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You need to get some more pics of that Excursion....and post them here!

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Yeah no doubt don't matter if the rpm gauge ain't working for the time being that's a nice conversion.

 

Please let me know what he says. No point it both of us bugging him. I know he had them in work, but I don't know if they are done yet.

 

I used the dodge alternator, very very simple. The HPCR engine wiring harness plugs right into the dodge alternator. All you have to run is the bigger wire to the battery for keeping them charged.

Yes I used the Autoworld quad mounts (very beefy), they required moving the ECM off the engine block. If I did it again, I would probably use the single mounts (not only cheaper, but I don't think you have to move the ECM).

Driveshafts did NOT need modified at all. Perfect fit...

 

This past weekend I got the head studs retorqued and the valve lash reset. Also got a dual battery tray built for the drivers side (very tight fit). Just waiting on some cables to connect the two batteries together.

Incase someone else does the same as me, two fullsize batterys sitting side by side measure 7.5" from the (+) post on one battery to the (+) post on the other. The same measurement for the (-) side as well. McMaster-Carr has some nice cables for connecting two together that are 7 3/8" long. I'll post some pics with them installed once they get here.

It was -3 this morning, got to listen to the 3 cyl idle in my 01 for the first time. Sounds pretty cool... Watched the fuel pressure go from 15 psi down to 8 psi over a few minutes of idling. Added some more Howe's treatment and slowly watched it come back up to 15 over the next 5 min's. Got lucky I guess...

 

Thanks for the reply on the alternator,so you only had to run the one wire I would think to the starter from the alternator or was it already on the engine harness?I will be watching this thread and taking notes on the progress and the brain teasers you guys are working out. Thanks again

 

Just the one wire from the Alt to the battery. My engine came with the heavy cable from the starter to the battery post (this same cable has another smaller one coming from the battery to the under hood fuse panel). Maybe I'll run out and snap a few pics so you can see what I'm talking about...

 

So I assume the Cummins ecm is doing the voltage regulation then?I know on the 2nd gen the Bcm I think controlled the charging ! It's in the low teens here in KY. tonight so picture taking would be on hold for me.I will look at the engine tomorrow to see if I can determine the wire routing.
I will be in need of a fan and clutch if anyone knows where a bargin might be found?

 

Ramman. Where abouts in KY are you? I think the swap is an awesome idea and it would be awesome if you could bring it to one of our KYDTR #41 meets one day.

 

I won a flea bay auction yesterday for a Dodge wiring harness that fits a 2006 HPCR and the Dodge ECM that I bought (my engine came with a freightliner harness but no computer). Consequently, I'm also interested in the charging system details. Like ramman, I need a fan and clutch too...
5.9 I can't thank you enough for the amount of detail you have included in your conversion. This is a big project and some of us needed someone to set the example. Get that truck washed up, snap some photos and be truck of the month! You never know, it might just inspire more people to take the plunge.

 

Haloman,I live in Nelson Co. near the town of Bardstown. My conversion is only in the dreaming stages,having owned two 98 quadcab cummins trucks before purchasing the King ranch F350 i'm no stranger to the power and miss it so ,as the 6.0 just doesn't have it.I only have the one truck and the conversion was supposed to be my winter project but I've been a little scared of tearing up a perfectly good truck with only 30,000 miles on it or others have told me I was crazy.This thread has incouraged me and will be headed to Shelbyville Chrysler soon to get Steve to order some studs,and transmission parts and test run the engine as I haven't heard it run as of yet ,did have to replace the timing cover as it was broken and the parts list is still growing.
Long story short is I long to have the only Cummins powerd Ford at the.Ky Truck plant someday in the not as distant future.It takes lots of $ and time as 5.9Excursionn has shown.
Where are the chapter 41 meets or where are you located?

 

Ramman the meets are held in Henderson, KY below Evansville , IN about 2.5 hrs from you, Check the link in my signature for all the info.

 

Ya i just watched the video from the year end meet. Cool waste of rubber!

 

5.9 Excursion,I looked at the motor today and the alternator + has a large wire about a foot long that appears to have had some type of connector or fuseable link that was torn away ,I will have to look at a Dodge and see what the routing was,the three wire plug to the regulator was unplugged but in the harness intact so hopefully the Cummins computer controls it.

 

Aren't Chrysler alternators internally regulated?