Ford E350 van MG 4WD conversion kit

[McGuyver]

Hello all,

I orignall posted this in Domestic full size expedition vehicles, but I had someone suggest I post it here.

I am preparing to convert my 2009 Ford E350 12 passenger van to 4WD. I am looking at the MG kit offered at expovans.com.

One question I have is that the control arm brackets look like they are going to interfere with the cross member that supports the transmission (I have the 5.4 liter V8 with 4R75 transmission). I saw another post on this forum from a few years back that said that he created a modified bracket to solve that problem, but I didn't see any details.

Was it the cross member that gets modified, or the control arm mounting bracket? If any of you have pictures of this setup, I would be much appreciative if you would share them. Thank you.


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[RVflyfish]

There’s a long knowledge share about the MG DIY kit over on the Sportsmobile forum. You might find what you’re looking for there.

MG Metal Works DIY kit knowledge share - Sportsmobile Forum

Hi guys, MG has restarted manufacturing the 4x4 DIY kit with the recent group buy. I sent my payment yesterday. This thread is to share our install progress, ask questions, share tips and tricks.

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[Raul]

I cut and bend the crossmember and bolted it to the MG brackets. It was a temporary fix. I was supposed to fabricate something more elaborate but two and a half years a lots of off-roading that a van has no business doing and still works.

 

[McGuyver]

Thanks for the input guys.

I'll check out the thread over on the sportsmobile forum.

Raul,
are you attaching the crossmember using the pivot bolt?

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[McGuyver]

So looking through one of the sticky threads over on the sportsmobile forum, it looks like the solution is to modify a cross member from one of the bigger engines like the V10...

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