Isn't doing this stuff so rewarding ... Look at all the experience your gaining pulling cleaning and installing the pan...
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LOL... Just lovin it!
OK pan is peened and back together. Now I see that I'm missing a expansion plug in the oil galley at the rear of the block... Here is the kicker, its 17.73mm in dia.(Dodge spec) Hmmmm.. What are the chances of me finding that one at the local auto parts store. And just one is $16 at Dodge!
Political Correctness is a doctrine, fostered by a delusional, illogical minority, and rabidly promoted by an unscrupulous mainstream media, which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a turd by the clean end.
other than the engine choose i love this project i just want to know what made you go with a cumming instead of a ford diesel,
7.3 for instance is a great and pritty much indistructible ford turbo diesel
The 7.3 were good motors.... but IMO V8's just can't compete dollar for dollar with a Cummins. Cummins is like the small block chevy of the diesel world.
Besides I'm a straight six nut.... Datsun, BMW and AMC/Jeep, I've had them all... still drive a straight six (BMW) daily! Best design there is!
There is also the fact that cummins 12v only needs two wires to run as well. You could put a manual fuel switch and run no electrical system at all if you could figure out a way to start it as well.
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1987 Ford Ranger XLT 4x4 2.9
Needs a lot of work, including some rot on the body, but shes getting there.
Welp, I was making posts last night when the system went offline for maintenance!
A little late now, but I'll post it anyways....
Here it is:
Tip for taping that hole...
When you cannot blow air from the backside out the whole you are tapping.
Take a vacuum cleaner that has a flat type wand (type used to get between seats) plug the end, drill a hole in it on one side larger than the tap, the other side to fit the shank, stick the tap shank first through the larger hole, place it against the block and go to tapping...
Trick an ol timer taught me for drilling/tapping intakes for vacuum ports, I now use it for doing pyros.
Sucks the chips right out!
You can also grease the tap, I have done both, as well as at the same time...
But prefer to use something that dries (like TapMatic), I've found oils and greases hold chips that I'm never comfortable I'm getting all out without a through washout.
I debated several points when deciding on the Cummins for my '68. I first came into possesion of a Banks turbo'd 6.9 IDI and was planning on using that, but it needed a total rebuild. Then I had a chance to buy a wrecked '95 with a Powerstroke, but it was 4X4 and I wanted 4X2, the owner kept jerking me around on the price and it was high mileage anyway, and the kicker is that the Powerstrokes are computerized which means a whole lot more hassle when swapping into an older truck. Then I scored a good-running low mileage Cummins and that was it.
As far as being a diehard Ford guy, the Powerstrokes (as well as the earlier IDI) are built for Ford by International and aren't any more Ford than a Cummins is in that regard. Heck, Ford used Cummins engines in some of their larger trucks. Not saying that the PS isn't a good engine, just that for many folks the Cummins is a better choice for swaps.
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45/64 is the correct one, Dorman part # 555082..................RockAuto price $0.61 each the engine takes 3...............a little less than $16
btw, $5 buys a pack of 10, local NAPA should have it too
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