Posted by Paul (in NY) on Tuesday, August 23, 2005 at 8:17PM :
In Reply to: Cummins 4Bt question posted by Bill in MI on Tuesday, August 23, 2005 at 7:23PM :
Bill;
If you have a GM version NV-4500/NP-205, the existing Flywheel housing adapter on these engines will work. You need to change the flywheel to a Manual Transmission Flywheel for the Cummins application, you will also need a GM/NV-4500 Bell Housing. NV-4500 Bell Housings have a special bolt pattern DODGE and GM are differrent on the NV-4500's.
If your NV-4500 is a Dodge Version, you will need a Dodge Flywheel Adapter to replace the GM flywheel housing adapter, Dodge Flywheel for Manual Transmission for the Cummins, NV-4500 Bell Housing. Get a Stock Clutch kit for the NV-4500/Cummins. Then your NV-4500/NP-205 will plug right in. This is how my Carryall is set up. I am doing my M-37 exactly the same.
As a point of interest, the Dodge Version NV-4500 system mounts the starter on the drivers side of the engine. There can be space conflicts with the Starter and a Saginaw Reverse Rotation Power Steering Box.
The GM version of the NV-4500 system nounts the starter on the right side of the engine.
You will not have this space problem between the starter and the Saginaw Box.
The rear of a Cummins 4B series engine is the same as the Cummins 6B series. You can get all the needed items mentioned above from any NV-4500 equiped Dodge that had a 6B series Cummins Engine. Even the flywheel is plug and play between the 4B and 6B series.
Your welcome to email me if I can help in any way. Be sure to put Power Wagon in the subject line, or it wont get opened, to much virus and spam out there.
Paul
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