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SILVER Star
Long story very short: my 205,000 mile 1995 1FZFE is a leaking mess. The HG needs to be done sooner than later, it's burning/leaking a quart of oil in about 5-600 miles, the oil pans need resealing, the power steering pump is leaking, the oil pump cover leaks, the distributor o-ring leaks, it has the original everything, nearly every hose needs to be replaced... You get the idea.
I've been going back and forth on just doing all the jobs one by one with the engine in the truck versus pulling the motor and doing all the work on an engine stand. Only real problem with that is I'd still have a 205K mile engine going back in and there would be a few weeks of downtime.
There is a guy locally that has a complete 70K mile 1FZFE out of a 1996 80 that supposedly ran great when removed. I'm thinking that might be a better solution. I'm looking at buying that motor, doing the HG as PM before it goes in and swapping it out with my 1995 205K motor.
My 80 does have the OBDII plug inside the cab. Any issues swapping these out? I've been searching for days, and it sounds pretty straightforward. Most of the threads are focused on the differences between the 93-94 and the 95-97 engines. Anything going to bite me in the butt when I attempt this swap?
I've been going back and forth on just doing all the jobs one by one with the engine in the truck versus pulling the motor and doing all the work on an engine stand. Only real problem with that is I'd still have a 205K mile engine going back in and there would be a few weeks of downtime.
There is a guy locally that has a complete 70K mile 1FZFE out of a 1996 80 that supposedly ran great when removed. I'm thinking that might be a better solution. I'm looking at buying that motor, doing the HG as PM before it goes in and swapping it out with my 1995 205K motor.
My 80 does have the OBDII plug inside the cab. Any issues swapping these out? I've been searching for days, and it sounds pretty straightforward. Most of the threads are focused on the differences between the 93-94 and the 95-97 engines. Anything going to bite me in the butt when I attempt this swap?