TillamookB2
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- Jul 19, 2010
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- Location
- Portland, Oregon
- Vehicle Year
- 1988
- Vehicle
- Ford
- Engine Size
- 2.9
Here's my Bronco II. I had nowhere to do the 4.0 swap at the house, so we had to trailer it to the boat shop I was working at.
Heres the donor Explorer. I picked it up for $200 and sold the doors to some guy who needed doors.
Had to get a pic of my truck sitting next to the Humvee. The Humvee was at the boat shop to be turned into a sweet firetruck/search and rescue vehicle for use up in the mountains in Oregon's coast range.
Got it in the shop and ready to get going on pulling the 2.9. We got everything undone except one of the top bellhousing bolts before we ran out of time that day.
We had to suddenly move, so the 4.0 got loaded into the pickup and taken to the new house all by its lonesome. The Explorer got scrapped because I already pulled the wiring harness. I may have missed some parts, but its alright. Theres a junkyard guy down the road from here who has several Explorers.
Snow kept us from doing much this day. My Bronco ended up looking like Madonna.
Finally got the 2.9 pulled in the driveway. We couldn't move the engine hoist on the gravel, so we lifted the motor way up and pushed the truck out of the way. I backed up my pickup under the hoist and we set the old 2.9 down on a tire. I ratchet-strapped it down and took it off to the junkyard guy, who gave me store credit for parts I may need. I got my flywheel from him. Cool dude.
Got the 4.0 on the engine stand. I pulled the DIS, covered the intake and alternator. Then, I soaked it in degreaser and carefully pressure washed it.
The valve covers were rusty and one side of the engine was very oily, so I stripped the rust. Good thing I did. One side was rusted thru. The seals looked brand new. When I got it, the oil was decent and the level was correct. My guess is that the guy knew about the leak, replaced the seals, and when it kept leaking, he just added oil when needed. The previous owner had a good word from a close friend who had done work on this engine, so I'm not worried. I went to junkyard dude and he hooked me up with a valve cover.
Kind of on a time crunch... So instead of taking everything off, I just masked, primed, and painted. Looks decent. That'll do.
This is as far as I've gotten. Now, I'm fighting with the manifold-to-pipe bolts. They're pretty set on not coming out. Heating, cooling, and PB Blaster so far hasn't yielded any results. I may have to go to junkyard dude and get manifolds if these bolts break.
I just got the valve cover seals in and the oil pan gasket is next. My Luk clutch is on order from RockAuto. Once I get the exhaust bolts figured out and my clutch arrives, I'll do the rear main seal, put it together, and drop this bad boy in. New motor mounts are also happening because, well, why not?
More pictures will happen as it goes along. Been working a lot, so it may take a few weekends.
Heres the donor Explorer. I picked it up for $200 and sold the doors to some guy who needed doors.
Had to get a pic of my truck sitting next to the Humvee. The Humvee was at the boat shop to be turned into a sweet firetruck/search and rescue vehicle for use up in the mountains in Oregon's coast range.
Got it in the shop and ready to get going on pulling the 2.9. We got everything undone except one of the top bellhousing bolts before we ran out of time that day.
We had to suddenly move, so the 4.0 got loaded into the pickup and taken to the new house all by its lonesome. The Explorer got scrapped because I already pulled the wiring harness. I may have missed some parts, but its alright. Theres a junkyard guy down the road from here who has several Explorers.
Snow kept us from doing much this day. My Bronco ended up looking like Madonna.
Finally got the 2.9 pulled in the driveway. We couldn't move the engine hoist on the gravel, so we lifted the motor way up and pushed the truck out of the way. I backed up my pickup under the hoist and we set the old 2.9 down on a tire. I ratchet-strapped it down and took it off to the junkyard guy, who gave me store credit for parts I may need. I got my flywheel from him. Cool dude.
Got the 4.0 on the engine stand. I pulled the DIS, covered the intake and alternator. Then, I soaked it in degreaser and carefully pressure washed it.
The valve covers were rusty and one side of the engine was very oily, so I stripped the rust. Good thing I did. One side was rusted thru. The seals looked brand new. When I got it, the oil was decent and the level was correct. My guess is that the guy knew about the leak, replaced the seals, and when it kept leaking, he just added oil when needed. The previous owner had a good word from a close friend who had done work on this engine, so I'm not worried. I went to junkyard dude and he hooked me up with a valve cover.
Kind of on a time crunch... So instead of taking everything off, I just masked, primed, and painted. Looks decent. That'll do.
This is as far as I've gotten. Now, I'm fighting with the manifold-to-pipe bolts. They're pretty set on not coming out. Heating, cooling, and PB Blaster so far hasn't yielded any results. I may have to go to junkyard dude and get manifolds if these bolts break.
I just got the valve cover seals in and the oil pan gasket is next. My Luk clutch is on order from RockAuto. Once I get the exhaust bolts figured out and my clutch arrives, I'll do the rear main seal, put it together, and drop this bad boy in. New motor mounts are also happening because, well, why not?
More pictures will happen as it goes along. Been working a lot, so it may take a few weekends.