Well, stuff is starting to go down so I thought I would make a post about my truck.


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I bought this truck for $200 back in June of 2017 from a friend who bought it from his neighbor after he threw a rod through the block.
at first I just wanted to replace the stock motor. but I soon found threads about swapping V8s into these things so I decided to go that way. I am currently putting a 5.9 Magnum from a 97 Ram 1500 using a 904 transmission.

The truck isn't in the best shape. It has a giant rust hole in the floor by the drivers side brake pedal and a smaller one on the passenger side. There are other rust spots in the body and the rear springs are going out. Dash has a few big cracks in it and the seats are ripped. It came with pretty good tires though. And a spare hood, brand new transmission (for the 4 banger) and a bunch of left over tools in the back of the bed and a shell.

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Now onto the swap
I bought two 904's in July (cause UPS dropped the first one and broke the bell housing) and the donor truck in beginning of August.
I spent about two months rebuilding the 904 and yet to know if it works properly aha. It was my first time ever touching the insides of a transmission, let alone an automatic. I just finished pulling the motor out of the donor truck today. next stop is to pair the motor and tranny so I can notch out space for the crank sensor on the back of the motor before putting the transmission in and lining the motor up to see what needs to be cut out. I plan on using the stock magnum EFI system. Yes I have been moving ridiculously slow on this project.

Im still deciding on whether I want to keep this truck for a long time or just to make it through the winter snow. If it will be finished by then.

Enjoy some more pics.
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