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Will I be burned at the stake here for repowering an original truck ?
So I have a 1952 XM211 that is completely stock original Powertrain wise .
It has the 302 6cyl Jimmy and cadillac auto trans with the Hi/Lo on the back of it, and a single speed in/out T-case .
This truck is a water Tender, and was in Civil Defense from the time it left the military up until somewhere in the 90s .
Truck has been setting the last ten years or so, but will start up and drive right now, I have driven it down to the gas station and put fresh gas in it .
So why do I want to change the Powertrain ?
I am going to be using this truck daily up in the woods during forest fires, and I need it to be dependable (manual trans) and prefer it to be a diesel engine and the T-case do the reduction work .
I have not heard good things about the Hydramatic and don't have much faith in it's ability to not let me down eventually .
I already have a 6cyl turbo diesel engine sitting here with a 6 speed trans hanging off the back of it, the engine is the same length as the gas engine that resides in the truck now so that should work fine, I also have spare M35A2 Transfer cases so I am thinking I could use one of those, this is all a rough draft inside my head .
The replacement diesel engine has a 12v starter, and so I am leaning towards making the entire truck 12v as i can't see any reason to keep it 24v .
Obviously this isn't something that's going to happen over night, but it shouldn't take too long I hope as i need it going by the end of May .
I am open to suggestions and opinions on all of this .
(Hope I posted this in the right spot)
So I have a 1952 XM211 that is completely stock original Powertrain wise .
It has the 302 6cyl Jimmy and cadillac auto trans with the Hi/Lo on the back of it, and a single speed in/out T-case .
This truck is a water Tender, and was in Civil Defense from the time it left the military up until somewhere in the 90s .
Truck has been setting the last ten years or so, but will start up and drive right now, I have driven it down to the gas station and put fresh gas in it .
So why do I want to change the Powertrain ?
I am going to be using this truck daily up in the woods during forest fires, and I need it to be dependable (manual trans) and prefer it to be a diesel engine and the T-case do the reduction work .
I have not heard good things about the Hydramatic and don't have much faith in it's ability to not let me down eventually .
I already have a 6cyl turbo diesel engine sitting here with a 6 speed trans hanging off the back of it, the engine is the same length as the gas engine that resides in the truck now so that should work fine, I also have spare M35A2 Transfer cases so I am thinking I could use one of those, this is all a rough draft inside my head .
The replacement diesel engine has a 12v starter, and so I am leaning towards making the entire truck 12v as i can't see any reason to keep it 24v .
Obviously this isn't something that's going to happen over night, but it shouldn't take too long I hope as i need it going by the end of May .
I am open to suggestions and opinions on all of this .
(Hope I posted this in the right spot)