Good guys over at valair...however, my truck breaks the clutch loose...and its stock! And i think something let go in the disk, cuz i get a jingle noise comming from it. Weird. And the throwout bearings smoked..and it had 5k on it. I'll be calling them this week. Im sure they'll help me out

 

Let us know how that turns out for you.

 

Will do! Theres really no way my truck should spin a clutch..Especially stock

 

I agree. I hope everything turns out well.

 

What is the shift pattern for the ZF 5 speed? Just curious.

Edit: Okay, it looks like they have the typical shift pattern of:
1 3 5
| | |
2 4 R

Is that correct? I've always preferred a shift pattern with R and 1 on the same column, but it's not a huge deal.

 

yes thats that pattern..

 

Okay, thanks again, everybody. You guys must think I'm nuts asking all these inane questions, but this is how I harness motivation!

 

No way dude. You should have seen all the threads and questions when I was thinking of doing mine...

 

Ya beat me to it! I asked sooooooo many questions! But in the end TOTALLY worth it!

 

Anybody know where I can find a write-up on how to do it? If I want to do it, I want to eliminate as much guesswork as possible.

 

See post #7 in this thread.
https://www.ford-trucks.com/forums/9...peed-swap.html
Some wiring stuff
https://www.ford-trucks.com/forums/1...-question.html
https://www.ford-trucks.com/forums/1...-question.html
Another fella's swap thread
https://www.ford-trucks.com/forums/1...-complete.html

So I guess the actual answer is no, no official write up but there is some info to help. Maybe one day I could actually do a write up on how mine went anyway...

 

Thank you so much for those links. I just bookmarked all of them. This swap will be more than I've ever done mechanically, so I'm going to use all of my brains and all the brains that I can borrow, too.

 

I thought there were only 2 variations of the zf5, one for the small blocks and one for the big blocks. Meaning you could get a donor with the 460 or 7.3? A 460 would be a lot cheaper than a powerstroke. It may be worth looking into.

 

They come with different bell housings yes but there are also a close and wide ratio version of the ZF. I think if it has a bell housing that will bolt up then you can use either but I imiagine the wide ratio is fairly rare. Then there's either the ZF S5 42 or the ZF S5 47(96 and 97 only).
Here's some ZF info:
http://www.thedieselstop.com/faq/949...load/S5-42.pdf