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Just another DuraMax swap
Author: hal (Show all albums)

Converting 669 to an oil burner.
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New dash with donor trucks cluster. Lots of work here.

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Tried to save the old glove box but 'no joy'. Near 50 years tends to cause a bit of distress on things. Anyway, here was the solution, not great but it'll work. The back is built so it can be removed if necessary as there are a number of relays behind it that are difficult to reach.

You can see here the CAC radiator hangs partially below the side vent. The additional opening should help.

Used some of a discarded lower rear vent and added to the side to give the CAC radiator a bit more air.


Here is what I came up with for the rear bumper support and trailer hitch. It came in at 56 lbs, a 54 lb savings and a much improved hitch.

Here's the old rear bumper support, a real man killer. Lift that a bit and it will make all your babies be born naked. I digress, it weighed in at 110lbs. Not good-especially at the far most rear of the coach.

Should have plenty of area for the hot air to escape with the additional louvers.

Everything lined up pretty well. The new swinging right door is pretty much undetectable.


Nice to get to the final re-assemby. A bit of custom shimming was needed with all the new rear structure.

I'm trying to enable the exhaust brake function the later Duramax used but in order to do so the wheel speed sensors must be active with no error codes. The rear is handled by the trans VSS but the front needs a signal from an 80 tooth gear. I've modified the existing Ford rotor and installed a pair of sensors to mimic the OEMs. Had to install the ABS controller as well. Hope it works....

Here it is all bolted in place.

Have had quite a time searching for just the 'right' third brake light to use. This is a tail light from a 1949-50 Ford. It has a slight concave shape so with a little massaging it fits pretty well. It's a re-pop chrome frame and the light is also an (LED of course).
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