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  1. bike-maker

    hydroboost pedal pin dimensions

    Check out the angle on the stock vacuum booster... Hydroboost the rod comes straight out, no angle.
  2. bike-maker

    hydroboost pedal pin dimensions

    I measured my stock pedal - same measurement to the center line of the pin is right at 3" via tape measure. I put the booster rod so the circle on the end is above the center line of the rod it is attached to. Not sure how it came out (wasn't paying attention), but it definitely lined up better...
  3. bike-maker

    DT 360 swap - the planning stages

    Check the pic below - water pump is obviously missing, but you can see the top of the water pump is just barely lower than the top of the valve cover.
  4. bike-maker

    hydroboost pedal pin dimensions

    If it makes you feel better, I measured with calipers, not a tape measure. It was within a few thousandths of .750" I still have the stock (non-hydroboost) brake pedal sitting on the work bench if you need a pic / measurements.
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    DT 360 swap - the planning stages

    In various Cummins conversions, I've sen a few different ideas that worked for using a IDI tach sensor; One guy bolted a 54 tooth saw blade on the front of his harmonic damper. Another used a hacksaw and carefully laid out and cut 53 saw blade width channels around the circumference of the...
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    Metric Hell

    I'm as proud of an American as the next guy, but... Metric = no more conversion factors how many meters in a kilometer? Easy how many feet in a mile? how many yards in a furlong? Our system is pretty ridiculous if you think about it.
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    Metric Hell

    It's us Americans that are the exception. All the other countries use metric.......and it makes more sense too.
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    Metric Hell

    multiply mm x .0394 to get inches multiply inches x 25.4 to get mm Whatever the size difference is, I would use the stock metric bolts. Any extra play on the shank of the bolts will allow movement and where bushings and such that much quicker.
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    Medium Duty fuller transmission questions

    A truck graveyard could be your friend. Medium duty parts can get kind of spendy new, but they're pretty cheap used. You have a starter for it?
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    DT 360 swap - the planning stages

    Damn fine idea. I was going to have to cut a chunk out of the ZF5 bellhousing anyway to clear the starter - it has to mount on the opposite side of the engine as a IDI - but I'd still get a workout with a mirror trying to spot the face of the dial indicator as it spun around. A T-19 bellhousing...
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    Medium Duty fuller transmission questions

    Every Allison I have seen had a SAE2 bellhousing on it. I believe most all of the FS series stuff is SAE2 also. SAE2 clutches are also a standard piece; the engine specific stuff is the flywheel and block to bellhousing adapter. From what I've seen, the standard size for medium duty stuff is...
  12. bike-maker

    Where to mount electric pump

    This is the way to do it ^^^^^ I've ran mine out of fuel in the middle of an intersection, and it only took about 10 seconds of pushing buttons from the drivers seat to get it running again.
  13. bike-maker

    DT 360 swap - the planning stages

    I think the ZF will hold up fine. There's lots of them behind PSD's making more power than I plan on having.
  14. bike-maker

    DT 360 swap - the planning stages

    Still not going to happen very soon, but I am working on it. A few other things I forgot to add; I'm going to run a electric vacuum pump off of a newer Superduty and ditch the belt driven vacuum pump, one less thing to mount on the DT. I'm planning on a 2" body lift before I even start the...
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    DT 360 swap - the planning stages

    Some of the other aspects of a DT360 swap: The DT has a gear driven power steering pump mounted on the pass side of the engine.I'll use this for my power steering/hydroboost which will take a custom line from the power steering pump to the hydro boost booster, or maybe just an extension line...
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    DT 360 swap - the planning stages

    I've seen guys make their own plates on Cummins swaps. My current plan is to get a DT flywheel, and just machine it down to the same size as a Cummins flywheel, then drill it so a Cummins pressure plate bolts on to it. On a Cummins swap, the whole clutch out of the Cummins is used - just...
  17. bike-maker

    Electric vacuum pump conversion

    FWIW, my cruise control has never worked, and I probably won't ever get around to fixing it. Mine does not have the accumulator on the side of the evap case.
  18. bike-maker

    Electric vacuum pump conversion

    Sounds simple enough. I'll just plan on using the stock vacuum reservoir for my cruise control (the coffee can).
  19. bike-maker

    Electric vacuum pump conversion

    I'm looking to rid my truck altogether of the belt driven vacuum pump. Already having a hydroboost conversion done, what is involved in using an electric vacuum pump out of a newer Superduty to make the heater doors work? Just a vacuum switch wired through a relay? I also noticed the...
  20. bike-maker

    hydroboost pedal pin dimensions

    When I did the hydroboost conversion on my truck a couple months ago, I laid the hydroboost brake pedal (out of a 90 F450), and my stock slantnose brake pedal next to each other and measured the difference. The hydroboost pin is right at 3/4" closer to the pivot point than the stocker.
  21. bike-maker

    DT 360 swap - the planning stages

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XRzQkiOP9rI This is the method I am going by. Video is of a DT466, but a 360 is the exact same process.
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    DT 360 swap - the planning stages

    From what I've heard they really wake up when you start to crank up the timing. Coolest part is there's no special tools required to change the timing.
  23. bike-maker

    DT 360 swap - the planning stages

    I'm just hoping they're not controlled by a computer, just a pressure switch.
  24. bike-maker

    DT 360 swap - the planning stages

    Just an update for now......... For the last couple years, I've spent about half of my time laid off. Just got a new job lined up today, so I will soon be able to have a little extra money to start messing around with this thing. This afternoon, I wheeled it out to the drive way, and went...
  25. bike-maker

    Question on machining or decking an idi head?

    We used to surface the heads with the precups still in. We had an old school surfacer that spun really slow and had something like 16 cutters on it. If you try it with a CBN cutter (sounds like what SLE2115 was using) you're taking your chances.

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