Project Family Chummins

[loudnlifted88]

i know a guy who did this kinda swap on a nbs burb using the front frame of the cummins with the back half of burb frame he had about 8 inches of body lift he said but the truck is kinda a hack job the way it looks your gonna make yours looke awesome cant wait to see the finish project

[mcbassin]

Very good progress. Looks like you have your hands full again

[68 TT]

The Permatex hand cleaner that comes in the blue & white tubs at the auto parts store works miracles on greasy carpet.

http://www.oreillyauto.com/site/c/de...x+hand+cleaner

[Ackattack]

I got the carpet out and did some power washing and it looks like i should still be able to use the carpet. Its not perfect by any means, but good enough for now, especially with little kids.

When i pulled the carpet I did find some rust. I'm guessing the A/C was leaking water inside at one point, soaking the carpet padding, and then rusting out the floor below.



I also got the passenger side doors off:



I also got a few interior parts from jtj143. Got a center console, overhead console, dash bezel, and a few other little things.

[Dieselwrencher]

Keep up the good work. When you cut the dodge frame to lengthen it, I recommend boxing it while you have it open. These frames like to flex while in stock form and crack in front of the rear axle.

[Ackattack]

Originally Posted by Dieselwrencher

Keep up the good work. When you cut the dodge frame to lengthen it, I recommend boxing it while you have it open. These frames like to flex while in stock form and crack in front of the rear axle.

Good to know

tonight's progress:
I had noticed quite a bit of gear lube on the concrete under the dodge, so the other day I crawled under there and determined that the transfer case was leaking around the output shaft. I went to the parts store and got the appropriate output shaft seal and fluid. However, the fluid that is required for the transfer case is ATF. The fluid on the ground was NOT atf. So a little reading on the cummins forum, and found that sometime the tranny output shaft seal will leak and will appear as though the TC is leaking. It sure looked like to me though, that the transfer case was leaking.

So tonight I start tearing it apart. First I drop the driveshaft, one of the ujoint cap pops off as I'm taking it off, and there is a thick paste and a needle missing. So I will be replacing that.

When I pull the drive shaft out of the TC, sure enough: gear lube comes out. I try to pull the two piece TC output shaft cover as a unit with no luck. So I have to pull off the first cover, then remove a snap ring, and then remove the second one. The lock ring was a PITA since there wasn't the little holes to put the lock ring pliers into, but I managed to get it out. Then slid the 2nd cover off. I started to clean it all up in the parts washer. I'm going to go ahead and replace that rear output shaft bearing that is in the second cover since I"m there and have potentially damaged it with the water/solvent in the parts washer.

Nothing real exciting, but a little work that will make the truck a little more reliable in the end.

[ryanroo]

I'm in to watch

[bulldog2513]

it always sucks having to go behind someone that does half azzed work. but it sounds like you are making an effort to do it right and with pride. keep up the good work!

[72BlckButy]

Digging the new project.

I'll be keeping an eye on this.

[Dieselwrencher]

Just an FYI, if there was gear lube in your tcase, I'd pull it off the trans, seperate the 2 case halves, clean and inspect it. These tcases have an oil pump in them located on the back of the main shaft just under the 2nd cover you removed, also known as the speedometer gear housing. Those pumps will get damaged and wipe out a tcase from gear lube beeing ran in it. It isn't much more work to get the tcase off and the parts are rather cheap for them. If you need parts for it, let me know. I can get you the parts and have them drop shipped to you.

[Ackattack]

Went to the salvage yard today to look for a clutch pedal with no luck (anyone have one) but I did manage to score a homelink garage door opener piece that goes into the overhead console. Figured $10 was a pretty fair price considering a new garage door opener is $30

[Meatman]

This is going to be a sweeet build.

[Ackattack]

Got some work done today.

On the Dodge, I got the transfer case put back together. It took way too long, it was a PITA. The new bearing was maybe 1/16" too thick and I couldn't get the snap ring back on, so I ended up putting the old bearing in. There is nothing wrong with it, but would have liked to put a new one in while I was there. Then I got to the rear u-joint and the bolts were rounded off enough that I couldn't get them tightened down, and then couldn't get them back out. So, I had to cut the bolts off and go get a new u-joint strap "kit" The whole thing turned out in to a big time waster. Hopefully it doesn't leak any more though

Then I moved on to the crew cab. I removed the bumper, grill, core support, front fenders, and then started on disconnecting the engine. I have just a few more things to disconnect and the engine will be ready to pull.





Oh yeah, I was wrenching this whole time in the garage while it was 106 outside. It sure is nice having an A/C unit in the garage, thought its not really big enough to keep up. By the time I quit for the day it was about 82 (was about 72 this morning). I can't complain much

[Meatman]

I think the cover needs to be on the 68 back there! Looks like shes gettin dusty!

That 454 is calling my name...

[Ackattack]

Originally Posted by Meatman

I think the cover needs to be on the 68 back there! Looks like shes gettin dusty!

That 454 is calling my name...

It's for sale, come over and get it! 410 ft lbs of torque ar ar ar (in the voice of tim taylor)

[Dieselwrencher]

I'm betting that 82* air felt good when you came in from out side though! Sounds like you made nice progress.

[54 jimmy]

i'll have to ask my uncle if he has a clutch pedal laying aroud for your build.

[Ackattack]

Originally Posted by 54 jimmy

i'll have to ask my uncle if he has a clutch pedal laying aroud for your build.

that would be great!

[54 jimmy]

talked to him yesterday and no luck on the clutch pedal. i will keep an eye out for you though.

[Dieselwrencher]

Originally Posted by Ackattack

that would be great!

We have one we modified to put in a 88 V30. I can check to see if it can be used for an original application again if you want?

[LEEVON]

I'm watching this one. And I'm jelly of your cooled garage. Mine is running about 115 degrees with no breeze in the heat of the day right now. I worked for 1.5 hours the other day, started to get a headache and went in to shower up. I had lost a bona-fide 5 lbs in that short time, despite loading up on water. Hard to get anything done like that!

[Ackattack]

I got the engine pulled:





My next step is to build a dolly for the cab. I bought some large pnuematic casters from harbor freight the other day

[Ackattack]

I spent a few hours the last week working on the wiring. I separated the engine wiring harness from the cab and fuse block wiring. In all it took me about 4 hrs to separate and label everything.

Then I built the dolly for the cab.



Then I got to lifting the cab off the frame. I figured the center of gravity would be towards the front, so I put the cherry picker through the front door. I used a couple of rachet straps from the door hinges to lift from.





And then set it down on the dolly. The dolly worked out OK, except the tires don't hold air real well, and then don't rotate real easily, but they'll work for now.

Then I took the bed off. I had to remove the gooseneck plate first and then lifted it off. The height of my ceiling was really giving me fits getting it off. I had to take the tires off and drop the frame to get the bed up and over the frame.

[Dieselwrencher]

Nice work man!

[MrBeast]

Man great build, I am going to throw a strong suggestion at you however. DONT DITCH YOUR CHEVY FRAME!!!

Auto world in great falls Montana makes all the stuff you need to BOLT that Cummins right into your truck.

As well you can get a kid to put leaf springs in the front, then all you will have to do is chop off the coil buckets and weld some plate in their place. This is much less labor intensive than trying to stretch that dodge frame then trying to build all the frame mounts to match.

THE GMT 400 is a great truck. You are going to love it when you get done.

Also you can get the fuel level sender for a 6.5 diesel truck that will replace the in tank pump and be guaranteed to work with your Chevy gauges.

If you need any help sourcing the parts drop me a line. I will be watching your build for sure, I think it is going to be a great truck done right.