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Dually Projects \ 86 Crew Cab, Cummins, Static Drop Build86 Crew Cab, Cummins, Static Drop Build
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demonmaestro
+1y
Any update to this? I had just gotten an 88 with a static drop already but got the 454tdi in it and i am a big cummins fan and want to put a cummins in it. But i cannot weld....
tutt
+1y
As I mentioned, the shift linkage on the parts truck was a bad deal.
Here is what the stock linkage looks like:
If you transfer all that over like it is and hook it up to the Chevy "front shift rod" you will get the reversed pattern and the spacing is all messed up.
I cut the circled leg off the "torque shaft" and rotated in so that the shaft would rotate the opposite direction. I also messed with the length of that arm and the angle until the detents on the transmission matched the detents on the column. Dodge doesn't have the double space between park and reverse, so my gear indicator is still off by one except for park, but the detents line up. I used the dodge neutral safety switch since its on the tranny and will be right no matter what the column is doing. The Chevy "front shift rod" was used, but it had to be ground down to fit inside the dodge "swivel" I also had to slightly modify the "torque shaft frame bracket" to get everything to line up nice on the Chevy frame.
Here is what the stock linkage looks like:
If you transfer all that over like it is and hook it up to the Chevy "front shift rod" you will get the reversed pattern and the spacing is all messed up.
I cut the circled leg off the "torque shaft" and rotated in so that the shaft would rotate the opposite direction. I also messed with the length of that arm and the angle until the detents on the transmission matched the detents on the column. Dodge doesn't have the double space between park and reverse, so my gear indicator is still off by one except for park, but the detents line up. I used the dodge neutral safety switch since its on the tranny and will be right no matter what the column is doing. The Chevy "front shift rod" was used, but it had to be ground down to fit inside the dodge "swivel" I also had to slightly modify the "torque shaft frame bracket" to get everything to line up nice on the Chevy frame.
tutt
+1y
For the hydroboost plumbing, I ran all stock Chevy hoses. I swapped reservoirs so that I didn't have to run a tee. I bought mine from PSC. I don't see it on the site anymore, but I'm sure they can still get one. I would also bet that it came off of a newer GM 3/4 or 1 ton, so you can probably get one at the junkyard.
