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90 Dually C3500 diesel swap
nandrus
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I just picked up a 90 C3500 that had a 454 with a turbo 400. I am doing a cummins swap with a 5 speed manual. So far so good. I am slowly finding all the things that were hacked with the truck. Lots of crappy wiring from the previous owner and a bad notch in the frame. I am going to have to redo that and probably add a 4 link. I need to find a good place that sells 4 link kits and a watts link. From what I heard it is a good set up.
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big bear
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nice truck man. look forward to build pics.
dentman
+1y
nice build getting ready to do the same to my 88 chevy crew cant wait to follow your build
nandrus
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nandrus
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Got it running last night. I just need to get the dash back together and the front end back on. The guy before me painted the truck ugly gold and put some ugly rims on it so I have to paint it and get new rims.
big bear
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congrats on getting it running
cowboyprotectionunit
+1y
Please Keep us Updated on the Swap I'm planning on doing it to mine as well, cept I'm thinking the 6speed manual
someotherguy
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Really those directional rims don't look bad at all, just those rusty center caps gotta go.
I'm with you on that gold paint job though...looks like melted cola Icee.
Richard
I'm with you on that gold paint job though...looks like melted cola Icee.
Richard
nandrus
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Yeah the wheels wouldnt be as bad but the chrome is really peeling and the center caps have like a tiger on them or something. I really need to do the interior. The back window is a roll down window without the mechanism so I was either going to get a factory rear window or see If i can get a window mechanism from a hot rod shop and see if I can make it work.
someotherguy
+1y
Are the wheels chromed steel or chromed aluminum? If they're aluminum I'd see if someone can strip the chrome off and just polish those bitches up. The caps can be ditched or replaced...now if the wheels are chrome steel I'm with you, dump those bitches.
Roll-down rear window? Sounds cool, can you post some pics inside/out? I'd be interested in what kind of setup it is. The only other kind of window I've seen offered for this body style besides the typical 3 and 4 piece manual sliders is a 3 piece power slider from C.R. Laurence, had one in a '92 extended cab. It worked OK for a while but the motor got weak. You can get replacement parts for that setup from C.R. But it's still just a sideways slider, not a roll-down.
BTW those clear extended cab windows are rare as hell, usually from 88-early 94 they are bronze mirror tint, then they switched to dark smoke tint from late 94-up. The window frame changed then too, to a glue-on thing with a built-in gasket and latch. The older style like yours rivets on and the gasket slips onto the body sheetmetal. Anyway point I'm making is that glass is rare so take care with it. It's nice to have so that you can tint it to match the door windows exact and not end up with color mismatch, real hard on 88-early 94, a little easier on late 94-up since factory tint on them is kind of close to 20%.
A very few late 94-up trucks came with the clear windows too, generally base model work truck type units. I had a '95 extended cab longbed 2500 parts turck with them. Oh and finally the first couple years of these trucks also were offered with a clear extended cab window that didn't open, was just glued in place. 1988, maybe 1989 as well. Kinda goofy, like a Ford.
Richard
Roll-down rear window? Sounds cool, can you post some pics inside/out? I'd be interested in what kind of setup it is. The only other kind of window I've seen offered for this body style besides the typical 3 and 4 piece manual sliders is a 3 piece power slider from C.R. Laurence, had one in a '92 extended cab. It worked OK for a while but the motor got weak. You can get replacement parts for that setup from C.R. But it's still just a sideways slider, not a roll-down.
BTW those clear extended cab windows are rare as hell, usually from 88-early 94 they are bronze mirror tint, then they switched to dark smoke tint from late 94-up. The window frame changed then too, to a glue-on thing with a built-in gasket and latch. The older style like yours rivets on and the gasket slips onto the body sheetmetal. Anyway point I'm making is that glass is rare so take care with it. It's nice to have so that you can tint it to match the door windows exact and not end up with color mismatch, real hard on 88-early 94, a little easier on late 94-up since factory tint on them is kind of close to 20%.
A very few late 94-up trucks came with the clear windows too, generally base model work truck type units. I had a '95 extended cab longbed 2500 parts turck with them. Oh and finally the first couple years of these trucks also were offered with a clear extended cab window that didn't open, was just glued in place. 1988, maybe 1989 as well. Kinda goofy, like a Ford.
Richard