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Old 04-26-2011, 10:06 PM
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Motor swap.

Will a 90 and a 94 inline six be a direct swap? Don't even have the motor yet (if you are reading this stewy, I'm workin on it), but I want to make sure everything will basically be plug and play. Will have both wiring harness' in case that is an issue.
I'm gunna be lookin for a mazdog soon so if anyone has one
 
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Old 04-26-2011, 10:45 PM
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No hurry russo. The engine is out and complete including the harness,computer, rad,fan,shroud, starter,aiirbox,etc. The cab was off the truck so i just cut the frame off on either side of the engine mounts and left it complete. Saved the driveshaft, rear view mirror and horns like you asked too. oh and i lied to ya. i told you it had 50 k on it. The odometer actually said 55 k. sorry about that. but what's 5k on an I6? not much! And what's a mazdog?
 
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Old 04-26-2011, 10:48 PM
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Mazda M5OD transmission. No I don't want your 2wd one.
And I just found this.. https://www.f150online.com/forums/pr...wd-vs-2wd.html
It's a good thing I talked you out of the swap how long ago.. hahah
Funny stuff though.
 
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Old 04-26-2011, 10:54 PM
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That's why i bought the truck! I sold the trans. Made a few bucks on it so whatever. The problem with trying to sell an I-6 is that no one needs one because they never break.
 
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Old 04-26-2011, 10:58 PM
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Mine still isn't broke and do I ever beat on that thing.
Ran it straight to six grand after school today to hear those cold start cracks hahah.
New motor is getting built and babied.
 
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Old 04-26-2011, 11:03 PM
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While I'm here, and steve may chime in, Can I pull the A/C, all in one unit of course (even though I have the equipment I don't feel the need to attempt a discharge) Without affecting anything else, air/heat wise?
Better yet, if stewy hasn't annihilated the parts truck can I just drop that A/C stuff in.
Edit for coming up with more dumb questions.
If the A/C is drained, could the pump then be used as a idler pulley I guess you could call it, meaning would it do the same as a delete pulley or would something go wrong there
 

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Old 04-27-2011, 09:56 PM
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When I evacuated the a/c it still had a full charge in it. But if I'm not mistaken your 1990 has an R-12 system. And I snapped off the lines going into the condenser soo.. roll down your windows. I did read one of Steve's posts recently about getting the system out without evacuating it. Unfortunately that's not the way I went about it.
 
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Old 04-27-2011, 10:26 PM
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Mine is R12 unfortunately, Vent windows are boss anyway.
 
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Old 04-27-2011, 10:53 PM
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Until they catch a bee and fire it up your shirt sleeve where you can't get at it. That's not boss. Ask me how I know.
 
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Old 04-27-2011, 10:56 PM
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How do you know? I was cruisin around last summer with em spun the whole way and some kid asked me if I broke my windows.. Kids now a days just don't know the cool features these old trucks had.
 
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Old 04-27-2011, 11:01 PM
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RT.28 is the main artery in and out of Pittsburgh from the north. Last summer I had to pull over freaking out like a mental patient get out and yank off my shirt to get the angry bee out. Sure it looked awesome.
 
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Come on. Someone. Anyone. I was just told on a different forum that I will need the computer from the 94 as well..
 



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