My auto to ZF6 swap

brooksfruge · Dec 3, 2012

Well never thought it would happen but myself and Morgan(Younger1993) are going to attempt a auto to ZF6 swap on my 6.4. Heres a pic of my truck we will be doing the work on:

Truck mods include studs, egr delete, airdog 2, frame mounted fuel cooler(needs to be installed), single turbo kit(from oneturboforme), s366(66/73/.91 w/ billet wheels from Matt), PMF traction blocks, stock fuel and tranny, gearhead tuned.

Donor truck is a 2008 F-250 standard that got rolled by the previous owner. I bought the cab, transmission, and related parts for 2k. Heres the pics:

Only parts left to purchase for swap is the rear main seal retainer and a clutch. Any questions, comments, concerns, or advice for the swap are welcome. Definitely have some questions for anyone familiar with the electrical/computer side of this swap.
Brooks

B585Ford · Dec 3, 2012

I don't have a clue that would help you with the electrical connections, but this is an awesome swap....it is always nice to get a new gear jammed!!!!! Welcome to the few, the proud...handshakers.

powerstroked08 · Dec 3, 2012

Yeah i second that! Welcome to the club :rockon: And keep us posted on the swap.

opcorn:

tensixniner · Dec 3, 2012

Nice project. You've got a lot of work ahead of you and that's a great deal for all those parts.

Get a short shifter, you'll love it.

Why not use the stock fuel cooler?

12stroker · Dec 3, 2012

Hey man let me know when y'all work on it I wouldnt mind helping out.

BFT · Dec 3, 2012

tensixniner said:
Nice project. You've got a lot of work ahead of you and that's a great deal for all those parts.

Get a short shifter, you'll love it.

Why not use the stock fuel cooler?

It'll look a little funky just hanging there with a single

TrailerHauler · Dec 3, 2012

I know that it's a pretty straight forward swap behind a 7.3. Being that this is still a ford, I would imagine that it won't be to bad. With the right parts everything should bolt up, and plug and play!
Make sure to update the thread, I would like to see how the swap goes for you! Good luck!

Ipkyss · Dec 3, 2012

Really good deal on the parts. Very interested to see how this comes out. I spent a lot of time digging for info and never found anything good. If I had found a deal like this a while back, it would have been a done deal. I actually never found anyone that actual made the swap.

dirtflinger92 · Dec 3, 2012

In for results and updates!

B585Ford · Dec 3, 2012

I doubt this will help, but DP mag had an article for one of the trucks they sponsored for SEMA (last year). It was a Dodge Cummins and they swapped a ZF6 in...but it was manual to start with so their problems with the swap were mainly due to space issues, not electrical.

brooksfruge · Dec 3, 2012

ill definitely keep everyone posted how the swap goes, being a college student, i gotta find time after finals to go pick up my parts in missouri(im in texas), my goal is to be done with the swap by January 1st!

brooksfruge · Dec 3, 2012

tensixniner said:
Nice project. You've got a lot of work ahead of you and that's a great deal for all those parts.

Get a short shifter, you'll love it.

Why not use the stock fuel cooler?

i believe midwest transmissions has a short shifter kit so ill probably pick that up soon, dont want to have to switch center consoles but might have to

brooksfruge · Dec 3, 2012

BFT said:
It'll look a little funky just hanging there with a single

^whs, back in august when i did the single, i decided to try to clean up the engine bay a bit and removed the stock fuel cooler and need to find time to mount the one i bought

brooksfruge · Dec 3, 2012

dodge_dbag said:
Hey man let me know when y'all work on it I wouldnt mind helping out.

will do buddy

LovinPSDs · Dec 4, 2012

In for updates... Ya'll pull this off and want to do it again we might need to talk!! My King Ranch with a manual would be so awesome

Good luck guys! This is awesome!

tensixniner · Dec 4, 2012

brooksfruge said:
i believe midwest transmissions has a short shifter kit so ill probably pick that up soon, dont want to have to switch center consoles but might have to

That's where I got mine from.

Have you picked a clutch yet?

brooksfruge · Dec 4, 2012

LovinPSDs said:
In for updates... Ya'll pull this off and want to do it again we might need to talk!! My King Ranch with a manual would be so awesome

Good luck guys! This is awesome!

Haha we will see how it goes, once we figure out how to successfully make the electronics/PCM work I'd be down for doing another one, right now we just don't know what to expect, but that's why I bought the whole cab for the swap

brooksfruge · Dec 4, 2012

tensixniner said:
That's where I got mine from.

Have you picked a clutch yet?

I was thinking a Valair dual disc because I have a buddy who gets good prices on their clutches, I guess only other option is sb

Black_Lightning91 · Dec 4, 2012

Didn't buy a manual trans ECM? I'm not sure on differences but I do recall there being two separate ECM's IIRC. I believe MPD ran into issues with their 4r swap because factory ECM wasn't communicating with the transmission. Not sure what can be done to get around this but I believe their fix was a ECM for a manual transmission truck.