ok, sorry for the wait. we have had a few rush jobs come through the shop and other problems with the swap. before i turned the engine over with the starter i decided to hand crank it just to be sure it was all turning freely, the bad part is there was no turning it. so we pulled the trans out and found that some parts of the bell housing were rubbing on the pressure plate. so i have inserted some pics of exactly where to grind and just a heads up these damn zf6's are a pain in the *** to get in and out. NOT VERY WELL BALANCED. i got some of the wiring done and had the drive shaft shortened 2". installed all the gages. got the inter cooler plumbed, made and installed the GO pedal bracket and working on getting the freakin clutch fan off. who ever the hell invented the clutch fan should be shot with salt rock and then tied to a post for the barn rats. the last one i had to take off was on my old f350 i eventually said screw it and used the torch to cut the nut in half!!! ENJOY THE PICS

 

here are some more pix of the pedal bracket in the making for future reference.i also cleaned up the ZF6 while it was out. and from what i have found out the mass air flow sensor plug from a 6.0 is supposed to be what you need for the pig tail for the pedal. hope that helps someone!

funny story,

we ordered a new throw out bearing fork for the trans since it looked a little worn last saturday it was supposed to be hear monday and didnt show up. so i called ford and they said the truck that was bringing it was broke down on the side of the road and it wouldnt be hear till later in the week. being a smart *** i had to ask if it was a FORD!!!!!!! the reply i got was a phone being hung up LMFAO

 

Nice job on that bracket. Good welding

 

thanks, i aught to be able to lay a good bead, been doing it for 12 years!



I was able to tie the exhaust in today, finish the inter cooler plumbing, make a cover for the fan shroud so it looks good and you dont loose any fingers, ill finish it in the morning. made alot of progress on the whole thing. i had fan clearance issues when i started today and i remedied them by taking a 1/4 inch off of the dowel that is in the rubber inter cooler bushing for the mounting location on the core support. and drilling wholes in the radiator support brackets about a 1/16th in front of the factory ones. ill have pix of that 2mro. its really looking good and getting close to a start up vid. i have added up the down time from parts delays and it ended up being 2 weeks waiting for the clutch from south bend, by no fault of them, its the start of pulling season and they had a whole bunch of clutches in to get rebuilt. and a week waiting for the throw out bearing fork from ford. so thats a total of 3 WEEKS OF DELAYS!!! so keep that kind of stuff in mind guys when you start a swap like this IT NEVER GOES AS PLANNED.......

i installed a small button from a machine that we rebuilt for the grid heater, it will be wired to a ford starter solenoid so it can get the required juice to work. simple operation, push and hold for 10-15 seconds and hope it starts! a lot of people delete them and some for good reason. high horse power or live in a warmer climate. for us it needs one to reliably start in any part of the country. the little amount of restriction is minimal considering that ive seen in the 800hp range with a stock intake elbow. which restricts more air than any thing in the system. so with the cfm+ it should flow just fine. but if your just going to delete it to make it flow better, know the consequences good or bad. cold raw fuel, ice cold engine and cold air are murder on everything.

my advice for future swaps is read, read, read, ask questions, and book mark as many threads as possible.

 

Only 3 weeks of delays, sounds like your right on schedule for a conversion. Looks like your almost ready to fire that bad boy up

 

getting closer. almost finished the odb2 plug today. installed the transfer case and aux trans mad a bracket to move the carrier bearing back 2 inches. stuck the shifter back in and buttoned up a few other things. IT WILL BE RUNNING BY SAT if i can help it cause i wont be worth a **** monday, cause its Purim sat. for those of you that dont know, its a jewish holiday that requires you to get **** faced. My personal favorite of them all!

Shalom!

 

Stay safe

 

will do!

so i got the thing wired, fuel bled, and turned it over but waiting on fuel pedal pig tail so it can start and run. fabbed up a bracket to mount the 6.0 coolant res on the fire wall ill have a few pix up in a bit

 

here she is, eat your heart out boys!

YouTube - Crown electric cummins first start

 

love it!