My auto to ZF6 swap

[brooksfruge]

Glad to see this going along

Thanks bud

 

[brooksfruge]

swapped the pedals into my truck today

also installed the rear main seal, had a hell of a time getting the installer tool off after the seal was flush with the cover, dunno why

turns out the underdash harnesses are the same for those who are wondering

these are the four wires that plug into the clutch pedal position switch, i was able to find the matching colors in the bundle of wires within the underdash harness, any suggestions of a clean way to splice into these four wires?

 

[MorganY]

T-taps work well

 

[brooksfruge]

Guys with the manual trucks, can you take a pic of where the two cooler lines connect to at the front of the trucks?

On a side note this may be a stupid question but would it be possible to use the autos tranny cooler for the manual?

 

[Big Angry Hillbilly]

The manual trucks connect right to the radiator if I recall rightly but it has been awhile since I worked on one.

 

[B585Ford]

Give me a couple of hours and I will try to get a pic if nobody has sent one.

 

[B585Ford]

As you can see in the pics, I had almost no room in front of the truck to take some pics. Hopefully these will help. BTW you will see a canister... that is my old CCV mod. Now I dump to the atmosphere, but haven't gotten around to taking the canister back off.

If this isn't enough, let me know and I will try to take some more tomorrow.











The last picture is from under the bumper. I was holding the camera upside down.

 

[brooksfruge]

Thanks man that's perfect, guess the lines do go straight to the radiator lol

 

[brooksfruge]

made some progress today, clutch and starter are in

also ran into the first problem but i may have a solutuion...

the trans harness connectors from both trucks are different, the auto is the bigger one, plan is to leave about 3-4 inches of wire from the autos connector and cut the harness from the connector, then cut the connector off the manual trans harness and match each wire from the manual trans to the auto trans harness connector, they are all there i checked, idk if it will work but i would think it would

pic of the different harnesses

 

[powerstroked08]

I thought i was awefully determined when i was looking for my truck to have a manual, but your going through quite a bit to have what you want as well! I can only imagine how much beer this project has required!int:

 

[brooksfruge]

Can any of the manual guys post pics of the shock tower on their trucks where the trans wiring harness plugs in, should be three connectors there, thanks in advance

 

[BFT]

What do you need to know? From in the engine bay or the wheel well

 

[brooksfruge]

Engine bay, wanted to see what the 3 connectors on the shock tower looked like on the manuals

 

[BFT]

That's as good as I can get till tomorrow.

 

[MorganY]

thanks BFT, he had to make sure the manual trucks used that rectangular style connector (under the master cylinder in your photo).

 

[brooksfruge]

Having trouble disconnecting the driver air bag module electrical connector and the horn switch electrical connector, in the middle of swapping steering columns and want to be careful on this part, any tricks to safely disconnect these two connectors?

 

[BFT]

Make sure the batteries are disconnected for 1. Look on the other end of the connector

 

[brooksfruge]

Make sure the batteries are disconnected for 1. Look on the other end of the connector

lol theyve been disconnected since i started the project, ill give it a shot

 

[MorganY]

Use your duster! Lol

 

[BFT]

Just make sure LOL
Looks like you can unclip the red one? I'm sure the other one is a pigtail of some sort