official build thread for project "coal miner"

[jrpdash9]

UPDATE: My truck is now rolling on brand new cooper discover s/tt, stoping them new tires are ebc green stuff brakes pads. new lights the whole way around, euro styled, all smoked. Then for 400 bucks, i brought home a donor truck... a identical truck to mine. a recent off road adventure.( quad trail) proved that these new tires are awesome!!!!!!

 

[jrpdash9]

ended up getting a 2wd frame off a southern truck. . i undercoated the frame put my built explorer 8.8 axle under it with ruff stuff axle swap kit.

 

[jrpdash9]

finally got the engine outa the car time to clean it up. its a 1982 om 617 turbo inline 5. racked fuel pump to 180hp red line is 5g. has a t3 turbo with a turbo brake delete. engine was rebuilt in 92 before the guy died ( I guess the rear main seal went). the car had 400k+miles on it. and still ran like a raped ape. hears a few pics

 

[Ruger]

Looks good! Keep updating

 

[jrpdash9]

Sorry no recent update: so far working on engine mounts got to lower the rack and pinion and sway bar 1.5 inches to get the sump . The ranger is gutted and ready for transfer I also made a lighter step side bed for the truck since I am going the street truck route. Pics to come

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[jrpdash9]

Tonight I unbolted the rack and pinion and the sway bar. And ground down the frame again.... wasent happy with the undercoating so I shot some primer on it

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[jrpdash9]

Finished the lower pinion. The engine is sitting where its should be. And shockingly the tranny mount lines up mount

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[joecool85]

is that a FFV 3.0 in there? I'm getting about 12 city with my 3.0 FFV on ethanol with 4:10's and an auto...

Something is wrong. I get 20mpg average, 21mpg highway, 17mpg city in my 5spd 3.0 Flex w/4:10 gears. I have 245/75/16 tires. This is running regular gas which here in Maine has "up to 10% ethanol content".


Awesome project btw, consider me subscribed.

 

[jrpdash9]

I moded the maf on mine near the end with street tires I got 20 with off road 17. Consider your self lucky

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[jrpdash9]

Update got the engine mounted I'm collecting the oil for it I'm gonna run royal purple fluids the whole way around I got a oil pan seal on order I got to relocate the oil drain

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[fte]

Hi, great build. I swapped that engine into a Cherokee with a gm700r4 4x4 trans. It went along good and got 30mpg too boot! It was my DD for almost 2yrs, then sold it to build my Ranger with a Kubota diesel. It's a 2.2 4cyl that I turboed. It's 2wd and mated to the mazda 5spd. I am getting over 40mpg with this rig, thats why I sold the Jeep as max mpg was my goal. Keep up the good work, you will be happy with it, but I belive you would like it even more with a 5spd.

 

[joecool85]

Hi, great build. I swapped that engine into a Cherokee with a gm700r4 4x4 trans. It went along good and got 30mpg too boot! It was my DD for almost 2yrs, then sold it to build my Ranger with a Kubota diesel. It's a 2.2 4cyl that I turboed. It's 2wd and mated to the mazda 5spd. I am getting over 40mpg with this rig, thats why I sold the Jeep as max mpg was my goal. Keep up the good work, you will be happy with it, but I belive you would like it even more with a 5spd.

Ranger + Kubota engine...? We needs pics and maybe even a whole thread about it, that sounds cool!

 

[jrpdash9]

I thought about that at one point our farm tractors are Kubota they are IMO the best diesel tractor out there . And I would love a 5 speed ..... but that'd later down the road. The engine is finally fitted the the frame for the last time. And had her running on the frame as a test ( just because ) I haven't really ran it since I racked the pump and she is blowing a lot of grey . Hehehehehe.

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[fte]

Ya, I kinda went the Kubota route by accident. I was planning the Benz for the Ranger, found a stick flywheel for it but discovered the Ranger bellhousing was too small for the flywheel, so it was find a t5 trans or try the Kubota (it was sitting in the bed waiting to be transplanted into my bobcat skid loader). I had nothing to loose but my time, and it turned out better than I had expected. I failed at loading pix on this site, better in the shop than on the computer!

 

[jrpdash9]

I agree. I'm reusing the Benz transmission So I dident have that problem. I gotta figger out a drive shaft though .
Edit: FTE where are u located at
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