How many miles do you have the swap? I plan to pickup a good ford and swap my current motor, I've seen some 08+ ford's on fb without a motor or a blown motor for 5-6k down in Texas. What's the weak points on these truck? And is there some years that are better to swap than others?
I don't know about some better than others.
Mine had 203k when I pulled the engine.
I only made two repairs to the truck in 50k, I replaced the plugs and coils, and I replaced 3 calipers and one rotor.
TRW calipers are trash.
As far as the swap, I'm not sure how much I have left yet.
The manual trans flash is a good idea.
That would leave me needing a clutch input?
I have a small hurdle I've been working on. I got the 6.4 radiator in finally. I forgot the radiator support inserts. That took a bit to get my hands on. I got the radiator in with the shrouds and fan installed. The 6.0 fan was way too small. I ordered the fan from a ram.it arrived this morning.
I ended up using an 05 ram transmission mount. That required opening up the slots I had made in the crossmember again because the 05 studs are closer together than the 96. The transfer case clears the cab floor now.
I had also gotten 3" charge air pipes for a 6.4 from a kid at work. There is no way in hell to get the top one past the magnesium core support brace. I'm going to look into making something that clears appropriately.
I also cut a Ford trans range selector and had it welded to the 47re range selector lever. I will go into more detail when I know it works.
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