So this week I finished my ZF6 swap in my truck. Always wanted to have a truck with a manual in it.
Because I live in Belgium its very hard to find a manual shifted truck. Most are automatics and I don't like the way the 4R100 shifts...
So after I collected al my parts I started with tearing the hole truck apart. Me and a friend did the swap in 2 days. Man! Not so easy as we tought after reading all the threads over ZF6 swaps
First things first. Cutting a big f*cking hole in my floor!!
So much room without the seats in!
Out with the old
In with the new. South bend ALL THE WAY!! :bowfast:
The problem with the brake pedal is that its to close to the clutch pedal. So a little bit later the cut-off wheel came by
Then I started with the floor hump. I didn't find a hump so instead I've build my own
Sealed every weld with silicone so moisture can't come in
After that I began on my F650 dash. I really wanted a automatic version because I wanted enough place for switches and two gauges. At this time I only use 5 switches for my compressor / work lights / back-up lights / heated mirrors and one of them is an ON/OFF/ON switch to change between my regular horn or my air horn. I can horn both with the horn on my steering wheel.
Also found a place to mount my knob for the Tony Wildman 6-postion chip!!!
The two gauges are for charging voltage and for air pressure.
That being said it was time to make some sort of an extension so that my shifter stick came backwards under the dash out.
After an hour or so I finally had the bracket that I needed so I could shift without hitting something on my dash or my center console.
Here you see the closest shift to my dash. It's in 3rd here
And here the closest to my center console, in 4th gear
Only problem I have now is that my shifter boot doesn't fit anymore. So I ordered a shifter boot from a '08 model. It's bigger and hopefully big enough that my bracket fits inside...
When I get it in I will post some pics of it.
Because I live in Belgium its very hard to find a manual shifted truck. Most are automatics and I don't like the way the 4R100 shifts...
So after I collected al my parts I started with tearing the hole truck apart. Me and a friend did the swap in 2 days. Man! Not so easy as we tought after reading all the threads over ZF6 swaps
First things first. Cutting a big f*cking hole in my floor!!
So much room without the seats in!
Out with the old
In with the new. South bend ALL THE WAY!! :bowfast:
The problem with the brake pedal is that its to close to the clutch pedal. So a little bit later the cut-off wheel came by
Then I started with the floor hump. I didn't find a hump so instead I've build my own
Sealed every weld with silicone so moisture can't come in
After that I began on my F650 dash. I really wanted a automatic version because I wanted enough place for switches and two gauges. At this time I only use 5 switches for my compressor / work lights / back-up lights / heated mirrors and one of them is an ON/OFF/ON switch to change between my regular horn or my air horn. I can horn both with the horn on my steering wheel.
Also found a place to mount my knob for the Tony Wildman 6-postion chip!!!
The two gauges are for charging voltage and for air pressure.
That being said it was time to make some sort of an extension so that my shifter stick came backwards under the dash out.
After an hour or so I finally had the bracket that I needed so I could shift without hitting something on my dash or my center console.
Here you see the closest shift to my dash. It's in 3rd here
And here the closest to my center console, in 4th gear
Only problem I have now is that my shifter boot doesn't fit anymore. So I ordered a shifter boot from a '08 model. It's bigger and hopefully big enough that my bracket fits inside...
When I get it in I will post some pics of it.