wow mines like a minime of that!
:laughing:mooktank said:wow mines like a minime of that!
Yep...sounds about right. Funny thing is we ditched the fuel solenoid and hooked up a manual cable shutdown for the fuel valve. Only thing it actually *needs* 12V is for the starter, but theoretically the entire truck would run just fine with no battery at all and a push-start. Pretty cool. Gotta love the mechanical diesels.mooktank said:Lol all I have is one 12V wire to the fuel solenoid and a block heater. That's it!
$699? OUCH!vetteboy79 said:Through a little digging, we found an obscure conversion company (www.fordcummins.com) that specializes in these things, and they manufactured us a bellhousing adapter to mate the Ford ZF to the Cummins motor.
hahah yeah i hear that, if i had access to only 5 trucks at my local junk yard for free id be in heaven. i think its something all us builders wishzainyD said:I dream of owning a junkyard, but I have a feeling I would be my own best customer.
Well, that may be true for swapping a Cummins into something that had a Powerstroke before...but for a Bronco, that thing didn't stand a chance of fitting. We had all the motor mounts and whatnot off the Powerstroke truck, and when we looked at what it would take to mount them to the Bronco chassis, it was gonna be easier to just make a whole new crossmember/engine cradle. That, and since it was a TTB truck converted to SFA already, there were additional clearance issues with the panhard and the diff itself.wyldstallyn73 said:Havent been at the ford cummins site for a while, but as I recall, the 80 and newer trucks didnt need any cutting of the crossmember, let alone removing it.
Did you read?Tide612 said:Oh while your getting the free stuff throw a dana 60 up front and a dana 70 out back, why dont you take the 70 out of the dodge and put under it.
And the D70 out of the Dodge is a DRW and it wouldn't fit worth crap. I guess we could do a dually Bronco but that'd just be sort of weird I think...As far as axles go...the bastard got a HP60 from a '78 F250 for free (some guy just junked the truck without knowing what he had), so that'll be going in, and we've got a D70u for the rear. He ALSO got a set of 5 Goodyear MT military tires, 37x12.5R16.5 for free, with 4 being brand new. Guess there are some perks to owning a place like that.