farmer0_1

this is the one in north dakota. look familiar? the one in missouri is its clone. go to the gsa link in my last post.

BRUISER

man those trucks look exaclty like mine..

wish they were closer so I could snag them up..

crazy part is 1 truck says 50K mileage and the other says 76Ki bet mine does have 37K which is cool

BRUISER

well 100% committed now..

I sold the rear axle out of the '92 so now I have no tow rig until I finish the conversion
I have also sold rear tailgate, camper shell...and have more pending deals on the horizon..

farmer0_1

kinda put your self in a corner. i like that . so far both mine are still movable . hoping to get to pour some concrete first.

Trooperthorn

That is a sweet donee. I wish mine was like that, I'd be done.

BRUISER

Well Today was a pretty good day for working on the dirt and gravel..

With the Help of: thecarman and jph0913
I got both driveshafts out, the skidplate off, the transfer case out, the tranny out, hood off, grill off, switched out rims and tires, and the tool box/camper shell is also gone..

pics:

BRUISER

more pics

Mcmopar

sweet man, how is everything else going?

BRUISER

well since I need to be able to move my STD cab out of the way once engine is out to roll new 4 door in.. (engine hoist will not roll on gravel/dirt) I had to get rear axle out of my other spare EXT cab truck and put it in.

Since I was all by myself I had to think a little to get this job done.. Yes a dually rear axle is heavy as hell, especially dragging it across dirt, sand and gravel.

So to get it out of ext cab I used jeep winch and dragged it from behind building to infront of it..

then I bolted on spare tires so I could roll axle around

then I used engine hoist to lift back of truck high enough to roll axle into place..

took me about 6 hrs total to do it..

Mcmopar

Sweet Dude, why didn't you call me??? How is everything else going? When are you going to finish it? When you get to it let me know how many mods you have to make to fit the intercooler in it?

BRUISER

everyting is going well just slammed at work and home so trying to work this into it all is getting tough..

if all goes well I hope to have engine swapped by july 20th.. 1st free weekend coming up.

ya I am gonna see if i can fit intercooler , etc with old grill. if not then I will just swap in my 92 grill, etc

haloman

From what I have read/seen I would just go ahead and swap the core support and grill over. It should just bolt right in and get you the intercooler.

BRUISER

ya that is what I read.. but I kinda like the old grill.. so I think I may be stubborn and try it

hell if all fails I will just use the 92 grill

Trooperthorn

Last night I modified a gasser core support to fit the cross-flow radiator. I haven't done the intercooler yet, but that is next. I posted the mods on my blog with lots of pictures. If you want to use the old support and grill, you might want to check it out.
http://cumminsramcharger.blogspot.com
I am jelous of the quality of your crewcab truck, but I don't envy your dirt floor. Keep up the good work

Trooperthorn

I got a first gen intercooler installed today in a gasser core support.

I was also able to get a '89 grill on over the intercooler with a little mod. The '89 grill is pretty close to the mid eighties grills. Tomorrow I will see if the '75 grill wil go over it, because that is what I want on my crewcab.
The cumminsramcharger.blogspot.com is updated with lots of pics of measurements and bracketry and the grill mods.

Here are a few pics.