'48 Diamond T pickup with 6.0/4l60E IS ALIVE!!
04-04-2011, 05:48 PM
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'48 Diamond T pickup with 6.0/4l60E IS ALIVE!! I fired the Diamond T for the first time today, it lit right up as soon as I hit the key! Everything seems to work, the tach, all the other gauges, so I can now loom all the wiring up into a harness under the dash. Got great help from LT1swap website for modifying the truck underhood harness, and he also reflashed the ECM for me. I can't say enough good things about him.
I was a little worried about the injectors, as the engine hasn't been run for a year and half, but no worries. I had to replace one coil as I busted the snout off lifting the engine to install it, but other than that, it sounds good to go.
FYI it's an '01 (or '02, I forget) 6.0 from a 2500 HD 4x4 with an '05 van 4L60E, Dana 70 rear with 4:10's, 3/4 ton ball joints, spindles and brakes up front on a '93 G20 van crossmember that's narrowed three inches. Wheels are '05 Dodge 3/4 ton aluminum 8 lugs, 17" with 245x75R17's. (The steel one on the right front is the spare rim, I have to get the new tires mounted on the aluminum rims)
Here's a link to the YouTube vid! I'm a happy guy!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0DaI-HGNvfk
I was a little worried about the injectors, as the engine hasn't been run for a year and half, but no worries. I had to replace one coil as I busted the snout off lifting the engine to install it, but other than that, it sounds good to go.
FYI it's an '01 (or '02, I forget) 6.0 from a 2500 HD 4x4 with an '05 van 4L60E, Dana 70 rear with 4:10's, 3/4 ton ball joints, spindles and brakes up front on a '93 G20 van crossmember that's narrowed three inches. Wheels are '05 Dodge 3/4 ton aluminum 8 lugs, 17" with 245x75R17's. (The steel one on the right front is the spare rim, I have to get the new tires mounted on the aluminum rims)
Here's a link to the YouTube vid! I'm a happy guy!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0DaI-HGNvfk
04-05-2011, 07:47 PM
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You're right, that's the ONLY color the 201's were available in. The bigger series trucks could be had in any color offered, but not the little guys. I thought briefly about painting it olive green (to match my '36 "Fordillac roadster) with a red beltline, but thought it'd be kinda cheesy. The beltline will be the same olive green as the roadster however.
Brian
Mines the only one I've ever seen. I have no idea where I got the idea I wanted one, but I've ALWAYS wanted one!
Brian
Mines the only one I've ever seen. I have no idea where I got the idea I wanted one, but I've ALWAYS wanted one!
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I fired the Diamond T for the first time today, it lit right up as soon as I hit the key! Everything seems to work, the tach, all the other gauges, so I can now loom all the wiring up into a harness under the dash. Got great help from LT1swap website for modifying the truck underhood harness, and he also reflashed the ECM for me. I can't say enough good things about him.
I was a little worried about the injectors, as the engine hasn't been run for a year and half, but no worries. I had to replace one coil as I busted the snout off lifting the engine to install it, but other than that, it sounds good to go.
FYI it's an '01 (or '02, I forget) 6.0 from a 2500 HD 4x4 with an '05 van 4L60E, Dana 70 rear with 4:10's, 3/4 ton ball joints, spindles and brakes up front on a '93 G20 van crossmember that's narrowed three inches. Wheels are '05 Dodge 3/4 ton aluminum 8 lugs, 17" with 245x75R17's. (The steel one on the right front is the spare rim, I have to get the new tires mounted on the aluminum rims)
Here's a link to the YouTube vid! I'm a happy guy!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0DaI-HGNvfk
I was a little worried about the injectors, as the engine hasn't been run for a year and half, but no worries. I had to replace one coil as I busted the snout off lifting the engine to install it, but other than that, it sounds good to go.
FYI it's an '01 (or '02, I forget) 6.0 from a 2500 HD 4x4 with an '05 van 4L60E, Dana 70 rear with 4:10's, 3/4 ton ball joints, spindles and brakes up front on a '93 G20 van crossmember that's narrowed three inches. Wheels are '05 Dodge 3/4 ton aluminum 8 lugs, 17" with 245x75R17's. (The steel one on the right front is the spare rim, I have to get the new tires mounted on the aluminum rims)
Here's a link to the YouTube vid! I'm a happy guy!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0DaI-HGNvfk
