KA swap

[breadbox]

moar pictars!

I wants to see this shifter.

[lil89ram50]

sorry guys, i thought i posted the pic of the shifter, jus not the valve cover! will go get pic of motor

[breadbox]

lol. nice. what color is it?

[lil89ram50]

[breadbox]

That cover looks good.

[yankabilly72]

i love the whole truck keep up the good work

[lil89ram50]

ok well i got the drivers side black re painted, looks way better now! waiting on a friend to get his cherry picker over to my house co i can drop the pan and have it cut and re-welded.... then installed in truck but that might be a few days till he gets it here, so im thinking about doing all the wiring now...... before engine gets installed. will post pics of paint later

[lil89ram50]

well i got the transmission out of the truck, bolted up perfectly to ka24de, starter is bolted up, now i think im guna bring truck to the school shop and do all my wireing there, then drop this bad boy in

also how much transmission fluid goes in here? its an 85 5sp..... it all drained out the tail shaft as we removed it

[seang]

On D21 4x4's, the factory fill plug was an inch too low, and can start to make rumbling sounds if left that way, so the general rule is to overfill it through the shifter location. Another way is to jack the truck up on one side, or park it on a sideways incline. My favorite way is through the shifter.

This ^ is for the FS5W71C transmission, though, and if it does get overfilled, it can leak it out of the vent tube until it's just right.

It's not exactly what you have, but maybe it could help I think you have an FS5R30A. I used to have this transmission in an older D21, and I filled it through the shifter until it was nearly full. I think it was a little more than 4qts.
Modified by seang at 6:48 AM 11/13/2009

[lil89ram50]

ok thanks for the help !

[flinterman2000]

You don't need more than 2 1/2 quarts. This would bring the level above the cluster gear shaft in the box.

[lil89ram50]

i just painted the rising sun on my hood! will start wiring hopefuly tomorrow!

[s14srpower]

Wow Looks alot like the motor you picked up off me and only paid me $150 for and signed a contract saying you'd pay the rest in the next two weeks,, o wait IT IS ! Maybe own up to your word and pay me the rest now !

[PEZi]

[AZhitman]

i will be picking up a ka this weekend for 300 bones! that is a complete and runing motor, with wiring and ecu! but it came out of a 1995 s14, so i need a lil help there as ive heard those wiring harnesses suck to work with

Hopefully the reminder above has been noted - Please handle your transaction.

[bracktheron720]

uh oh its gettin deep in here!!

[lil89ram50]

wow its been awhile since i been here! and look what i get to come back to! and jus so you all know, i was having some issues, but i did get ahold of the guy i got motor from and we have made arangements!

so a friend painted rising sun for me, did horrible job, so gots to re-do it my self one of these days! got in the shop tonight, and this wiring harness is hacked up, there is wires cut every where!! i pulled all the tape and plastic tubing off, and it has more cut wires than uncut!!! well almost, its bad..... lol

i got pics over on ratsun, i dont really wana move them to here unless you really want me to... the pics are under the "how to" section and thread"how to wire ka/se.. blah blah blah into anything"

[shortmorgan]

Where is this build @ now.. Interested in how it turned out..

[lil89ram50]

heres a small update for those who are still interested! i will update more in a bit..

[lil89ram50]

[bracktheron720]

lookin good man!!cant wait to see it done!!so far has it been worth all the work??

[lil89ram50]

lookin good man!!cant wait to see it done!!so far has it been worth all the work??

haha ya i think it will be worth it in the end it has had a few snags but nothing too bad... i jus hope it runs good lol i have found i have a few probs with this ka i never tested before buying i checked compression today n got...

1 1502 453 1504 110

so i filled all them up with brake fluid n now #2 is at 100 n #4 is up to 130

so i hope that once its running it will re seat the rings n get a lil better

[shortmorgan]

haha ya i think it will be worth it in the end it has had a few snags but nothing too bad... i jus hope it runs good lol i have found i have a few probs with this ka i never tested before buying i checked compression today n got...

1 1502 453 1504 110

so i filled all them up with brake fluid n now #2 is at 100 n #4 is up to 130

so i hope that once its running it will re seat the rings n get a lil better

Congrats on the progress so far.. Good luck and you've got me hooked..I'm staying tuned...

[lil89ram50]

[shortmorgan]

Looking good so far buddy...

[flinterman2000]

I see you cut the original plate in the flooring. I didn't want to cut mine until I got a new shifter rubber to seal it properly. I haven't gotten mine back as yet. We have problems getting the injectors to fire. When using start spray it starts but dies as its used up.

[240_fun]

did the KA mount right up to the 720 crossmember? Im about to drop mine in and im a bit skeptical