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2000 Ford Excursion Limited
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First time starting in over two years!
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this is my $300 truck I picked up when I went to deliver a Fairmont Z7. it 1986 F150 with 351W H.O/C6. the engine compartment was not touch be the fire.
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see all those rubber hose's are still in good shape.
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this what 351W H.O looks like after I pulled it from the truck
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this what 351W H.O looks like after I pulled it from the truck. NO FIRE DAMGE but it did have intake bolt broken and leaking coolant
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I had to pull the complete intake system and swap out the truck pan for fox body pan/pick up tube. so the block got painted.
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with the new pan on but have block one of the two dip stick holes.

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by midnight,I have the new pickup tube. clean the bottom end and install the fox 351W oil pan on. the engine off the stand & tranny hooked back up to the block. clean shop bay and push the wagon in.
at 12:30 pm(this photo) installing complete engine...
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open wide
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she in.
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wish i could find a B&M blower? lol
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Indexing the bellhousing. This is the second try; the first try with the stock dowels had it about 9 thousandths out of alignment. Tremec's spec is less than 5 thousandths so I ordered a set of 7 thousandths offset dowels. Now it's only 1.5 thousandt...
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Flywheel, pilot bearing, clutch disc, and pressure plate all installed. That's a Spec pressure plate and Centerforce Dual-Friction disc. I ordered them from promotionpowertrain.com
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Tremec TKO II, used but fresh of a rebuild from Liberty Gear.
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Hole cut in the trans tunnel. It got cut out a little more after this and I need to find a shifter boot but it comes out in a good place. Shifter doesn't hit the seats!
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I put a level line on the engine before taking out the AOD shell I had bolted to the trans. The TKO uses the same bolt pattern for the mount as the AOD but the mounting pad is about 5/8" higher. I made a spacer out of 5/8" aluminum. It's ju...
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Trans bolted down with the spacer installed. The top of the trans just touched the floor pan. I later pulled the trans and hammered a couple divots for clearance.
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The stock driveshaft was a little too long for the TKO but it turns out that the later model police Crown Vics used an aluminum shaft that was a bit shorter. It took a couple conversion u-joints to adapt the bigger joints on the aluminum shaft to my ...
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I needed to space the clutch cable out from the firewall a bit and adjust the angle to eliminate wear on the cable sheath. I started by cutting and shaping a couple plates of 1/4" steel to sandwich the firewall. Paper design, cardboard cut out, ...
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Bare blank plates mocked up to the firewall. Had to shape them to fit over a flat spot but it all worked out.
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It's a compound angle to get the flange flat and straight along the centerline of the opening in the firewall and the top of the quadrant. I made a wood block with the right angle. Drilling the 1/4" pilot was no problem. I drilled the hole on th...
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Boring the larger hole. Keeping the saw cutting without too much chatter or sticking was a challenge. It took some serious clamps to keep the plate still.
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Finished piece. Welded nuts to the inside plate. Welded nuts to the pipe to hold down the firewall adjuster. I like it.
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Blurry but the wire goes straight through the center of the firewall adjuster and to the top of the adjuster.
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Cable installed. Blurry. It was cold and dark at this point.
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Everything installed. It works fine.
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Better shot.
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Had to hammer a divot in the crossmember to clear the cast torque arm mounts on the extension housing. The crossmember is 1/8" thick so it took a bit of heat and a big hammer to get that much deformation. I painted it to keep out the rust.
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I needed a place to put two radiator fan switches and the return water from the water-cooled turbos. I had some 1.25 in x 1.5 in aluminum stock lying around and I have the right tools. Here I'm just laying out the design.
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Drilling a straight hole through 6 inches of aluminum when your drill press only has a 2 inch stroke is challenging but possible. Here the 3/8 inch pilot is drilled. I had to drill it from each end. The two holes were only off by a few thousandths in...
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3/8 inch pilot drilled out to 3/4 inch. Still straight enough. It took a lot of stepping up drill bits to get here. Clearing chips from 3 inches down the hole is a chore.
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All the holes drilled. Just about to start tapping.
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Starting the tap. Long extension and socket make it easy to keep the tap straight when starting.
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I put 3/8 NPT tapped holes opposite the 1/2 NPT holes for the fan switches in case I ever need to use different temperature fan switches. 3/8 inch switches are more common.
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I rerouted the fuel line through the front crossmember but it turned out that the new route was closer to the exhaust than I like so i made this quick aluminum heat shield / bracket.
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The wire harness for the Taurus electric fan. That's a Saab relay block. It holds two relays and four fuses; perfect for a two speed fan installation.
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