The whole reason why I was able to get the Dually Crew cab truck so cheap was because the previous owner scattered the driveline all over the freeway somewhere in California. Since he didn’t do a good job bolting the tranny crossmember into the truck…. it flexed and twisted when he stomped on the pedal and BOOM! There went the driveline.
So I had no driveline whatsoever for the Dually Crew Cab once the Cummins and the 518 Tranny was installed. But I had donor driveline parts from the `93 D-250 which would just need to be lengthened in the rear section. Luckily the carrier bearing to transmission distance was the same on the `93 and the `82 so that front section of driveline was fine.
Here’s some photos of getting the truck onto the tow rig and over to Driveline Service of Carson City. Gotta love having a AAA membership…. especially when those free tows can be used for trucks you just built!
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- The day before the tow truck came. YES! You can roll a heavy dually around on Harbor Freight car dollys!
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- Ready to tow out of the shop. Starts and Runs, but doesn’t drive yet.
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- Open exhaust on a Diesel isn’t that loud.
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- Hooked up and ready for the tow. Thanks again AAA!
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- Leaving our dirt road – why not take a photo?
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- In Traffic – I had to follow and monitor progress!
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- Arrived at destination – Driveline Service of Carson City. This was on the morning of June 15th, 2009, about 8:30am.
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