Diesel & Dana 60 Conversion Continued....

7.3crawler · Oct 17, 2004

Just an update on my '88 Bronco. I swapped in a 1993 7.3 turbo diesel, with a c-6 transmission, I have put over 6000 miles on it so far with no problems. I just finished swapping in a Dana 60 front axle out of a '79 F-350, and a 10.25 Sterling rear axle fom a '94 F-250, both with 3.55 axle ratios that work good with no overdrive. I went with leaf springs in the front for strength and simplicity along with cross-over steering. I ended up with 8" of lift and am now running 37" Goodyear MTRs'. I installed a factory diesel tach. instrument panel and pyrometer, boost, trans. temp., & air pressure guages. Out went the bench seat and in went a 60/40 power split bench seat out of a '96 Silverado (only bow-tie part on the rig) and a B&M shifter. I fabbed up a set of wrap around tubular bumpers with a Warn 9000 lb. winch. Future mods will include ARB lockers front and rear, an Atlas II 3 to 1 transfer case to get my crawl ratio back down, and a full external roll cage to keep my family and I safe. This is my family hauling, daily driving, trail running, rockcrawling, snowplowing, 30 foot camper pulling do-it-all rig that Detroit refused to build! Thanks, and happy wheeling!Dan. For some reason my pictures won't upload.

Deezel_Dusten · Oct 17, 2004

Congrats on the swapping, wouldnt happen to know of anymore 79 dana 60's laying around would ya?

Only complaint, should stroked 'er, but then again, i am partial to strokes myself.....
Mmmm... Strokin'

hawk2100n · Oct 17, 2004

Hey sounds nice. you should talk to wliebhard. he dropped in a cummnis in his bronco.

Windchaser · Oct 18, 2004

Very sweet sounding Rig. How does that diesel feel?

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7.3crawler · Oct 19, 2004

It has good power with lots of torque, besides nothing beats the feel, sound, and smell of a diesel! (It's a sickness) Dan.

Wliebhard · Oct 19, 2004

Me gusto MUCHO!!!
That's pretty sweet! I,ve been toying with the idea of putting a Dana 60 on my Bronc, but have to admit that I'm a little gun-shy (cost complexity, ect)
We'll see. I'm just working thru some alternator issues right now....
I like those pics of your 'stroke in the mud!!! Keep wheelin!

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Deezel_Dusten · Oct 19, 2004

7.3crawler said:
It has good power with lots of torque, besides nothing beats the feel, sound, and smell of a diesel! (It's a sickness) Dan.

Amen to that.... diesels rule.

No more wheeling her though, she just a princess now, her new turbo is on the way, aiming for 375-400 HP. The bronco is the wheeler now.

7.3crawler · Oct 20, 2004

A B-series Cummins was my first choice for the conversion, someday maybe? Can anyone tell me how to load in pictures? I tried putting them in the attachment spot but it would not work. My pictures are jpg.??!! Thanks, Dan.