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My tow pig/DD build thread. F350/Cummins 6.7/twins/6R140
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[QUOTE="me2, post: 360537, member: 3825"] Except when it doesn't. Sometimes buying parts doesn't mean they are going to work for you. Project20V is having a number of problems in this respect. I'm not picking on him, I think he is doing a great job. He is going to have a really nice truck when he is done. I'm just trying to illustrate that when you start buying parts for a very specific application, sometimes things don't go as planned. In another forum he writes this. He is having these problems because none of the parts that he bought were intended to be used the way he is using them. The Hainsley plate blocks off one of the frost plugs on the back of the 6.7 block. It is designed to be used on Dodge trucks with Dodge transmissions. ProjectV20 is using a ZF6 transmission from a 6.4. The 6.4 ZF6 bellhousing is larger than the Dodge transmission bellhousings, thus the 6.4 ZF6 transmission adapter plate interferes with the Hainsley plate on the back of the block. His stock 6.7 HE351VE exhaust elbow also won't clear the 6.4 ZF6 adapter plate either. Also because the 6.4 ZF6 adapter plate is larger than the standard Dodge transmission adapter plate. And the wastegate blow off valve that he got that goes between the stock Cummins 6.7 exhaust manifold and into the downpipe interferes with the starter which is now on the passenger side because that is where Ford puts it on the 6.4s and thus that is where the cut out is for it in the ZF6 transmission bellhousing. Dodge puts the starter on the driver's side. So just because ProjectV20 bought off the shelf parts doesn't mean their use is problem free. This is the nature of doing a swap. Nothing is really turnkey and you have to be prepared to solve the problems that arise. ProjectV20's last 2 issues demonstrate why I did not go ahead and build my twins piping and exhaust manifold UNTIL I had the engine adapter done and on the engine. The engine adapter dictates too many things concerning where turbos and pipes can go to do any work on that stuff until the adapter is complete. It seems like a waste of time not to be putting the manifold and twins piping together, but sometimes haste makes waste and doing things in their logical order actually saves time. ProjectV20 didn't mention it in his list, but the stock Dodge downpipe that he bought hoping to use isn't going to work either. Now just because these parts don't work directly doesn't mean it was a waste to buy them. In most cases its probably easier to modify parts you purchase rather than build parts from scratch. And, in defense of ProjectV20, I'm not sure I would have foreseen the issues he is having with these parts either. After all, a few pages back I thought the Cummins marine valve cover was going to be a bolt on for my engine and HE pointed out that it wasn't. a) Everyone overlooks things from time to time and b) its great having other people watch what you are doing. I hope this stuff doesn't scare people off from doing a swap. All these problems are surmountable. It just takes a bit of extra time and effort. As long as you allocate enough time and energy to a swap, you will not be disappointed in how it goes. [/QUOTE]
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