Keith Browning Posted August 26, 2006 Share Posted August 26, 2006 Damn the luck. Just when you get all the iron and the headaches done somebody goes and severely overheats a diesel van. Melted oil stand pipe, metal in oil filter housing, oil smells NASTY /forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/eek.gif and only 150 miles on the clock. I found the lower radiator hose had folded under along the bottom edge and was caught under the clamp area. The result was coolant spraying under pressure every time the engine torqued. I guess now I get to learn raising a van body off the frame. At least it's a stripped cargo van! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith Browning Posted August 28, 2006 Author Share Posted August 28, 2006 It's official, a line engine was approved and has been ordered. Anyone lift a van body before? Any advice or hidden things to look out for? Maybe I should document this one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ErickBaker Posted August 28, 2006 Share Posted August 28, 2006 I'm currently in the process of doing my first 6.0L in a van. It's really not that bad, mine is a cutaway so I couldn't lift the cab. I had to take the line engine apart before I could put it in though. The worst part of the job is my advisor won't leave me alone long enough to finish it and the diesels and transmissions are stacking up. Mine was severly overheated as well with only 16K on it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eastendpowerstroke Posted August 29, 2006 Share Posted August 29, 2006 Keith if you can get the body up about 8 inches it will come out the front with just the oil pan and mounts removed. If your gonna lift the body please document it as I haven't had the chance to do a "cargo van" only miserable freaking pain in the ass horrible (add your own adjectives here) school buses. God I hate school buses,hideous yellow death traps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith Browning Posted August 31, 2006 Author Share Posted August 31, 2006 /forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/rockon.gif I raised the van completely off the frame this morning and it was really easy. It took me a little longer because I had to determine what needed to be disconnected. Keep in mind that this is a stripped cargo van with no rear seats or trim. Only a plastic mat had to raised to access the body mount bolts. Who cares about beating the book time (like that could happen with a DIESEL VAN) I'm liking the fact that this engine swap won't be aggravating or piss me off and take weeks to complete. Anyway, I thought I would report that it can be done and it is worth the effort. Should I document the process? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruce Amacker Posted August 31, 2006 Share Posted August 31, 2006 Should I document the process? YES! /forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/thumbup.gif Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ErickBaker Posted August 31, 2006 Share Posted August 31, 2006 I was finishing mine up this morning. All I had left was putting the grill and headlights in. Decided to fill it with coolant and p/s fluid and run it when I noticed coolant running out the bottom of the radiator. /forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/banghead.gif Well I guess we know why it run hot now. I guess thats just par for the course with these damn trucks. I guess I'll go pull the engine out of the F-250 in the yard that needs a bed plate. /forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/shrug.gif Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith Browning Posted September 1, 2006 Author Share Posted September 1, 2006 Seeing is believing, I removed far fewer parts than when I do the same thing to a Super Duty. This was also a lot cleaner and neater but it is much tighter so getting everything back on right and tucked in securely is very important. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mekanik Posted September 1, 2006 Share Posted September 1, 2006 Your lucky this wasn't the typical cargo van with the homemade shelves, divider, ladder rack, and the entire cab and back of the van filled with heavy, dirty, smelly, oilly crap. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LARRY BRUDZYNSKI Posted September 1, 2006 Share Posted September 1, 2006 No license plate on the van this thing must have just been delivered. Could this be another case of lot rot? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith Browning Posted September 1, 2006 Author Share Posted September 1, 2006 Our dealer had this van drop shipped at Quigley to have a 4X4 system installed and was waiting it's turn when we sold it to someone that wanted it as is. (or was) So we sent a driver to go get it and it over heated. It never made it to the dealer where the PDI was to be performed. The van is sold and was to be delivered that evening. Hey, now would be a great time to apply undercoating! /forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/smirk.gif Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joey Kaylor Posted September 2, 2006 Share Posted September 2, 2006 glad i aint the only one dealing with van body removals. we have averaged one GM van a month from the local telephone company that gets an engine. the one in the bay right now has locked up tighter than dicks hatband, and its a quigley conversion also. one good thing: GM runs their body bolts in from the bottom /forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/smile.gif none of that removing carpet and crap. i still dont understand why ford did that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LARRY BRUDZYNSKI Posted September 2, 2006 Share Posted September 2, 2006 Ford did that because they have more blow-dick engineers that don't think about having to service these trucks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HGM Posted September 4, 2006 Share Posted September 4, 2006 glad i aint the only one dealing with van body removals. we have averaged one GM van a month from the local telephone company that gets an engine. the one in the bay right now has locked up tighter than dicks hatband, and its a quigley conversion also. Hey, thats refreshing....... What engines and causes?? Dont mean to hijack, but its nice to hear its not just a Ford thing.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joey Kaylor Posted September 4, 2006 Share Posted September 4, 2006 well, we have been doing an assload of 5.7's. mainly due to ringlands breaking or collapsing due to them idling all the time (they run a big ass inverter to run their tools with, let the trucks sit and idle all day long when they aint moving) two have been due to oil consumption, one is locked down (thats the one i snatched the body off of this morning) and one was in an AWD astro that had a close encounter of the 76th kind (thats a rock to oil pan, if you havent ever heard of it) i had my young tech on the last one (a quigley) and he had the body off of it in about two hours, and he had never done one before. the one this morning took about 45 minutes, and that was including having to deal with the shifter and other crap that we normally dont have to deal with. they are so fucking nice! about 12 or so body bolts, all got from under the truck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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