icanfixall
Official GMM hand model
Sorry you found a hole but happy you are mostly done with a Cummins swap. Keep us updated so we can help.
1987 7.3 oil cooler
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doctordiesel
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The hole was in the block through to the water jacket quite high up on the right hand side of the v or valley water was leaking into the sump pan . I didnt fancy repairing it so I have junked the engine we need the truck to be reliable as its our wrecker . I am now fitting a Cummins 6BT 5.9 210 hp with a ZF5 speed manual trans .
doctordiesel
Registered User
Swap is going fairly good . Main problem was I had under estimated the length of the Cummins compared to the v8 10 inch body lift helped but still not much room for the radiator and intercooler . Going to extend the grille forward and make a Raptor style front end ,we need to change the headlamps to RHD units best guess at the moment will be Volvo 760 . The one thing I do need help with is finding a ZF shift tower .The engine and trans came out of a UK DAF cabover truck so the trans was behind the driver position . will try and post some pictures soon
crash-harris
Breaker! Breaker!
doctordiesel
Registered User
Yep thats what I need but having difficulty with the unwillingness of them to ship to the UK and Ebay automatically adds import duty which is not actually payable on second hand goods under $190 I did find one for $95 a few weeks ago but it would have been $300 with tax and shipping
Sorro71
Full Access Member
You could try a freight forwarder. They will give you a U.S. address to send to ,then they ship it on to you I use one from time to time when eBay sellers won't ship international. An Internet search will find one.
