2003 f350 6.0 to 2007 f350 6.0

[dwaynef350]

i have a 2003 f350 6.0 diesel with a blown motor. i found a 2007 6.0 diesel but i heard that there are some different parts between the motors i wanna swap this motor in but i need to know everything thats needed to be done can someone please help me

[Galaxie]

Originally Posted by dwaynef350

i have a 2003 f350 6.0 diesel with a blown motor. i found a 2007 6.0 diesel but i heard that there are some different parts between the motors i wanna swap this motor in but i need to know everything thats needed to be done can someone please help me

I would buy a manual for both trucks and have at it. Thats just me though.

Also, the changes cant be too much.

[m-chan68]

Originally Posted by Galaxie

Also, the changes cant be too much.

WRONG. There are A LOT of differences between the two model years, especially a 2003 model year.

[m-chan68]

Originally Posted by dwaynef350

i have a 2003 f350 6.0 diesel with a blown motor. i found a 2007 6.0 diesel but i heard that there are some different parts between the motors i wanna swap this motor in but i need to know everything thats needed to be done can someone please help me

You have a PM.

[TxFireman1972]

Can you elaborate on the differences?

[Galaxie]

Originally Posted by m-chan68

WRONG. There are A LOT of differences between the two model years, especially a 2003 model year.

SORRY, I’m used to shoving Mod motors into fox bodies and FEs into shoe box Fords. Wires, computers, tight spaces.....its all fun to me. Big diesel....can be figured out. I like challenges.

I just like to figure things out. Again, grab some manuals. Its vehicle, not a rocket ship.... Can’t be too difficult! Different skill sets out there though.

Also, I thought he said 06 to 07.

[m-chan68]

Originally Posted by Galaxie

SORRY, I’m used to shoving Mod motors into fox bodies and FEs into shoe box Fords. Wires, computers, tight spaces.....its all fun to me. Big diesel....can be figured out. I like challenges.

I just like to figure things out. Again, grab some manuals. Its vehicle, not a rocket ship.... Can’t be too difficult! Different skill sets out there though.

Impossible, theoretically no. Difficult, YES. Not so much in the nuts and bolts end of things, but getting the electronics worked out to where the modules can "shake hands" with each other to operate in a reliable manner without any gremlins would be where the difficulty lies. Doing so, would require "getting inside" the modules that would fall outside of what can be accessed with Ford's IDS scan tool. About the only other alternative that would achieve making such a swap less painful in the hair pulling department would be if the OP could also obtain the whole vehicle and pirate ALL the modules (GEM, ABS, instrument cluster, etc) to go along with the engine to make it a 2003 truck with all 2007 electronics.

Originally Posted by Galaxie

Also, I thought he said 06 to 07.

Read again. He said 2007 engine into a 2003. If it were 2006 to 2007, it would be a bolt-in affair, and NOTHING electronic to worry about.

[dwaynef350]

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