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M923 13 Speed Swap
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Perfect. Thank you.
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I never addressed my jack shaft issue on here. I decided to look into a u joint spacer as I’m trying to do this on a budget. Goal is $2500 total. Right now I’m at about $2100.
Wasn’t sure if it would work due to the length and possibly putting stress on the bolts. Spoke to a couple engineers and they said as long as the bolts are tight it will be no problem. My brother works in a bearing manufacturing plant with access to machining equipment. So he is working on the spacer. This is the current progress. It will either work or it won’t, but I feel pretty confident about it.
Wasn’t sure if it would work due to the length and possibly putting stress on the bolts. Spoke to a couple engineers and they said as long as the bolts are tight it will be no problem. My brother works in a bearing manufacturing plant with access to machining equipment. So he is working on the spacer. This is the current progress. It will either work or it won’t, but I feel pretty confident about it.
Would have been easier to deslot the transfer case mount brackets It will slide back about 3 inches if you slot the mount. The rear and front drive shafts have enough travel that it won't hurt em to move in or out that far
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Eh he will get paid to make it. I just have to bolt it in lol
The A2s have the dampener on that shaft cause they use a longer one. May have to invest in one if there is any vibration with that plate
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Good thinking. I will keep that in mind.
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Made a little progress on the shifter today. Still got a long way to go.
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Pulled the hood off today to make a spacer for it. Got the shifter finished up and painted. Had to bend the throttle linkage to get it hooked up with the cab raised, got all that business adjusted properly. Only hard part left is the clutch pedal.
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oh man , I loved the 13 r/r behind a cummins. made a lot of trips up to niagra falls from boston back in the day. ahhhhh good memories..
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Awesome! I’ve never even drove one. I have high hopes though.
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Got the hood back on today 3” higher than it was.
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Shifter is done and 3” cab lift is done. Basically just down to the clutch pedal. And currently thinking the hydraulic setup would have been worth the money.
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Yeah, the hydraulic clutch might be neat - and a little less work - but there is nothing quite like a mechanical linkage. You have more "feel" for what is going on between you and the rest of the driveline that way IMO.
Truck is definitely looking good!
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Thank you!
I need to get it done...getting burned out on working on it. I didn’t realize how tiny the cab is until I started trying to get a clutch pedal crammed in there. Not much knee room.
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Not had any exciting updates lately. Just been putting everything back together. Got started on the clutch. Decided to go with a linkage. Just need to finish that and put the left front fender back on and it will be done. Hoping to drive it next weekend.
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It honestly blew my mind how easy it is to operate with the setup I’ve made so far.
I actually talked to another guy that used the setup from an 809 but I’ve never even seen one in person.
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Finally got my driveshaft in with the spacer and drove it around the yard a little. I took a short, crappy video but it’s better than no video.
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Got my clutch done today minus paint. Ready for a test drive tomorrow. I’ll try to get a decent video.
