Anyone wanna see a Chummins in the making?
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Dustin, i'ma shoot ya a call here real soon
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 saturdayRyan is a post whore
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this thing is gonna be sweet
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UPDATE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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
Ryan is a post whore
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Started the day getting the cab ready for the 5 speed. Cut the hole in the carpet, and started grinding away
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!!!!
Ryan is a post whore
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looking better with every update!!
nice work man
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Been busy. Havent been too good with pictures. Update soon!!
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pics or it didn't happen
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