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Posted: Fri Mar 02, 2007 12:52 pm 
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hey all (again)
the other post i made (zl into zj) talks about the interior this one is for what i wanna do with the motor from the zl..

the ltd has numbers matching motor in it atm, but the motor is pretty sad, and in need of a little love (ie money) to bring it back to greatness. i was thinking until such time of loving money becomes avail, to pull the zl motor out and drop it into the FD LTD

i know that the zl's ran a slightly different computer in them right? EEC-IV verses the FD Bosche K-Tronic?
can i swap the motor, and the computer as well?
i have a complete car to be able to raid for parts if need be.

oh - the FD is EFI allready if that is any help to yaz?

cheers for your thoughts and advice guys and gals :)

 

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Posted: Sun Mar 04, 2007 12:30 pm 
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bump!

any ideas please people?

 

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Posted: Sun Mar 04, 2007 6:53 pm 
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easyest just swap the loom and everything over i reckon, if uve already swaped the whole interior over should just be straight swap, im not sure on the ZJ but i would think that the ZL motor would go straigtht in, dont quote me on this though
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Posted: Thu Mar 08, 2007 8:50 pm 
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it'll drop straight in but you WILL need to change the computer & loom over as the XF's had one less pin on the AFM, Different TPS and some of the later ones even had a knock sensor

 

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Posted: Sat Mar 24, 2007 11:01 pm 
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84_Fairlane wrote:
it'll drop straight in but you WILL need to change the computer & loom over as the XF's had one less pin on the AFM, Different TPS and some of the later ones even had a knock sensor


cheers mate for the info
i thought that the unleaded xfs where the ones to score the knock sensors tho?
I have the complete ZL at my disposal, so i can raid it as required till it works right.
this is just tempory tho, until i get the funds together to rebuilt the original matching numbers motor - so i can drive it around and enjoy the LTD luxury for a while... then itl get a complete rebuilt into better than factory condition resto :D
Much money, time and work to go into this project im sure!

 

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Posted: Sun Mar 25, 2007 11:15 am 
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zk wrote:
84_Fairlane wrote:
it'll drop straight in but you WILL need to change the computer & loom over as the XF's had one less pin on the AFM, Different TPS and some of the later ones even had a knock sensor


cheers mate for the info
i thought that the unleaded xfs where the ones to score the knock sensors tho?
I have the complete ZL at my disposal, so i can raid it as required till it works right.
this is just tempory tho, until i get the funds together to rebuilt the original matching numbers motor - so i can drive it around and enjoy the LTD luxury for a while... then itl get a complete rebuilt into better than factory condition resto :D
Much money, time and work to go into this project im sure!


Yea the unleaded ones had the knock sensor, i wasent sure if ur ZL was leaded or unleaded so i wrote it

 

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Posted: Sun Mar 25, 2007 9:23 pm 
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Just use the bottom end...

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Posted: Sun Mar 25, 2007 10:19 pm 
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jaikai wrote:
Just use the bottom end...

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that idea did cross my mind, but the block is what has the engine number stamped onto, and i have a matching numbers block.

the head on the original motor is in a word... pretty much f**k - which might be something simple like a head gasket, but im not holding my breath on that one as there is oil in the coolant / coolant in the oil - lovely choc milk colour im sure... lol
(i topped the coolant up yesturday, and the radiator took at least 5L of water, and when running the car, i get a lot of steam outa the exhuast...)

so for the time being until i get my a*** into gear to get the original rebuilt, im gunna need to use this motor outa the ZL to drive the FD

 

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Posted: Tue Mar 27, 2007 8:46 am 
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More than likely just a head gasket, if you lift the head and the bores look good, the pistons don`t move around too much, maybe just put a new gasket on or use the other head, the other one will most likely be an E2 as well, better design

My wagon was using water for a long time, ended up running like a turd, all the symptoms of a head gasket...although only just- turned out the head was rooted, been getting chewed up back near No6 and aint worth the effort, the bottom end would be good for another couple hundred thousand with a new chain...either way, a fresh rebuild came along for the right price, I grabbed it and away I went, still got that bottom end too...

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Posted: Sat Mar 31, 2007 11:16 pm 
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Should fit no problem. Runs a different computer, but if you have got all of that, should be a direct swap.

 

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