First day ripping into the B2 Lots of Pics
Okay here is the last picture of the 2.9 untouched in the engine bay
heres the 4.0 once agin with the harness in a rats nest on top of it
Getting the 2.9 all unhooked just about ready to pull her from her old home
BTW IF ANYBODYS LOOKING FOR 2.9L Stuff My ENGINE IS UP FOR ADOPTION SOME SLIGHT PROBLEMS BUT It was running strongish before i pulled it out
all new gaskets less then 3 months ago entire engine was cleaned out all the grunge from the oil panect and new oil pump n new head gaskets
Gotta have a little heater in the cold here in michigan, we might not have snow yet but it gets a little chilly. this little heater does enough just to keep the nipp down, also im doing all of this in my garage that comes free with my aptment, not supposed to work on cars here but IM a REBEL
Here is where i cut my 2.9l fuel lines
still figuring how ill connect the two
this is how greasy my engine bay is although im not complaining at least i know my frame will never rust
partly from haveing a leaky clutch slave and a powersteering hose i waited months to get fixed along with valve covers leaking before the new gaskets
theres no going back now!!!!!
the old 2.9 has left the building
shows a little better exactly how much space im working with a little tight but im manageing at least im out of the wind and cold.
found out i got some rot on my radiator support, its still decently strong but it wouldnt hurt to replace it when the time and money is right.
truck spent is first ten years down in texas but these last ten years in michigan have been rough on her
Heres a better pic of my 2.9 if anyones interested not looking to get to much out of it so if anyones looking let me know
2.9 clutch basket
2.9l flywheel
not a bad lil motor but its on to bigger n better things now
theres the 4.0 not as pretty yet but def bigger
OKAY heres the wiring parts that ive came across so far
this plug not sure what it acctually goes to but this part is coming out of my B2 head light harness near the battery it has three wires going to the plug
there is the same plug coming out of the 4.0 harness from the ecm that wants to connect to it but this one has 4 wires, all the same colors just a extra wire with the 4.0
this is the b2 head light harness female side (3 wires)
this is the male side coming from the 4.o harness ecm plug (4 wires)
hoping i could make my first connection between the EX and B2 i tried plugging them together and this was preventing me
so there is my first electrical road block
Okay so i have the 4.0 ecm plug ran through the firewall and the engine control relays attached to the firewall i also have the mass of the harness that runs along the top back of engine bay sort of in place
here is where the 4.0 harness im guessing will tie in with the B2 headlight harness or the trans harness IDK IM getting closer to the SCAREY PART
this is where my spliceing will begin or wires will be rerouted? near the big white plug on drivers side,,, this is 4.0 harness
okay this is the EX Big white plug, it starts from fuse box runs behind headlights behind overflow/winshield resovior and ties back into the BIgwhite plug and the EX harness that runs over the back of the engine bay and i think connects into the plugs i previously metioned that i would have to splice for engine controls or trans switches
Im guessing i will be getting rid of most of this as everyone says i will use the B2 headlight harness
but what will i have to pull out of that mess? brake fliud resivoir switch?? windsheild wipers? oil pressure? water temp??
or will i use all of my existing connections from the B2???
Heres my garage as i left it tonight not too much space but as you can see im really diggin in at it
okay heres my fuse box on the b2 side and my ignition wire that goes to starter solinoid, im pretty sure im keeping this for the 4.0 correct me if im wrong. also the 2.9 alternator harness where it meets the box.
so i use all the alt wires from the B2 just splice the 4.0 alt wires to these here?
then start spliceing all the circuts from the b2 fuse box to the explorer fuse box like fuel pump, ecm, headlight, power windows, ect????
also it seems like i found a plug under my b2 dash that seems to wire what looks like heater wireing(not for certain) but it hooked to my 2.9 harness near ecm plug.
the big plug with about 8 wires on it on the right corner starts somewhere up in my dash and connects to the other gray plug on the left then leaves the cab next to the ecm rubber socket and plugs into my heater blower motor....
where the question arises is i see the same plug coming from the fuse box on the 4.0 harness and dosent run to my dash???
also there is a pink wrapped wire that plugged in by the ecm on the explorer and i dont know where or if it will go anywhere on my B2..
so basically if you know what any of these connections is please help me out, i am clueless untill i get these evtms or a RBV GURU magically shows up at my garage
sorry if i am rambleing or if something doesnt make sense please feel free to ask any questions or provide any bit of info it will Be greatly appreciated
now i shall go to sleep well 2.9ls and 4.0ls dance in my head and the colors and plug shapes begin to haunt me.
I HOPE EVERYONE AT TRS HAD A WONDERFUL CHRISTMAS!!!
