hi guys i am new to the site as a member. i am curenetly building a gen1 cummins crewcab. well the bodyswap and everything has been done for about a year and its been my daily driver. bad news-blew the 727 recently!! good news- i got a getrag setup to swap:))). Now for the tricky stuff. my truck originally was a single cab 8 foot box truck that had a great frame and drivetrain but the body was rotten(typical southern ontario trucks). i went to albany newyork and bought a full 1985 360 gasser crewcab truck rustfree. i did the body swap. tonnes of work! now ive heard that dodge didnt have hydraulic clutches in the manual transmissions back then so im wondering what i gotta do to get the cummins pedals and master cylinder to fit properly? has anyone done this before? or does anyone have pictures or could take pictures of the setup? i will post some pics of the truck to give you guys an idea on what im working with. thanks ALOT
thats a really good question lol. i had contemplated that for a long time and i basicly just decided to go this way because its ruffly the same work. but mainly because i wanted something unique. the hardest part of it all was shortening the box. if u look close enough u will see that the rear wheelwell is a little off. thats because my frame was an 8 foot box frame and i took a six foot box and cut it not knowing at the time that the 8 footer is about two inches longer behind the wheels then the six foot box. so i shoulda took a 8 foot box and cut it. but ohhwell i guess thats just something else for me to fix in the future. but for now i dont mind it )
The hell with the truck! Tell us about the 'cuda in the barn! When I swapped cabs on my truck I cut out part of the 92 firewall and welded it into the 86 cab for the clutch and bulkhead plug to be in the right spot.
pete
Just enough power to break everything behind the crankshaft.
Yea that would work if ihad a manual truck cab but I don't. Any one got pictures of this thing. Haha I thought someone might notice that cuda. I need a pic of how u mount the pedals and the master cylinder. Plzzzzz someone???
I just put the harness connect right in the gasser one it fits great. I didn't have to touch my firewall and I don't really wanna cut into it. Has anyone does this and took a frickkin pic ?????