warrpath4x4

A beast is what I'm going for, if I had the money I'd like to throw a cummins in it.

offroadnut36

I am totally following your build. I love dodge trucks. I love cummins. You are doin some awesome work. If you dont mind saying, how much did you pay for the crate motor, and is it a 360 like the old one or what size is it?

warrpath4x4

Yah its a 360, I have a discount at the local parts store so the motor cost me between $1300-1350 as a long block.

ol"blue

I figured you would have wanted something with a little more guts than that to put in a Power Wagon dude.

warrpath4x4

My first powerwagon had a 360 and had plenty of power, plus I prefer more than 8MPG lol.

a1racer

360 rule i have rode in a few and they where strong and had nice power

offroadnut36

Yeah my buddie's pwer wagon has a 360 and its beastly!

a1racer

any more pics or any thing done yet. or waiting for parts

ol"blue

Looks like no progress lately.

warrpath4x4

Yesterday while waiting for welds to cool on the swing out tire carrier for the XJ, I put the intermediate oil pump shaft in and got the distributor set (hopefully).

89PBR96

Nice build i just read threw it dodges are the **** man post some more pics of that wagon your doin a great job

a1racer

nice hope to see it driving soon

warrpath4x4

seemed like one step forward and two steps back. put the headers on to find out i couldnt get the starter on. one of the carb studs had messed up threads so i bought new ones only to get back to the shop and see they are too long. unhooked the power steering pump to put the new one on and broke the high pressure line.

i ended up just taking the headers back and cleaning and installing the stock manifolds. painted them with high temp exhaust paint, yah it probably will just burn off but it looks nice now lol.

my paint booth lol



cleaned up



painted







used some aircraft paint stripper on the stock air cleaner housing, this stuff really takes the paint off.

warrpath4x4

got what feels like quite a bit done today. found this little access door, there was one on each side. opened them up and cleaned out the dirt and stuff so they will drain water again. didnt see them till i was sitting eye level with it.



i got the new power steering pump pulley on, the new high pressure line, and the new pump on



it took a while to remember to how the pump mounted but i got it figured out. also had to modify the mounting brackets for the new alt. the 100 amp one is huge compared to stock.



clearance for new alt and new valve covers



had to bend the adjusting bracket



also had to bend the dipstick tube to clear the bottom of the new alt. used a brakeline tubing bender to bend the dipstick tube



also pulled the seat belts and the bench seat again so i can POR the floor boards and prep for the heater install

it kinda sucked being in the shop in 100+ degrees, dads truck said it was 110 sitting in the sun.

JakeWI

wow. missed the beginning of this build. glad i stumbled across it. awesome.