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Message: [QUOTE="me2, post: 331788, member: 3825"] Swap Tactics or "Why isn't anything happening ?" I have a philosophy about doing a swap. I don't touch anything on the recipient truck until I have as much figured out as possible and some sort of a plan to deal with everything. Put another way, there isn't any use yanking the engine and transmission out of the truck until I have all my ducks in a row for making it run. So right now I'm still driving my 08 F350 daily. Its completely stock. I haven't touched a thing on it. And every day I am tackling some aspect of the swap. Taking measurements, figuring out wiring, ordering parts, making notes, designing things, etc. I keep a list and every time I come across something I don't know about the swap, I add it to the list. And every time I figure something out, I document it and cross it off the list. I know its time to yank the engine and actually do the swap when I can't think of anything more to ask questions about and I have answers and parts and designs to everything on my list. When is this going to happen ? I'm not sure. Hopefully in the next couple weeks. It depends on when I get all my questions answered, all the parts I need to do the swap and I run out of questions to ask. Is everything going to go as planned once the engine is pulled ? Absolutely not. But it will be one heck of a lot easier than if I start answering questions after the engine is pulled. Making up solutions on the fly to get the truck running again without enough forethought is not an efficient way (for me) to operate. I made these tactics up when I did the swap in my '99. It was a simpler swap and I still spent a couple months gathering parts, wiring information, measurements and confidence before I pulled the engine. 10 days later, I had a running truck and I haven't really touched it since. It went very well. One other thing I learned from my '99 swap is that once its done, you don't really want to go back and redo things. For example, the engine mounts aren't great on my '99 swap. I always said I was going to redo them, but I never have. So in some ways its better to do things right the first time rather than plan to go back and redo them later. I'm hoping for the same outcome with this swap, but due to the transmission and the truck its going into, there are a lot more details to attend to. And I'll be taking baby steps with the engine and transmission as I go. They aren't going to do everything I want from them all at once. So where exactly am I on the 08 swap ? I have a lot of things mostly figured out. A lot of this I have not yet mentioned in this thread. I'll do that as I go along. I'm still waiting for a few essential parts that should arrive here this week. And some decisions need to be made once those parts arrive. I need to get a bit more detail on quite a few things. I have a lot of questions answered at the 75% level, but not the 100% level. 75% = this needs to connect to this. 80% = I need 2 hoseclamps and a 24 inch piece of hose to connect these two things. 100% = I have the parts in hand, ready to install. And I need to look into a few concerns that have popped up recently, namely engine clearance in the engine compartment. So its going to be a while until you see an engine pulled in this thread. But if I write up the stuff that IS going on, you'll see what goes into planning my swap when it does happen. In the near future, I hope to see the following happen. - engine teardown, rods replaced, head frost plugs replaced, studs installed, reassembly and paint - mock up the twin turbo setup. I'll finalize it once the engine is installed - install the battery boxes on the frame and get power cables started for the 6.7 installation - install a dual filter fuel filtering setup. Check the capacity of the 6.4 low pressure fuel pump - perform extensive CAN message logging and deciphering on the F350 for all of the transmission control input output PIDs - perform some CAN message logging and deciphering on an 08 Dodge for a few essential Engine PIDs. - finish data logging transmission shift info from a 2011 F350 - test installation of the transmission controller into the F350, talking with the chassis on the CAN bus - install the engine wiring harness on the 6.7 and power it up - test communication of the transmission controller with the 6.7 CAN bus - connect the transmission controller up to the 6R140. Test that it interfaces properly to all the solenoids and sensors - test out the transfer case motor operation on the 6R140 TC. - verify the flex plate and starter geometry and sent out the CAD drawings for the adapter plate and various pieces That covers about 80% of the big stuff left to be done. As far as time goes, I've blocked off most of the next month or so to work exclusively on this project. Stay tuned, there is lots of fun ahead. [/QUOTE]