It took several hours, but I have indexed most everything of interest in this build thread.
Nice work!
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'89 R3500 Crew Cab 2wd to 4wd conversion & beyond
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Started out with 2wd TBI350 with SM465 to current 4wd with 454, 700r4, NP241
Nice work!
Thanks. I was thinking I need to go thru and call out some of the stuff that I changed because there was usually a reason.Nice work!
I better get a "like" from @Bent77 since he was bugging me to do it.
I just went through and caught up from when I last posted a couple of years ago.
That took awhile.
I like the 40" tires.
Martin
That took awhile.
I like the 40" tires.
Martin
Thanks, me too.
So are you happy you kept the 5.13's then?
Martin
Martin
I think 4.88 would be better, but it's not worth the trouble for just 1 step in ratio change.
I had to add kickers to the canoe rack. Since my truck is already tall and the rack sticks up above the cab, it was hitting low hanging limbs. The back and forth was loosening the bolts to the point 1 fell out.
So what was meant to be a simple rack to put the canoe on, has become more complex.
Was a little tricky because of the tool box lid. I had to cut the height of the kickers down to keep them out of the way. The other option would have been to move them all the way up to the top but I was using left over pieces and didn't have that much.
So what was meant to be a simple rack to put the canoe on, has become more complex.
Was a little tricky because of the tool box lid. I had to cut the height of the kickers down to keep them out of the way. The other option would have been to move them all the way up to the top but I was using left over pieces and didn't have that much.
Looks good, I thought you were getting a kayak?
Truck looks great!
Nicole and I were just talking about this. I think I'm still going to. Last year it was hard to find them so I never did it. Plus all the fires put a damper on getting to the places I would normally go to use it anyway.
Have a couple issues to address after yesterday's snow run.
My winch wasn't working. I replaced the solenoid pack with a contactor several years ago. https://ck5.com/forums/threads/89-r...conversion-beyond.303347/page-29#post-3387647 Yesterday the contactor would "click" but the winch wasn't turning. Gonna have to check for loose power cable(s) or it may need a new contactor.
The other problem occurred on the drive home. Just outside of Denver, the engine started running poorly. Basically had virtually no power and sputtered when under load - accelerating or going up a hill. I actually had something similar happen on the last trail run on the drive to the trail. But that time it only lasted for about 10 seconds.
Yesterday the power loss lasted for about an hour. The engine would idle perfectly. All of the readings from the EFI looked good. AFR was on target, fuel pressure was good, TPS reading as expected, etc. The only unusual reading was fuel learn; it was 50% at cruising speed. At idle, it would run the normal single digit percentage.
About 10 or 15 minutes from our shop, it suddenly cleared up and ran normally. Didn't have an issue the rest of the drive. I don't have the handheld where I can see it while driving. It's too bright at night. Shortly after it started running normally, I picked up the controller to take a look and it had an interesting message on the display. "Unable to run setup wizard while engine is running". I'm thinking the ECU must have been glitching. I wish now I had happened to look at the controller while it was running poorly.
When it first happened, I thought may be I had a bad plug or plug wire. But since it cleared up like it did and the message on the controller, I'm thinking it was the ECU. I'm going to try flashing a firmware update and see if I have anymore trouble with it. I'll also look over all the plug wires and other wiring to make sure there isn't anything going on there.
My winch wasn't working. I replaced the solenoid pack with a contactor several years ago. https://ck5.com/forums/threads/89-r...conversion-beyond.303347/page-29#post-3387647 Yesterday the contactor would "click" but the winch wasn't turning. Gonna have to check for loose power cable(s) or it may need a new contactor.
The other problem occurred on the drive home. Just outside of Denver, the engine started running poorly. Basically had virtually no power and sputtered when under load - accelerating or going up a hill. I actually had something similar happen on the last trail run on the drive to the trail. But that time it only lasted for about 10 seconds.
Yesterday the power loss lasted for about an hour. The engine would idle perfectly. All of the readings from the EFI looked good. AFR was on target, fuel pressure was good, TPS reading as expected, etc. The only unusual reading was fuel learn; it was 50% at cruising speed. At idle, it would run the normal single digit percentage.
About 10 or 15 minutes from our shop, it suddenly cleared up and ran normally. Didn't have an issue the rest of the drive. I don't have the handheld where I can see it while driving. It's too bright at night. Shortly after it started running normally, I picked up the controller to take a look and it had an interesting message on the display. "Unable to run setup wizard while engine is running". I'm thinking the ECU must have been glitching. I wish now I had happened to look at the controller while it was running poorly.
When it first happened, I thought may be I had a bad plug or plug wire. But since it cleared up like it did and the message on the controller, I'm thinking it was the ECU. I'm going to try flashing a firmware update and see if I have anymore trouble with it. I'll also look over all the plug wires and other wiring to make sure there isn't anything going on there.
Anything to do with the battery swap to Nate's truck and back to yours? Was the ecm hooked up to the battery that Nate used? Maybe system voltage to the ecm was low while the battery got charged up.
I would wonder about the battery swap except that it had happened the other trip and the trouble occurred after a lot of driving.
It is worth considering both the battery and the grounds. Who knows, maybe the EFI and winch issues are connected.
It is worth considering both the battery and the grounds. Who knows, maybe the EFI and winch issues are connected.
You've got to datalog and get the truck to act up.
Part of the reason I was interested in flashing the ecu firmware is the newest version has the ability to start data logging automatically if a specific event occurs.
Did some investigating. Looks like I have a dead injector. 
Not sure how well you can see. It's the top left hole that's dry.
I was datalogging today and noticed it goes way lean when accelerating which makes sense with a dead injector.
Not sure how well you can see. It's the top left hole that's dry.
I was datalogging today and noticed it goes way lean when accelerating which makes sense with a dead injector.
I had to ship mine back to get an injector replaced already as well. They're tiny little things they hide in the "float bowls". Unfortunately I couldn't find a source to just buy a replacement and had to ship it in.
I also had to replace the IACV shortly after I installed mine. Those are a bit easier to find, but still weird. They're sourced from a V-10 dodge.
