Project Jungle Rot. Compounded Cummins M715

[tndonor]

Front bumper

[tndonor]

Regular fuel filler neck?????? No says I

Quick disconnect for jumper cables and air hose whip

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Measuring for shocks and driveshafts

[tndonor]

Put a cat eye led light in the tool box incase I need to illuminate the bed or something 100 yards behind me.


Postman brought my shocks

[tndonor]

First firing

[tndonor]

That is all I have. The truck is done. I drove is about 200 miles. I since moved from Tennessee to Colorado. The truck is still in Tennessee and will be going back for it in the spring. Snowboarding is priority now.

[jaber]

Lots of love in that build, nice job.

[66stepside]

That's bada$$. Super nice.

[Stuka]

Dang dude, you work fast!

[tndonor]

It didn't come together that fast. It just took me awhile to move the build over here. All in all it was 2.5 years.

There are more things that were done that I cant take pictures of because its 1348 miles from my driveway at the moment. I have 8 rock lights (each corner and 4 under the belly). Bright enough to spot with or repair anything under the truck. Air horns are tucked into the front bumper so it isn't apparent to LEOs. Lights in the front bumper. Oasis compressor is wired up with a 110 psi on 150 psi off. There is a PSI gauge by the air line in the filler neck. Had the rear shaft made of CroMo. Wasn't my first choice but the shop is going to stand behind it no questions. They have for some other much higher HP applications so we will see. 1410s at axles and tcase. 5 1410 yokes had some sticker shock. Of course I was sourcing them when they were scarce go figure. There is 100' yes feet of 1/0 cable.....almost named her scrappers delight. Ill do some more in depth write ups in the offroad and mod sections once it gets here.

Once snow season is over, Ill head to Tennessee and bring her home. Been snowboarding ALOT to take my mind off the separation haha. Cant wait to go run some old mining trails, camp, fire up the chainsaw and tell myself the years and untold riches were worth it. Of course really looking forward to meeting some folks out here and stretching her legs at Ouray.

[depogrig]

Saw your electric fans mounted between the radiator and ic, could you share the size and maybe source for what you used? I like how they fit

[surfwagoneer]

Front bumper

I really like that bumper. I'm looking to build something similar. Did you fab it yourself?

[tndonor]

Saw your electric fans mounted between the radiator and ic, could you share the size and maybe source for what you used? I like how they fit

I dont recall exactly. They were either 12 or 14 inch fans from summitt. Nothing special, generics. I just looked at the specs and found the slimmest, crossed my fingers and bought them. They ended up working thankfully. The Cummins dont need much cooling. In fact if driving they do not need a fan. I only have to turn them on when there is lots of wheel speed, load on the engine, and little forward momentum (Mud). I had a Taurus fan on my J10 with a 4BT and it cooled it way too much.

[tndonor]

I really like that bumper. I'm looking to build something similar. Did you fab it yourself?

It actually a bumper from my friends 1997 Ford F350. It fit way to nicely not to use. Even the sides match the 715 fender curves.

[depogrig]

Yeah I'm driving my Cummins donor truck through the winter. 80% of the front blocked and I still have trouble getting to temp. Sucks when you want some heat. So Ill save some room amd eliminate the original fan so it will help some with the winter driving for the future

[tndonor]

You can always make an apron like the big rigs use that closes, buttons partially to allow minimal airflow, and take off when warm weather returns.

[MJMadness]

What did that intercooler and radiator come out of, or are they generic units from Summit or something like that?


Also, what was your clutch master cylinder sourced from? It looks like it just mounts easily with two bolts. I used a GM one in a previous project and it required a very complicated mount to be made.