That is going to be one kick *** bracket truck. I hope we get some in-car video of a pass after you get it running so we can hear that small block sing.
Dakotas make good looking race trucks for sure. Was this an old Pro Stock Truck class truck or a purpose built bracket truck? Any more pictures of it?
I looked it up and this truck was not in the Pro Stock Truck thread from a while back.
Pro Stock Truck. Man I loved that class
I have never been to this track yet but it is on my list of things to do this year as a spectator. Good to see you made it out, even if you are not running your car.
I just noticed Summit is showing five of these 61729 Edelbrock Victor small block heads in stock again right now on 4/5/2024. I can only dream about them, so somebody needs to hurry up and buy these.
Can you fill in some details to finish off this thread? What exactly is this truck? Rear axle ratio? Rear tire size?
Glad it worked out. It will be so much nicer to cruise in overdrive.
The main problem I think you'll have trying to run the old style 727 mount and crossmember is that I "think" the whole setup will raise the rear of the transmission too high, throwing off driveline angles. You may end up needing to cut the center out and fabricate a new flatter center like one...
Here is the 727 trans mount setup from my 89 Ramcharger. There is a u-shaped bracket bolted to the trans. There is a large shaped adapter bracket on the bottom that matches the crossmember. And sandwiched in between is the actual rear trans mount with rubber insulator.
Now here is the...
That graphic does not tell the whole story about the mount position. The 46RH and 46RE have a different pattern. You have the old style 727 904 mount. Have you tried to attach it to your 46RH trans yet?
In your original post you showed the trans upside down. In that picture you can see two bolt...
Here is how the Ramcharger started out originally, except engine and trans are already out. Notice how the crossmember is kind of wide and flat at the center.
Here they are comparing side by side. The 89 Ramcharger trans crossmember with 727 on the left and the 92 D250 with 46RH on the right. The 92 D250 did not use the large heat shield bolted to the crossmember either.
I believe the 89 Ramcharger crossmember will accept the 46RE or 46RH...
There are are still details I am sorting out but I wanted the overdrive as well. Quick searches for replacement trans mounts did not make it totally clear if my old trans crossmember would work with an overdrive, but I now think it will. The older ones are clearly not going to work because they...
I think you are testing wrong. Reconnect everything and test for voltage on a complete circuit.
Your tests are not showing anything wrong with your alternator.
Can you be more specific on how you are testing, or what you are testing?
When you say block, is that referring to the engine block? Are the battery cables connected to the battery or do you have one off?