I liked the first gen dodge cummins trucks for these swaps, everything lines up perfectly, the second gen truck would need the motor shifted forward to keep from having to cut the fire wall out. The big front fenders made the truck. I’m running 35” tall tires on it now and still no suspension lift.

Hi Fred, the chassis I used was a 1990, I fit perfectly like it was made for it, from what I had found with the second generation dodge cummins trucks were that the motor sits farther back on the frame, if you don't move the motor forward you will have to cut out the fire wall, I've seen this done before, the good and bad about using the second gen, you do get to use the inter cooler, the bad you loose floor space in the cab and the shifter will come through the floor next to the seat, on the first gen all I had to do was remove the clutch fan then machine the threaded shaft from the pully then cut the radiator support to move the radiator forward, the rest was typical.

Any time!

Thanks.

Thanks for the compliment. I had the modern column but it just didn’t look correct, and I couldn’t get the single bulb tail lights to work correctly so I needed it.

Thanks for the compliment, this truck runs as good or better then it looks and it makes one hell of a good hauler!

It’s not bad now, it took me a while to get it quiet enough to listen to a radio, I had to put under hood sound deadening, along with in cab on the fire wall and along the back wall, foot wells and a padded sealing insert. I’m planning on cloth or vinyl door panels. I’ve driven this on a few 12 hour trips and it is comfortable enough but want it a little bit quieter.

Absolutely! A duramax would be awesome, quiter and lot more power then I have in this truck. I went with what I had and knew the Cummins motor. The first gen Cummins is not much stock, but I like the fuel Milage and it will run forever that way. I get in this truck and head out to utah, Nevada Wyoming and others states around the western part of the country and this truck feels like it was just built, I appreciate that I can rely on it, not saying a duramax wouldn’t do that because they do, I’m just a simple guy.

Hi Fred, the second gen can be a challenge because the motor is farther back in the frame, check to see where the center of the front axle in relation to the back of the motor and fire wall of the truck, you might have to cut out the fire wall or try to move the motor forward, first gen is a easier swap.

I will get that measurement and go from there! thanks for the response and the video!! awesome truck!

Good luck with your truck project I spent a lot of time measuring, measuring and measuring some more, The dodge I used was my daily driver, it was hard to make that kind of commitment with out being sure, also try to find the front fenders from a 2 ton Chevy truck, the wheel openings are bigger.

I just remembered that I had to get a aftermarket voltage regulator because the gage cluster in the dodge has a small computer that is part of the stock regulator, try to use as much of the dodge wiring as possible for the preheat and a lot of other things, dodge uses a electronic speedometer so you will have to work with that.

OK! great! I'll keep doing some research it'll be a while before I get it started.. I will definitely keep you posted.. I might try to get it on here!

Not sure.

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