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Old Mar 19, 2010 | 05:36 PM
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Lee's engine swap questions?

I'm going to start on Lee's engine swap in his 93 F250 4x4 351 auto.
the donner engine is also a 351 from a 93 but has some different smog. I want just to pull one whole engine and drop one whole engine but not sher how to route the smog.

truck hoses go up over top to a valve setup.



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Old Mar 19, 2010 | 08:12 PM
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The donor motor has the tidier setup IMO, drop that motor in just like it is and use the wiring harness on your truck.. it will plug right into everything on that motor.

P.S. The two smog systems function exactly the same they are just laid out differently... it's beyond me why Ford felt the need to create a different layout for the HD trucks versus the 1/2 tons.. which is what your donor motor is out of.
 
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Old Mar 31, 2010 | 11:14 PM
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The 150 motor has one smog line going to the cat the f250 has 2 do I just cap one or put a tee?
 
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Old Apr 1, 2010 | 10:46 AM
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Yeah just cap one of them, looks like the F250 version has a pair of diverter valves instead of the single unit on the f150, it will still function the same.
 
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Old Apr 1, 2010 | 05:10 PM
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So capping one off, won't mess with the computer? Does it matter which one is capped off?
 
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Old Apr 1, 2010 | 09:43 PM
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The computer won't know regardless it has no sensors on this system just actuators, and since those two pipes are simply in parallel it won't matter which is capped.
 
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Old Apr 13, 2010 | 09:51 PM
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I have another ? smog pumps? one smog pump as 2 holes (150) the other has 3 holes(250) both pumps have one hose that goes up to finder. thats easy.
the 250 had two hoses that went to the back and side of pump. the 150 engine has to hoes one that goes to back of pump, and the other goes up to finder.(I think but that the way hose wants to lay)

have both pumps what do I use?

Thank you!

 
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Old Apr 13, 2010 | 10:13 PM
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Use the F150 pump as it matches the plumbing on the motor.
 
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Old Apr 13, 2010 | 10:17 PM
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Where does the other line go from the engine? looks like it would go some where on the finder
 
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Old Apr 18, 2010 | 01:30 PM
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The engine will not turn over some thing is bound up trying to turn it over to put last of the converter nuts on it will not turn ether way, BIG bar nothing ! I put the other two nuts one before I tightened the trany up.
 
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Old Apr 18, 2010 | 01:57 PM
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The engine will not turn over some thing is bound up trying to turn it over to put last of the converter nuts on it will not turn ether way, BIG bar nothing ! I put the other two nuts one before I tightened the trany up.
You either didn't have the TC in all the way to start with or you pulled it out to far when tightening two of them nuts before closing the block to bell housing gap all the way.

You likely did damage to the trans/pump, however loosening the bellhousing bolts and backing it off slightly, then rotating the motor by hand, may allow the TC to drop in fully.
 
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Originally Posted by danr1

You likely did damage to the trans/pump, .
Dont like the sound of that? working on taking the tranny bolts out now.
 
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Old Apr 18, 2010 | 02:46 PM
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All the bolts loose, un bolted the TC things turn like they should do I just tighten things up again?
 
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Old Apr 18, 2010 | 02:59 PM
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All the bolts loose, un bolted the TC things turn like they should do I just tighten things up again?
Well ya gotta get the TC all the way in the trans then ya hope for the best.

The TC studs through the flywheel and the bell housing up to the block, and without the need to use the bolts to force it.

The tc should move freely during the process. While it won't back clear of the fw it will move back from it slightly with the bell housing / engine block gap fully closed.

Do not put any TC nuts on until then.

All you can do now is try it and hope for the best, that you did not damage the trans/pump.
 
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looks like im dropping the tranny.
 
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