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With the addition of an electric fan, I’m hoping it keeps it cool enough. I mentioned in my first post that it’s currently at my welders to get the mounting flanges flipped and the inlet tube angled in.
Originally Posted by maples01
Do you not have the oil fill tube that extends up to strap under the hood, what you currently have will require pulling the doghouse to add oil?
Correct, I will not have an under hood oil fill tube, initially...I will probably end up fabbing one up or just leave it. Removing the doghouse isn’t an issue for me. Takes only a minute or two to remove.
I swapped in a flex fan 6 blade for the factory 4 blade, van had the same fan you got on a model A, I will Never use an electric fan, mine got so hot it seized, they are designed to run momentary, under load you'll burn one up. The radiator mounts to the front of the firewall, those brackets are on the wrong side, but I did see one that sit into the front making it flush with the firewall, putting it closer to the fan, not sure how well it cooled. I just want to say aluminum radiators are common in todays cars, disposable, which is not a good thing, tho I did get a heavy duty one with wider cores for my E350 10 years ago, need to watch the coolant, it can damage it if left too long.
Decent weather today for the most part. Mid 50’s with some sun.
Got to cut out and grind down the original gas tank brackets to make room for the new fuel cell. Wire brushed the underside, cleaned it up, and sprayed some sound deadener and bed liner combo. Had some left over cans laying around. I think it came out alright.
Also removed the fuel filler neck and was blown away at what I found jammed in the old rubber portion of the fuel filler.....an old busted section of a fuel cap, top section of a flippin broken glass bottle!?, and a rock! HA! What the heck!? Got a good laugh.
That's crazy. Why the hell would someone jam a broken bottle in there? Gotta wonder what the heck the deal was with the gas cap as well?
Lol, right!? I did think a little bit about what possibly could have happened here....
The gas cap piece has a lock on it and looks bent up, maybe owner lost the key and tried to pry it off and it broke and fell in and he said screw it haha.
Glass bottle piece....maybe someone tried using a glass bottle as a funnel for gas or something Lol?? Maybe just plain vandalism...
The rock....maybe vandalism along with the glass bottle piece.
Originally Posted by James Doty
Your paint job looks good.
Appreciate it! It looks decent for now, but I may put a coat of Herculiner on it when I roll the interior floor and walls.
So stoked, just scored a complete front disc brake swap on good’ol eBay!
It’s off of a 74 F250. Dual piston calipers with brackets and even the dust shields in great shape!
hey Boom fist. Nice project. Im collecting disc brake parts for my e300. I havnt taken my original brakes off yet. How does the caliper bracket bolt to spindle. It looks like i need another part? Do you have any pics or input. Thanks.
hey Boom fist. Nice project. Im collecting disc brake parts for my e300. I havnt taken my original brakes off yet. How does the caliper bracket bolt to spindle. It looks like i need another part? Do you have any pics or input. Thanks.
If you can find a parts truck, you can swap over the entire I-beam, you need not separate it, you sure are lucky, I have the E100, I can't do mine without swapping the rear end to match, so no 300 or 200 truck disc brake swap.
hey Boom fist. Nice project. Im collecting disc brake parts for my e300. I havnt taken my original brakes off yet. How does the caliper bracket bolt to spindle. It looks like i need another part? Do you have any pics or input. Thanks.
Appreciate it - Sorry for the delay. I just received the second half of my brakes today. Was getting worried that USPS lost my package with the other mounting bracket!! All is here and in great shape. These calipers are massive!
So the main pieces you’ll want to get you hands on are the caliper mounting brackets. These are hard to find and pretty pricey when you do. Well worth it in my opinion.
These guys:
These will mount directly to the E300 front drum spindles/knuckles. If you look at the backside of your factory spindle, you’ll see 4 bolts that have the same pattern as these caliper mounting brackets.
This is all in theory, but should be a direct bolt on from the research I’ve done. I will update this as I pull my factory spindles off to do this swap.
Finally got my American Autowire Highway 22 Plus wiring kit. It was backordered for a bit.
Looks really nice and I’ve heard a lot of great things about this kit. A bit pricey, but I wanted something that was going to remove the stress out of figuring out the body wiring. This is it. I’ll update as I start getting into laying the wiring out.
Way cool build! Your work looks fantastic and that van will definitely move down the road 👍
Appreciate it! I look at it this way, I had a blast with it while it had the old tired and leaky 302/C4. With this new setup, I know I won’t be winning any street races or top speed runs, but it’ll be a lot more reliable and fun! 🤙🏽
