on a side note I sold my house today, should have papers submitted tomorrow to buy farmyard with 30'x30' floor heated shop

 

on a side note We sold our house in town today, tomorrow We should be signing over the papers for a 10 acre farmyard with a lot more living space and a 30'X30' insulated shop with floor heat

 

I agree with everyone else on keeping the Merc frame and body, but that Cummins with trans is very heavy (+1000#). The frame will have to be reinforced considerably. It will be a real stump puller but it will have lots of handling issues. AX won't have to worry about any autocross competition.

 

Congrats, It will be very nice to have all that elbow room.
Please take pictures of the shop before you fill it up... and after ... we love pictures.

 

Hey Probe,
Congratulations on your new place!! Did it come with a house for your wife - they get kind of cranky if all they get is a nice garage - just saying.
Post some pics of your new garage - I'm jealous!!

Ben in Austin
1950 F1

 

thanks guys, I'll get the pictures posted right after possession date

 

A person would have to check into this but a mechanic/Cummins fanatic friend of mine says the early Cummins ways far less (150 lbs more than a 440) than a late one and if a auto is used (727 with an od) shouldn't be that heavy.The cast iron 5sp is heavy.The newer style is a couple hundred heavier than the gen one Cummins.

 

440 weighs 670 lb and Cummins 6BT is 1100 lb dry weight

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cummins_B_Series_engine
engine weight difference - 440 and Hemi

And here are some of the year to year differences:
http://http://www.allpar.com/mopar/cummins-diesel.html

 

Good reading there,Thanks.I guess my ol buddy(we call him google)is wrong.LOL I do know this,the old 91 doesn't have a bow in the axle like my 05 did.Figured forsure he was right on his weights,Oh well.

 

I was sure that was correct as I was in Jeep and Truck Engineering (JTE) at that time and we couldn't put the engine in late 1980 4WD trucks due to the weight on the front axle.

 

My 94 Cummins B series shop manual lists the engine weight with standard accessories as follows
4 cylinder 715 to 770 lb ... 239 cu

6 cylinder 910 to 970 lb ... 359 cu

 

That may have been bare block without the turbo?

 

I think a turbo would be "standard accessory" in 1994, but anything is possible.