Cummins Conversion gets underway,....
 

Well we tore into the truck this week, and plan on pulling the motor tomorrow, and possibly set in the Cummins, assuming I get my new Torque Converter today. Waiting for the UPS truck.[coffee]

Here is a link to the Cummins Motor that is going it.

https://www.dieseltruckresource.com/...64#post1919564

Here are some pics, Tomorrow,.. lots more progress!

Once the truck is back together, There will be an intercooler installed and a new front bumper. I set the new bumper up just for a visual,..

That is a beautiful truck---love the 'makeover' video too! Can't wait to hear it run with the proper amount of cylinders[guitar][laugh]

So a quick update,... I have been dealing with a bad 4 letter word here a lot this season,.. SNOW!.. We have been getting 6 inches about every 3 days latley. When we get snow I loose a day just plowing, moving cars, and clearing the lot. So I am behind on all of my projects.

One thing leads to another,.. Droopy the Plow Truck has a broken part in the steering column. Well with all the snow it HAS to be fixed. I have an extra steering column that will be installed in Big Ed, so I removed the column out of Ed to use as parts to fix Droopy.

I am removing the column shift to install a floor shifter in the center counsol. so the new steering column is from a 5 speed. Since I am putting in a floor shifter I decided to remove all of the interior.

Since I removed the interior, I decided to install sound deadening material, and what the heck, may as well install carpet.

Under the truck the driveshaft's are removed, and the trans T-Case and Gearvendors are unhooked and ready to be moved back 4" . Should be a little easier than originoally thought. I hope to have it moved back by Wednessday.

I have had one area of concern, and that is the flywheel to torqueconverter adapter, known as the Wave Ring (see pic) It has held up for 20K miles on a stock Cummins, however I am probablly doubling the HP and TQ and the wave ring looks a little flimsy for that. So I am having a ring made out of high tenseled steel at my buddy's machine shop. That should be done on Thursday.

If all that happens I would like to drop the motor in on Saturday, the 8th. Sounds like Ron will be here getting his hands dirty. :thumbsup:

You can see the wave ring on bolted to the flywheel, and the rest of the interior carnage,.. in this thread.

https://www.dieseltruckresource.com/...42#post1977042

I screwed up posted this and the pics in the wrong post, and it wont let me repost them here,.. Oh well, Ill learn. [duhhh]

Darrin, NICE TRUCK!!!

I usually despise that style Ford but you da man on getting me to like it! [guitar]

Thanks!

I have seen your SS Suburban conversion, Very cool!