View Single Post
Old 09-27-2016, 10:11 AM   #85
DieselRat
Registered User
 
Join Date: Jul 2013
Location: HB PA
Posts: 241
Re: 87 Chevy Crew Cab 4x4 Converion/Cummins swap

Haven't given up on this yet.

3 weeks to the day, I finally bothered the guy enough that he finished my drive shaft. While waiting is not my strong suit it was well worth he, he does quality work. (for any PA guys its Associated Truck Parts in Boyertown PA, Ernie is the guy) Perfect fitment and correct U joint which I was concerned I gathered false info about!

So first drive impression was, this thing sucks. Brakes were pulsing and hardly working, power steering was not even an option. Its slow as a turtle and bouncy as hell. All things I set myself up for HA!

With the hydroboost setup I failed to bleed it fully, and somehow got air back into the system, once I got it bled properly everything worked flawlessly and started to feel like a real truck, now I just need to fix my wobbly tilt column. Its bouncy because I forgot to mention I dont have rear shocks yet I wanted to make sure it settled before I order shocks.

And the slow part I was anticipating, for now.....I wanted to make sure everything worked stock before I went messing with the pump, changing turbos, fuel pin, injectors etc.

And LASTLY my oil problem seems to have gone away. I have no clue what happened or why, but I pulled the downpipe last night and other than some risidual goo, it was dry and just had normal diesel exhaust build up. I almost thing my gasket was restricting the drain back to the pan and it spit up into my manifold and just took a good running temp to burn it all off.

So for right now I'm in test and tune mode until I can afford some more parts.
__________________
54 GMC OM617 diesel swap
http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=588827
87 Chevy Crew Cab Cummins
http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=711157
DieselRat is offline   Reply With Quote