Cletus.

71ChargerRT

71ChargerRT

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I’ve had the big fella for a few years now, formerly a V10 with a rod knock. Now sporting a new (less than 2000 mile) 410 stroker Magnum and a rebuilt 46re with a bad converter and probable other issues since I drove it 10+ miles home. Last year I picked up Colossus, my F250, due to both of my other trucks giving me fits, 250k + Hemi ate the cam and this trans. Since then I’ve had him up for sale for almost a year with no serious interest, for a reasonable price anyway. Everyone is looking for a Cummins.


So, I ended up with an 4wd NV 3500 and most of the other necessities to do the swap; pedals, wiring, column, etc. I am well aware of the short comings of the 3500, this truck will mostly be a daily driver, mainly to not drive the diesel. Once I get some space back in my garage I will freshen up the 3500 and start ordering parts. I am definitely getting the Core Shifters shifter assembly for this, it was great in my other Ram with the 5600.

I’ll go over some of the other things I’ve already done to Cletus as well.
 

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Well, this big fella will be heading down the road soon with a stock 5.9 Mag and an NV3500.

Perfect truck for a Cummins swap, just needs a 12 valve and an NV4500 or 5600.
 
I believe Cletus is the antithesis of Christine. Every time I fix something another part fails. I got it together last week, everything in place fired it up again and there's a stream of water spraying from what is essentially a brand new radiator. No matter what I do with this truck it never doesn't fail. It'll soon be on to another owner that I pray has much better luck than I have had.
 
My '73 Challenger had a truly rotten radiator that used to blow tubes at an alarming rate. Being 17 and unable to afford a new unit, I found a guy who did radiator repair out of his garage. In the 7 months I had that car, he pinched a total of 18 tubes and soldered them closed. I don't know if that's an option on aluminum.

If it wasn't ejecting water from places it shouldn't, it was blowing front tires or dropping pieces of trunk and rear framerail along the road. I honestly wonder sometimes why I miss that car. Oh, yeah--it was fast. 😁
 
That sounds a lot like a 307 powered '72 Camaro I once owned, the falling off bit, not the fast. The guy I bought it from in 1994ish, he got it from his father-in-law that purchased it brand new. It was rust and bondo when I got it, the front subframe that had mostly rotted out was held in place by the front clip and the 2 bolts closest to the firewall. It flexed so much that when I hit a set of railroad tracks it pulled the driveshaft out of the transmission. Luckily it didn't jam itself into the asphalt and only beat the ground and floorpans.

I traded that pile for a 4-door Volare with a 318 that I dropped in my first Challenger.
 
Well, the big fella is done and has been listed for sale. Now it's time to deal with the tire-kickers, scammers and other such time wasters.
 
What did you end up doing with the 410? Just set aside for future use?

It looks like a pretty nice truck, and the 5-speed is especially appealing. I wouldn't tihnk you'd have a lot of trouble selling it, unless you're asking way too much... and "way too much" has to be an awful lot these days, it seems.
 
As far as the 410 goes, the cam is installed and it is ready to get together with the 46re and meet its new home in the Dakota. After driving Cletus a bit I miss having a manual trans vehicle to drive, so I plan on collecting the necessary pieces to convert the Dak to a T-56.
 
Doc, I have a potential crank sensor issue, I needed to get it running without a budget so an Amazon Chinesium special fit the bill. Now I’m driving it more often I want to upgrade, that and I have a P1391 code 🤣. I can never remember which brand to use/avoid.

I know there are other pieces that potentially throw the same code, but I’ll start at the logical, chinesium place.
 
Standard Motor Products would be aftermarket sensor I recommend.

OE would be my other recommendation.

We recently did one of those in the shop on a '92 D150. What a pain in the arse that was. Turned out the sensor was OK, but the wire between it and the PCM wasn't.
 
Swapped out the crank sensor, total PITA without the 1/4" Allen socket, it's better but still not 100%. I have a set of injectors to toss in next, while I do that I'll replace the plug wires and put on the ported throttle body with a new gasket. I did already replace the plenum gasket.

I don't want to dig deeper into the motor, but I do have a set on new heads and timing chain and gears if I need to replace them.
 
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