wildmaninid Posted July 17, 2011 Author Report Share Posted July 17, 2011 Oh yea, I stripped that thing down. I have a complete running truck ka, and all the intake wiring brackets etc off of the 240, along with the cold air intake and maf.....should haveeverything I need . Quote Link to comment
Siqx20 Posted July 17, 2011 Report Share Posted July 17, 2011 Lookin good man! Love it! Quote Link to comment
Farmer Posted July 17, 2011 Report Share Posted July 17, 2011 I thought you need some custom motor mounts for a ka-e swap Larry Quote Link to comment
wildmaninid Posted July 17, 2011 Author Report Share Posted July 17, 2011 Just gotta do a little trimming and welding on the mounts from each engine, no worries Quote Link to comment
]2eDeYe Posted July 17, 2011 Report Share Posted July 17, 2011 Ah the Miller swap kit. :lol: Quote Link to comment
wildmaninid Posted July 17, 2011 Author Report Share Posted July 17, 2011 Yea, this is gonna be the lincoln version, but the idea is the same! Quote Link to comment
wildmaninid Posted July 20, 2011 Author Report Share Posted July 20, 2011 Hello again. This installment isn't necessarilly pertinent to the build of my truck, yet it is in a roundabout way. Just gonna put up some oics of fixing the green hardbody we got out of montana a couple weeks ago. Likw I said this truck is going to my dad, then I get his truck for my ka......so here are some oics from last night, putting the r and r'd head back on, and had the timing cover welded up where it rubbed through. So enjoy. Quote Link to comment
Jayden71 Posted July 22, 2011 Report Share Posted July 22, 2011 Ummmmmm, its been afew dayzz, wherez the OICX????? Quote Link to comment
wildmaninid Posted July 22, 2011 Author Report Share Posted July 22, 2011 Ok, been out driving the hardbody all over. Working out any bugs that pop up etc. Thing drives like a dream and is good to go for my dad. He is super excited to be getting a king cab. I will have some oics of the green hb done and oics of the white truck, which has my true engine! Stay tuned guyz Quote Link to comment
Wide14u Posted July 25, 2011 Report Share Posted July 25, 2011 i like this but i want a update 3 days and nothing are you sick or something Quote Link to comment
wildmaninid Posted July 25, 2011 Author Report Share Posted July 25, 2011 Nope not sick. All that's happening is I have been driving the green hardbody around, making sure all is well before my dad gets it. in a couple days I will begin pulling the engine trans out of my truck, painting the engine bay and core support, and installing the ka. The one going in is getting a new set of timing chain guides and an oil pump, in addition to the 240 intake manifold. Rest easy followers every day gettin us closer to moar oics Quote Link to comment
wildmaninid Posted July 25, 2011 Author Report Share Posted July 25, 2011 Ok well here are some oics of the new hardbody all together. So like i said that the PO said it blew a headgasket. Well the timing chain just rubbed through the timing cover, into the ater jacket and milked the oil. I had the timing cover welded up, head checked out, new timing chain and tension rail, head gasket/misc gaskets and I also completely stripped the inside and power washed everything, making the truck as new as possible! Sometime I will re shoot the paint on it for dad, bud for now he is ready to roll, so next I can decide wether I want to yank my motor out first, or part the hardbody first. Decisions, decisions. Enjoy the oics, keep the good comments coming and thanks for the support, this is a lot of work for one guy, so thank god I got divorced or this wouldn't be done until 2019 LOL Quote Link to comment
Jayden71 Posted July 26, 2011 Report Share Posted July 26, 2011 Yer such a good son, takin care of Pops and all..... :D Quote Link to comment
wildmaninid Posted July 27, 2011 Author Report Share Posted July 27, 2011 Well guys, today was another step forward. Of course I was hoping this would happen a week ago, but there were some time constraints on my part and could not get it done till now. Dad took his truck today!!!! We swapped over all of his belongings to his new truck, and he is ready to roll! SOOOOOOO, I now have the hardbody in my posession that will be my KA donor!! I am fuckin jazzed aboot this, and I have some oics!! Now in the next few days I will start pulling drivetrains! Dad in his new ride! off they go! THE NEW TRUCK!! So now let the fun begin!! 1 Quote Link to comment
Jayden71 Posted July 28, 2011 Report Share Posted July 28, 2011 Ummmm Dude.........Why does your Dad not do the Ratsun salute :blink: Good job though :D 1 Quote Link to comment
wildmaninid Posted July 28, 2011 Author Report Share Posted July 28, 2011 OLLZ!! yea i didnt even think aboot it.......i should have had him do it!! I am on my way to ka!! Quote Link to comment
Jayden71 Posted July 30, 2011 Report Share Posted July 30, 2011 How bout an update?? Those oics you lemme preview yesterday are not enough :D 1 Quote Link to comment
Jayden71 Posted July 31, 2011 Report Share Posted July 31, 2011 The title sez lotsa oics...... :blink: NEED MOAR OICS!!!!!!! unless you are too busy of course :lol: 1 Quote Link to comment
wildmaninid Posted August 1, 2011 Author Report Share Posted August 1, 2011 Well loyal followers, the updates have been few, because the work has been feverish.........Last wednesday the donor truck was officially mine, so the following oics and work have been since then. The first night (wed) I spent an hour disassembling the donor... So yea, this is about what an hour gets out of me~ So, this truck has 255K original mileage. The only work done was a timing chain kit at 195k. I was very amazed at the condition of the engine. However as I pulled the intake off, I noticed this, which could have spelled disaster....the washer for one of the wingnuts on the air cleaner made er down the tb and wedged tight into the intake port! A little flatter and a head job would have been needed. So thursday and friday were spent tearing down the block, mic'ing the engine and determining wear. All was within factory spec, so I ordered standard main and rod bearings, piston rings and also a tension side timing chain rail, headset, new oil pump (thanks for the gift dad!) In these next few oics, I paint the engine block and valve cover body color! So i will make another post moving on with the weekends events...... 2 Quote Link to comment
wildmaninid Posted August 1, 2011 Author Report Share Posted August 1, 2011 So next plan was to get the engine and trans out of the datsun! I went ahead and pulled the front clip off, so i dont scratch the nice paint, and facilitate clean up So now we get down to the nitty gritty of figureing out wtf will work with this swap, what i may need to change/buy etc. so first things first i compared trannys. So on the left is the original 77 5 speed. you can see that the hb trans is a touch shorter than the orig. However, in this situation, the tranny mount was almost an inch forward of the original. So we slotted the trans mount and the x-member to effectively slide the tranny back and forth while we get engine measurements for building mounts. I didnt get an oic of this saved, but I just used a die grinder to slot the holes. So with that done, I used the bare shortblock, no crank, to set in the engine bay so we can get started with the mounts. Here is the oic of the engine mounted in, with the new mounts made. I simply found a 1/4 piece of flat steel, set it on the front x-member below the oil pan. This gave me the appropriate clearance and heigth for the engine/mounts I found that the hb had slightly staggered mounts, so the left side had to be shifted back. I elongated all the mount holes where the mount bolts tothe rubber part for adjustment clearance 1 Quote Link to comment
wildmaninid Posted August 1, 2011 Author Report Share Posted August 1, 2011 So here is just an oic of the engine back on the stand........Put the pistons in and now doing main and rod bearings.. And here is about what she will look like all done! So a recycled oic, but the next step is to paint the engine bay. This is being worked on now, and I will have more updates later on! 1 Quote Link to comment
wildmaninid Posted August 2, 2011 Author Report Share Posted August 2, 2011 Well here we go, more ambition : more oics! Puttin a little color on the situation! This is the first base clear I have laid down on the body of the truck! Quote Link to comment
Farmer Posted August 2, 2011 Report Share Posted August 2, 2011 This thread is full of WIN. Larry 1 Quote Link to comment
wildmaninid Posted August 2, 2011 Author Report Share Posted August 2, 2011 Larry, thanks for that! I am a madman doing this....it would be even kewler if I had a t shirt with a longbox on it, lowered with 6 spoke titans well here id the finished (still wet lol) engine bay! Doing this thread has really kept me motivated to keep on the throttle with this truck. 1 Quote Link to comment
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