Diesel Swap
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Diesel Swap
[COLOR=black][FONT=Verdana]I have a 2000 X with a V-10, motor has 167,000 on it and I am starting to notice a knock at first start up as well as a pinging with a load going uphill. I am looking into a diesel swap and I have read some of the posts but still draw a blank as what all I would need. I don’t want to do a Cummins swap it’s just not practical for me. I know I will need a complete motor and wiring harness as well as fuel tank and new pump and flush the lines. Has anyone else done this that has pics as well as a parts list? What else am I looking at to do this swap?
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[color=black][font=Verdana]I have a 2000 X with a V-10, motor has 167,000 on it and I am starting to notice a knock at first start up as well as a pinging with a load going uphill. I am looking into a diesel swap and I have read some of the posts but still draw a blank as what all I would need. I don’t want to do a Cummins swap it’s just not practical for me. I know I will need a complete motor and wiring harness as well as fuel tank and new pump and flush the lines. Has anyone else done this that has pics as well as a parts list? What else am I looking at to do this swap?
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Let me tell you it will be very hard to do. I swapped a gasser body on to a diesel chassis and the amount of differences are staggering. If you want to put a diesel in your gasser, plan on getting the entire dash, computers, and body wiring harness out of a diesel donor (and it needs to be and excursion, not f-250/350) to even have a chance of making it work. And it would be best to buy a whole donor EX or at least the whole front end + dash so you will have all the under-hood components.
Oh and make sure it is the exact same year as your gas EX... there are wiring differences between years. Almost every connector and electrical component was different between the Gas 2000 X and the Diesel 2002 Ex that I used to make the swap. Just my two cents... (see the project link in my sig. below)
Oh and make sure it is the exact same year as your gas EX... there are wiring differences between years. Almost every connector and electrical component was different between the Gas 2000 X and the Diesel 2002 Ex that I used to make the swap. Just my two cents... (see the project link in my sig. below)
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I priced everything to swap a cummins and it will be about 10,000. Priced a 7.3 complete with wiring and computer for $2400. In my mind the 7.3 is more practical. I understand that there is alot of work involved with both of the swaps as well as problems that might arise.
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Go for it if you really want to. Obviously the 7.3 is a lot cheaper than the cummins setup. but I think you will be spending more than the 2400 by the time you get all the extra stuff you need from under the hood and in the cab too. Just know that you will need the complete diesel dash (yes the whole dash, wiring inside of it, instrument cluster, etc.) to make it swap easily. unless you want to unwire your whole dash and put the diesel dash harness in it (nightmare). Much easer to just bolt in the diesel dash and plug it right in. (providing it is a 2000 model like yours). Same year is also critical like I said before. the wiring harness that goes through the firewall is different from 2000 to 2002 and up. (not sure on 2001).
BTW, I'm not trying to be negative here... I just have a lot of experience with it and want to help steer you in the right direction if I can. I learned from my mistakes on my swap and have had every piece of my EX apart (except the engine and trans.). theres an easier way and a really hard way - my suggestions are for the easier way. if were to do it all over again, I never would have bought different years to swap between, because of all the differences I encountered.
Good luck and post up the process on here so we can follow along.
BTW, I'm not trying to be negative here... I just have a lot of experience with it and want to help steer you in the right direction if I can. I learned from my mistakes on my swap and have had every piece of my EX apart (except the engine and trans.). theres an easier way and a really hard way - my suggestions are for the easier way. if were to do it all over again, I never would have bought different years to swap between, because of all the differences I encountered.
Good luck and post up the process on here so we can follow along.
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