26-05-2016, 08:48 PM
Having wanted something to put a 5.9 Cummins 6BT in for a very long time I have finally gone out and bought myself a project. In fact I picked up a pickup, a hundred quids worth of eBay's finest scrap in the form of an engine less 2WD single cab mk1 Ford Ranger.
I hired a trailer and down plated it and just managed to make the numbers work to tow it home within the capabilities of my licence/car.
Here she sits at home
Plenty of room for activities in the engine bay. If you look at Darren's Cummins Land Rover thread that these mounts look pretty good especially when you bear in mind that the Ranger rails are further apart. I really need to give it a good clean and paint but there is alot of stuff that needs to come out of there first.
I started by cleaning up the bed, it was ply lined but the ply was soaked and covered in muck with plants growing from underneath. It didn't take long to pry it up and get the mud off leaving a surprisingly good looking bed, I'll paint it at some point but for now I cleaned the back end with some petrol and removed the cover from the opening mechanism so I could drop the tailgate easilly.
Next up was getting rid of the sign writing glue, a can of petrolly-mis-fuel and a few rags sorted that rather effectively after the fudge wheel decided just to make a mess, A T-Cut should finish it but there is worse concerns than polish with the bodywork at the moment. This is how she stands. My next job is bolting he pedal box back in and clearing everything else out the bayso it can be cleaned, painted and engine fitted.
It's a long term project to stop me doing naughty things to the Scooby. Plans are Cummins 6BT out a 45 with the standard ZF box, Ford F series shifter, custom prop, 3.31 rear axle, much bigger wheels (to gear it down further) HX55 turbo mounted through the bonnet on a flipped manifold, FMIC, 4200 gov spring and eventually a 14mm head for the Bosch VE from america.
I hired a trailer and down plated it and just managed to make the numbers work to tow it home within the capabilities of my licence/car.
Here she sits at home
Plenty of room for activities in the engine bay. If you look at Darren's Cummins Land Rover thread that these mounts look pretty good especially when you bear in mind that the Ranger rails are further apart. I really need to give it a good clean and paint but there is alot of stuff that needs to come out of there first.
I started by cleaning up the bed, it was ply lined but the ply was soaked and covered in muck with plants growing from underneath. It didn't take long to pry it up and get the mud off leaving a surprisingly good looking bed, I'll paint it at some point but for now I cleaned the back end with some petrol and removed the cover from the opening mechanism so I could drop the tailgate easilly.
Next up was getting rid of the sign writing glue, a can of petrolly-mis-fuel and a few rags sorted that rather effectively after the fudge wheel decided just to make a mess, A T-Cut should finish it but there is worse concerns than polish with the bodywork at the moment. This is how she stands. My next job is bolting he pedal box back in and clearing everything else out the bayso it can be cleaned, painted and engine fitted.
It's a long term project to stop me doing naughty things to the Scooby. Plans are Cummins 6BT out a 45 with the standard ZF box, Ford F series shifter, custom prop, 3.31 rear axle, much bigger wheels (to gear it down further) HX55 turbo mounted through the bonnet on a flipped manifold, FMIC, 4200 gov spring and eventually a 14mm head for the Bosch VE from america.