OK, so I don't have and pics right this moment, but I'll get them uploaded soon.
For those of you that don't know, I'm putting a 1999 5.2L motor in a 2000 that originally had a 4.7l. This was prompted because of my transmission faliure (partly my fault and my river crossing exploits.) I got a good deal from a close friend of mine. This swap is basically costing me nothing except for any mods I do along the way. He had a wrecked D with a good 5.2 and a prefect Dakota needing a 4.7. Basically he has gave me the entire D for my motor.
What follows is the story of what I hope to be a fun project! Please keep checking back for new info!
Today was day 1 of the project.
I spent most of the afternoon today at my friends shop pulling out my motor. It came out with almost no problems. The only small issue was having to cut off the bolts connecting the exhaust manifolds to the rest of the exhaust. He came and got it with his wrecker and brought it back after we got done. The fun part of this scene is that you have to understand where my garage is located. It's about 1 city block up a 30+ degree incline of a gravel driveway. He managed to get the D off of his rollback and in an insane position for me to get it back into my garage. The slope of the rollback and the slope of my hill made a nearly perfect "V". After about 20 mins of him using his rollback to literally push the wrecker oput from under my D we finally got it in a good enough place to be able to roll into my garage.
Now the fun part gets to begin. I no longer have the comfort of his professional shop with lifts and (most importantly) heat. I'm now working out of my little garage with a small propane tank-top heater in anywhere from 10-30 degree weather. The first order of business is to clean out my garage, which normally could fit 4 cars eaisly, but now couldn't hold a motorcycle because of the clutter. I also have no way of hauling off the junk and garbage at the moment because my Mustang isn't known for it's ability to haul junk. Let's hope the snow and rain holds off long enough for me to get a couple days in of cleaning.
More to come and piccys of my D sitting up on the hill.
For those of you that don't know, I'm putting a 1999 5.2L motor in a 2000 that originally had a 4.7l. This was prompted because of my transmission faliure (partly my fault and my river crossing exploits.) I got a good deal from a close friend of mine. This swap is basically costing me nothing except for any mods I do along the way. He had a wrecked D with a good 5.2 and a prefect Dakota needing a 4.7. Basically he has gave me the entire D for my motor.
What follows is the story of what I hope to be a fun project! Please keep checking back for new info!
Today was day 1 of the project.
I spent most of the afternoon today at my friends shop pulling out my motor. It came out with almost no problems. The only small issue was having to cut off the bolts connecting the exhaust manifolds to the rest of the exhaust. He came and got it with his wrecker and brought it back after we got done. The fun part of this scene is that you have to understand where my garage is located. It's about 1 city block up a 30+ degree incline of a gravel driveway. He managed to get the D off of his rollback and in an insane position for me to get it back into my garage. The slope of the rollback and the slope of my hill made a nearly perfect "V". After about 20 mins of him using his rollback to literally push the wrecker oput from under my D we finally got it in a good enough place to be able to roll into my garage.
Now the fun part gets to begin. I no longer have the comfort of his professional shop with lifts and (most importantly) heat. I'm now working out of my little garage with a small propane tank-top heater in anywhere from 10-30 degree weather. The first order of business is to clean out my garage, which normally could fit 4 cars eaisly, but now couldn't hold a motorcycle because of the clutter. I also have no way of hauling off the junk and garbage at the moment because my Mustang isn't known for it's ability to haul junk. Let's hope the snow and rain holds off long enough for me to get a couple days in of cleaning.
More to come and piccys of my D sitting up on the hill.
