12v Cummins swap

[lowcharacter]

Hey guys! New here to this forum, thought I'd share my project with you.
Its an 82 crew cab camper special 2wd. I'm bagging and body dropping at the same time as the engine swap.
I'm installing a 95 p-pump 12v along with a already built 47re trans from the donor truck. I thought I'd make it more of a challenge making this fit under a stock hood and running the industrial engine driven air compressor to run my air suspension and air tools.

Before the tear down

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Sectioned the oil pan 2in to lower the engine as much as possible for the bodydrop

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Front mount from a commercial truck

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[lowcharacter]

This is the passenger "mid mount" modeled after the bell housing mounts found on the class 8 trucks. Left side of the pic is the trans bell housing bolts sandwiching the new mounts to the frame on the right of the pic. Same thing on the drivers side

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This is the removable trans mount using 7/16 plate. Since most all the weight is taken up now by the front mounts, this is just here to keep the tail shaft from moving around during high loads

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First of many test fits of the cab with the frame z'ed and motor dropped in

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Hard lined to fuel supply and return lines as well as the compressor supply line

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[lowcharacter]

Since I work for a equipment rental company, I have some perks of the job haha

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Here is my air compressor off an F700 school bus. It will fit without trimming if one was not doing a bodydrop

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There is room to use the factory location engine mounts, but they would have to be custom mounts to fit in a tighter area

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Don't get me wrong, this thing is HUGE! Weighs 50lbs without the hydraulic pump on the end

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[lowcharacter]

Frame body dropped, engine mounts in place and most all the fab work done and painted

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Trans tunnel raised and covered back up

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[Stewzer55]

Good idea on the mounts, especially the front one, that will make it a little easier by just replacing the front cross member for others going through this swap.

Nice work on the trans tunnel by the way.

 

[lowcharacter]

Thanks! Put some more work in today since my football team sucked lol

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And that's just primer and rattle can! This isn't the exact color, but close enough for right now

 

[marks86]

nice swap, and welcome I think I saw this thing on 62-72chevytrucks.com?

 

[lowcharacter]

Nope, haven't been over there

 

[als84crewcab]

nice work im watching . I have the same truck and have the same idea

 

[greencountry05]

I like where this is going.

 

[MadOgre]

Hey guys! New here to this forum, thought I'd share my project with you.
Its an 82 crew cab camper special 2wd. I'm bagging and body dropping at the same time as the engine swap.
I'm installing a 95 p-pump 12v along with a already built 47re trans from the donor truck. I thought I'd make it more of a challenge making this fit under a stock hood and running the industrial engine driven air compressor to run my air suspension and air tools.

Before the tear down

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Sectioned the oil pan 2in to lower the engine as much as possible for the bodydrop

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Front mount from a commercial truck

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I think you could use a little more bracing here

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[MadOgre]

This is the passenger "mid mount" modeled after the bell housing mounts found on the class 8 trucks. Left side of the pic is the trans bell housing bolts sandwiching the new mounts to the frame on the right of the pic. Same thing on the drivers side

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This is the removable trans mount using 7/16 plate. Since most all the weight is taken up now by the front mounts, this is just here to keep the tail shaft from moving around during high loads

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First of many test fits of the cab with the frame z'ed and motor dropped in

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Hard lined to fuel supply and return lines as well as the compressor supply line

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I think the biggest reason that transmission cross members have 2 dimensional bracing is because of the rotational force applied to the cross member and now that you have the bigger torque from the 12V, I would definitely put some vertical bracing on that cross member