WickedWindsor
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- Joined
- March 8, 2005
- Messages
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- City, State
- Ontario, Canada
- Year, Model & Trim Level
- 351 powered, 1991 XLT 4x4
351 with Edelbrock style intake, '89 mustang wiring and computer, MAC 351 mustang conversion headers, 1988 Lincoln Mark 7 AOD trans.
I've been working at this for a year with planning and gathering parts.
Finally after 4 full working days on the truck, the engine is in.
Please, throw your questions my way and I'll do what I can to share my experience.
I have pictures of my "Wicked Windsor". How do I post pictures on this site?
The research I have done on this swap have paid off enormously so far as I've had NO surprises to date. I had the engine in place in 11 hours (Including the process od disconnecting and removing 4.0).
The first day was 4 hours of disconnecting wire connectors, driveshafts and all else that needed to be disconnected to remove life support.
Removing the engine took 2 hours. I attempted to remove the 4.0 with tranny AND transfer case attached. I needed another inch of space (With a 2" body lift currently). I had to remove the transfer case in the engine bay while the whole thing was tilted on the lift at 45 degrees. Engine and tranny came out easily together.
The 351 was mated to the AOD before going in. I hate trying to benchpress 200 lbs from underneath! With some manipulation, It went in. Removing the harmonic balancer before hand would have made it go in easier.
The bonus for me of putting the two in as one unit allowed me to immediatley locate engine mount location by bolting in the tranny first. All I did to locate the engine was move it side to side until I was happy. I even had the headers on during this install.
The rad is almost ready to bolt back in. I'm waiting for my fan to come so I can plumb my rad, fill the fluids and fire this beast up.
I should have noise some time next week.
I've been working at this for a year with planning and gathering parts.
Finally after 4 full working days on the truck, the engine is in.
Please, throw your questions my way and I'll do what I can to share my experience.
I have pictures of my "Wicked Windsor". How do I post pictures on this site?
The research I have done on this swap have paid off enormously so far as I've had NO surprises to date. I had the engine in place in 11 hours (Including the process od disconnecting and removing 4.0).
The first day was 4 hours of disconnecting wire connectors, driveshafts and all else that needed to be disconnected to remove life support.
Removing the engine took 2 hours. I attempted to remove the 4.0 with tranny AND transfer case attached. I needed another inch of space (With a 2" body lift currently). I had to remove the transfer case in the engine bay while the whole thing was tilted on the lift at 45 degrees. Engine and tranny came out easily together.
The 351 was mated to the AOD before going in. I hate trying to benchpress 200 lbs from underneath! With some manipulation, It went in. Removing the harmonic balancer before hand would have made it go in easier.
The bonus for me of putting the two in as one unit allowed me to immediatley locate engine mount location by bolting in the tranny first. All I did to locate the engine was move it side to side until I was happy. I even had the headers on during this install.
The rad is almost ready to bolt back in. I'm waiting for my fan to come so I can plumb my rad, fill the fluids and fire this beast up.
I should have noise some time next week.