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Nasty thing, needs a wash.
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I assume mick is making the harness long enough to be used for a number of vehicles/configurations. That's what I'd do if I was trying to crank out harnesses in a fast/ profitable way.
Awesome work, you're going to be on the road in no time, with a dirt nasty, diesel 80.
I watched this video smiling and said to myself "f**k yesss duuuude".
Awesome work, you're going to be on the road in no time, with a dirt nasty, diesel 80.
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Two weeks, 5 days. She's on the road. Still some cleanup, the only leak she had, was the small hose that goes from underneath the top radiator/coolant outlet. I just missed one small hose clamp. Seems good to go now.
Id like to thank everyone who helped, and continues to help. Part numbers, wisdom, etc. This community made it much easier and I never truly felt lost in the sauce. So a huge kudos to you guys.
Heres some videos, I didn’t have the passenger seat in, so my wife was miss daisy recording in the back lol.
Id like to thank everyone who helped, and continues to help. Part numbers, wisdom, etc. This community made it much easier and I never truly felt lost in the sauce. So a huge kudos to you guys.
Heres some videos, I didn’t have the passenger seat in, so my wife was miss daisy recording in the back lol.
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Thanks dude!!
Super sweet!! Sounds awesome, are you running exhaust-less on the test drive?
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Its basically a dump pipe, ends just at the transfer case. Short drives until the CDL switch is fixed, taking a closer look at it tomorrow.
Nice work!
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Heck yeah
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Well, drove her an hour and about 40 miles to the exhaust shop, man. I really enjoy the power on the highway. Cruising in 5th gear between 75-80 is just really smooth. EGTs while cruising were around 700-800F, water temp around 165-170F, boost around 10-12PSI.
A JOY TO DRIVE
Insane to me that America missed out on the HD series engines.
A JOY TO DRIVE
Insane to me that America missed out on the HD series engines.
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3 inch exhaust all the way back, god she sounds great.
I do miss the turbo sounds from only having a downpipe. I guess ill have to solve that with a larger turbo
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I do miss the turbo sounds from only having a downpipe. I guess ill have to solve that with a larger turbo
.It took the big three wining and dining a lot of politicians to make sure our emissions laws were properly tailored to keep most of the import diesels out while still allowing room for the US manufacturers. Our emissions laws are absolute nonsense from any logical perspective. As it is, car enthusiasts lose, but environmentalists do too.
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Oh yeah, I knew it was rooted back to the big three lobbying the government.
I dont think she'll ever pass emissions. Ive deleted the crossover completely. So no EGR, or emissions at all.
When I go to tackle that nightmare, ill be sure to document it.
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This is amazing.
Need a truck shifter though
Need a truck shifter though
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Huge congrats on getting it done and on the road!
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Yeah we're at about 90% of the way complete I'd say, I still have a harness laying in the passenger side floorboard lol, and I need to get my AC lines made and AC recharged, but she's on the road lol.
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Alright so I've been wanting to clean up the thread and kind of do a lessons learned. So with that, here's what I've learned from the doing the swap mostly myself, what I outsourced to other people, etc.
- Just do the damn thing, I say this because if I've been able to do it.. I know 99% of other people out there can do it also. Does it look like a monumental task at first? Sure. but all you're really doing is changing parts if anyone else elevates it up to a level higher than that, they are full of s*** and are probably trying to protect their brand.
- A very important one for ih8mud and in general, a lot of people will say it's only worth doing if it's done perfectly. I don't see that. It's your build so do it how you want, if someone else complains or moans about it, they can pay for it.
- Research, research, research and probably some more research... Seriously, I probably wasted 750.00-1000.00 in stuff I didn't end up needing or using. Don't assume anything will just "Fit" or "Work". Like my PDI Intercooler Kit, I ordered from Gturbo, I should've known it would be made to suite one of their turbo's so I had to screw around with a bunch of silicone amazon special piping to get it to work with my stock turbo.
- It DOESN'T have to be a 100% frame off nut and bolt restoration for it be worth it. I'm perfectly fine with taking a stock vehicle and turning it into my custom made s***box.
- Take your budget, whatever that number is, and double it. seriously I was super naive and figured I could do the swap for 15-20k, then I changed directions and went with a H152F. that blew up any numbers I had.
- Wiring.... the dreaded monster that terrifies most away from FTE builds. Outsource it to MickFTE dude has been awesome to work with, solid timelines on making the loom and shipping it, sure we've had some issues with length, I need to de-pin a few wires and swap them... but his customer service and support after purchase has seriously been amazing, I think he called me at 2am his local time to work some stuff out I had questions about. There's others out there, but I don't have experience with them.
- Don't be afraid to take risks, and do what's comfortable for you. I bought a used HDJ100 from across the pond and it worked out, a lot of people would probably say buy a long block instead, my HDJ100 was nearly the same price. Sure i got lucky, but that's what makes it risky.
- Have fun with it, and learn... I've never swapped an engine before... made my own fuel lines, routed harnesses, troubleshooted starting issues, installed a manual transmission or clutch.... seriously the list goes on and on.
Im planning a swap for late next year, and despite going a different route than you did, it is awesome and encouraging to see histories like yours!
Good job dude!
This may be one of those things that operates like Hofstadter's law. Even expecting to double your budget, you'll wind up doubling THAT budget.
