Lol

Soon. Driving It more tonignt. Woohoo

It is driving now. Has some boost leaks, but regardless. Chris and I drove kt

Chadley said:

Been busy. Havent been too good with pictures. Update soon!!

nice work man

With the bellhousing bolted to the motor, the transmission had to go in seperately. Seemed easy, the tranny to bellhousing connection only has 4 bolts. Wasnt even close to easy, as it turns out muscling a 300lb transmission into a 1 1/4" hole is harder than it seems. We had to cut this slit to get the shifter into the cab, no big deal.

Forget to take pics of the rest, oh well. Next conundrum, we noticed the motor was slightly offset. This is why

Fixed with...

And I once again forgot to take a picture of the finished product

However...

5 speed is in. Have to get a new spring for my clutch pedal assembly, then I can finish my linkage. With that, the slave will be hooked up. Gotta reuse the Chrysler slave rod with the GM cylinder. Or just the dodge slave. Who knows.

Gentlemen, I present...

CHUMMINS!!!!

Chris and Zach have seen this goodness....

Here we go, old motor getting ready to pull

And its out!

See gentlemen, you have to get the ladies help. They clean grease very well

These three bolts on the diff need countersinking. Otherwise they will rub against the oil pan

Base plate for the motor mounts. Bolt and weld

Yummy weld

Got some clean engine bay, and some flat black

Sliding that sucker in. She was a tight fight no doubt. The oil pan was very close to the diff, it took the just right amount of angle, swearing, and prying to get it in

UPDATE!!!!

Heres from where I left off last time... I pounded the aluminum case over the dowel pin, so it will stay in place regardless of the plate.

Some red loctite, and...

Something interesting. Either Chrysler was too lazy to paint the timing cover off the motor, or someone replaced it and didnt do a good job painting it. You can see the tan industrial color you find on motors out of buses or drill rigs.

regardless, cover painted and installed

Turbo oil fitting installed. Got it clocked, re-welded the nessacary parts, and it is installed now.

And before you know it....

Phase 1 of 3 is complete Friday I get the transmission, and the 6.5/4L80E comes out. Cummins should be on its way in come saturday

also chevy axles are the strongest light truck axles dana60 and corp14 ff ford also uses dana 60's but its a counter rotation highpinion witch is very slightly weaker then the chev variant and ford uses a stearling 10.25 in the rear that has a 1/4" smaller ring gear but a slightly larger pinion bearing so strengh would be about the same but the chevys win because they have higher spline counts on the axles and pinion yoke

Facts, every one should try they're Awesome!

Brian said:

Cummins=CAT motors, and they're more reliable then the chevy motor.

Best parts from each american diesel truck:

Ford=body

Chevy= Drivetrain/axles etc

Dodge= Motor

No.

Cummins is its own company, has nothing to do with cat or chrysler. Cummins has a deal with dodge to exclusively use cummins in RAM (not with ford or Chevy). Kind of like how Allison has a contract with GM to only use their transmissions in the light duty market.

Cummins has been around for around 80 years. One of the best diesels on the market. Easiest to maintain and modify too, not o mention cheapest to modify.

Also, ford bodies are shit. They rot worse than Chevys.

Ford is good for their axles. That's it. And that's only cause they use DANA axles.

Dodge is only good for the Cummins that comes in it. Pretty much garbage everywhere else.

Chevy has the nicest interior by far. Best driving truck in my opinion. But, they rot too, and have quirks because of their IFS that dodge and ford don't use.

By the way, CUMMINS IS NOT OWNED BY DODGE OR CAT

straight6pwr said:

excuse my ignorance, but arent RAMs like the worst truck on the planet? or are the cummins motors the only good part?

love the look of the silverado

Cummins=CAT motors, and they're more reliable then the chevy motor.

Best parts from each american diesel truck:

Ford=body

Chevy= Drivetrain/axles etc

Dodge= Motor

Chadley said:

Alright. Hurr we go.

Starting with a 93 K3500 Chevy Silverado, DRW of course. Has the legendary (but for the wrong reasons) 6.5 Turbo diesel, with an automatic 4L80E automatic OD transmission.

It ran great for awhile, then I did WMO for 8k miles. Then winter came, and the injectors started to puke. At the same time, the transmission started acting up. I'd lose overdrive every once in awhile, and the truck would surge while driving. Not to mention my mileage was terrible, barley making 11mpg (I reguarlily got 15 when I bought the truck).

Having thought about a 12v swap for awhile, I decided fuck it, nows the time. So I went on the hunt, and before I knew it I found a 95 Dodge Ram 12v with a 5 speed. Perfect!

Bought it in november, but havent done anything until now. Weather and wallet agreed to make this happen.

 Box truck wheels? o_0

love the look of the silverado

Rowleym said:

Want to buy my great condition hx40?

Lol. You funny, the HE is a better flowing turbo.

Unless its for the right price...

AccordinG to my UPS app, my rear housing will be here today!! Also, expect another picture filled update tonignt or tomorrow

Start with removing the timing cover...

Whats a timing chain again?

This is the dowel pin that walks out. Mine was still there, and relatvely not moved. Fter 221k miles, thats a surprise

This is part one of the solution. the bolt goes through the hole and this plate acts as a blocker to keep the pin from moving.

Part two of the fix is yet to come. At this point in the night I was too drunk to continue what I was doing, so I went inside