1991 Chevy R/V3500 Crew Cab Build

[chilliwak]

That diesel looks great! For easy picture hosting go to...

www.imgur.com

its the new photobucket.

That way we can see some cool pics of your rig...:drool:

 

[mattcrouch1502]

Not a ton of progress from this weekend but I was battling the flu.

I was able to get the front end off, the big block pulled and sold, removed the factory engine crossmember and modified my core support to hold the innercooler and radiator.

 

[chilliwak]

Wow:Wow1:Matt when you say not a ton of progress, well you leave me wanting to be able to do half your work. Looking good. I am looking forward to seeing that diesel going in. Looks like a really cool build. As you know we all love the updates and pics of your build. I am looking forward to seeing what else you get up to. Cheers, Chilli..

 

[mattcrouch1502]

Wow:Wow1:Matt when you say not a ton of progress, well you leave me wanting to be able to do half your work. Looking good. I am looking forward to seeing that diesel going in. Looks like a really cool build. As you know we all love the updates and pics of your build. I am looking forward to seeing what else you get up to. Cheers, Chilli..

Hahaha, thanks Chili! I took this week off of work to make a big dent in the swap so I'm hopping to get a lot accomplished, we will see though.

 

[mattcrouch1502]

Here is the progress from today, I removed the powersteeing box because it needs to be replaced and I found one of the bolt holes has a few spider cracks running out from it... So I hopped online and ordered the weld in repair kit, it should be in on Thursday. While I am waiting on that I am going to get as much else finished as I can, so I clearanced the front crossmember and test fitted the engine with the core support to get a idea where the mounts need to be. Now I have to clearance the firewall some for the bellhousing bolts and it should be good. Here are the few photos I did take, sorry for the red haze, I had to put up a pop-up cover to keep the rain off.

 

[mattcrouch1502]

So Wednesday consisted of test fitting the engine about 15 times and persuading the firewall with a hammer. Thursday was mostly running around getting parts ect. Friday I painted the firewall and welded on the steering box brace, and swapped the Dodge NV4500 input into my Chevy NV4500. Today I landed the engine in its final location, installed the NV4500 and Np205, I had to take the driveshaft to be shorted. I was also able to wrap and hang my down pipe along with some other small things. I installed the core support and passenger side fender to see how the intake and everything would line up. Here are a few pics I got...

 

[mattcrouch1502]

Here are some pics of the progress from the last post. The weather has not been cooperating but I have got the innercooler and radiator hosed in and connected, fenders are on and ran the power and grounds for the battery.

Also got the exhaust in, I was surprised how well the 89-93 Dodge D250 kit fit. I had to add a 6" section so the bend over the axle would line up but other than that it was a good fit.

I also started running my fuel lines down the driver side frame rail. Here are the pics!

 

[MTCK]

Looks great. What size is the exhaust? 4”?

 

[mattcrouch1502]

Looks great. What size is the exhaust? 4”?

Thank you, and yes it's 4" from the down pipe back.

 

[chilliwak]

Wow:Wow1:your truck looks absolutly awesome Matt! Great to see the upgrades going on. I am looking forward to see what things you have going on in the future. Cheers, Chilli...

 

[arveetek]

Looking good!

I would love to see some pics of the whole truck, since I can't see the original photos you posted at the beginning of this thread!

Casey

 

[mattcrouch1502]

Wow:Wow1:your truck looks absolutly awesome Matt! Great to see the upgrades going on. I am looking forward to see what things you have going on in the future. Cheers, Chilli...

Thank you Chilli! I'm really excited!

Looking good!

I would love to see some pics of the whole truck, since I can't see the original photos you posted at the beginning of this thread!

Casey

Here you go, I am also going to try and fix the pics in this thread.

 

[arveetek]

Thanks! That is one awesome rig! I love the old square bodies. Wish I still had mine.

Casey

 

[mattcrouch1502]

Thanks! That is one awesome rig! I love the old square bodies. Wish I still had mine.

Casey

Thank you sir!

 

[mattcrouch1502]

Made a little progress on Sunday (rained all day Saturday), here is what I'm left with.

- Finish the wiring, need to hook up the electric fans, headlight relays, and maybe the grid heater.
- Make fuel line connections on fuel tank, and prime the fuel lines.
- Fill fluids, and check bolts
- Sort out my clutch mastercylinder issue
- All the little things I forgot...

Here are a few pics of the relay box and Buss bar I'm using.