4.0L ohv to 4.0L sohc
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4.0L ohv to 4.0L sohc
Alright I have been planning this for a little while now lol and now finally it has come to be. I had a 98 ohv with 167,000 on it, it lived up to its reputation as expected. It ran great, and had great down low torque and all it needed was a lifters and a rear main seal. The lifters tapped and it leaked a decent amount of oil, didnt burn any oil and got decent gas mileage.
I had followed this motor in a junkyard in North Dokota to see if anyone bought it for a year and a half and I got lucky because no-one did. So I saved up enough money to buy it and I bought a 03 4.0L sohc along with the transmission and t-case along with a front and rear drive shafts (all with 1700 miles). We as in my dad and I, got all the engine wiring and computer along with the key because of the pats system. Also we put in a new steering rack as it was making some noise. We have already started to do the motor swap and have gotten to the point of wiring it in. When we put the motor in we kept it bolted to the transmission and put it in as a whole unit. I have taken a couple of pictures of this to post up for you guys because I know you guys love pictures of things. :)
This is the old motor and transmission.
This is the new motor and transmission.
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This is when the motor was out and there was just simply nothing in there. lol
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That is the new steering rack that we put in.
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And ofcourse we gotta have a picture of the faithful engine hoist.
I had followed this motor in a junkyard in North Dokota to see if anyone bought it for a year and a half and I got lucky because no-one did. So I saved up enough money to buy it and I bought a 03 4.0L sohc along with the transmission and t-case along with a front and rear drive shafts (all with 1700 miles). We as in my dad and I, got all the engine wiring and computer along with the key because of the pats system. Also we put in a new steering rack as it was making some noise. We have already started to do the motor swap and have gotten to the point of wiring it in. When we put the motor in we kept it bolted to the transmission and put it in as a whole unit. I have taken a couple of pictures of this to post up for you guys because I know you guys love pictures of things. :)
This is the old motor and transmission.
This is the new motor and transmission.
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This is when the motor was out and there was just simply nothing in there. lol
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That is the new steering rack that we put in.
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And ofcourse we gotta have a picture of the faithful engine hoist.
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youre right about the ohv having better low end, but i would NEVER trade my SOHC for the OHV ever! ive had both and the SOHC is so much more powerful. this is a cool swap i think
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Yeah I know of that problem and the motor is already in and I dont really plan on pulling it out again, but anyway I bolted up the t-case and I tried to bolt up the old rear driveshaft to the new t-case and on the bolt up for the driveshaft to connect to it the t-case are spread out farther than on the old t-case. Does anyone know why ford did this lol? The entire drivetrain is pretty much the same on all rangers, why this small and subtle change on the t-case? It doesnt make any sense!!
The bolt holes on the yoke(i think its called) to the t-case are spread farther out then on the older one.
The engine sitting in the truck.
And as you can see the new 03 front driveshaft bolts right in with no worries.
The bolt holes on the yoke(i think its called) to the t-case are spread farther out then on the older one.
The engine sitting in the truck.
And as you can see the new 03 front driveshaft bolts right in with no worries.
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