Yeah and I bet it made a hell of a noise.

 

Gremlins I tell you. They crawl up the tailpipe at night.

 

To DW, the rap of metal getting hammered and the rap of a diesel is about the same. She did notice it was making enough noise to be concerned and attempted to turn around and go home. It totally failed crosswise on the county road. Gave her a chance to learn how to put out the flares.

Must have been at least 4 neighbors stop and offer help.

 

I installed my homemade turn signal stalk. works really good. And it isn't plastic. see my build thread for a picture.

https://www.dieseltruckresource.com/...314771/page34/

 

yesterday I welded up my cracked frame and today I fixed the leaky vacuum pump.


oh and I put some 6x9s in the door yesterday as well.

 

dropped the cummins in the ford

and a bunch of other boring tertiary steps in between.

edit: just realized this thread is for first gen dodge trucks, not first gen dodge truck motors going in fords. *tip toes out of thread quietly*

 

Papecat...that is a very interesting belt, pulley and accessory set-up on your motor....all industrial parts? Was this by necessity or that was what was on the motor when you got it?

 

Nice fit on the AC pump but the turbo looks to be a tight fit. Could just be the angle of the picture though.

 

The motor was stock out of a 1991.0 D250 with 85K miles. The brackets are all from Autoworld conversions. On the fords, the dodge A/C pump location hits the crossmember. It can be cut out and boxed but I didn't want to hack the frame.

The Turbo should have plenty of space, it is one of those industrial/RV type manifolds. The dodge manifold puts the turbo right into the HVAC box, so this is one of the solutions.

View from the other side. I'll get a turbo slaved in with pic sometime next week.

 

I suspected the reason for the different accessory geometry was to get the AC compressor out from down low. I could see the potential interference issue that might arise.

I hadn't noticed the rear dump exhaust manifold though. I can see why you need it down low at the back like that.

Looks good!

 

Very nice Papecat. Cant wait to see it finished. What year ford ?

 

My snow blower supplier broke the clips on my tailgate today as he shut the gate. Thats what i get for not being there when he fixed my Toro in the bed.

Anyone know if theyre still available? .. Been a while since the thread was put in the sticky.

Tried removing the , latch but it appears,the red plastic shroud under it has to come out first. Ideas how to get thr shroud out without damage ?

 

I figured you had it all worked out.

 

I bastardized my restored to factory spec ride by wiring in 4 Cadillac train horns.

The disease starts again.