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1950 Willys Trail Rig
2007.5 Dodge 2500 QCSB 6.7 Cummins 68RFE 4x4
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Grind the three welds that hold the three tubes together at the reducer cone.
Bolt on and start heating and bending individual tubes
At some point I cut 2 of the tubes in spots where they where nice and straight to shorten them, and tacked back together.
Welded up, except for the flange, I ran out of time
Clears everything nicely, except the rear spark plug. There is no interference between the header and plug or wire, but the header needs to be removed to use a conventional spark plug socket to remove the spark plug. I am just going to make a special tool to remove the plug. A small price to pay for something that fits nice, and not too bad of a hack job. Next time I think I will not even try to bend the tube at all, just cut and weld. And order bare metal without bling coating
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1950 Willys Trail Rig
2007.5 Dodge 2500 QCSB 6.7 Cummins 68RFE 4x4
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Originally posted by crosbike View Postare you gonna wrap the header with ceramic tape on that side. i would be concerned heating up the clutch fluid.1950 Willys Trail Rig
2007.5 Dodge 2500 QCSB 6.7 Cummins 68RFE 4x4
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headers done and installed, took for a ride tonight, clutch is MINT, had it in low range getting sideways in 3rd and 4th gear... stoked. Not much left to do now1950 Willys Trail Rig
2007.5 Dodge 2500 QCSB 6.7 Cummins 68RFE 4x4
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Finished header with O2 sensor bung that I took from an old Toyota Corolla exhaust that I did.
1950 Willys Trail Rig
2007.5 Dodge 2500 QCSB 6.7 Cummins 68RFE 4x4
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Exhaust.
I was dreading this part of the project, but it actually came out pretty nice and sounds halfway decent. It is hard to see in the pics but it is dual all the way to the muffler basically, which tucks up over the driveshaft and upper arms. The exhaust is made from all mandrel bent 2.25 tube from a Jegs builder kit. The Muffler is a Flowmaster Delta force race muffler, from my old rig. I wanted to run a Cat also but there just is no room
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I started at the headers and worked back on each side cutting and fitting each piece. Each piece was tacked in place to start.
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I removed everything to weld it. I actually welded each "downpipe" up individually and did a final fitment of the Y-pipe after I bolted them back in. I wanted it removeable without cutting but not flimsy either. It is clamped after the downpipes behind the lower arm crossmember. You can see one clamp in one pic.
It is very strudy and tight, I just need to add a hanger or two. It will be mostly covered by a skid1950 Willys Trail Rig
2007.5 Dodge 2500 QCSB 6.7 Cummins 68RFE 4x4
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updates?Originally posted by Fast Orangeif you piss all over the floor and get 3 drops in the bowl do you count that as good? granted i'm good for a sprinkle or two on the seat, but you leave all of our feet wet, metaphorically speaking of courseOriginally posted by HitItWithSomeSpeedI find adam sandler strangely attractive, it must be josh's fault. god that kid sucks
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Originally posted by Ruecifur View Postupdates?
I just started a new job that is pretty demanding, so I am trying to get comfortable there now. Plus I got my truck done!1950 Willys Trail Rig
2007.5 Dodge 2500 QCSB 6.7 Cummins 68RFE 4x4
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It is not beyond reality to have this thing done for OER2, I am knocking out some stuff on it slowly. Yesterday I got a TJ front shaft, gear oil, and lug nuts. Baby steps
New lug nuts installed. Major tech here
More today1950 Willys Trail Rig
2007.5 Dodge 2500 QCSB 6.7 Cummins 68RFE 4x4
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I wound up getting called into work both Saturday and Sunday nights last weekend, so not as much got done but I made $$$$$$$$$$$$. I did however get my front driveshaft all set and installed and went for a coupld 4wd boogies around and listened to all 4 tires chirp. I don't have all that much left to do... going to try to finish a lot of it up today and tomorrow. Might be in PA at the end of the month, no promises but hey it could happend1950 Willys Trail Rig
2007.5 Dodge 2500 QCSB 6.7 Cummins 68RFE 4x4
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