crew cab cummins swap pics

[zack]

if these pictures show up, here is an update on what we have been up to in this neck of the woods
remember my truck?

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its a little different now in the powetrain department
preparing for six cylinders of diesel power

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out with six cylinders of gasoline power

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more pics to come soon I hope

[zack]

more pics, disk brake dana 60!!!

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old crossmember out

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frame notched and boxed for power steering

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[zack]

pictures, lets keep'em cummins....sorry, comming..haha
new custom crossmember 3"x3"x.250 notched for A/C compressor

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another shot of frame boxing and power sterring

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gettin ready for some shiney stuff!!!

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[zack]

we sanded our finger prints off our fingers but it was worth it, a coat of epoxy primer and a few nice wet coats of paint....only one small run...Im not tellin where...

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color matched body color and black urethane on the frame

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matched the body pretty good I think

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[1972hiboy]

thats awesome. keep the pics coming!

[basketcase0302]

[tybob81]

Can't wait to see how this turns out. Great job so far!!

[70 ranger]

Looks great!

[zack]

heres a shot of the steering box and frame work after paint

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A/C compressor clearance, look at the reflection from thr frame rail, this is too nice for me.....

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here the engine is in and you can see some of the tins painted

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[zack]

here's some shots of the engine, 95' 12 valve 187k bone stock till we got it.....now its not.....

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#100 profile fuel plate, mack rack plug, baseline adjusted air control.....

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adjusted pump timing from 11deg to 17 deg, 4k govoner springs and matching valve springs

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[zack]

heres a shot of the steering setup, custom made steering shaft, modified power steering pump fitting to accept a late 80's pressure hose
rebuilt u joint....stock 79' ford box and draglink, modified the frame so all sterring wear parts would be bolt on and go...no mods needed

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lookin good with tin on it

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she's comfy in there, a little snug, but comfy.....

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[zack]

this is a relay box from the dodge that we are using for the truck. we are re-purposing it for what we need. I think it will look nice and clean with the cover on it when its all buttoned up...

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startin' to assemble the dana 60...all new brakes, berrings,races, seals, and rotors and pads....warn standard hubs should clean up ok....

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And these are the guys that I need to thank for helping my dream become a reality...my brother Jed, in the blue shirt, has been pullin' my weight all summer in our family business while me and our great friend pete, in the grey shirt, thrashed on this thing since july. pete is a machine tool technology instructor at a local school so this was pretty much our summer...along with a few other things...My nephew Jake helped too for a while, between football and racin' his junior dragster all summer....Im so blessed to have you guys in my life, thanks for everything!!!!! did I mention that pete has a 95' f250 4x4 with a 12valve cummins thats cleaner than this project , that makes like 460hp to the wheels!!! and the tourqe is double that!!!!

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We still have to paint the underside of the hood, finish assembling the front rear, install and hook up the new/used fuel tank, fab up the transfercase linkage, make and install drive shafts, fab up the tranny cross member, install the propotioning valve and blead the brakes, hang the grill assembly and trim for the intercooler, finish the intercooler plumbing, fab the hood latch mount,......and a few million other little things....so if I dont forget how to post pictures on here in the meantime, you guys should be in for a few more installments of this project till' its done!!!!!

[averagef250]

Looks fairly clean.

FordCummins.com mounts? Or did you make those?

[FoPAR]

Nice Project! very cool.

[smokey3215]

Looks awsome your going to love it. I have had a cummins in my superduty for 5 yrs and i love it. now working on doing it in my 72 cc. keep up the good work.