It is out of a diesel pusher so the fan would have pushed air. It probably is also massively oversized for a 1 ton pickup and won't fit in the space available anyway, unless I run without a hood.
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Yeah that application and fan hub puts everything super high.
I have dedicated my entire personality to learning about this stuff. Lmk if you want my oversharing. I can go on for hours about options.
I have dedicated my entire personality to learning about this stuff. Lmk if you want my oversharing. I can go on for hours about options.
I'm all for options that will work in my application. I started this thread to think through what I need to make this work. Usually, I'm the one rattling off all the stuff when it comes to the little details of the squarebody changes. But I haven't done this swap before.
A friend of mine has a mid 90s Dodge cummins donor down the road minus the motor. I already snagged the intercooler and may look for more parts on it if there is anything useful.
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A crap ton of that dodge is useful if it’s still got these parts.
There’s plenty of ways to do this swap into a pickup but taking one from a pickup seriously simplifies the work.
Throttle cable, depending on your pump ID maybe the p7100, whole cooling system and intercooler too, motor mounts, and exhaust manifold.
In a more simple way, the low mile long block is what you keep and swap all Dodge small parts on to that.
There’s plenty of ways to do this swap into a pickup but taking one from a pickup seriously simplifies the work.
Throttle cable, depending on your pump ID maybe the p7100, whole cooling system and intercooler too, motor mounts, and exhaust manifold.
In a more simple way, the low mile long block is what you keep and swap all Dodge small parts on to that.
After some debate (and review of our household budget), I'm shifting plans and moving the Cummins/Allison into my dad's K30 build instead and sold this project Crewcab to a guy that wanted it from Indiana.
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I went to move the truck this week and it ran for a couple minutes and then died. Then ran the battery dead fairly quick. After charging the battery, it cranks but won't start but will start on starting fluid. It will also run if I pour gas down the carb. I changed the fuel filter and verified the mechanical pump is delivering fuel to the carb, so that leaves a plugged port or stuck float. The carb is way beyond needing a rebuild at this point with the choke wired shut many years ago.
Did ya ever get a chance to see if the front driveshaft is a Saginaw type CV or a Spicer ?
Just curious about some of the early K-30 cab chassis stuff that I’ve seen over the years.
Just curious about some of the early K-30 cab chassis stuff that I’ve seen over the years.
I forgot to look. I'll see if i can look at it tomorrow.
Time for that Cummins! Dang the luck.
That was my first thought, but I'm building a chassis up from scratch first, once I strip down the parts truck, which is now sitting in the shop.
Cleaning out and stripping the parts truck and i realize this was originally a 4-speed truck, not automatic. It needs a couple small spots of rust repair and one cab corner is smashed, but it needs far less work than my dad's cab.
So I now have three options. Fix my dad's 1978 cab with a rust free floor from an 82 C30 that the roof was cut off as an RV conversion, use a rust free 1982 C30 cab and covert the firewall, or use this 1978 C30 cab and do minor rust repair.
Either way, I have a lot of good parts being donated from the interior of this truck. But not the steering wheel, that is nasty.
So I now have three options. Fix my dad's 1978 cab with a rust free floor from an 82 C30 that the roof was cut off as an RV conversion, use a rust free 1982 C30 cab and covert the firewall, or use this 1978 C30 cab and do minor rust repair.
Either way, I have a lot of good parts being donated from the interior of this truck. But not the steering wheel, that is nasty.
And for anyone reading through this later on, I had two build threads merged to move the discussion about the crewcab Cummins swap over to this build thread...
I just found this pic looking through old photos. This was the day I gave my dad the doors and fenders that are currently on the truck. I'm standing behind him in the doorway.
Shuffling trucks around the yard to mow and found more proof that rust belt life is hard on old trucks. I had to use the rachet strap to hold the axle up because the main eye rusted and broke.
Yeah, that's rust belt life.
Going back to your cab repair options... I vote to repair the original cab. Yeah, it will be more work for sure, but if you swap cabs, is it really your dad's truck anymore?
Going back to your cab repair options... I vote to repair the original cab. Yeah, it will be more work for sure, but if you swap cabs, is it really your dad's truck anymore?
He did say tribute, so usually that's a replica
That is a big part of the problem. the frame is nearly rusted in half in the middle and needs to be replaced. The cab is no longer held together with enough good sheetmetal to patch without replacing 60% of the sheetmetal in the process. The fenders, doors, and core support were all replaced previously and need to be replaced again. The bed that is on the truck is the third one since the truck was new and has serious rust in need of patch work.
I don't think I could do a real restoration on this truck in my lifetime and even if I did, 75% or more of the truck is getting replaced in the process. I've started this build about 6 different ways with 3 parallel paths in progress right now.
I also recently picked up a 1986 Chevy K30 cab chassis truck with a 454 big block and hydro clutch SM465. This gives me a good frame and cab to start this build if I go with a tribute build.
Then, I have a very nice pair of doors from the RV cutaway parts truck with very nice West Coast mirrors. As well as the rust free but not perfect floor to use to patch a cab.
I'm also stripping the 1978 C30 frame down to bare so I can paint it and start the build if I strip my dad's frame for the axles.
