I found a deal for a 2500 with a diesel and a manual tranny. If I bought it would everything fit in my 1500 with a new bell housing?

 

According to everything Ive read. You'll need the transfer case too, but that's no biggie since you have a donor truck. All the wiring behind the dash. Pretty much everything.

 

Youwill probably need the front and rearend too..........I think the cummins would shred a 9.25 and D44

 

He means the transmission, not the engine, lol.

 

You may as well switch it all if you have the truck. That's what i'd like to do down the road if I can get my hands on a wrecked CTD at a decent price.

 

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Youwill probably need the front and rearend too..........I think the cummins would shred a 9.25 and D44
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Sorry, I did not understand what he was doing, but he should just drop the cummins in too while he is at it

 

I agree, that would be sweet but it is a TON of work. I have seen it done and is no weekend project.

 

I didn't think it was.............But then he could say he shoe-horned a cummins into a 1/2 ton

 

what would it take to drop the cummins in anyway? i wanted to change out gears on my truck so i'd be switching them up anyway

 

Unless you have a Regular cab short bed truck, or it's of sentimental value, or in extrodinarily good shape it would probably be the better bet to go buy a 2500 with a cummins in it.

However to do the swap all you need is a donor truck, and then swap pretty much EVERYTHING over. The Engine, Transmission, transfer case, Axels, suspension, wiring, radiatior, pretty much everything under the hood.

I'm toying with the idea of doing it myself. If I find a 94-96 Cummins turbo Diesel somewhere that's been in a rear end collision or something you'd better beleive I'm going to grab up on it.
Those old 12 valve cummins areawesome motors.