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Originally Posted by Travisarmenta
Love it.
Semper Fi Bro
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Semper Fi, I haven’t looked at those pictures in years. Lots of memories in those old barracks.
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Originally Posted by 1972K20
Nice Suburban!
I like the Cummins. Any pics of the engine mounts or cross-member?
Also, did you pull the engine, trans and t-case out together with the cherry picker in the earlier photo?
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Thanks, it’s a fun truck and it hasn’t given me too much trouble in the years since building it. Just lots of driving and pulling trailers. I’ll grab some better pictures of the crossmember tomorrow, it’ll be dark when I drive it home tonight.
I pulled the entire engine/trans/case out of the Dodge as a single unit through the former grill opening on that trusty cherry picker. Then, I removed the 5 speed and NP205, did some painting, resurfaced the flywheel, put in a new clutch, and hung the NV5600 and Dodge NP205 off it. The entire assembly was put into the Burb (minus front clip) as a single unit with the same engine hoist, set at the final position, tacked up the mounts in place, unbolted the mounts for final welding and paint, then bolted back in.
I find that is the easiest path, as there’s no wrestling a heavy transmission into place and no guessing at measurements. The engine only went in once, and if I ever have to pull it, the entire assembly will come back out the same way.