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even with the pan touching it still dropped in pretty easily its sitting crooked due to pan but its still in now i can focus on wires up top then focus on the bottom

this is the fitment issue i was talking about its just touching the front axle. So this weekend when i drop the front axle to fix the pan leak ill smack it a few times and dent it tired of ordering the right parts and then getting the wrong ones

started to drop it in figured id stop and show everyone this before i get it out. The 4.0 starter is on driver side and the 5.0 on the passenger so you will need 5.0 starter wires

getting ready to go in. I cant use that oil filter i put it on so i could add oil spin the pump and get some oil flow for a few minutes the motor has been sitting awhile so ive been lubing it as much as possible since ive had it. Now that filter wont fit its too large ill add a oil filter...

thats much better if it dont work ill buy a starter i just was curious to see if this would work

heres a old starter i found for a 302 i have another ford starter that does not fit so im doing a swap on the housing

i think i did it right ill find out when i hook it all up and turn the key

trying to get the tps on the carb ill be honest i had no idea how to get the choke cap back on had to make a call

this is my temporary bypass for the rear of the intake not pretty as i keep saying right now i just want it in and running ill upgrade later plus this was free compared to buying parts for it

plugs are in ready to go

oil pan on and ready.. yes this is a mustang oil pan i ordered a 4x4 pan and they sent wrong one so i sent it back and they sent the wrong one again! So im just using this one for now i will have to dent it a little bit

I couldnt get her done yet still dont have the trans jack back yet its getting pretty annoying so heres where im ar

Painted my oil pan before i left nothing too great atleast its not yellow anymore... O also i wont be using ac getting rid of all that all i need is 4 windows and a highway

i sprayed it all down with gunk cleaning gel its sitting overnight. I already found some brackets im going to pick them up at my buddys house here soon thats the only thing holding me up i was pretty excited to get the motor and wiring done today no worries ill be back at it dark and early

pretty ugly down there all the fluids were leaking. It was at this time i couldnt find the brackets...

for not being very old and a reman this thing was in bad shape

almost got her out forgot to unplug the oil level sensor

got her unbolted and ready to pull

Well i couldnt get to where i wanted to be i lost the motor mount brackets and my lady wanted me to go out for my bday i did make it pretty far. Ill start again at 4am heres some photos

Im taking a break to run errands my flywheel has not showed up or my motor mounts so im running to junkyard real fast then autozone to get some cleaning supplies

just got to unbolt motor mounts

proper way to remove a/c lines........ cut off wheel

got the harness removed went ahead and cut the injector wires i left the rest alone my buddy probably wont ever use

got to remove this without cutting it up

got to remove all this harness without cutting it up for my buddy

radiator is pretty clean inside so im going to give her a good cleaning and re-use

pulled the front end off for more room

Im about ready to pull the motor out ive been going kinda easy because my buddy has a 4.0 with over 320,000 miles on it so im just trying not to destroy everything and give him some spare parts. Its a shame this engine is not that old and its a reman. Just a botched job so im going to give him...

Let the games begin

Ive been down a couple days health issues but im good now i have all the parts ive been waiting for at work. So this weekend the goal is to get it all together and hopefully fire up ill be pushing the explorer into the shop tonight and starting work on it at 5am i plan on spending the night at...

Its a roller

I ordered a set of OE headers the ones i had were original,crusty, and one had a crack in it. The OE headers will work for now until we get going then my buddy is going to take the vehicle and make headers for it at no cost to me. He has been learning how to make headers so he needs the...

And last one for now. Still waiting on mt bronze gear, tps sensor, flywheel,starter,and oil pan, im using some old ugly valve covers i had in the basement for now.. i also put on the old headers they were too ugly so im ordering some. Ill pull the 4.0 out next weekend and start putting in the...

Another view

Side view after intake,waterpump,and carb