I picked up a a '85 crew cab dodge short bed one ton truck to use as a tow rig about 2 yrs ago. It has a '97 12v cummins in it. The previous owner got the engine in but didn't hook anything up. I had to sort through the mess of wires and figure out where everything goes. I do have a '90 wiring harness from a diesel truck to work with. And yes, I will be getting it painted once it's running.
Pics:
In my driveway.
The engine:
Here are the stock front springs. I ended up replacing them.
Here is the sad state of affairs inside. This is where most of the work will happen.
One more for good measure:
I ended up putting in a nv4500 transmission as the tranny that came with the truck was a non-overdrive TF727 from a '90 first gen cummins. The axles have 4.10 gears, so a non-overdrive tranny wouldn't work.
Leni