Hello all, My son and I have been working off and on trying to convert a 2006 V10 to work in my 2000 F350. Well, all has been going well until it was discovered something that no one had brought up as a show stopper when I first listed the first thread. Come to find out the cam positioning sensor on the 06 is on the right bank and the 2000 is on the left bank. Now, there are cam positioning sensor holes on both sides but only the right on is currently used. On top of that there is nothing on the left bank cam to trigger a sensor. Any information / suggestions would be greatly appriciated.

As for the drive by wire throttle body, Variable Intake, Idle control valve, fuel supply, fuel regulator and fuel return have not really been issues.

 

Is it running yet?

 

Will it run without cam sensor input?

 

Did I forget to mention that? Sorry! I did notice it.

My thoughts at the time were to:
1) Pray that even though it is on the opposite bank, the sensor still "tripped" at the same point of engine timing so all that would be required is an extension of the wiring. You could figure it out by putting a 2V and 3V at the exact same point of rotation (like TDC of a given cylinder on the compression stroke) and see if the sensor to trigger relationships were the same.
2) Move the trigger post on the 3V cam gear. Would take some careful measuring and calculating, but should be doable. May have to do some weight compensating as well.
3) "add" a trigger to the right hand cam gear of the 3V, and modify the cover to accept the 2V sensor. Again, some precision required.

 

Oh, and for converstational clarity, the left/right relationship is usually defined to be from perspective of vehicle driver - passenger side is right, driver side is left.

And you know we will have tons of questions about it.... like what TB are you using?

 

Nop, not running, yet! Just when I thought most of the fabrication and modifications were done up jumps this cam positioning sensor issue. The cam positioning sensor on the engine I am using for the install (RV 3V engine) is on the right (passenger side). There is a matching hole on the left side of the timing cover. My current question is: Has the 3V V10 engine or an engine which uses the same timing cover where the cam positioning sensor is used on the left (drivers) side? 5.4?? 6.8?? Modular motor thinking and all.

When I get my 2V heads and crank back from the machine shop I will mock it up to check out the simularities of cam positioning tabs and TDC of both engines.

Please keep shooting info and ideas at the wall. Something might stick and work well!

Thanks, Andy

 

Hey guys! I found a 5.4 3V left side camshaft gear for $30.00 including shipping! It sure looks, from the pics that it may work to provide a left side cam signal from the 2006V10 for the 2000 PCM.

Has anyone tried this or know any concerns or mission stoppers?

Andy