Big Ed's Exreme Truck Makeover part II

[h2odrx]

I did the TC adapter just because I thought the one that came with looked a little flimsy.

That is an understatement????

 

[Russ]

boy some guys will go along way not to have the hear the sound of ONLY 6 cylinders. That thing is going to be quiet inside. So what's the wave ring? IS it supposed to be bent?

 

[BigRigTech]

I wonder what that engine is out of....It doesn't have a P7100 fuel pump....hmmm..... Let me know if you need any Cummins specs or info, I have a password for quickserve online so I could run that engine serial number and find just about anything you would need to know.

 

[Darrin Tosh]

I thought that you had a great work space before, but now I'm even more impressed. You even have a helper who can fit comfortably in a truck and work.

Heck Yea, His specality is under dash wiring!

boy some guys will go along way not to have the hear the sound of ONLY 6 cylinders. That thing is going to be quiet inside. So what's the wave ring? IS it supposed to be bent?

Hope it works!,.. I have had a lot of ambient cab noise so I figured now is as good time as any to see if I can quiet it down. One if the things that made it noisy is the aftermarket Oil pressure guage. I used a Copper Tube instead of the vinyl tube and it carried a lot of noise into the cab.

As far as the wave ring, yes it is supposed to be bent, here is a pic of it installed on the flywheel. It worked fine for a stock Cummins but with the power that I am now getting out of it, I was worried that it is a weak link in the chain. There was a spot on it that looked like it was starting to buckle and I would assume that was from me modding the Cummins and runnig it hard while it was still in the doner truck.

I plan on keeping the wave ring in case I decide to drop a 4BT in the Bronco. It should be able to handle that kind of power,...

 

[Darrin Tosh]

I wonder what that engine is out of....It doesn't have a P7100 fuel pump....hmmm..... Let me know if you need any Cummins specs or info, I have a password for quickserve online so I could run that engine serial number and find just about anything you would need to know.

That would be cool to see what comes up, I will get you the seral number.

The it has the "VE" pump, wich came on the early Cummins, the "P" pumps came on (I think) 94 and later 12 valves.

 

[Darrin Tosh]

Looks like the number is 44563765

Let me know if you need any other info.

Thanks

 

[BigRigTech]

Build date of Dec 14, 1990. Built at the Consolidated diesel plant, Fuel pump # 3917943, Engine Config # D402004BB42, 160HP. Let me know if you are looking for something specific.

 

[92F350CC]

It doesn't list what type of vehicle it went into?

 

[BigRigTech]

No, the was used in so many different applications they don't list it.

 

[Dsl_Dog_Treat]

Heck Yea, His specality is under dash wiring!

I can vouch for that statement.
Hopefully if things go ok with Nick's surgery Friday morning I should be there.

Not sure but me thinks Karen wanted me out of the house since she brought the subject up for another GR road trip.

 

[diesel4me2]

The Motor install is offically ON this Saturday the 5th.

hope the day went well for you guys. sorry i couldn't make. so.... any updates, the days almost over .
chris

 

[argve]

man I wished I would have known... I would have skipped putting in the 5er hitch and came and played...

I did however talk to Ron on the way home as for some reason I was thinking about you guys as I was looking at the RUST starting on rear lowers....

 

[Dsl_Dog_Treat]

Man what a chore that was. My shoulder is killing me from swinging that hammer into the firewall. That thing there is one tight squeeze.
Of course Darrin HAD to sell vehicles yesterday too and left Tony and I at one point trying to get that thing shoe-horned in there. All in all it was a good day.

 

[Russ]

I would have skipped putting in the 5er hitch

last time I looked you bought a pop up camper

 

[Darrin Tosh]

Sorry guys, little slow on the updates, I will get pics posted tomorrow.

Thanks Ron,

He was modifying the firewall with the sledghammer like it wasn't his truck, But we got it in there.

We had more prep work to do than I anticipated. We moved the trans back about 3", had to reinstall the steering coulumn, Ron had to remove a busted bolt out of the Cummins so we could bolt up the alternator, then bolt on the new spacer ring and install the Torque Convertor, among other things, and yes Customers,.


Bottom line the motor is IN the truck, bolted to the trans, but not the motor mounts. We need to move it back another 1/2" tomorrow I will redrill the trans crossmember in place, unbolt the trans mount and slide the whole unit back a little more and the motor mounts should line up and get bolted in.

My goal is to get it all bolted into place, then I can take my time wiring everyhing and hooking it up. The next fab thing will be the electric fans, downpipe and Intercooler.

I am thinking about picking this up for the Intercooler piping:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/e...STRK:MEWA:IT&viewitem=&item=300212440049&rd=1

Overall a successful day, selling a truck, (the black 97 F250 with 17Kmiles)and getting a motor in!

Thanks again Ron!