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strip the 4.0 down to the lower intake, remove the fan, radiator, and both accessory brackets, hoses, lines, and wires
Work your way around the engine and make sure nothing is still attached to it, fuel line, ground strap, power steering hoses, etc
drain all fluids
Remove the 4 nuts holding the engine down
Then put the truck up as HIGH AS YOU CAN GET IT
The more space you have underneath the easier it is to work
remove the trans pan and let it drain, when its mostly drained put the pan back on
Drain the t case
remove the front and rear d shafts
Remove/cut the Y pipe out of the way
Cut the exhaust or unbolt it
Put a jack under the t case and remove the transmission mount and entire transmission crossmember
Now let the t case hang down
With the x member removed you can now easily get the 5 transfer case bolts
drop t case
with transmission hanging there remove the starter and trans lines, remove shift cable and trans wiring
Now you are ready to pull the engine and trans together
Takes about 4-5 hours working by myself
NO torch! He is planning to re use the truck LOL
Are you planning to keep the old 4.0 and trans or sell or? If its junk then you can save alot of time by cutting some things like the heater hoses, fuel line, etc but cut them on the engine side........
YOu want to keep the engine around to pick parts off of until your conversion is DONE ....trust me on this
Good news! I stopped by my old boss's place and he said I can use a lift and his huge snap on tool box!!
The 4.0 runs good, just the driver side head gasket (last I checked) is weeping coolant. Not into the oil or anything. Not even 30k miles ago I got all new motor-craft timing chain tensioners, Tstat housing, rad hoses, coolant!
Hell it still has plenty of power to ROAST the right rear tire off the truck. And I'm not scared to drive it a hour away from home with my 6x12 hooked to the truck. The trans/transfer case are still working beautifully. The trans always been serviced, had a huge cooler on it since I got the truck. The transfer case got its normal fluid changes.
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1989 foxbody 347 stroker t5 trans