Thanks. I’ll be sure to keep posting the progress of the project. I’m very close to finishing and getting the engine started for the first time in its new home and I’ll make a short video of that event.
At the end of one of the video’s I mentioned having to stuff the original tachometer from the donor truck into an alternate case using an aftermarket tachometer. The reason I did this is the original tachometer is driven by the computer and uses a Ford proprietary protocol, so no aftermarket tachometers can be driven by it. The tachometer is extremely important as a diagnostic tool when/if issues happen with the engine. The computer determines engine timing based on a camshaft position sensor, which is also displayed to the tachometer. If engine starting issues occur, the first thing to check is movement of the tachometer while cranking the engine. I definitely wanted the original tachometer moved over, so that’s why I went through the effort to cleanly install it. Here are a couple pictures that walk through the steps I did to re-package it.
https://plus.google.com/u/0/photos?tab=wq#photos/115050180406101428512/albums/5995427543553044353
