Hi all,

First Cummins (not my first Mopar though) - work started on it last year.

Started with blasting, powder coating the frame after checking the alignment -



Every body panel was either replaced, or patched & straightened -



Since the motor had just 88k miles on it, just some minor valve adjustment, and a few fresh gaskets/seals, along with checking bearing clearances -



New floor panels, roof skin & reworked rain gutters, then everything primered/sanded multiple times, and sprayed with Eastwood's SubLime urethane enamel + top coat clear -









Interior was restored, bombed and all connections cleaned & Ox-Garded -



New carpets, door membranes, panels, interior trim & seat reupholstered -

 

part 2

All braking components the transfer case & axles were rebuilt with NOS parts (OK, the front pads are PFC carbon metallic)

Spicer Life U-joints all around after balancing the driveshafts. NOS springs & mounting hardware went on next.

The tranny was rebuilt with Red Eagle/Kolene & a slightly tighter converter. A Transgo shift kit was installed, and the system refilled with Amsoil's Synthetic ATF.



Motor was run on some decade old Amsoil 15W40 and a Fleetguard filter for a while, then drained & refilled with Amsoil HDD 5W-30 & an EaO filter.

Diffs & NP205 got fills of Severe Gear 75W90, and the cooling system got a Cummins double jiggle pin stat + Mopar HOAT in an NOS radiator, with a factory clutch & fan.

Dayco tensioner assembly + Dayco Gold Belt went on next - I see I will spend more time with a 1/2" drive on this motor.



Bilsteins all around -



Homebrew bedliner - 6 spray cans of rubberized gravel guard -



5 year old Interstate gave up this winter, so a 1150cca Odyssey went in with ring terminals all around -



Some bling went on when I was salvaging the parts bins for my 81 W150 -



Gotta break up the 6 acres of SubLime -





Not many mods so far - just a wastegated 14cm housing with a Banks BHA; used brake line routed along the firewall to plumb into the drivers side intake -



It's been my daily driver since Christmas, liking it so far.

Going to install gauges as I'm curious what it runs at before I start fueling it.

 

Dumped in a pair of Trucklite LED headlamps - here's a frontal next to the F350 I picked up last week.

 

Mad clean man. Love the sub lime. 😎 ready to get me a first gen!