Dan Long
Well-Known Member
Well, due to work and various other projects around the house it took a lot longer than planned, but the 5.0 V8 swap is now officially complete in my 2001 Sport Trac! :banana: For anyone that missed the original thread regarding my plans for the swap, I used a 2000 Explorer XLT 2WD that was my daily driver and swapped the drivetrain into a 2001 Sport Trac 2wd (Job 2) that had a blown motor.
I just got back from having the A/C recharged and everything now works 100%, no check engine lights, and only a very knowledgeable car person would ever be able to tell that the truck didn't come from the factory this way. The truck runs great, and the 4.10 gears are a nice improvement over the 3.55 gears that were in the 2000 Explorer that I used as my donor. I had PATS turned off in my tune by Torrie, but I may pull the PATS components from the donor and wire them in eventually, but I'm not honestly sure it's worth dealing with.
As for the parts required for the swap, here's a list of what I used and/or modifications that were required:
1) Motor/transmission, all front drive accessories & their wiring harnesses
2) ECU
3) Rubber motor/trans mounts (I replaced with new parts while I was in there)
4) Transmission lines
5) Power steering cooler & lines (the ST cooler sits too high on the crossmember)
6) Heater & radiator hoses
7) Throttle cable
8) Cruise control module
9) Battery/alternator cable ends & fusible links from 4.0 were spliced onto 5.0 harness
10) ABS module
11) G-force sensor from a 4WD Explorer was wired into the ABS module for speedometer signal
12) Driveshaft from a 1998 F150 extended cab was shortened to 66.5" (center to center of u-joint), as the 4.0 shaft with the 5.0 slip yoke only engaged the output of the trans by about 2", original had about 3.5" of engagement
13) 5.0 exhaust downpipes
14) 42 pin connector harness above the engine was lengthened about 18" by cutting one from a junkyard truck and splicing it onto the end of the Sport Trac harness (LOTS of soldering!) as well as a few other wiring changes that I'll detail later
15) A/C lines
That's pretty much everything I can think of right now, and I'm working on putting together a spreadsheet of the wiring changes that I made, both for anyone who needs help and for my own reference later should there ever be a problem. I'm working on cleaning up the outside of the truck now, as it's been sitting for about 9 months, so I'll get some pictures up in the next few days once it's presentable and a few of the goodies that are on order are installed. :grin:
Also, now that the motor swap is done, I'll be starting in on the suspension and Prothane body mounts that arrived yesterday, as the body has 193,000 miles on it and the mounts are virtually non-existent. The 5.0 will also start getting some more work done, as it's mostly stock at the moment.
Oh, and last but definitely not least, a huge THANK YOU!! goes out to RangerSVT for all of the documentation he's done on the various forums of his V8 swaps, and for a few items he helped me out with on mine! :haveabeer:
I just got back from having the A/C recharged and everything now works 100%, no check engine lights, and only a very knowledgeable car person would ever be able to tell that the truck didn't come from the factory this way. The truck runs great, and the 4.10 gears are a nice improvement over the 3.55 gears that were in the 2000 Explorer that I used as my donor. I had PATS turned off in my tune by Torrie, but I may pull the PATS components from the donor and wire them in eventually, but I'm not honestly sure it's worth dealing with.
As for the parts required for the swap, here's a list of what I used and/or modifications that were required:
1) Motor/transmission, all front drive accessories & their wiring harnesses
2) ECU
3) Rubber motor/trans mounts (I replaced with new parts while I was in there)
4) Transmission lines
5) Power steering cooler & lines (the ST cooler sits too high on the crossmember)
6) Heater & radiator hoses
7) Throttle cable
8) Cruise control module
9) Battery/alternator cable ends & fusible links from 4.0 were spliced onto 5.0 harness
10) ABS module
11) G-force sensor from a 4WD Explorer was wired into the ABS module for speedometer signal
12) Driveshaft from a 1998 F150 extended cab was shortened to 66.5" (center to center of u-joint), as the 4.0 shaft with the 5.0 slip yoke only engaged the output of the trans by about 2", original had about 3.5" of engagement
13) 5.0 exhaust downpipes
14) 42 pin connector harness above the engine was lengthened about 18" by cutting one from a junkyard truck and splicing it onto the end of the Sport Trac harness (LOTS of soldering!) as well as a few other wiring changes that I'll detail later
15) A/C lines
That's pretty much everything I can think of right now, and I'm working on putting together a spreadsheet of the wiring changes that I made, both for anyone who needs help and for my own reference later should there ever be a problem. I'm working on cleaning up the outside of the truck now, as it's been sitting for about 9 months, so I'll get some pictures up in the next few days once it's presentable and a few of the goodies that are on order are installed. :grin:
Also, now that the motor swap is done, I'll be starting in on the suspension and Prothane body mounts that arrived yesterday, as the body has 193,000 miles on it and the mounts are virtually non-existent. The 5.0 will also start getting some more work done, as it's mostly stock at the moment.
Oh, and last but definitely not least, a huge THANK YOU!! goes out to RangerSVT for all of the documentation he's done on the various forums of his V8 swaps, and for a few items he helped me out with on mine! :haveabeer:
