91 Crew Cab Convertion

[MTownsend]

Well Here I go, The Cummins is starting to get ripped down, This is the End of the line for 91 Regular cab. :{



Oh I can't wait for the 85 to be finished

 

[bgilbert]

Sweet. Keep us updated.

 

[autoworld]

LOL! that will be an easy swap - are you going to restore the crew when done??

dawna

 

[MTownsend]

Yeah, I plan on making her pretty again. :-laf I'm going to put the 91 front clip, doors, and bed on the Crew Cab. There are so many things I'd like to do but I gotta get the drive line strait first. Once I have the engine and drive line in place I want to take care of the kdp, New exhaust, clean everything up, then start to put cab back on. Man I'm glad I own a tow truck, that boom shure will be handy

 

[autoworld]

well, call us if you need any help - come show us when you're done!

 

[MTownsend]

well, call us if you need any help - come show us when you're done!

Thank you, I plan on seeing you when i get things swapped around. theres a few things I need to purchase

 

[DKarvwnaris]

Thank you, I plan on seeing you when i get things swapped around. theres a few things I need to purchase

Where were all these Montana repowers when I was still home?!!!

I barely ever saw any MT signatures on here when I first joined TDR, good to see more on line now. You'll have a great toq rig with that crew cab. I still can't believe Diaper Chrysler waited 2 generations to provide a CTD crew cab, they've always been so insightful to the needs of the market

Congrats on a fun project, have you thought about a NV-4500 and a gear vendors for the new driveline? Now's the time, it will pay you back tenfold in driving pleasure.

 

[MTownsend]

Well I'm not sure what i'm doing with the transmission yet, to switch to th nv4500 is more $$$ then i want to do. When I finally get the g360 out and get a look at it I guess I'll decide. I also need to either rebuild the 205np or replace it, you can shake both output shafts up and down ALOT!



Progress is slow, The last time I had afew days off I ended up paying the family doctor a visit then when I finally felt beter we had a cold snap.



Today I got the frount clip off, however I broke something on the drivers side fender when I was pulling the vacum line of of it WHAT DID I BREAK??



Tomarow If it stops snowing, and gets above 30 degress I'll start to take the cab off. Man I Love My New Air Tools :-laf

 

[MTownsend]

Well The cab is off and the transmission and transfer case are out! I love my tow truck :-laf

 

[bgilbert]

Looking good so far. Love the pics, keep em coming!.

 

[MTownsend]

frame thickness

Well Work has been slow, but I'm drilling holes in the frame for the frount spring hangers. I found out that the frame on the crew cab is not only thicker but also an inch taller. I sure am glad I chose to make this frame 4wd and not strech the other frame. The 91 frame is 3/16" thick 6" channel

the 85 is 1/4" x 7" channel.

 

[DKarvwnaris]

Today I got the frount clip off, however I broke something on the drivers side fender when I was pulling the vacum line of of it WHAT DID I BREAK??

Most likely you cracked the cruise control connection for the vacuum diaphram?... . That's the only vacuum I can remember on the fender well off hand.

I have a skid loader I use just as much as your tow truck for such tasks, its much easier than a bunch of buddies, cheaper too. I can put $5 of diesel in my skidder and run it for days, contrary to $5 of beer which won't even get my friends drunk and useless for a single evening.

 

[MTownsend]

Most likely you cracked the cruise control connection for the vacuum diaphram?... . That's the only vacuum I can remember on the fender well off hand.

I have a skid loader I use just as much as your tow truck for such tasks, its much easier than a bunch of buddies, cheaper too. I can put $5 of diesel in my skidder and run it for days, contrary to $5 of beer which won't even get my friends drunk and useless for a single evening.

Nope, it's not cruise control, the truck don't have that yet, but it will.



Man I'm jelous, $5 bucks, my old tow truck likes gasoline, and gets about 7mpg empty. I hope to convert it to diesel next!



Here is a picture on that vacume thingamajig

 

[CLiberty]

could it be athe vacume sensor for the ABS brakes?

 

[MTownsend]

On monday after my 12 hour shift at work I decided to take the crew cab apart

 

[MTownsend]

I had about 5 hours to work at it on tuesday, still have to drill out some more rivets on the frount end. Theres no turning back now!

 

[MTownsend]

Well I work tonight but I was able to get some work done today. I cut the engine suport out and put in the rear spring hanger in for the frount rear

 

[MTownsend]

well I worked at it about 5 hours today, Now I gotta go to bed and get 3 hours sleep before work. at least It's a 4x4 now :-laf

 

[ESchoon]

Looking good! Keep the pics/progress coming.

 

[MTownsend]

Well I picked up the adapter kit from Auto World and installed the Nv4500 yesterday, If it stops rainning I'll work on getting the cab in plact today