91.5 W250 resto thread

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91.5 W250 resto thread

Postby ofelas » Mon Jun 01, 2015 6:19 am

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 -

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

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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 -

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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 -

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

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

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New brakelines, M/C, ragg joint, hoses, cooler tubes, looms, connectors cleaned, checked etc

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Clearance lamps, bulbs, trim etc put on -

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Re: 91.5 W250 resto thread

Postby ellis93 » Mon Jun 01, 2015 7:40 am

Damn! That's a nice ride :thumright:
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Re: 91.5 W250 resto thread

Postby ofelas » Mon Jun 01, 2015 7:44 am

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.

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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.

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Bilsteins all around -

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Homebrew bedliner - 6 spray cans of rubberized gravel guard -

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

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

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Gotta break up the 6 acres of SubLime -

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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 -

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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.
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Re: 91.5 W250 resto thread

Postby ofelas » Mon Jun 01, 2015 7:46 am

Hey thanks Ellis :)

ellis93 wrote:Damn! That's a nice ride :thumright:
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Re: 91.5 W250 resto thread

Postby ofelas » Sun Jun 07, 2015 3:16 pm

Dumped in a pair of Trucklite LED headlamps - here's a frontal next to the F350 I picked up last week.
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Re: 91.5 W250 resto thread

Postby ofelas » Mon Jun 08, 2015 5:17 am

Got the sound system installed.

Ended up going with an Infinity IV AM/FM/cassette/CD, and put Infinity 6x9s in the doors, and used 6x9 adaptor brackets to mount 6.5" Infinity's behind the seat. I had to tack weld a couple extra studs on the rear seat grilles to mount the 6x9 adaptors, as the factory studs don't work in this setup.

Looks factory, the sound is much nicer now. Didn't go with bass boxes/subwoofers as I listen to country & classic rock.

SRV never sounded so good in this truck before.

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Re: 91.5 W250 resto thread

Postby PToombs » Mon Jun 08, 2015 5:15 pm

Nice! I put those radios in all my trucks, I grab extras if I see them at the junkyard. They used to be $5, the last time the guy saw it had a CD player and it was $20. :(
Did you put a baffle or guard over the door speakers? I recommend you put something on them to shield them from water that gets by the wipers the glass goes thru. I lost a few speakers that way, they got wet.

Where did you get the headlights and how much were they? I've been half thinking of making mine LED but didn't know they made a regular conversion light our size. Do they illuminate good?
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Re: 91.5 W250 resto thread

Postby ofelas » Mon Jun 08, 2015 6:10 pm

I used the factory rain guards in the picture above.
I get the headlamps from my local fleet supplier.
They work great - I tried Bosch, JW speakers, Hella, Cibie etc these are way more usable.
Unlike most lamps these have high beams in addition to the low beams not just a substitute pattern.
They are like a fog lamp crossed with spots.
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Re: 91.5 W250 resto thread

Postby Tacoclaw » Mon Jun 08, 2015 7:22 pm

Nice ride, man!

I've got those same door speakers, they're pretty nice. Did the same thing as you with the grill/rain guard for them too.
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Re: 91.5 W250 resto thread

Postby PToombs » Tue Jun 09, 2015 4:58 pm

I've never seen a factory rain guard, I didn't realize what that was in the pic. :oops:
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Re: 91.5 W250 resto thread

Postby ofelas » Tue Jun 09, 2015 5:28 pm

You and me both.
My buddy snapped the interior panels in while I was wiring up the harnesses when I rebuilt the truck, shoulda paid more attention to what was inside there.
When I saw them during the speaker install I thought they were like Ellis coolant jugs until I saw the Mopar logo on them.

Tacoclaw wrote:Nice ride, man!

I've got those same door speakers, they're pretty nice. Did the same thing as you with the grill/rain guard for them too.
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Re: 91.5 W250 resto thread

Postby ellis93 » Tue Jun 09, 2015 5:56 pm

PToombs wrote:I've never seen a factory rain guard, I didn't realize what that was in the pic. :oops:

Me neither!

Antifreeze jugs must work well tho :lol:
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Re: 91.5 W250 resto thread

Postby ofelas » Fri Jun 19, 2015 4:28 pm

Got around to the KDP as I had a couple free hours before lunch.
Made a retainer out of an old titanium wire zipper pull.
The pin was sitting 3/16" inside the bore - all good.
Few case bolts were loose though.
Couldn't get to one of them so I heat bent an old box wrench 90 degrees and welded a 3/8" drive socket to it. Worked where a crowsfoot wouldn't.
All bolts torque-tited.
New front seal, gasket and dust shield.
Thought I'd changed the tensioner and belt over Christmas but must have been on another truck.
Dayco tensioner and gold belt on there before everything reassembled.
Peace of mind :-)

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Re: 91.5 W250 resto thread

Postby ofelas » Wed Oct 21, 2015 12:07 pm

Installed the steering box frame brace early this morning - bottom most bolt wouldn't budge till coffee made me realize I had forgotten it was a splined bolt like a wheel stud. Gorilla torqued the bolts, sorry no pics, laying on my back under a greasy b$tch is what I do without a camera.

Then I installed some DRW tailgate running lamps, hoping to better my lowly SRW truck.

Used thrashingcows spacing photograph...

Fished a single 16ga wire, and spliced the bulb leads into 5 individual loops, soldered, taped, etc. etc.

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Ran the now loomed wire with an inline weatherproof quick disconnect under & into the tail lamp housing, and done.

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Then, since I was still not in the same category as a blue blooded LE truck, I decided to add a cargo lamp to my poor cousin wannabe SE.

A few minutes with a cutting wheel...

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Even SE trucks came with the cargo lamp switch & wires in the harness; imagine that!

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j.fonder doesn't even realize I stole his freshly painted steering brace & an LE cargo lamp from his workbench :twisted:

Finally -

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Re: 91.5 W250 resto thread

Postby PToombs » Wed Oct 21, 2015 4:41 pm

Wherrrrrrrrre's the Beef? :lol:

You're probably too young to remember that fad! ;) Your sticker in the back window reminded me of it. Truck is looking good!
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