1995 F350 7.3 into a 1996.5 F350

jumpmaster54

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Hello. New to this forum. seems like a lot of great Ford people.

SO I have a 1995 F350 CCLWB Auto 4x4. It has been beaten up by many Wisconsin Winters. I decided to swap the drive train into a 1996 manual truck but keep the auto as the 1996 had no drive train. It turns out the 1996 was a 1996.5. I am having issues getting everything dialed in. Door says manufactured 1996 and month 6. So would this make it a 1997?

I have it all hooked up but have no throttle response. The check engine light on. I hook a reader to it and it reads data link connection problem.

There is a wire gray with red stripe on the 95 engine is believe to be a 5 volt wire to the sensors, when it gets battery voltage of 13 volts and starts to smoke and melt wire. I have to cut wire in half to make idle. If they touch engine dies instantly. I have heard they reversed 2 wired from 1995 to 1997 but cannot find which wires. Please help. Been fighting this issue for months and I miss my truck.
 
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