thanks Mark.sounds like you been up here before....if you or any one here ever up this way..give me a shout...

 

Would you be thinking of harmonic resonance? The source of that can be a pain to locate.

In the summer of '06 four of us were in ME, CT, NH, MA, RI doing warranty work on John Deere tractors at dealers. Drove quite a few back roads and many main ones. Told the wife that we will go visit sometime. Will definitely give you a shout when we do, but it is probably a few years off yet.

Jeremy, you off work yet so you can get to work???????????

 

He is out working on it now. I guess he will be reporting back at 3 am again.

 

Been away some time now, just got caught up reading all the posts here on this thread and haven't seen one thing about the torque converter...

Did I miss something?

Kris, "some new parts in boxes" should just be one part, in one box, or on a pallet rather.

 

That could be what it's called. I do know it can be a pain to locate, which is why I brought it up when I saw that picture.

 

I would just tweak that line with a wonder bar and call it a day. Ever so slightly mind you, but that is all it takes.

 

Sorry Jeremy, Ron, I cannot believe he is not passing it on like all the rest but I do understand that does not always work depending on the business. I did notice you seemed to be up a bit earlier. Hope the new gig is a good one.

Beautiful country up there, just that accent and the people throw me for a loop. My family lives up there. Did I mention those people speak differently up there??

 

a few of the paper mills have shut down as well as a couple of other factory up here,,there going over sea ,just isnt worth it to him any more..i used to haul a lot of logs too..but not much of that going any more ether

 

I don't know what your talking about Mike....we paak our caa's in the garage so we can work in our gaadens.

 

Ive firsthand heard this man talk, and that isn't far from the truth.

 

I Know, he pawks the caw, not faw, from the yawd.

 

We are shtinking up Jeremy'sh thread

 

Very true. My apologies. I am... impatient. I want that truck running.

 

I see what you're getting at now. I wouldn't have thought about that. Good point.
Indeed I was, among other things.

Not quite at 3 am. I'm actually starting to get tired now. I called it a night about 45 minutes ago to come inside, eat, and get a good night of rest. I'm planning on getting quite a bit done tomorrow. I worked on the truck a little tonight, then went and watched some mud drags at the fairgrounds, came home and worked on it a little more.

Maybe. Honestly, I don't know if I've mentioned anything about it yet. Last I talked to Brian, he was working on tweaking the stall speed for the converter with use on a Cummins. He was actually installing one of his 4R100 transmissions in a local (to him) Dodge truck, so he would have a platform to work with that he can more easily change. Up to now, he's not had any local customers using his trans behind a Cummins, and the stall speed has been adjusted based on the customer's input, not what Brian can actually drive. I meant to call him this week to see what the progress is and update him on where I am at in the build.

However, my plan is to just use the current converter I have for a bit, then drive down to Lead Hill and have him swap the converter. He also told me he'd like to freshen the trans, so I'm thinking he'll just do it all in one day. Kai used a Ford converter for a while, and while he said it wasn't the best due to the stall speed being off, it is at least driveable.

I thought about that too, but I have no experience bending steel lines and I don't want to create a leak. Can I just bend it a little with a pry bar with the line still attached, to keep alignment in place, or do I need to remove it to bend it? Like I said, leaks are what concerns me. Diesel fuel coming out of a small hole at 20K can cause some serious damage. I've been told it's can even cut like a water jet.

Me too, Mike. Me too.

So onto what I got done today. Wasn't much, as I was at the mud drags for a few hours this evening.

First off, I need to give a big thanks to Mike Norwood, one of our fellow FTE members, for sending me a gas truck throttle pedal. After Mike saw my post about it, he sent me a message that he has one from a gas truck that he bought to put his PSD in. He sent it to me, saving me from having to go buy one. So Mike, thank you!! He deserves reps.

I got the throttle cable installed today before the drags. It was actually pretty simple, as the pedal bolts right up to where the existing pedal is. The firewall already has the correct holes in it for running the cable, but I did have to cut a hole in the engine side of the firewall insulation. No big deal though. Also, where the cable comes through the firewall, it ran directly into the regulator, so I had to rotate the regulator just a little bit so the cable didn't have a sharp bend in it.




I also got the downpipe fitted up to the turbo, so I could see where it needed to be cut off, since it was way too long on the end opposite the flange. Got it marked and cut off, then bolted up to the turbo. I oriented the Cummins elbow on the turbo outlet so the downpipe would clear everything around it ok, like transmission lines and the firewall. Once it was in place, I put the rest of my exhaust back in place and noticed that they're not quite lining up. The downpipe is about 1" lower and 1/4" toward the frame, from the rest of my exhaust. I pushed, pulled & rotated the exhaust, and it just won't line up. I think the easiest way to get it connected is to cut a few more inches off the current exhaust and use a piece of flex pipe ot connect the two. It's not ideal, but my other option is to have the downpipe shortened, and I just don't want to mess with having someone cut & weld it, an still have the chance of it not lining up right. Tomorrow morning, I'm going to run to the truck shop and pick up some flex and clamps. Here's the downpipe, cut off and ready to be fitted up:




I'm hoping to get quite a bit accomplished tomorrow. My plan is to get all the wiring done (finally), get the battery tray installed, get the exhaust fully done, and to get the front end put back together. I still need to flush out the radiator, since I'm changing types of coolant and I want to give it a general cleaning too. The top radiator hose uses a stock Dodge hose, and I've got a flexible steel hose from Summit for the lower hose. The Dodge hose will be here tomorrow, and my Summit hose showed up today. I picked up some J-bolts so I can fab up a battery hold down bracket and I'll get a piece of steel for it on Monday. Also picked up a new accumulator for the AC today, so I may get it installed on the truck, leaving it sealed up until I'm ready to have the system charge. New connectors for the battery terminals will be here tomorrow too, so I can figure out how much wire I'll need for the battery cables and get it picked up Monday as well.

Oh, and I got an email today that my air filter shipped, finally, but it won't be here until next Thursday. I need to get it all fitted so I can get one of the pieces of metal tube to the welder for the IAT sesor flange/bung/hunk of metal. I may see if Jeff will come by for a bit and let me use his filter for a test fit, since he's got my old 6637 on his truck. That way I can get the tube to the welder on Monday too and have it all ready when the filter gets here.

Next week I'll get the batteries secured down, cables made, and check to see that the truck has power. I need to power it up before the engine starts so I can load a file to the PCS controller. I also need the PCS controller when the engine starts so I have a tach, since Destroked is working on a new tach kit right now. The way they used to do the tach was with a tone wheel on the balancer and a magnetic tach pickup from Summit. However, they have now found a way to do it all electronically, utilizing the signal from the Cummins crank position sensor and converting that signal to what the tach can use. I'm told they are very close to having it done.

The only things out of my hands right now are the coolant tank, IC tubes and adapter for the throttle cable. The tank and IC tubes are coming from Kai, and the throttle cable adapter is coming from Destroked. Both know what my timeline is, so hopefully they will show up sometime this coming week. If they do, it's looking like the truck will be fired and running by next weekend. One all that stuff gets here, filling the engine with oil, filling the radiator, filling the fuel filters, and adding some fuel.

I also uploaded a few more pics to my webshots of the power steering, with everything connected.

 

Shaweetttt man, to me it kinda seemed like its all coming together so quickly now, took forever to get to the "install" point since you got the engine, and now youre almost ready to fire it. Get the video camera set up in the corner of the shop!