Just waiting and watching, prefilght all items twice. Twice is free, mistakes usually are not.

Fuel supply, lift pump or priming pump, fuel filter bled?
Oil
All gauges checked, connected and air bled out.
P/S pump to hydra boost lines
Brakes
Trans fluid
Air source clear

Any coolers bled?

All fluid lines and elec connections secure?

Emergency shut down capabilities connected or in place (you have a plan, I am sure) key I guess?

I am spit balling here....lol

 

I was going from memory so I checked the parts catalog. The standard battery was a 24F and the heavy duty was 27F.
The height and width of the two batteries was the same so the same hold down hardware will fit either battery. The 27F was about 2" longer.
Back to your regularly scheduled programming.

 

Okay, I think I figured it out. All of the conventional batteries listed are indeed group 24 batteries. Once you jump into the AGM style it crosses you over into a group 34/78 battery. It is smaller but the clamp fits just fine.


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Just waiting and watching, prefilght all items twice. Twice is free, mistakes usually are not.

Fuel supply, lift pump or priming pump, fuel filter bled? Check have an air dog, and have to run to cummins today for some new seals. Have a small leak in the injector bleed line.

Oil. Yes but I need to prime to oil galley still

All gauges checked, connected and air bled out. Oil pressure is the only one I need to tighten up after I prime the oil galley

P/S pump to hydra boost lines. Check, bled as much as I can by turning the wheel back and forth.

Brakes. Check same brakes as before I did the swap. I did run clean fluid through and bled them for s4!ts and giggles.

Trans fluid. Yep brand new syntorq in.

Air source clear. Yep new air filter.

Any coolers bled? No coolers.

All fluid lines and elec connections secure? Almost, just battery cables left.

Emergency shut down capabilities connected or in place (you have a plan, I am sure) key I guess? Have a fuel shut down, and as of right now if I have a run away I'll yank the air filter tube and shut the air down with a small block off plate.

I am spit balling here....lol

 

It been long just watching this thread and I an sure even longer doing it all, but it looks awesome and is quite the sleeper.

Look ol black dull Ford, open the hood BAM, YES IT A DIESEL beottches!

And a mighty pretty one at that, hang in there.

 

I am very excited for this to finally be a finished truck, but it will also be very disappointing not getting to watch this truck be built anymore. I hope you have another project waiting to begin.

 

Yep, have another project already. My dad bought that 27 tall T cab awhile back I'll be doing all of the fab work on it.

May fire her up tonight, depending on if cummins has the seals I need. If not probably on Saturday.

 

Word to the wise, if you are going to use something as an Air Block Off on the inlet then use a piece of steel.

At the junkyard we used to screw around and see what it took to actually kill a motor any time we got something in that ran but wasn't worth taking home (no oil, coolant etc) , my point is we had a wore out detroit turbo model bus and tried using a chunk of 1/2" plywood as an Air Block at the turbo inlet, it sucked the plywood to pieces and only shut down due to the turbo guts getting blown through the motor.

Fuel Kill is the safest bet. Can you cut power to your inline fuel pump if need be?

Batteries/cables look like my truck now, just nicer on yours. Question though, why not crimp the terminals a 2nd time so it didn't have the sharp "Bell" inside the heat shrink?

Running yet?.... How about now!?.... Video!!!! haha

 

Thanks for mentioning that Temco cable crimper. I looked them up and started reading the specs on the crimper, nice. Not a bad price either. I might have to get me one of those.

 

Exactly what I was thinking.
Me likely that crimper.
Is it fired yet?

 

Looking good.! Such a good combo too, dent with a Cummins... I want one too.. wait. I do have both.... have to ponder that one..

 

Ok gents. The moment y'all been waiting for. After working on her solid for a year today it all paid off.


First start. I cannot believe how fast she started and ran smooth. Less then a minute.


Second video breaking in the cam.


I thought I had an issue at the end of that last video. Turns out what I thought was water out of the head was diesel out of the #6 injector. I did not have her tight enough. Good thing I smelled it or I would've re torqued the head for no reason.


Last video running in the cam. So about 17 min doing that above 1500 rpm. Went very smooth. And a little goosing it at the end.


I still have some work to do for sure, but the most nerve racking part is over. I have a new jack shaft sitting on the work bench, and a new tailshaft bushing on the way. I also have a nice set of corbeau moab seats on order.


Also something I've been working on for awhile. A little video of my build pics. This is part one. I'll post up part two in a bit.


It's a well deserved beer30. Goodnight!

 

F&^%$ YES!!!!!!

Feel like I'm congradullating a friend on the birth of a child!

 

Hell yes! Sounds awesome Brandon!

 

Congrats man! She sounds good!

Sam

 

Awesome Brandon/class act