I spent my shop time today modifying my radiator support to house my intercooler. Maybe the grill goes in tomorrow, but I am on borrowed time because my daughter is due with my first grandchild, so at any minute the project goes on hold
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I had to take a break from my project for a couple of weeks while my daughter was giving birth to my first grandson. I am back at it for a few days, fuel tank installed, fuel filter housing installed and best of all, the installation kit from Cummins got dropped off, so I might actually make some good progress now. On the to do list is drill a hole in the firewall for the wiring harness bulkhead, wire up the intellitronix digital gauges and start buttoning things up.
Another day of work in the books! Spent the day wiring the intellitronix digital dash. Everything went well, soldered all connections and powered it up and everything worked except the oil pressure, just blank, no lights. I removed the tinted plexiglass cover from the electronics and now it works. Hmmm, then I looked at the black plastic panel that goes between the tinted panel and the led gauges and low and behold the space for the oil pressure was cut, but it was still there. Fixed! Installed the gps speedometer sending unit along with the gauges too. Took way longer than it should have, but connecting the 23 pin plug in the wiring harness for the engine was a PIA, finally got it. Installed the gas pedal and ran wires to the fuel gauge and oil pressure gauge and water temp gauge. Dug out a hot in run and crank wire from the ignition circuit and have a wire ready to tie into the Cummins wiring harness. I was very happy that a factory rubber plug in the TJ tub was a perfect fit for the Cummins wiring harness. I will try and post of photos of the digital gauge tomorrow, it looks cool.
Interested in how you like the Intellitronix digital dash? I have one that I picked up for really cheap off Ebay a while back but haven't decided if I'd install it or run my stock dash yet. With my V-8 swap I can run the stock dash but I'd always liked the look of the digital dash.
I just purchased a Cummins R2.8 To swap into my 97 Jeep TJ. My main goal is low end torque and fuel economy mostly off road. My Jeep is mostly built, with the exception of the engine. If someone needs a good running 4.0, let me know it will be for sale soon. At this point I think I will pull the body off of the frame to do the engine install. It will mean tying up my two post lift for a little while, but hopefully not too long. The engine was supposed to show up on Fed Ex freight today, but I might be waiting 30-60 days for my adapter and motor mounts to show up from Quickdraw. I have decided to ditch my plans for retaining the A/C because I don't think it will be worth the trouble. My last engine swap was a 24v Cummins into a 1985 Suburban with NVG 4500 trans, NP 205 transfercase, D-60 front with detroit and 14 bolt rear with detroit, it was a cool rig. This one should be easier, I hope!
Is that oil filter location going to work?