A few questions for manual swap for diesel

[protechk5]

So Im swaping in a 465/205 in place of my 400/208. Im getting everything from my old high school auto tech teacher. The only thing I need is a diesel flywheel I believe. I did a search but didnt come up with any part numbers, do I just use one off a 6.5? Also what do I do with the old vacuum line from the th400? Any other things that I should be prepared for? It should be pretty straight forward since he has everything I need. Also I just going with manual clutch linkage for now. Also how do I find the wire for the back up lights? I plan on leaving my auto cloum.

 

[merace19]

Just remember to get the old trans oil out of the radiator. Other wise when you going down road and heat it up it will ooze out and all over the motor and trans.

 

[kennyw]

6.2 and 6.5L both use the same flywheel. They are getting hard to find.

As far as the TH400 vacuum line goes... plug it. Not very difficult to do the conversion if you get all the parts from one place.

 

[tRustyK5]

Don't forget the later 6.5's used the dual mass flywheel which is supposed to be a POS.

Rene

 

[kennyw]

Thats true... I don't know what year the dual mass flywheel was started though. The one I have is the early single mass from a 6.2L.

 

[protechk5]

6.2 and 6.5L both use the same flywheel. I have one sitting in storage that has been recently turned. I might let it go for $100 plus shipping. They are getting hard to find.

As far as the TH400 vacuum line goes... plug it. Not very difficult to do the conversion if you get all the parts from one place.

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[4x4_76]

Picked up flywheel today. Guy who sold it wasn't sure that it is from diesel, he was told from wrecking yard that it should be from diesel.

Besides the rust, it in good condition. I found this casting number from it; 1405025N. Did google it, and based on that it is from 6.2, non dual mass.

Why dual mass sucks?

 

[imiceman44]

Picked up flywheel today. Guy who sold it wasn't sure that it is from diesel, he was told from wrecking yard that it should be from diesel.

Besides the rust, it in good condition. I found this casting number from it; 1405025N. Did google it, and based on that it is from 6.2, non dual mass.

Why dual mass sucks?

Because it seperates and gets off balance.
A lot of car manufacturers at some point experimented with dual mass flywheels and they all so far have realized their mistakes.
I don't know the reasoning behind doing it in the first place

 

[75-K5]

If you don't have a core and want to get a good new flywheel, go with a Luk LFW-201. I sent an email to Luk customer service (Schaeffler is their parent company), and a guy emailed me back with the name of a local distributor. Ended up being about $180, which I don't consider bad for a new flywheel without core.