Nice !!!

 

Been working on the accessory drive setup this week. I'm glad this truck has electric power steering.

 

How thick is your intercooler? What brand and MN? Thanks.

Ed in CO

 

Its 29 X 12 X 5" thick from CX racing. I have used their stuff for a few years now with no problems.
Here is a link. https://www.cxracing.com/intercooler-5-inch-core-thickness/IC0046

 

NO smoke at all but fueling has a lot to do with the tune as well. I'm not aware of any plug and play 6 speed TCM's that are compatible with the ISB. There are a few company's that sell a secondary module that will give you basic 6 speed functions. The 5 speed Allison is the only plug and play way to go. I have both 5 speed and 6 speed Allison's sitting here if the 8 speed wont work.

 

You wouldnt have any links to the tcm I need for the 6 speed would ya?

 

Just starting to wire this up and thought I would post the pin out for the Cummins jack. Disregard the "extension color" column.

Pin #	System	OEM Color	Extension color
1​	Battery Posative	Orange	N/A
3​	Battery Negative	Black/white	N/A
4​	Grid heater return	Black	N/A
7​	Battery Posative	Orange	N/A
8​	B+ out to switches, warning Lamps, cruise	Red	Red/Pin A/Dash
9​	Battery Negative	Black/white	N/A
12​	Battery Posative	Orange	N/A
13​	Battery Posative	Orange	N/A
14​	Battery Negative	Black/white	N/A
15​	Battery Negative	Black/white	N/A
16​	Grid heater #1 driver	Orange/black	N/A
17​	Grid heater #2 driver	Orange/black	N/A
18​	Fuel heater relay driver	Orange	N/A
19​	Throttle, return active low switch	Purple	Blue
29​	Glow plug lamp negative	Blue	Blue-Dash
30​	J1708 -	Purple	Lt Blue
31​	J1708 +	Tan	Lt Yellow
39​	Ignition input	Pink	N/A
46​	Starter lockout	Yellow	N/A
47​	Stop engine lamp negative	White/black	White-Dash
60​	Cruise set/coast	Blue	Pin D
61​	Cruise resume/accel	Gray/black	Pin C
63​	Maintance lamp	Brown/white	Brown-Dash
64​	Diagnostic lamp negative	Brown/white	N/A
51​	J1939 Shield	Black	N/A
52​	J1939 Low	Green	N/A
53​	J1939 High	Yellow	N/A
55​	Throttle supply 5V+	Gray	White
56​	VSS -	Purple	N/A
72​	Throttle, on idle switch	Brown/white	Black
73​	Throttle off idle switch	Green	Orange
74​	VSS +	Yellow	N/A
76​	Cruise ON/OFF	Gray	Pin B
79​	Diagnostic switch	Orange/Black	N/A
80​	Brake switch input	Violet	N/A
81​	Throttle return	Brown	Brown
83​	Throttle input position signal	Green	Green

 

Big day today, it finally fired up and after a few seconds of loping it smoothed out and purred.

 

I didn't realize that I had not updated this thread in a while.
Truck is on the road and has towed our 5th wheel over the mountains a couple of times. Power is good and the 8 speed auto works very well. I'm still fine tuning the trans programing and just upped the boost from 22 to 28 PSI which looks like its helped bring down the EGT's. I need to swap out the torque converter as the stock Hemi one has too low of a stall and the Cummins lopes really badly when you drop it into gear. The truck side of things has been the biggest challenge and I still don't have a working tach and a few other systems but working on them.

 

Any updates on this truck?

 

Thats cool. Was wondering if you where out enjoying it yet. Know what converter you will use? Or will it be custom? Its always the truck stuff that takes the longest. my tach issue took several weeks to figure out. A simple 10ohm resister was the trick in my case.

 

Many of you have followed my ISB170 / 08 Dakota build for the last 7 years. Its been a great truck for towing our small 5th wheel all over the US and Canada from coast to coast.
Its time to build my "old man" truck and concede to an automatic transmission.
It still has to be unique so it will have the ISB 170 and an Allison 5 or 6 speed.
I just pulled the motor/trans from the donor van today and will completely rebuild it so I have a reliable base to work from.
I'm currently cleaning up loose ends on the Dakota before selling it to finance the new truck.
Here is a list of what I plan for the engine at this point.

Holset Super HX30, a bit more turbo than the regular HX30 that I have been running on the Dakota and love.
33% over on the injectors which is the same as the Dakota.
Steed Speed exhaust manifold like the Dakota.
Colt Cams does a stage 2 grind for these engines that is supposed to really "wake them up"
ECU tune to raise the RPM to 3200 and a bit more fuel like my Dakota.

This would be pretty much the same engine as the Dakota but with the larger turbo and cam regrind.
I think it should make a reliable and economical tow vehicle engine.

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Thank you soo much for your help....
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192.168.100.1

 

hello everyone i would like to share with you this video

 

I'm pretty sure the van I have has a CanBus dash. Its a one piece rectangular one.

 

If I were to find the right model CanBus dash out of a Bread Van it might work?

 

Truck has been running well. The ZF8HP70 trans works VERY well once its tuned correctly, the low 4.71 first gear is great.
Had quite a time figuring out the belt routing with a PS pump, vacuum pump, alternator and A/C.

 

If you don't plan to use that Dash Gauge cluster, what do you want for them? Email me or text me.
Gene
503-267-1648
climer97007@gmail.com

 

Had it out for a three day road trip through the mountains and it overheated pretty bad and no trailer behind it.
Even though I have 4 electric fans pulling through the rad its the original Hemi rad with the AC and trans cooler as well as the inter cooler all stacked out front. I did some measuring and with some slight ;>) modifications I can get a Mishimoto aluminum rad from a Ram 3500 Cummins truck stuffed under there. I also moved the intercooler down below the rad and this rad has the trans cooler built into the rad side tank. I'll add a 3500 AC condenser when I get to that point. The intercooler has a pair of electric fans on it and boy does that work well. Lowered my EGT by a few hundred and it cools off (EGT's) WAY quicker once I take my foot out of it. I don't see having anymore overheating but wont know till the next trip in Sept.

 

Overheating on a Cummins 4 cylinder is not very common. Most guys run a stock radiator with no issues.

 

Yea, I had the same issue on my Dakota with this same model ISB170. Once I had a real rad it was fine for the next 7 years.