1974 Ford Cummins Crew cab

[dirtyboots707]

i have a 78 ford single cab short bed with a 12 valve and i love it it took me about 2 weeks to do the swap working on it on the weekends and evinings

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2004 crew cab dually 4x4 with MAC intake, 4" magna flow exaust, silencer ring MIA and a smoke switch the bullydog is no more i am lookin for a smarty

[ChaseTruck754]

I'd love to have a weekend to do this as I'm SURE it would go faster. I haven't had one yet, and think I am going to pit crew at a race this coming weekend, so won't have one until October.
For now I am slowly but surely trying to plug along at night, but it's dark and a couple hours here, a couple hours there - so it's hard to make any REAL progress.

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My cummins swap - 1974 Ford Crew cab http://www.cumminsforum.com/forum/cu...-crew-cab.html

[dirtyboots707]

o i know what you are talkin about im building a riding lawn mower tractor puller with a kabota turbo diesel and i only have about an hour a night to work on it and im tryin to get it done by april for the tulare tractor show i have about 7 months into it now and it isent even close

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2004 crew cab dually 4x4 with MAC intake, 4" magna flow exaust, silencer ring MIA and a smoke switch the bullydog is no more i am lookin for a smarty

[ChaseTruck754]

Ok - a little reverse progress and some developments. I didn't have to pit crew at the race this weekend so I had Friday night and Saturday to work. I didn't get as much done as I would have liked, but I did get a bunch of the Dodge torn apart. Anybody need parts????

Slightly new development on tranny (and motor)... I think I have decided to go with the NV4500 and in searching I came across one locally. The guy had it built and never ran it. It comes with most everything I need to run it and for a good price so I think I will grab it. The kicker of the deal is I found it by calling on a 94 cummins motor (mine is an early 91) for sale. I called and asked what tranny he had behind the motor. Now the cool part is the motor is a newer, P-pump motor with lower mileage than my current motor. The guy will make me a good deal on the package - so I think I will buy it. Sooooo..... Does anybody need a 1st gen cummins motor with a Chrysler 727 auto tranny for a swap:-drink

A few pics - nothing great - just tearing down the dodge







Oh - I have NEVER found so much change in a truck when tearing it apart. DEFINITELY check under the seat if you have a donor dodge

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Last edited by ChaseTruck754 : 09-29-2008 at 03:23 PM.

[dezl]

LOL, the old truck owner just paid for like half you swap! Thats awesome!

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08 Chevy LMM 6" lift 20" monsters w/35's, other than that all stock.

69 Chevelle, BB 427, Ported and polished heads, Custom cam, 10.5/1 compression, Forged TRW pistons, 1.7 Roller rockers, Holley 750 double pumper, Stage 2 TH 400, 12 bolt rear end

[ChaseTruck754]

yup - it just made the truck that much more of a good buy

Look for some big developments on the thread tomorrow, and then hopefully x-member and motor mount fabrication beginning this weekend!!!!

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My cummins swap - 1974 Ford Crew cab http://www.cumminsforum.com/forum/cu...-crew-cab.html

[ChaseTruck754]

so remember those developments I talked about...

I bought a NEW NV4500 and 94 12v motor... The P-pump motor had less mileage than my 1st gen and they supposedly make a bunch more power - so it should be fun.
Speaking of fun - I get to try and get this thing out of the back of the taco by myself tonight. Going to put my ingenuity and cherry picker to the test!

I know the tacoma will be happy to have this thing off it's back - I had a 45 minute drive home with the taco bouncing off the bump stops the whole way. NOT too much fun




After I get it out - it's time for the x-member and motor mounts!!!

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[okie]

Taco's dont handle weight great do they? Especially the ones with LT. Mine wont.

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04 2500 HD, Reg Cab, 4x4, 305/555, NV5600.

5" SS Silverline, Smarty, Isspro, PSC Steering Brace, AD 150, SB 3600 DD, Arson II
402/888

[ChaseTruck754]

yeah they don't handle well to begin with. Add a suspension (I only have the king c/o's up front and 2004 TRD leafs out back) and they get worse. Then go an add 1,100 or so lbs. of motor back there and it just gets worse

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[HRDROKN]

WOW... thats a load! That will be a real nice motor. At least now I can sit back and watch the rest of the show..... since I'm parked for the time being....

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1969 Ford Crew Cab Cummins Conversion...
http://www.cumminsforum.com/forum/cu...-crew-cab.html

[ChaseTruck754]

Well... we had a bit of a casualty getting that thing out of my truck last night. It had to be out of the truck for work today and of course my cherry picker wigged out (bad bottle jack seal I guess).

I don't get any good picks of it on it's side with the cherry picker wedged up against my wood gate, but I did get a few of the lifting it back up process

So far it looks like the wood gate took much of the load and the only casualty MIGHT be the cast aluminum intake manifold. I will have to wait until tomorrow to see for sure though - as the oil pan seems to be leaking now and it wasn't before
Gotta get my damend cheery picker fixed today, and it is supposed to rain tomorrow - so it looks like last night was a sh%@&y start to a sh%@&y weekend

Needless to say I am a bit bummed/pissed right now - but at least no one was hurt!

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[tclappcummins]

man that sucks!!! but looks like a cool build

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