power stroke diesel engine
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power stroke diesel engine
I have a 1993 Ford diesel 250 pick up truck manual 5 speed 4X4 with a bad cylinder in the engine, I have bought a 1997 Ford Mini Van bus automatic that was wreck from Metro with 110,000 miles on the engine and would like to put the 1997 350 power stroke diesel engine into my 1993 250 diesel truck. I'm finding it is not as easy as I thought it would be, I would like to talk to someone that has installed a power stroke diesel engine in a truck like mine.
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Yea, its gonna be a lot of work. I know that the accessories are set up differently to start out with. I know a guy that tried to put a 6.2L GM diesel (piece of crap) from a van into a truck that origionally had the same engine and he ran into a lot of trouble with the wiring harnesses. He wasn't real smart and didn't have a lot of patience or a shop manual. Good luck! 
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the 93 is a manual control pump ... the 97 is a "fly by wire" type pump and is controlled by a computer ( ecm ). the wiring in the 93 will not be the same as the 97 and will require new wiring. if you have lots of manuals and LOTS of time on your hands, go for it.
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From: Nutter Fort, WV
You should have most of the parts you need to do that swap. You need to spend a lot of time looking at wiring on both vehicles. Also you need to look at where you can mount all the stuff like the computer and fuel feed pedal and a few other sensors. It will not be an easy swap, and you are going to learn a lot about diesel engine/truck wiring.
I wanted to do this to mine but it did not take long to figure out it would mean walking a lot longer than I wanted to walk. I did a 6.9 to 7.3 IDI turbo change in 12 hours. I think I could have done the 6.9 to powerstroke in 2 weeks of fairly long days chasing wires. The other bad thing was I did not have a donor vehicle to rob all the parts/wiring off of so the extra expense was to much for me.
I wanted to do this to mine but it did not take long to figure out it would mean walking a lot longer than I wanted to walk. I did a 6.9 to 7.3 IDI turbo change in 12 hours. I think I could have done the 6.9 to powerstroke in 2 weeks of fairly long days chasing wires. The other bad thing was I did not have a donor vehicle to rob all the parts/wiring off of so the extra expense was to much for me.
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You would have had an easier job if the donor truck was a pickup. As bilder12 said, the PSD wiring for the van is going to be different lengths, so as far as mounting the puter, and other goodies, the wiring harness isn't the same. You'll need a pickup harness from the dealer $$$$.
The psd is what, 210hp, not enough of a difference in my opinion. It IS however,worth some money and I would look to sell it and purchase a reman'ed motor for the 93.
The psd is what, 210hp, not enough of a difference in my opinion. It IS however,worth some money and I would look to sell it and purchase a reman'ed motor for the 93.
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I've got Ford and Chevy trucks. Kind of curious how you determined the G.M. 6.2 is a "piece of crap." I've got three that have never been apart. One does a lot of snow plowing, and the other two do a lot trailer pulling. Got 160,000 miles on the plow truck, 180,000 on an other, and 450,000 miles on my 87 Suburban. In that 450,000 miles I replaced the injectors once, and at that time, did the injection pump over. That was a maintainance choice, not a break down. I thinks that's pretty good. The United States military seems to think so too, I don't see too many Ford- Powerstoke Humvees - but an awful lot of them have General Motors (actually designed by Deroit Diesel) 6.2s and 6.5s.
I'm not anti-Ford, by the way. I've got one Ford truck with the International Harvester engine and I like it. Also have a 1949, 1929, and a 1918 Ford truck. I don't think my Ford with the I.H. diesel is any better, or worse, than my G.M.s
In reference to swapping a van diesel into a truck. With a Chevy van, the injectors are shorter and vacuum pump is different. Don't know how it is with Fords, but I suspect Ford vans have the same limited clearance problems as the Chevys and GMCs do.
I'm not anti-Ford, by the way. I've got one Ford truck with the International Harvester engine and I like it. Also have a 1949, 1929, and a 1918 Ford truck. I don't think my Ford with the I.H. diesel is any better, or worse, than my G.M.s
In reference to swapping a van diesel into a truck. With a Chevy van, the injectors are shorter and vacuum pump is different. Don't know how it is with Fords, but I suspect Ford vans have the same limited clearance problems as the Chevys and GMCs do.
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I have a 94 PSD and my dad has a 94 idi turbo diesel. Mine is rated at 215 hp, the old mans is 190 hp. Not much difference between the two. Not worth all the work in my humble opinion
