ho converion help

Reply #15 – March 23, 2007, 03:41:52 PM

If the rear sump is dented then more than likely it is shoved up against the pickup.

ho converion help

Reply #16 – March 27, 2007, 03:55:24 PM

I hope that's all there is causing the low oil pressure, but the engine has 178k miles, and at least 80k were very hard driven, so I'm going to assume the worst, but it still ran. I'm just going to change the pickup tube, and try to pound out the bottom of the pan a bit.

The manifold assembly came today... the throttle body is DEFINATELY wider, and the EGR port in the upper manifold was already blocked off, with something that looks and feels like hardened red clay, or some type of cement... a bit of work done for me! It's got a different connector on the TPS, so I'll have to find a wiring harness for that part, and the trotttle bypass valve is the same way. Looks like it'll fit though.

The guy I bought it from said he thinks he pulled if off a '93 T-bird, but it's not the mass-air system, and it looks a lot like the manifolds from the Explorers. It'll bolt up, and it looks like the existing throttle cables are long enough to reach the throttle. So... so far just gotta find some connectors, and measure the reisitance of the TPS on each throttle body to make sure they're electrically the same. Got the heads back from the machine shop, they didn't need to be resurfaced, showed no signs of warpage, and with new valve stem seals could have passed for almost new.