Ford 460 ZF5 transmission swap mechanical clutch conversion

[@3wbasie]

Super clever way of navigating your way around the lack of a boss on the block

[@nicolasstanley1392]

Thank you for the thorough video! Wow I wish I had this as a reference last year. I didn’t have a z-bar for the automatic transmission cab I used because I did a swap onto a manual 1986 F350 frame. I ended up building an extension rod for the 86 pedal assembly and moved the clutch cylinder further center in the engine compartment with tons of firewall bracing. I definitely would have spent more time trying to track down those OE brackets and gone this route instead.

[@donalddakota8069]

Just subscribed to your channel, very informative, thank you. I've been racking my brain over hydraulic or mech clutch. I'll go old school mech. 429 to a Zf 5speed to a 205 transfer case in a 78 truck. Thanks again for the info!

[@brandonneighbors7645]

Very informative. Thanks for posting this; it was really helpful for me!

[@whirlwindjml]

Have you driven this setup yet? I'm about to swap a 300 straight 6 with ZF into my old crew cab. Somebody ground the slave cylinder Mount off. I think I'd rather have mechanical anyway

[@kblackav8or]

On some of the earlier truck firewalls there is clearly a spot where a clutch master goes for the bigger trucks - F600 and up. So you could have stayed hydraulic which is quite a bit easier but you would have had to go to hydroboost on the brakes which isn't a terrible idea either.

[@Turbocharged400sbc]

Quite helpful! Doing a 460efi/zf5 on my 68 f250...thanks bud!

[@adamdice231]

Glad to hear it helped.

[@richardsargent113]

Hoping to ue the hydraulic but useful info in case I dont.

[@3wbasie]

Can you do a video of the linkage you used for the transfer case

[@adamdice231]

Let me know if there is anything in particular that you are curious about. It is just the factory linkage for a 1991 F-250.

[@spikeharvey6464]

did the truck have a t18 in it before the zf5 and if so what modifications to the truck did you have to make to fit the zf5 i got a 1977 im wanting to swap

[@adamdice231]

It had a NP435 in it. The mounting point for the ZF5 transmission is further back than the existing crossmember. I made a new transmission crossmember. The 1356 transfer case is also big enough that a little notch needs to be cut into the lower part of the frame. I was planning on making a video showing some more details of the project anyways, but I'll try to hurry to show the details of the transmission swap.

[@Turbocharged400sbc]

Crap. The 2wd l&l mounts also have it too high. My z to fork rod angle is atrocious and i made my own zf5 z bar bracket level with frame mount. Needs to go up

[@adamdice231]

Yeah, mine was terrible too. I thought mine was probably due to mix and matching parts and lowering the engine. Sounds like you got it figured out.

[@Turbocharged400sbc]

@@adamdice231 I'm at the l&l height and if the engine n trans went down about the 7/16ths you mentioned it would reduce the angle for sure. I need to pause n look at your block z mount n compare to mine.