The engine has a good vacuum pump, so no worries there. The stock small booster fits just fine, if I had a big booster I'd be looking for some space but there is tons of room with this one.
I have a Suburban with the 6.2 and hydroboost, it's ok but it leaks. I also don't like that one system effects the other, if you're on the brakes and turn the wheel, there is a noticeable difference in brake assistance and steering effort.

I'm not too worried about the frame cracking, I converted this truck to power steering four years ago and only put 7500 miles on it so far. The frame looks nice and crack-free around the box.

 

Does anyone have a recommendation for a good rubber mat for a manual truck? Mine was full of holes so I just cut it to get the tunnel cover off. I know there are quite a few to choose from, but since I can't put my hands on the ones online I'd like to hear some first-hand experiences.

 

can't help on the mat question, but here's a free bump.


Also, has it made smoke yet?

 

Just about there. I modified an 80s throttle pedal to fit the firewall of the truck, and yesterday I got the clutch master cylinder mount holes drilled. The transmission crossmember is built, just need to drill the frame to mount it. Almost there-

 

Had it running today. I had to pull the fan off the 7.3 as it interfered with the upper radiator hose, but I managed to drop it and damaged the radiator. I didn't find the damage until I started pouring in the coolant, but I was able to recover all of it and pull the radiator for repair. I had to move the truck so I started and moved it out of the garage.
It's wild just how much power this thing has now, rev the engine a little and the whole truck rocks all over the place. It moved a bit with the 360 before, but nothing like it does now. The clutch engages a little lower than I'd like, and is really an on-off type thing, but it works and moves under it's own power and I should be able to drive it home tomorrow.

 

And you are still on time.



John

 

I'm putting a ZF in behind a 351W, both of which I took out of an 89F-250. I snagged the support plate off of the firewall of the donor truck, hopefully I can line everything up with that. I also took the pedal assembly out of that truck to use in mine. Do you have pics of where you mounted everything on the firewall?

 

I haven't taken any pics with the m/c installed, but in this pic the blob on the firewall just outboard of the brake reinforcement is where I put it.

 

It moved under it's own power, that's a good sign.
Be interesting to see what the MPG comes out to be.

 

Pretty cool project. Glad to hear you got it to "Driveable" so quickly/easily.

 

I didn't like the position of the new hydraulic system's clutch release either,
Ford_Six! :/ But now it's only a memory of what it was like the first week or
two driving it after that, I hadn't noticed it at all. :)
('91 Bronco E4od to ZF swap)

I didn't know the old camera had a "flower" setting until after I took this
fuzzyass picture... ;)


The reason the pushrod is gold is because I made it from a brake pushrod...

...check out that crank pin after only 188k of "company truck" use. LOL :)
BTW, the firewall on that same truck is like-new stiffness-wise, so that part
does work. :)

Here's the brake pushrod's new-round-end...


Alvin in AZ

 

great project i want to go diesel in my crew but need to finish other projects first. can you get some pics of the clutch cylinder mounting and the motor mounts? i'd like to see how you mounted everything upi'm doing a zf5 swap in my 71 crew with a 460 i wish i waited alittle longer to redo the 460 and go with a diesel instead

 

Well, I drove it home just a few minutes ago. It runs great but is LOUD in the cab. I'll have to add some sound insulation in there.
I'll get pics tomorrow after work.
As far as the mounts, I don't think I'll post pics of those. I'm not thrilled with how they turned out. I've seen worse, and these'll last for a while, but I want something different. I'm going to build a new pan and pickup so I can drop the engine down about 2" and back about an inch. Then I'm going to build a subframe to bolt onto the crossmember incorporating the perches.

 

How the truck sits now:

I need to do some bodywork now that the truck is reliable.
Master cylinder mounting:

The giant Banks air cleaner didn't fit past the cowl, so for now I put an open element cleaner. The inlet on the 7.3 is the same as a standard 4BBL carb, so it fit right on. When I drop the engine down it'll fit so I'll just run this till then.

Fancy chrome tip:

Banks power:

Transmission crossmember:

I used sch.80 pipe I had for the crossmember, and welded the mount section of the 80s crossmember onto it. I'll try and get some better pictures another time, when I can get some light under there.

 

how was the fitment of the zf did you need to cut the trans tunnel on the floor or anything for it to fit the stock shifter hole.