93flatbed

So why do we need all of this new extra room BEARKILLER? Or is it a secret for now?

sgreen3

7/8" Hydraulic hose works great, an you can usualy find it at ane tractor suppy store

BearKiller

My hood will clear and then some.





Nothing quite so exciting as that.


Ever since installing the Dodge/Cummins into my 1985 F-350, there has been about a cigarette-papers clearance between the A/C evaporator-box and the exhaust-housing.

I took a heat-gun to the A/C box and gained maybe a 1/16, just enough to cover the plastic box with two layers of that outer-space ten-million-degree stick-on insulation stuff.

The first real heavy load of cattle brought about the subsequent melting of a hole in the A/C box; from the smoke pouring out of the vents, you would have thought something was afire.

I then cut away the plastic side of the box and replaced it with one made of the bottom of a brand-new baking-pan.

Since then, no more melt-downs or anything else so exciting, but the exhaust-housing being in such close proximity to the A/C evaporator isn't doing my in-cab temperatures any good.


Then I saw a truck of the same model as mine that had the same manifold that I am installing and he had a mile of clearance; so, here we are.

93flatbed

Aw I understand now. And you are right not as exciting as I had built all of my hopes up for. I had the thought of twins or well I really don't know what I had hoped for? Sounds like a real cool project. Have you given any thought to some type of sheet metal or maybe one of mama's cookie baking pans?
Good Luck, I'd ask for pictures but I know how that goes with you.