8.3L Cummins Transplant

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You knew it was coming....so here's my "pseudo build" thread. Not much building going on but more of a "find all the parts I need and help me get it going" thread.

Got her home last night. Kid works for John Deere heavy equipment in OKC and was going to put it into a F2fiddy....um....what? LOL

Got a bead on a power steering pump/air compressor combo and gonna need the fan and brackets and possibly a tensioner. Lots of little things I want to go through before stabbing it. Gonna take me a while.

First things first....getting it on a stand. Found out a buddy has a large stand made from one of those rotating combine final drives a few miles away. SCORE!

Anyone have the mounting bracket dimensions and screw thread sizes handy so I can get it mounted up?

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Oil was decently clean, low, but clean. At least it didn't have water in it like the Detroit so that's a plus.

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That one doesn't have the coolant filter mounted horizontal right above the alternator- that's a plus! ?
 
Scooter's Roofing said:
this going in the dump truck?
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Yes....but I keep telling everyone it's going in the wife's Sequoia. I get a lot of dumb looks. LOL




If anyone has a shop manual for them I'd sure love to borrow it long enough to learn a few things. ;)
 
8.3 are great motors. My neighbor has a 8.3 in his pulling tractor just shy of 2500 HP... anyways back on track. He has a fan, brackets and pile of other stuff, if you want I'll ask what he wants for it..
 
6 speed 90 said:
8.3 are great motors. My neighbor has a 8.3 in his pulling tractor just shy of 2500 HP... anyways back on track. He has a fan, brackets and pile of other stuff, if you want I'll ask what he wants for it..
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I'd be much thankful if you see what he has. Not sure what all I'll need, but I know it will be a bunch of bolt on junk that he probably took off for the puller. I think the mechanical lift pump might be schidt. This dude had it bypassed and was running an electric pump when he had it fired up on a stand. If he has a lift pump I'd be interested in that as well.

600 said he might have some stuff laying around as well.
 
10 4. I'd be willing to bet if you get a list together of what all you need over time here, he'll have most of it he's got two spare complete motors. I'll see him today and ask him.
 
I have a manual you can borrow. Look at that tag and tell me what year it is.
 
6 speed 90 said:
10 4. I'd be willing to bet if you get a list together of what all you need over time here, he'll have most of it he's got two spare complete motors. I'll see him today and ask him.
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Gracias, Amigo.

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I have a manual you can borrow. Look at that tag and tell me what year it is.
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I'll have to confirm tonight, but his listing said 2006. I don't see a date on either of the tags I have pictures of here with me.
 
Well, I'll just send my 96+ manual then. It's all the same anyway.
 
4x4dually said:
I'm in debt to ya, my friend. ;)

I'll get it back to you quickly.
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I have nothing to add beside this looks like a cool project, and I hope it oral's the coal when your done .:st::st:
 
They will be greasy...they can't possibly stick. LOL

I won't mind it hazin' a just tad if it hauls ass. Little class 6 truck only weighs #14,600 empty. I can probably shave another #500 off by losing a chit-ton of extra crap someone has put on it that won't ever be used...such as 2 extra sets of hyd lines to the rear, auger and spinner controls, etc. Most likely I'll have a pile of extra parts I'll list when done and hopefully someone needs a 8.2L Detroit boat anchor for parts.
 
I may have some parts also, and could be interested in horsetrading anything you need to change/swap out.
 
I sure don't have much of anything that is worth anything to anyone as far as trading is concerned....but I do need a compressor, power steering pump, fan assembly, and probably a new lift pump.

One questions though, if I was to non-intercool this dude, is it better to hard pipe the intake to the turbo, hard elbows with flex between them, or just a big flex pipe? I sure wish the turbo was setting 180 on this thing. The inlet is facing backwards the exhaust housing is facing forwards. If I spin it, I'll have to redo the oil feed/outlet and the boost tube to the IP.
 
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Is the bell housing the correct size? I think Chris has a medium duty truck manifold. He should sell it to me for $25 shipped and I'll swap it for manifold you have. :hehe::hehe:

I have some compressors with steering pumps, I should see if I can determine condition.

Need to know center of crank to center of fan distance that you need, and any left or right offset.
 
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Snedge said:
I need a 12 string acoustic.
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That guitar cost over twice what I paid for that motor. It would be money ahead for me to just give you the motor. :hehe:

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