You all are probably wondering why this thread is titled the way it is but I have a good reason!

I went for a parts run for the last two days and got my hood back, a new cherry picker, my old engine stand......oh and a complete 360!!!

My real question is that im doing an engine swap from the 2.5L to the monster 5.9L and I have questions on how to splice the the wiring harnesses together and also any little question I may have

a complete motor meens it came with a computer and the wiring harness......i was just wondering if i could use the factory harness for my 2001 dakota to run everything on the truck(lights, horn, wipers, etc) and then splice in the 5.9 wiring that i got to run just the motor

i also have two fuse boxes(original and 5.9)

all im looking for trasnmission wise is from a 5.2L 5 speed....theres no way in hell im going back to an auto

pictures: sorry for the bad quality...it was night time and i had a long day so it was a lil shaky

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PICTURES!!!!!
heres motor shots that are CLEAR TO SEE

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under the valve covers
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look closly at the intake gasket...it looks NEW
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nice! tear it down and paint it!

 

Im gonna clean it up real nice and go with black or orange....

My goal today is ti replace all the gaskets....my questiin is can I pull the heads without readjusting the rockers and valves? Will I have to have the motor decked?....also replacing head bolts

 

**UPDATE**

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...thought this was a funny shot to take
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Just waiting on headbolts to show up from ebay....hopfully by the end of next week ill jave the motor all done and squared away.....

Im also going back to get theremaining harness frim under the dash of the durango so I can just swap the.entire.wiring over from one to the other...


Just need to save upbfor a trans and ill be almpst done

 

nationwide backorder delayed tell next tuesday on the 26th...hopefully

 

You should be able to pull the heads without readjusting the valves.

 

I beleive that you will have to remove the rocker arms and push rods, or you will have a heck of a job putting the heads on, trying not to bend the pushrods when putting heads on. Might look at them when they come off, maybe need a few new ones.

Replace the 4 cyl PCM with the 360 PCM, and replace the under-hood wiring with the 360 harness.

 

pretty much the only thing im keeping from the original motor and trans is the fuse block....even though im going to have to moddify it