crispins
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- 01 Sport trac
Hello everyone.
So after looking for months I finally found a donor for my swap.
To back up for a minute, a few months ago I found a 2001 Burgandy 4x4 Sport Trac with gray leather interior and painted tonneau cover. No dents, no rust, interior in great shape with a bad V6 at an estate sale. I picked it up for $1,100. I did get the truck to fire up after putting in a new fuel pump (btw the truck sat for 5 years before I bought it) but it has no oil pressure.
I had planned on doing a V8 swap on my White 2001 2 wheel drive Sport Trac but after getting this much nicer one I got rid of the white one.
I have been looking on Craigslist for months for a V8 Explorer to buy. I finally found one. Running and driving 98 V8 AWD for $700. It has high miles 271k
Not too sure what I want to do about the motor (full rebuild or just new gaskets. I guess I will start a new thread about the motor.
For now I just want to get a few of the guys who have done this swap to post in this thread so I can get some advice and answers to some questions I have.
I have read the swap threads many many times and will be reading them again. I have good mechanical experience but this will be the biggest job I have ever done. I have swapped motors before, I have converted a Honda from an auto to a 5 speed.
I don't feel that any part of this swap is going to be too difficult, I am comfortable with wiring.
Although there are some good write ups already on this I plan on taking pictures and documenting the process just to add to the knowledge base, if that is ok.
Thank you in advance everyone for your help!!!
So after looking for months I finally found a donor for my swap.
To back up for a minute, a few months ago I found a 2001 Burgandy 4x4 Sport Trac with gray leather interior and painted tonneau cover. No dents, no rust, interior in great shape with a bad V6 at an estate sale. I picked it up for $1,100. I did get the truck to fire up after putting in a new fuel pump (btw the truck sat for 5 years before I bought it) but it has no oil pressure.
I had planned on doing a V8 swap on my White 2001 2 wheel drive Sport Trac but after getting this much nicer one I got rid of the white one.
I have been looking on Craigslist for months for a V8 Explorer to buy. I finally found one. Running and driving 98 V8 AWD for $700. It has high miles 271k
Not too sure what I want to do about the motor (full rebuild or just new gaskets. I guess I will start a new thread about the motor.
For now I just want to get a few of the guys who have done this swap to post in this thread so I can get some advice and answers to some questions I have.
I have read the swap threads many many times and will be reading them again. I have good mechanical experience but this will be the biggest job I have ever done. I have swapped motors before, I have converted a Honda from an auto to a 5 speed.
I don't feel that any part of this swap is going to be too difficult, I am comfortable with wiring.
Although there are some good write ups already on this I plan on taking pictures and documenting the process just to add to the knowledge base, if that is ok.
Thank you in advance everyone for your help!!!