90 Dodge CTD build(pics)

[pulltilbroke]

Nope, sure won't

 

[Calplaya]

im only a couple hours north of you! Brookings, SD!! go figure lol

 

[pulltilbroke]

Sure enough, bout 280 miles.


Well today the old 90 got 3 gallons of fresh CI rated oil along with a new Baldwin BT339 filter. I also put the new diff cover on and realized the fill plug is about an inch higher, Capacity is now 1 1/2 gallons in the rear.

Thats a big ring gear

 

[bftank]

thats a ford dana 80 isn't it? i need one of those in a dually flavor for my crewcab.

 

[pulltilbroke]

No, This rear is out of a 97 dodge 2wd with a 5spd (All 5spd 3/4s and all drw Cummins and V10 trucks got the 80) The cover is however off the flavor of D80 you want.

 

[bftank]

ok i thought it was for a ford because it had the speedo ring behind the gear. didn't realize they put that on dodges as well.

 

[pulltilbroke]

Yep, Tone ring for the ABS

 

[pulltilbroke]

So today I decided to go out and have a little fun in the snow. We got a foot of wet heavy stuff last week. Anywho after a week of temps in the mid to upper 30s it had gotten a crust on it and was a SOB to get through. Well I got hung up in a drift(I didn't carry enough speed through it) so after a bit af spinnin and sawin on the wheel I decided to throw the chains on, But that didn't help with open diffs. So I tryed to torque lock everything up by applying a little brake pressure. That was a bad move with 700ft lbs of torque. I could feel all 4 start to bite then all of a sudden BANG!!!!, I heard something come unglued up front. I ended up exploding the Double cardin, I spose the little 3R could have went 1st but its hard to tell.

Anyway its all patched up now as I always have a spare shaft ready to go.

Carnage pics

I did find the rest of the U joint after this pic was taken, it was wedged between the tranny and the bracket for the t case shifter

 

[Booner]

That's fairly impressive carnage.

 

[bftank]

wow!

 

[lstzephyr]

Yep that is some carnage. You handled it quicker than I would. If I broke something it would take a couple months for me to get around to it! I'm impressed.

I know how much you like pics and I really liked looking at your k10 back a few pages. Would you mind putting up a few more pics to look at? Your photography is improving too, I'm enjoying your posts!

 

[redthies]

Looks like that HAD to get fixed, or the truck was gonna sleep there! I love snow wheeling, but we get so much here, you can only go for the first couple of snows, and then you won't get ten feet off the plowed roads.

 

[lstzephyr]

Good point, I guess in that case quick work is important! Either way, kudos on getting it taken care of.

 

[pulltilbroke]

Nah, the truck wasn't gonna sleep there. I was only 3 miles from the house and could have walked out and not been late for supper. I called a buddy and he came out and gave me a jerk. I did have to drive out in 2 wheel, but it wasn't bad as I was chained up and I kept my speed up with liberal amounts of throttle

I actually took it over to my buddys place and used his nice toasty wood heated shop. We fixed the front driveline, moved the hitch, fixed my tailgate hinge and swapped the other tires back on.

Istzephyr, you want more pics of my 60 or just more pics in general?

 

[lstzephyr]

More pics in general would be just fine by me but I would like to see some more of your 60 K10 in particular.