This is the start to my remote shifter. Gotta build the transmission side and then order some cables to go between shifter and transmission.
Changed my mind about installing my 59 dash. Looked at the price of gauges to put in the dash and with the beating that the Canadian dollar is taking and the rising cost of living I decided to use the Dodge instrument cluster from my donor truck. This will also allow me to plug it into the harness that I pulled from the donor. I did not like the way the cluster had a curve in it that would stick out of the dash, so I had to chop it up a bit. I will make a bezel for it and take more pics when that goes in. This was a view from the side. This is the wedge cut off the cluster This is the new profile with a flat piece of plexiglass.
I had the same sticker shock on gauge prices when I installed a 48 Ford passenger dash in my COE. I was too far along, so I bought the pricey gauges and they are still in the box waiting for the day that I get back to working on my project.
exactly what I did with the corvette cluster then dressed it up a bit with the help of my buddy's plasma cutting table...
Hey fellow COE builders. I have a question for you all. What do you think of the possibility of mounting my radiator on the side of the truck behind my sleeper so that i can free up some more leg room up front and not have all of the heat pushed into the cab through the firewall? Double electric fans would be used to move the air. Most diesel pusher motorhomes seem to have their cooling done that way. Added a pic for illustration. Blacked out area would be where the radiator would be. Probably on the passenger side. My chassis is a little longer than this one.
How will you segregate it from the passenger compartment? Otherwise, I suspect it would work... You painted your truck purple?
Haha. Not my truck. Just used a pic for illustration. My****mins is in the sleeper behind the cab. Radiator will be behind that.
My first attempt at building a hot rod was an M series Studebaker pick-up with a Ford 460 in it. I couldn't get it to cool no matter what I tried in front of the engine. (not enough airflow through the grille) I added a 2nd radiator laying flat in under the bed along with a couple electric fans and that did the trick. I think your idea will work, but you will have to figure out which way the air wants to flow through it. I think you will probably have to cut out the box side, because I think the air will want to burble off the front of the truck, pass through the radiator then into the low pressure area behind the sleeper.
I have a side mounted radiator in my pickup. It uses 2 fans drawing air up from under the vehicle. Never had a problem in 10 years and it's LS3 powered. I use a twin fan setup of an Australian Ford sedan.
Do the fans need to run full time in a setup like this? 1 running all the time and the second triggered by temp? I think a well thought out, well "sealed" shroud will be necessary too.
As you know, my engine and radiator are under the sleeper.. I don't seem to have any heat issues from engine to passenger compartment. I put a heat shield above the engine. OK, I did have lots of heat coming into the cab when I mistakenly left one of the glass panels open. https://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/threads/1941-ford-coe-build.919826/page-23#post-12239435
... also I channeled the air from the grille to the rad and louvered the back of the sleeper for the air to escape.
Sorry, slow to respond. The fans seem to only run in traffic. There's enough airflow across the radiator to cool the LS3. As the radiator is at a 45degree angle the heat in it generates an updraft that brings fresh cooler air into the radiator. It works well.
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