no money to get lift leaf springs cause i need to buy all kinds of new front engine stuff. BAH!!!! I just want to fill the damn thing with coolant and run it for more than 5 seconds.

SO! hopefully the Mustang II header for the drivers side that i origonally had will fit a little bit better than that P.O.S james duff header. If not im going to have to break down and buy the advance adapters headers. Then I've got to get bushings for the trac bar and make some brackets for it, make the third link(STILL). Some bull crap with the front accessories. Then maybe i can make it move under its own power... but only a little bit, just to make me feel better about this whole thing.


I had to get that out of my system!

 

[dude772]

more to add.

Finished the heat/ac box didn't like the thought of using sheet metal or duct work to modify the box to work. So i used cheese cloth and fibreglass. But i was in a hurry to just get it the hell done so i didn't bother to make it 100% smooth. I took out the high spots and made it more than good enough for what i want.

Then i farted around with the intake. I wanted to try and re-use the intake that i made for the 4.0L. I dont like it the way it is and i will do it again once everything else under the hood is done. But for now it will work. I want it to come accross the engine bay and over to the wheel well. Much like a mirror image of the stock setup.

I also ordered the 4" lift drop pitman arm and 6" lift leaf springs from National 4WD. They got the parts in over night. Went to pick them up on tuesday. The springs were picked off the shelf in the warehouse wrong. The tag on the springs were the correct part number, but the part number on the springs were wrong. So i re-ordered those but it was after 5 so it was ordered the next day to come in today. But they never showed up.

So even something as simple as bolt in lift leaf springs get screwed up for me haha.

In the meantime ive been removing the stock leaf springs. And the torch has been the tool of choice so far. Well.... the torch and water filled fire extingusher, since the bushings dont get along with the torch haha.