Can I just buy the part from hypermax or does somebody have one laying around that they would sell me? Turns out my truck is only half turbo charged lol.
I don’t doubt it…Be careful though. Once you get that turbo on your IDI and get it performing right, you may be wondering why those Dodges are around.
No truer words are spoken, if ih out a decent turbo earlier even just like 8 psi cummins would’ve never gotten a chanceSince they still sell them new, as far as I know, I'd bet that you can buy the new pieces that you need. Be careful though. Once you get that turbo on your IDI and get it performing right, you may be wondering why those Dodges are around.
So it's going to be a project. Welcome to the club. It will be worth it when you're done.So the truck itself has zero rust, dent on passenger side door that could easily be pulled, and passenger side fender that could be pulled. Lower front valance is slightly twisted, seems easy to fix. The grille flew off in my gravel road cruising, landed in the ditch, plastic mounts are broken. Also partially destroyed drivers side headlight fell off and got… ran over. Passenger headlight is melted and destroyed as well. No front bumper. Interior is filthy, seats are torn, lots of auxiliary switches in the lower dash, and steering column cover is missing. Also window cranks are missing. Doesn’t start with the key, the auxiliary starter switch makes it clunk. Has the batteries out of my 6.9 in it right now, they are good, but the wire from the fender solenoid to the starter has zero resistance and doesn’t get voltage to the starter, has it at the solenoid with the starter switch engaged. So I have to pull start it for now. The starter might be bad, idk. Has a Nippen Denso starter, my 6.9 has a Mitsubishi starter. Air intrusion is a problem right now, it has been sitting for six months. It has some leaky injectors. I ordered new o rings and return caps and lines from @typ4 , just need a passenger side up pipe!
Wiring is axed throughout the truck
We will see. The motor won’t stay running, it needs new fuel lines and return lines. Already ordered. I put the Mitsubishi starter from my 6.9 on it. Wow. What a pain. It is wayyy harder to get a Mitsu starter on a 2WD ZF5 truck than a 4WD T19 truck. Nippen Denso was easy to maneuver. But at least now I have a core to get one at Napa. The Nippen Denso was locked up.So it's going to be a project. Welcome to the club. It will be worth it when you're done.
It sounds like you're planning to keep the gray truck. I think it's a good idea. You never know. You may find a good deal on a P O S F350 4X4 and then do a conversion in the future.Grey truck has most of the paint stripped off, like someone was honna repaint it. Needs the roof sanded down, and the passenger side fender replaced. Then could be painted the dark metallic blue it once was.