Wow, middle of June to middle of March. Seriously, where have I been.

Last summer I took time off from this project to work on my Cummins Ramcharger project. After getting that on the road, I played with it all summer, including entering it in three sled pull competition, with the best performance taking sixth place out of twenty-some trucks at Banks, Oregon.

Anyway, I am back to work on the crew some more. Today, I lifted the engine off the floor with the idea of setting it on the engine stand. I got as far as removing the bell housing, clutch, flywheel, and adapter plate. I did all this only to find that I did not have any metric bolts the right size to attach the block to the stand. Hopefully I can get a trip in to the parts store on my way home from work tomorrow.

When I pulled the engine out of the doner frame, I first disconnected the NV4500 5-speed from the bell housing. I left the bell housing and clutch intact on the block.

Since the engine was sitting on blocks on the floor, and one of the blocks was under the bell, I lifted the engine with the cherry picker.

A shot of the inside of the bell housing with the clutch fork and throw-out bearing set in place.

A shot of the pressure plate on the back of the engine.

A peek at the fingers on the pressure plate.

"LUK" is stamped into the pressure plate. I mainly want to post this and some of the following pics so I can link to them when I ask some qustions over at dieseltruckresource.com and or ramchargercentral.com.

12 1/4 inches.

Not dead, but not enough to put back on. Looks like I am buying a new clutch.

More numbers. These are on the flywheel.

Inside of the pressure plate.

Flywheel on the floor.

Flywheel number.

Flywheel number.

More flywheel info.

Here is a shot of the adapter plate that attaches the 1993 engine to the NV4500 that did not come out in the dodges until 1994.

A bit blurry shot of the end of the crank and the back of the block. Finally a mounting surface for the engine stand.

I may regret it later, but I left the starter on the adapter plate. I di not have a metrick 12 point socket to remove the starter bolts. Sniff. I smell tool purchase in the near future.