got the box, with some small dings , tailgate is arrow straight , chrome rear bumper and bolt on reciever all to fit my 78 for 275. all goes well i will have my donor truck soon.

 

PM me when you get started farmer, I would like to drop by and see how it goes, especially the core support part!

 

i am shooting for a summer or fall start. i've got a used drive on hoist that i got cheap this winter and i want to pour concrete and install hoist before i think about any major swapping. i think it will happen in phases . first under carriage and steering then motor drive train . then next year i am going to look at that tilt front end and some airbag work. just have to see. by then i am going to be looking at building new home. time and money get short. have to get it road worthy then get my current pu cleaned up to sell.

 

Glad you got your box, farmer0. Good luck.
I contacted the Forest Service custodian of that '85 crew cab. He's going to check the differential ratios and let me know. I'll post as soon as I hear.

 

The custodian just called me back. He said both front and rear tags showed Dana 60, 4.10 ratios.

 

If you get a 91.5-93 donor truck you should be able to drill out the spot welds on the Intercooler mounts and retack them to the older core support. The supports are very similar, with the changes mostly due to headlamp and fender differances.
Bill

 

winr is there any kind of interior on any of the crewcabs to deaden noise. mine is wall to wall tin. thinking of headliner and some other sound deadning . if i knew what to look out for i could find some kind of interior parts.

 

If anyone runs across a cheap splitter that you don't want for your own truck, PM me will you?
It can be used, bearings worn out or in pieces, as long as nothing major is broken.

 

What I did was get all the trim pieces from a reular cab (including headliner) then got two headliners from the front of a Ramcharger ( including one seam stip that goes between the front and rear) Install one Ramcharger hadliner in the front of the cab then place the seam strip . Then temporarily install the regular cab liner in the rear ( break down the rounded corners) now place the remaining front liner in the seam strip (backwards) match up the two liners reg and ram). Remove and re-aligne on bench. Cut through both liners so you have one matched cut. Useing fiberglass mat and resin cover the back side of the liners to bind them together. After dried flip over and recover to match int color ( large chain fabric stores -ie.. JoAnn's Fabric here in the NE- should have the correct foam backed material)
Install using factory trim and make filler for over rear doors (yet to be done)Sounds harder then it was but looks some-what factory.
Helped greatly with the noise-Pic's to follow
Bill

 

when i was posting earlier i went blank cause the ramcharger interior is what i was looking at. i have a complete suburban here to wreck out i was going to look at too. i understand what you did sound good . like to see some photo's like you said. thanks. always easier to use what has been done successfully than it is to start from scratch. by the way how's the snow stacking up?

 

I saw this item on eBay and wanted to run it by you guys. Will this bolt up to the back of a NP-205?

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Overd...ayphotohosting

Jim

 

One flake at a time- for now. Tonight were suposed to get the rest. Im far enough from the East end of lake Erie and south shore of lake Ontario to miss most western storms but this one is comming from the east so I'll be neck deep by the AM
Guess I should do more then look out the window to check the weather. It comming from the west

 

did any one see the final price got up and forgot to look until after it was close.?

 

Last price I saw yesterday was $1580. I don't know what it closed at.

Jim

 

i saw that price also , but usually at the end the price soars. did this one come home to a DTR person?