Any experience with a Ford Triton engine???

With things so slow in the construction equipment side of things I"m finding myself having to branch out into new territory to find work. So, I"ve got a "98 Ford F150 with the 4.6L Triton engine in the shop. I"ve already ran into the whole "special tool" mess and had to fabricate an adapter to do a compression check on this engine since no one in town had an adapter in stock or wanted to sell me a complete $200 set. For any that have never seen one the plugs are set about 4 or 5 inches down in a hole so they are a PITA to get out to start with. Then you can"t do a compression check without a long adapter. Turns out several antifowl risers brazed together with the hexes machined off, and the correct adapter for my test setup brazed on work great. Anyway got the compression tested and this thing has a dead cylinder.

The guy relies on the truck for his business so he wants to change the engine out. I told him I would do it but it might take me awhile. That said I am trying to figure out where the pick points are on this engine. I can tell right off it"s going to require the removal of the hood, radiator, and possibly the A/C coil, and the rest I"ll figure out as I go but it doesn"t look too bad. The only thing I can not figure is the pick points. I know on the old engines it was usually no problem to hook to opposing corners on the heads, or on some onto the intake manifold. This engine is different than anything I"ve encountered when it comes to pulling it so I"l researching all I can to see what needs to be done. I do plan to at least check on a Chiltons or Hanes manual but I"m not holding my breath for either one.

I"ve got several days, starting Monday, until the replacement engine gets here so I"m not being rushed thankfully. Even so I"d like to go ahead and get started getting the old one out because I figure there will be problems with things like exhaust bolts, missed brackets or harnesses, etc before it"s all over. So, any help or sites to find help would be greatly appreciated....Thanks........

I"m almost sure its the same on the pickups, but on the Expidition the factory recommends lifting the body off to change out the engine or do head gaskets.

You will have to take the radiator, rad support, ac, grill, and intake manifold off to get it out you should be able to leave the bumper on the hardest part is lining the tranny and engine back up

Stewart

Can you use the exhaust manifold bolts or holes to hook your pulling chain?

That truck is designed to have the cab removed to replace the engine. 6 cab to chassis attachment bolts, The steering, brake booster and an electrical connection have to come apart. Raise the cab with a car hoist and roll the chassis out from underneath.
I am told it can be done thru the hood opening but takes a LOT more work.

My son had an Expedition that spit out a spark plug.The Tritons will do it.Good reason not to buy a Ford.My son bought a new GMC after driving a new Ford.I bought his 96 Ford truck.New Fords are ugly.

Chris must have traveled the road on the cab removal. Hard to think the educated engineers or not so educated one would pull such a pot belly trick and my grandfather would say.

Look at this another way Ford DID pull down a big profit last year. Creative book keeping anyone?

Always said every body should should own one Ford in a life time.

GM front drives usually drop the cradle to work on the engine-some what better than pulling the cab?

We have changed the triton engines without pulling the cab. Pull the intake and you will have a good idea of what you need to fabricate to pull the engine. Be very careful if it is an automatic, to properly line up the torque converter studs with the flex plate when installing the new engine. Those engines did have a big problem with spitting out spark plugs, so be careful when you install them.

The Rambler American had the engine removed by lowering it out from the bottom of the car. Hal

If you have a lift pulling the cab is pretty easy. Creative book keeping or what ever you may call it they didn't have to become goverment motors.

I pulled the 5.4 out of a 2001 F-250 had to pull the grill and top radiator support then with the intake off bolt a short chain to the valley and hook the cherry picker crane to it came out easy and nothing special to get it done I rebuilt the engine and put it back in been running great since this time last year.