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Old 03-03-2017, 09:30 AM   #511
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MG, does this mean you put the body on prior to installing the wiring harness?

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MG, does this mean you put the body on prior to installing the wiring harness?
Yes, the body has been bolted down for a few weeks. However...to eliminate any confusion, there are several harnesses in the van and the one I just installed is the harness that spans the engine compartment. It also passes through to the interior but all of the connections are right there at the Smart Junction Box.

The dash harness, frame harness, rear interior harness and door harnesses were all inside the van body (and along the frame rail) already. The front end (headlight) harness goes in last.

I only had to make significant changes to the Battery Junction Box harness. the rest of the wiring I can add in separate from the van's existing harnesses.
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Old 03-11-2017, 01:39 PM   #513
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Here's a shot of the engine bay just before the radiator goes in...



It's going together really well but here and there I have some clearance issues to sort out, hoses and wires to move...little things. I'm going to pressure test the radiator (since I've done so much cutting and welding on it) before that goes in but really that's the last difficult thing to fit in there and get tightened down. Then it's power up time!
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Here's a shot of the engine bay just before the radiator goes in...



It's going together really well but here and there I have some clearance issues to sort out, hoses and wires to move...little things. I'm going to pressure test the radiator (since I've done so much cutting and welding on it) before that goes in but really that's the last difficult thing to fit in there and get tightened down. Then it's power up time!
G'day, Looking forward to radiator pictures and then the sweet sound of that massive Cummins 6.7 litre Straight 6 purrrrrrrrrrrring! Love my 012 Ram 3500 DRW 4X4 Laramie Crew Pickup, when it fires up, powerful, but so smooth and purs quietly compared to Ford 6.0 or 7.3. Takeoff is quite amazing and can be thrifty on fuel too!
Cheers Doug.
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Old 03-14-2017, 09:48 PM   #515
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So... the engine started up last night. By no means am I close to being finished but she's alive!!!

Video in the near future.
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Can't wait for the video. Love me some Cummins!
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Would some sort of mad scientist laugh be fitting right after "she's alive"? Cant wait to see, and better yet hear, that sucker fire up.
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Old 03-15-2017, 01:46 PM   #518
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Exciting times ....
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YeeeHaaa! Congrats, Man! I bet that felt good after all of your hard work. Epic feat considering so much of this is uncharted territory!
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"Where's the video you promised MG? You said there would be a video of the Cummins running..."

Well... if the universe wasn't fighting me at every step, I'd get a video posted.

-First it was a power steering fluid leak. The pump return inlet fitting was cracked.
-Fixed it, no more leak.
-Oh wait, what is that? Power steering fluid!? WTF!
-Fitting on steering box now leaking. Wasn't loose, but wasn't tight either.
-O-ring breaks when fitting torqued... Awesome.
-Disassemble, make huge oily mess, reassemble with new O-ring.
-Leak is now classified as a seep... ugh...
-New substance dripping down on my hand as I fix steering leak. Smells like diesel.
-Yep... fuel. But where?
-Inlet fitting...check
-High pressure fitting...check
-Fuel control actuator...check
-Oh there it is... seepage between the two-piece housing of the CP3 (high pressure pump...common problem after a bit of internet sleuthing).
-Decision point... remove the front end of the van to get pump out and go through the seals now or run the engine a bit, re-torque the housing and see if the seal re-hydrates itself...engine only has 12 miles on it after all. Could the o-ring really be all dried out??? ugh^2

This project is making me earn every last triumph. It does runs great despite the little things keeping me from moving forward. It is kind of funny that the most complicated things have been the smoothest and stuff like a power steering fitting take so much effort to get fixed.
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