The reason I am asking about the pistons and rods is that I have the hopes to put a turbo, or two, in there...one day

 

Get your hands on a shop manual and read up on the procedures. The intake manifold needs to be removed. Try to snag the torque converter. Cut the heater core hoses don't waste time trying to pull them off. Undo the pipes to the A/C compressor and leave it attached. Same with the PS pump. You want to do this as quickly as possible. If you are pressed for time cut the harness. You will be using your 4.6 harness anyways. Where in the yard will you be doing this? Mud? Gravel? The starter must come off. Have a look under your truck to find the upper bolt. Have a look where all the tranny bolts are. You will need to get under the scrap truck to unbolt them. I find it hard to believe they are letting you pull your own engine.

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its either they dont care or the fact that you have to sign this upon entering

WAIVER OF LIABILITY

I fully recognize and understand that an automobile salvage yard presents certain hazards to life and limb, and that my presence in the yard to inspect and remove automobile parts is an inherently dangerous activity.

I fully recognize and understand that I may have certain legal rights and remedies with respect to injuries incurred while I am at the salvage yard.

I intend to hereby voluntarily relinquish and abandon any and all legal rights and remedies I may have against U-Pull-It Auto Parts, Inc. for any injuries I incur while in the salvage yard.

I full recognize and understand that this voluntary waiver of legal rights and remedies covers and includes injury or injuries while in the salvage yard for any purpose whatsoever. This includes, but is not limited to the inspection and removal, with or without tools and any other equipment furnished by U-Pull-It Auto Parts, Inc, or myself of automobile parts.

I have carefully read this document, understand its purpose and contents, have had the opportunity to discuss this waiver with a representative of U-Pull-It Auto Parts, Inc., and do hereby reaffirm my intention to waiver my legal rights and remedies against U-Pull-It Auto Parts, Inc., by signing below.

 

Both junkyards I've been to had similar waivers, but you still couldn't pull your own engine or transmission. You could take anything you want with hand tools, but if a lift or crane was required to move the part, the yard had to do it.

 

Ok well I talked to a competent person now and he says I go and look at the engine and they remove it so while they are removing the engine I am gonna be grabbing other stuff that I might want, the only reason I believed the first guy I talked to that I was able to remove my own engine was because when I was leaving there the last time I was there I saw two groups of people going in with an engine hoist and jacks so I thought hmm thats cool.

so I guess the only engine I will be pulling will be the one from my truck as soon as I am done with the 5.4l engine, also will I need a stronger clutch for the 5.4 engine than my current one which is slightly stronger than the stock one

 

Ford didn't mate the manual with the 5.4 because it wasn't strong enough to handle the engine's torque. Not sure what the weak link was or how you could fix it, but I think you might have trouble trying to even get them to work together to begin with. Ford didn't exactly like making it easy to do non-stock engine/tranny setups.

You could get a manual tranny out of a heavy duty truck, or the auto. tranny from your donor truck, but either of these would likely be a major job to swap.

 

JMC has the manual behind a 5.4 so I know that it works. So if you have any questions about that I would ask him. I am building a 5.4 for my 97 with the 4.6 in it now, but when I get that done I will also be putting a ZF 6 behind it.

 

The M5OD will mate to the 5.4, which is what JMC has on his truck right now, if I remember correctly, but the ZF transmission from an 5.4 f250 will fit on an f150 that has a body lift the only part I am not sure of is the placement of the shifter in relation to the m5od

 

Yep, JMC has one. I think he named this one #6..? You might wanna check with him on that, - his 5four is supercharged as well.

 

With the zf 6 speed is it a conflict between the trans tunnel as to why you need a body lift? Couldn't you just raise the trans tunnel? Or is it the transfer case that is the problem. What about length and tranny mount? any problem with needing longer torsion bars? Sorry about all the questions trying to find as much info about the swap before i try it.

 

the zf transmission is higher than the m5od that is why you need the body lift as for the mount position it looks to be the same it also seems to be the same length but you need a different type of driveshaft I just cant remember what type but I also know that according to JMC the transfer case from the m5od will fit the zf transmission