Posted by AAA on Friday, March 04, 2005 at 8:37AM :
In Reply to: Re: AAA's W300 Diesel on Firends Dodges posted by Chris Lube Lublin on Friday, March 04, 2005 at 3:36AM :
Hi Chris -
This one I fabbed up, and used my original truck for reference.
This Perkins Bell Housing has the 45 degree mounting ears, so I just bolted it in at the rear, using stock rubber mounts.
Up front, I removed the crossmember front engine mount, welded in a small piece of
angle iron and drilled two holes. I used the stock Dodge rubber mount that is used on the 318 Poly, and drilled two holes on the Perkins cradle. Too easy.
I moved the t-case levers over about an inch to clear the Clark, drilling two new holes on the mount. I used a D300 doghouse cover, which is "blank" and cut a new t-case lever slot.
The radiator is from a medium duty Dodge and matches my original PW300CC, just had to move the straps, pushing the radiator to the grill.
The engine really just fits so nicely like it belongs there. Too bad Dodge did not really offer the engine as a real W300 option.
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