I have the engine and trans out. The old engine stuff is swapped over to the new engine (from '05 Ranger 4x4). Almost ready to go back in.
Ran into a few problems along the way. My motor mounts were too rusty to remove from the truck. I had to unbolt them from the engine instead. This left the motor mounts in the way, blocking me from removing the trans out the front with the engine. I also broke or damaged a few bolts and studs and still need to replace them.
My truck sits high enough that I didn't need to use a floor jack for anything except to get the trans out from under the truck. Trans wouldn't fit under the frame rail while sitting on the trans jack.
My procedure so far:
**don't forget to bag and tag all fasteners. Also tag vacuum lines and electrical connectors before removing. Taking detailed photos will help too.**
1) drained radiator, engine oil, transmission fluid, and transfer case fluid.
2) disconnect battery cables. (remove battery if you want extra room)
2) Unpluged o2 sensors and removed exhaust y-pipe and cat-pipe.
3) removed front driveshaft completely.
4) disconnected rear driveshaft from transfer case. Left attached to rear diff.
5) removed transfer case.
6) removed starter.
7) removed fan, shroud, and radiator.
8) removed accessory belt.
9) disconnected A/C and P/S from bracket, and tied each off to the side. (Remove front tire to access A/C fasteners through wheel well)
10) removed A/C bracket from engine. (may not need to, but I wanted the extra room since I couldn't remove battery)
11) disconnected the wiring from the computer at cowl.
12) disconnected the wiring from the block on the driver side of engine.
13) disconnected the rest of the wiring and vacuum lines that went from body to engine.
14) disconnected shift cable, trans cooler lines (unbolted bracket from engine too), and wiring from trans, then secured out of the way. Also removed trans dipstick tube.
15) removed torque convertor nuts.
16) put trans jack under trans and strapped it down.
17) unbolted trans crossmember from frame then removed from trans too.
18) lowered trans a couple of inches, then removed all bolts that hold trans to engine.
19) pulled trans from engine, the lowered trans jack all the way.
20) lifted rear of truck enough to remove trans from underneath, then set it back down.
21) stopped for dinner, but didn't feel like going back out afterward.
22) removed hood from truck...had to get a helper for that.
22) hooked up engine crane to engine.
23) unbolted mounts from engine.
24) pulled engine forward and up, then out.
25) removed intake, engine wiring, vac lines, fuel lines and injectors from old engine and new engine.
26) stopped again for the day.
27) installed all the appropriate parts onto the new engine. The harness on the new engine was slightly different (and cut), so had to use my old stuff. Injectors and fuel rail are different too, so used my old stuff. Intake was very similar, so I used the new one. EGR same, so left alone. Some vac lines are different, so I mixed and matched....need to make an adapter for one set to attach to new intake.
28) This is where I stopped for today.
Have to remove the motor mounts from the truck before going any farther. Will probably try them tomorrow if I don't have to work too late. Still have to fix the trans too. I'd like to bolt up the trans to the engine and try to stuff them both through the front.
