well i'm starting my conversion.which is strecthing a 85 ford cab and chasis 4x4 duallly and putting a 82 dodge crew cab on thatand putting a cummins in that. i have the frame and the cab -1 rear door (drivers side) and i have the 92 cummins with a getrag plus i just bought a industrial cummnins core(has a bad crank and no water pump) rated at 152HP with no afc on the pump.

so i need to find a water pump, whats a good place to find one? and what should i expect to pay?
i also read that there is an upgraded heater core for these 92 dodge trucks? if so where do i find one?
would it be better to run the industrail injection pump? also the 92 has upgraded injectors but i dont know what they are.

what the cab looks like
http://www.dieseltruckresource.com/pics/data/500/medium/DSCF2955.JPG
http://www.dieseltruckresource.com/pics/data/500/medium/DSCF2963.JPG
http://www.dieseltruckresource.com/pics/data/500/medium/DSCF2958.JPG

Sounds like a good project, but if you weren't going to 4x4 I'd stay with the dodge crewcab chassis. Inspect it when you get the chassis off, it is very beefy

Most any parts store can sell you a water pump.

Don't use the industrial injection pump.

the water pump should be around $30

what is different about the industrial injection pump/why shouldn't i use it? just woundering, i will use the stock cummins one.

i would even stick with the dodge frame if i had wider runing gear.

the water pump should be around $30

is that with the pulley, because that is all i am missing.

yes the pulley comes attached to the water pump.
you are using a ford chassis with the dodge body. right?

yes ford chassis with dodge cab

haha cool conversion havent seen one yet.

the fun part is the frame strech ford is standard cab and the dodge is well alot longer. but i have a cnc plasma and torch so the fish plates will be easy.

trooper thorn may have a door to sell you off his spare parts.

thanks, i pm him. i hope to see his convertion driving around salem soon.

is there a way to get better heat out of the heater core. i need it to clear all the windows or at least most of them

also it will be a hoist bed, and i going to run stacks

is there a way to get better heat out of the heater core. i need it to clear all the windows or at least most of them

Aftermarket heater cores are thicker than stock and put out more heat than the stock one.

where do i find a good one?

my crew cab has a under rear seat heater. kinda thinking the rear ac out of a suburban can go under the other half of the rear seat.

what does the rear heater look like? or is it home made?

no its factory with a switch on the dash to turn the fan on. looks just like a steel box. used to see in older kw's and utility equipment. some farm equipment also. have to measure it but i would guess it is 8 inches tall and 14 square. just a guess. looks factory to me.

i am thinking of making one out of a factory heater core and fan, but i don't know yet.

i would i will try to get a shot of it but its nothing fancy.

okay thanks. i bet it helps warm the cab and clear the windows.

okay for the next thing i will be looking for is a cheap place to find 5 inch exhaust componets, any ideas?
i am going to try to run 5in. turbo back, should be easy with no t-case in the way.

got the cab and nose off today, also got the forklift stuck got it out though. cab it all gutted, well almost. anyway the frame is going to scrap tomarrow - a big section of frame.

new thought, we have a fsuperduty with a dana 80 rear and qould need a fron end but the one out of the f350 should fit nut it needs 10 hole adapters to work right since the fsuper has 10 hole.

in one of your earlier post you ask about five inch pipe. check with freightliner surplus in portland . pm me if you need directions.

well i think the plan has changed, we have a ford fsuperduty that at the moment we can use and the frame is about the right lengh for my crew so i will put the body on that frame, it has a d80 rear with disks but no 4x4 front so the one out of the f350 has to go in but then i need to find some small 10 hole adapters to match the ford wheels that are on the super duty.

again the idea is going to change,
i am now thinking of going back to the first idea of the f350, but now i want to use the dodge dana 60 front housing and put the dually hubs off the ford on it, will it work?

the dodge spring perches are to narrow

the dodge spring perches are to narrow

i figure a welder will fix that

Can't you just use the stock Dodge frame and convert it to Cummins and put a 4x4 front on it?

Can't you just use the stock Dodge frame and convert it to Cummins and put a 4x4 front on it?

no i do not have the crew frame anymore and since the ford is allready 4x4 (and i to lazy to convert 4x4) i will strech the frame on the ford.
i would strech the 1st gen dodge frame but mine is a short frame 6 inch and the ford frame is 9 inch which i have frame peices to strech it with. the fords also ride better than the 1st gens,
i am now also thinking, i might try a 9 foot box

found some dually dodge fenders off a 90 so now i can run a pick up box,
the peices are comeing togeather, now i just need to find a ford 205t-case or do the front end houseing swapt

found a ford 205, i just have to make an adapter to the getrag,
also found a frame, just have to see if its good.

heres the frame
http://i289.photobucket.com/albums/ll240/alwaysworking_photos/framefront.jpg
t-case
http://i289.photobucket.com/albums/ll240/alwaysworking_photos/ford205.jpg

picked up the rear end today, 4:10's with no locker but i have a locker to use in it, and i going to 3:54's so to not need another over drive

rear end is under it, but i need some 4inch blocks and u-bolts
also ready to put in the front end

rolling chassis now

http://i289.photobucket.com/albums/ll240/alwaysworking_photos/DSCF5201.jpg

http://i289.photobucket.com/albums/ll240/alwaysworking_photos/DSCF5190.jpg

rear cab mounts are made, front ones need to be welded, then on to the box i guess

Very cool!

haven't done much to it, other than i know which truck i'm using for a donor now, my white truck will be the one since i want a crew cab with some power and if i use the blue truck as the donor i would have to buy to many parts abd then would still drive the white truck because i like it.

and the blue truck is in better shape than the white one.

Any new pictures from the last year?

Any new pictures from the last year?

maybe somewhere but it is still about the same except the box is full of parts