RavenMocker

I just scored a deal on two D44 front axles and NP203 for 130 bucks. Now I just need to grab a rear axle and some springs.

Today I will be spending my time drawing out the water pump bracket.

I lucked out with the fitment of mine. Fits so nicely. Your 3.4 is 3" wider and 6" longer than my 3.3. And 70lbs heavier which isn't a big deal. In the pic of it on the trailer the tires look so small. :/ Ive got the 6AT installed. Just waiting for the guy to deliver the SM465/NP205 combo to my house. Since my Dakota Quad Cab truck blew its 4.7L it has left me without a truck. I'm curious to learn if the 6AT 3.4 and the B3.3 share the same crank pulley specs. The 6AT uses a grooved pulley and Id like to convert over to a serpentine pulley system. It uses a center mounted crank bolt rather than the four tiny bolts on the 4BT and 6BT. ATI said they would make me one for the same cost as that of the 6BT. I have seen new B3.3 crank pulleys at a quarter of the cost of an ATI.

Monday I pick up my most recent SM465/NP205 purchase and install in into the MJ. Then fab up the cross member and bell housing motor mount brackets. After that I will need to put together a rear driveshaft so I can test drive the truck and work out any bugs. Before doing that I fist need to finish the engine install and the hydroboost brakes as well as a few other things. But the engine is finally in.

The Engine is IN!!!!! Ok so everything is still being fab'd but the two motor mounts are welded up and bolted into the MJ. It all still looks like chopped arse and I am still in the process of cleaning things up. I think it turned out pretty good. The engine fits under the hood rather well with a good amount of room left. I put the hood on just long enough to see what it looked like and how much room I have left. Here is what it looks like with the hood on. And a poor photo of how it looks underneath the hood. Here is a shot with the engine sitting on both motor mounts with the drivers 1st and the passengers side 2nd. They still look ruff but after I clean them up it should all not be so much of an eye sore. You can see where I drilled holes into the tops of the mounts. Those are welded on but I will be putting a bolt, washers, and nuts through them both to give better strength. Here we have the GMC hydroboost I will be installing. Test fit. Next I will need to buy another SM465 with NP205 mated to it as I am having issues finding the correct NP205 (six bolt with 32spline) in my area. I did find one but I'm not paying 450 bucks for a used oily t-case when there are plenty other NP205's for a 1/4 of that price.

I now have the passengers side motor brackets and mount fab'd up but won't finish it until I have the transmission support bracket fab'd so I can properly align the engine and transmission. It's all coming along nicely.

No.... lol.... its welded to another bracket that bolts into the bolts motor mount locations.

Here is my drivers side test engine bracket and mount. I used motor mounts from an early model CJ as they were only 5 bucks each. I still have some more work to do on it but for now this is what it looks like. I am going to work on the passengers side today and then make any needed adjustments. We will see it they can endure a little road time after everything is installed. I still need to make the transmission cross member and add mounts to both sides of the bell housing.

Update:: Today I was able to do some work on the project. I pulled the engine mounts off the engine as well as a few other things getting in the way. I bolted the SM465 with the GM1 bell housing to the engine so I could stage everything and take some measurements. Here is what she looks like in the truck. And here is it in the trucks cabin with the transmission shifter in place. The crankshaft pulley/harmonic balancer sits about ten inches from the radiator mounts from beam as noted here. Tomorrow I hope to design and weld up the new motor mounts and the transmission support bracket. If I have room I might also incorporate another support bracket at the bottom of the bell housing.

Awesome to see the project coming along. I'm having some issues of my own on my Cummins project.

I took some photo's but they would not load into photo bucket. So I will try and explain without photo's. Today I cut out the firewall as needed. I'm still having some clearance issues with the SM465. It fits in the tunnel but on the passengers side is the location of the fork and slave cylinder for the clutch. There is not enough room to use the current setup. In other words I am not able to use the fork and slave cylinder. The transmission still needs to be lifted another 5 inches and that places the fork and slave cylinder in an area that would need to be widened another 7 t0 8 inches leaving not much room for the passengers feet. Unless someone has another way of doing it and has photo's to show what things look like. I have thought about trying to adapt or convert the SM465 to an internal slave cylinder. I know there are some kits but I don't feel like paying more money for something I know can be done in my own garage. I am open for idea's. Anyone??

The passengers side looks ruff but its just the way the photo was taken. Its just some basic surface rust. Sand it all down and paint over it with some POR15.

Here are the drivers side floors. That is mostly surface rust from what I can tell after testing the thickness and strength of the metal. There is a small bit of cancer under the gas pedal.

So Ive pulled everything out for the most part. Here is the firewall and some of the flooring.

Ive a herniated disc in my lower back thats keeping me from the project for now. Its driving my nuts not being able to get out and do something. My wife is watching me like a hawk. Hope to be back out in a few days and hope no more then a week.