'92 Dodge Dakota : OM617 Conversion
'92 Dodge Dakota : OM617 Conversion
02-26-2016, 03:12 AM
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(01-21-2016, 06:50 PM)MFSuper90 Is this the Dakota the dieselmeken is building the IP for?
Nah. I wish. Somebody else is doing a 617 Dakota?
I'm actually rushing through the project at the moment, to get a truck running (voltage regulator crapped out on my daily driver, fried all the lights plus the radio and some other stuff). Warming up inside for a moment, then it's back outside to hook up the oil cooler and transmission cooler.
Got a few hoses to finish up (trans and oil cooler, heater hoses), a couple wires to connect still (glow plug light, fan wires) and the starter to install.
My friend and I worked miracles in the freezing sleet/snow and howling wind yesterday. Hooked up all of the fuel lines (Dakota tank had been previously converted to diesel), radiator hoses, all of the wiring for the diesel (alternator, glow plug controller, tachometer, gauges).
It's a good thing I had most of this thing done already, when the project stalled a while back. I had everything mounted already, found a driveshaft (The driveshaft from a 1970's Dodge ClubCab Shortbed D100 with a 904 Transmission and 8.25" Rear is a perfect fit for a 90's ClubCab Shortbed Dakota with a 617 & 722.x transmission and 8.25" Rear), had already converted the fuel tank from the factory In-Tank Pump setup to a "In-tank Pump Delete" setup, enlarged the factory Dakota fuel neck to fit a Diesel Nozzle for fueling up.
The only reason the project stalled, was because I wanted to keep the Dakota 4WD. That meant I would have to swap in a different transmission or use a Divorced Transfer Case. Tracking down a Divorced NP203 or NP205 from a mid 70's Ford proved to be a challenge, so the truck got pushed to the side. Now, It doesn't matter if it's 2WD, as long as it gets me from point A to B, until I can fix my daily driver. Once my daily driver is fixed, then I'll focus on adding 4WD to the 617 Dakota.
'92 Dakota 4x4 : OM617/Auto/205
'84 D50 4x4 : 273/727/100/203 (former turbo diesel truck)
'73 Duster : Roots 6-71 Blown 340/833
(01-21-2016, 06:50 PM)MFSuper90 Is this the Dakota the dieselmeken is building the IP for?
Nah. I wish. Somebody else is doing a 617 Dakota?
I'm actually rushing through the project at the moment, to get a truck running (voltage regulator crapped out on my daily driver, fried all the lights plus the radio and some other stuff). Warming up inside for a moment, then it's back outside to hook up the oil cooler and transmission cooler.
Got a few hoses to finish up (trans and oil cooler, heater hoses), a couple wires to connect still (glow plug light, fan wires) and the starter to install.
My friend and I worked miracles in the freezing sleet/snow and howling wind yesterday. Hooked up all of the fuel lines (Dakota tank had been previously converted to diesel), radiator hoses, all of the wiring for the diesel (alternator, glow plug controller, tachometer, gauges).
It's a good thing I had most of this thing done already, when the project stalled a while back. I had everything mounted already, found a driveshaft (The driveshaft from a 1970's Dodge ClubCab Shortbed D100 with a 904 Transmission and 8.25" Rear is a perfect fit for a 90's ClubCab Shortbed Dakota with a 617 & 722.x transmission and 8.25" Rear), had already converted the fuel tank from the factory In-Tank Pump setup to a "In-tank Pump Delete" setup, enlarged the factory Dakota fuel neck to fit a Diesel Nozzle for fueling up.
The only reason the project stalled, was because I wanted to keep the Dakota 4WD. That meant I would have to swap in a different transmission or use a Divorced Transfer Case. Tracking down a Divorced NP203 or NP205 from a mid 70's Ford proved to be a challenge, so the truck got pushed to the side. Now, It doesn't matter if it's 2WD, as long as it gets me from point A to B, until I can fix my daily driver. Once my daily driver is fixed, then I'll focus on adding 4WD to the 617 Dakota.
'92 Dakota 4x4 : OM617/Auto/205
'84 D50 4x4 : 273/727/100/203 (former turbo diesel truck)
'73 Duster : Roots 6-71 Blown 340/833
Messages In This Thread
'92 Dodge Dakota : OM617 Conversion - by 74Dusted - 10-31-2014, 08:25 AM
RE: '92 Dodge Dakota : OM617 Conversion - by Simpler=Better - 10-31-2014, 09:37 AM
RE: '92 Dodge Dakota : OM617 Conversion - by 74Dusted - 10-31-2014, 01:15 PM
RE: '92 Dodge Dakota : OM617 Conversion - by Simpler=Better - 10-31-2014, 01:26 PM
RE: '92 Dodge Dakota : OM617 Conversion - by 74Dusted - 11-03-2014, 08:24 AM
RE: '92 Dodge Dakota : OM617 Conversion - by SurfRodder - 03-01-2016, 10:50 PM
RE: '92 Dodge Dakota : OM617 Conversion - by Petar - 11-03-2014, 05:14 PM
RE: '92 Dodge Dakota : OM617 Conversion - by 74Dusted - 11-03-2014, 06:20 PM
RE: '92 Dodge Dakota : OM617 Conversion - by 74Dusted - 11-05-2014, 10:05 AM
RE: '92 Dodge Dakota : OM617 Conversion - by MFSuper90 - 11-05-2014, 01:51 PM
RE: '92 Dodge Dakota : OM617 Conversion - by 74Dusted - 11-05-2014, 02:43 PM
RE: '92 Dodge Dakota : OM617 Conversion - by 74Dusted - 07-22-2015, 09:58 PM
RE: '92 Dodge Dakota : OM617 Conversion - by Simpler=Better - 07-23-2015, 01:01 PM
RE: '92 Dodge Dakota : OM617 Conversion - by 74Dusted - 07-23-2015, 09:24 PM
RE: '92 Dodge Dakota : OM617 Conversion - by Simpler=Better - 07-24-2015, 12:31 PM
RE: '92 Dodge Dakota : OM617 Conversion - by 74Dusted - 07-24-2015, 10:45 PM
RE: '92 Dodge Dakota : OM617 Conversion - by MFSuper90 - 07-27-2015, 09:35 PM
RE: '92 Dodge Dakota : OM617 Conversion - by MFSuper90 - 01-21-2016, 06:50 PM
RE: '92 Dodge Dakota : OM617 Conversion - by 74Dusted - 02-26-2016, 03:12 AM
RE: '92 Dodge Dakota : OM617 Conversion - by MFSuper90 - 02-28-2016, 10:58 AM
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