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You can order brand new mounts for a 5.0L explorer (they are like $35 a pair) and use those
Or you can keep the 3.0L mounts and drill one hole in the 5.0L engine plate and bolt it down
Both methods work well
The trans mount many have used a urethane mustang AOD mount with a little fab. My BII has a customized Autofab urethane 4.0 mount, most explorers I do I usually end up building some sort of urethane bushing trans mount to support the 4406 or at least replace the factory 5.0 unit with a new one to get by for a while
Every conversion has a different timeline, budget and end goal
There are a few other things to know like keep the ranger ac condenser, much better mounting then the 5.0 unit (its mounted to the radiator and sucks to deal with)
Change the power steering high pressure hose and cooler with the 5.0 stuff while engine is out
I like to delete some of the plumbing on the 5.0L water jacket and vacuum system to simplify things
You keep the ranger canister purge valve and Evac setup and simply plug it into 5.0 upper intake
Use the 3.0 water temp sensor for the dash, screws into 5.0 engine
Use 98-01 explorer exhaust manifolds or plan to spend some good $$$$ to make more power with some TM headers / conversion headers / custom exhaust job. 96-97.5 welded manifolds suck
98-01 5.0 is returnless fuel, same as your 98-01 ranger, fuel line plugs directly in
You will need to remove some clips to extend your C-115 42 pin wiring harness to reach the 5.0 C115 plug, it stretches over okay if you remove enough clips/mounts and re route a little
I also grab the lock cylinders from the donor explorer, so you can install them into your Ranger and have one key for ignition and doors...
Some simple things to know for the basic ranger conversion, otherwise 96-01 5.0 bolts into 98-01 ranger is emissions legain, 02-05 ranger still bolts in can be done if you don't have emissions, basically a bolt in affair. 06+ ranger gets a little more tricky interfacing with the truck but also drivetrain bolts into truck easily
Last edited on Tue Aug 7th, 2018 10:46 pm by 410customs
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