Update: I finally got the clutch bled went through a couple bottles of fluid and hours of standing on my head in the engine bay trying to pump more air out because I had to take the master cylinder right off the firewall and flip it upside down. So I went for a quick rip and everything is working fine. I hooked up my throttle, I have a pretty slick setup for that. The pedal isn't stiff like some other people complain of when doing these swaps. I've hooked up power steering and I was going to hook up vacuum lines but I got stuck. On my vacuum pump (belt driven pump from a GM 6.2/6.5 diesel) there are two ports, an inlet and an outlet. Which one needs to go where? One definitely feels like there is more vacuum on it, but when I plug it the other port also creates vacuum? And what all needs vacuum? What I can see is the power brakes and one line to control heater functions inside the cab. Is this all that I need vacuum for?

 

Ok my rig is an 01. Who else with a similar year ranger has done the swap? I'm wondering if the in tank fuel pump needs to be removed? My truck will run awhile then run out of fuel so I have to keep bleeding it.

 

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I'd like to see your throttle setup. What kind of governor spring did you use?

 

I will get more pictures. I just used a spring I found at Canadian tire. it was the exact same length, just thicker

 

Yes you need to remove the in tank pump, the lift pump on the motor is all you need.

 

DAMN the tanks right full aha oh well at least I know now

 

well, short of running my exhaust pipe and wiring up my glow plugs my swap was finished. I say was because now I have a lot more work for myself So I was driving it down the road without a pyro (I know dumb right) but I had a laser thermometer I would get out and check my temperatures after every hard pull I tried. Every time I checked my egts were below 1000 degrees so I turn around to go back to the shop and give it one more hard pull to see how fast the truck will top out at. I had it at 120km/h before I let off (it wasn't quite redlined) and when I came to a stop the engine was chugging bad and blowing more smoke out the crankcase vent than the exhaust. Anyways I melted number two and three pistons and scored the cylinders bad. So now I'm looking at my options. either rebuild or buy another one... any suggestions? I was thinking I could possibly bore it out in frame and I found 0.005+ pistons for it.... That's kind of what I'm leaning towards right now. Has anyone rebuilt one of these? What kind of aftermarket parts are out there?

 

Dang, sorry to hear! Usedkubotaman has rebuilt many of these. As for the EGT's mine will cool off immediately when I lift the throttle, so by the time you stopped and opened the hood and checked with the laser it would have cooled @ 60% or more. I would say if you have a line on another motor, that would be the best choice.

 

Yep I've built a bunch. I tried the aftermarket parts on EBAY, the hard parts seemed ok but the gaskets and o-rings didn't fit well. We'll have to see how the hard parts last over time. I choose not to use them on my latest build and went back with genuine Kubota parts. Kubota parts aren’t cheap! I believe you’ll find a complete kit is in the $1400.00 range and you have to add machine work to that.

EGT are a touchy thing, they will climb to dangerous temps within seconds and fall back just as fast when you take your foot out of it. Sorry about your engine!!