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More progress of my Dodge

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VinsRJ

Good work Charlie..... look forward to seeing the finished product!

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6wheeler

Looking good, The welds look good. Are you overhauling the engine? Love them Dana 60's especially the closed knuckles. Congrats on the license.. Remember, they take- em away faster than they give-em to ya. Have fun :thumbs:

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clintonnut

I LOVE the D60 D70 axle setup. They are really heavy but will take a beating. I am not overhauling the engine just rebuilding the turbo because it has some play and adjusting the valves, fuel pump and replacing some lines etc.

Went to the beach today :thumbs: covered in sand but got the floors painted after cleaning about 5lbs of sand from sandblasting out of the cab. Then continued to seal/treat all the channels of the cab.

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The last rust spot. UGH! I have about 30hrs just in the cab work. It should last forever with the amount of treatment I have done to it. This area is prone to rust by the heater because leaves dirt and pineneedles gather behind it from the cowl vent.

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A little off topic but really exciting! My dad bought a RUST FREE pretty straight shell for our 1966 dart wagon which needs a new unibody. I took our dart around the block a couple times beating cob webs out and laying down rubber with the 360 power......

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Charlie.....

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clintonnut

It's really moving fast. Front axle installed, rad support almost done trans painted springs and shocks in, steering done and some green hopefully saturday!

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Charlie

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VinsRJ

Charlie, a little bit of :D red on that tranny :thumbs: :wh:

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clintonnut

Its a brand loyal custom touch. Its the same with the couplings on the front axle. Just brushed on ih red

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clintonnut

Charlie is chuggin right along!

Engine painted

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Dash

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Paint

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Surfaces prepped by washing with water and sponge scrub then dry. All surfaces then wiped down with laquer thinner. Brakes windshield and engine by this time next week! Yes i did all this today by myself including the body work over the last month!

Charlie

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chris11

Nice job Charle. I worked for dodge for 20 years. i may have some manuals for you. If you want them?

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wheel horse 312

i have a 1989 dodge d-150 truck it has the 3.9 v6 in it and im having trouble with it blowing fuses when it blows the fuse it shutsdown the engine can anyone help

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horsefeathers

Charley, You da man! Great work! You are goin'a have a cool truck there!

Your skills and craftsmanship are amazing for your age!

You want this!!! And it shows in the work you've put in! Good for you!!!

Ambition will always overcome adversity! Keeep plugin' away!

Love them Mopars! And that Valiant wagon... well.. Ohh yeah!

:thumbs: HORSEFEATHERS!

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horsefeathers

i have a 1989 dodge d-150 truck it has the 3.9 v6 in it and im having trouble with it blowing fuses when it blows the fuse it shutsdown the engine can anyone help

Check the wireing at the bulkhead connector on the firewall

A common problem loose or coroded wires cause misery!

:thumbs: HORSEFEATHERS!

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clintonnut

Nice job Charle. I worked for dodge for 20 years. i may have some manuals for you. If you want them?

If you had any 1989-1993 diesel manuals i would be interested....

Thank you for the nice comments

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wheel horse 312

i have cheacked that it looks good i had to replace 4 of the fueable links with inline fuses becaouse i cant get the fuseabl links for this truck been thanking about taking all the electronic stuff out and going back to the old school way

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stevebo

Looking very nice Charlie !! You are putting a ton of work into that truck. Nice work.

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4xfourfun

Great truck Charlie, and super job. I too love the Dodges! Maybe I'll take some pics and start a Dodge picture thread for us Mopar guys....hmmm.

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Ken B

Very nice work Charlie! That is gonna be one hell of a hauler! :thumbs:

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clintonnut

Some more progress.

Making my own gauge cluster: all autometer designer black on my fabricated panel which will be painted green.

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Brakes done. I armored the front ones with galvinized wire.

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Then pulled the engine: needs a new clutch and flywheel turned

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Glass in: this is before i swapped out for the tinted ones.

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Windshield in

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Working on wiring...

Charlie

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clintonnut

Did some more this afternoon...

Got the resurfaced flywheel back and new hd clutch -$465 :thumbs:

Painted cross member stuff and put radiator support together..

Engine wednesday should be able to start it next weekend!

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Charlie

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sgtsampay

Looking great! great work and skill. Can't wait to see it!

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littleredrider

Gonna be a beast when done. I want a Cummins sooooo bad it hurts!!!! My truck is pretty much set up for one. Got a Gm 4500 tranny, V-10/Cummins bellhousing, Tennessee Diesel Conversions motor mounts and engine crossmember. Truck has heavy duty springs up front already so should be OK there. If not there are plenty of trucks in the junkyard to get some springs from.

My truck started out as a 2wd crew cab dually. I unbolted the front suspension, got some custom spring mounts to make it 4wd. Had the frame shortened 14" so now it's a crew cab short box, a truck GM never made till 98 I think.

Front axle is out of an 86 Ford van, moved the perches in to fit into a Gm truck. Rear is a 14ff from a van, these axles match the front track width. (ever notice on 4wd's the front tires stick out more than the rear??)

Using a divorced Ford 205, gonna be twin sticked eventually. I need to get going on this truck, it sits outside, it won't fit in the garage, too tall and long. Plus there is way too much crap in the garage!!!!!

Anyway here is a link to some pics.

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clintonnut

Cool build redrider.

Got the engine in! Maybe run it around the block next week.

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Almost home!

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Charlie

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clintonnut

Last couple days:

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Wiring nightmare:

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Custom no slop steering shaft I made:

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Nightmare getting better:

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New oil in trans and then put shifter on etc. There was half as much oil as there shouldve been

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Charlie

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sgtsampay

Keep it up. Your new truck is looking great! Can;t wait to see it all done.

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VinsRJ

Sweet Mother Charlie, I've been working on my GS for 12+ years and still haven't made the progress you have in just a couple weeks! :thumbs:

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AMC RULES

Really coming along nicely Charlie, still thinking about camouflaging it? Almost a shame condidering how nice the olive drab looks. :thumbs:

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