[Chance48]

Heya fellas,

Got the cab pretty much stopped of what I need. Got the brake/accelerator peddles and bracket out, and the emergency brake assembly. I got over whelmed looking at the wiring, got a little confused aswell so I called diesel conversion specialists with my concerns.

They told me I could let the body harness go, send them the engine/tranny harnesses and they would take care of it. Cost is 500.00-600.00 for them to rebuild my harness. Said that all I would need is a key switch, my positive and grounds, a battery and the engine would run and shift. Catch is I don't wanna spend the money for them to wire it, lol....

I'm thinking I could use the dodge fuse box so that I can plug in the main lug of the engine/tranny harness. This will give me power to it. That way I wouldn't have to rebuild the harness. Just remove the a/c and few other things in that harness that are not needed. Does that sound feasible? Then I would get a wiring kit or build my own for the rest of the truck.

I also had this great idea for my throttle. I was brainstorming...I could mount my throttle on the firewall and just lengthen my throttle wires, then it hit me...my tranny kick down cable....! Is there or are there cables of extended lengths that I could run my kickdown with?? Where would I find something like that?

Cab will be coming off tomorrow. Hope to pull the engine and start mocking up the new cab mounting. Then suspend the engine in its new position and see where it is gonna set in relation to the rear axle.

I wanted to do the air suspension first, but I need to collect some funds first. Suppose I'll mock the cab up a lil high. Ride height is gonna be somewhere between normal and low and aired out a few inch or less from the ground. Gonna be running a classic style 19.5" wheel with a 31" tire then again, maybe I won't mount the cab, or fab mounts yet. Maybe just set it on blocks so I can get my engine placement and commence boxing frame and building engine mounts and such....giving me time to get my air suspension components here first so I can get the body just right....that's my best bet there.

I'll get some pics of the cab removal and mock ups. Should be fun. I'm pumped...gonna start lookin like something other than an old work truck soon. Although, I miss my old work truck!