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The Dieselfication of Coach 1046
Author: BigRabbitMan (Show all albums)

This album is dedicated to following the process of Coach #1046 being converted from a 1976 Chrysler 440-I with a 4spd Allison AT540 transmission to a 2006 GMC Duramax LBZ turbo diesel with a 6spd Allison 1000 double overdrive transmission. There is a companion discussion thread in the Mechanic's Corner section of the Forum area of this site.
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And the right side. The AC hoses are temporarily left in place to keep moisture out of the system. Everything else is GONE! Nice clean engine compartment.

Looking straight ahead.

The fire wall has now been cleaned up. This is looking to the left. The box for the 120 volt service and transfer switch and the generator will stay in place. The generator will later be converted to operate on propane.

In an earlier picture I showed the H2 Hummer air filter that I have been running for a number of years. It was removed from the top of the engine compartment where it fits nicely out of the way. The H2 Hummer and the GMC both use the same filter element type. We will need to verify filter cubic inches to determine if the H2 filter is large enough or not.


Eric is looking at the area that the transmission will fit into. His assistant, Jake, is helping.

Here is a nice collection of wiring harness that went from the right side to the left side of the engine compartment plus some other components that were and will no longer be used.

With the engine out, now the cleaning up of the coach firewall and other systems starts. This will be tedious and will take some time as we are going to reline the firewall for further sound suppression and general cleanup. Here you see what I removed from beside where the transmission sits. This is the Thermosan which slowly pumped the contents of the black and grey tanks into the exhaust system where it was "burned up" and exited as a grey powder. They were problematic and most have been deactivated years ago as mine was.

The transmission and the engine will be secured to pallets for future shipment.


Separation has occured!

This interesting mechanism was used to transfer the action of the parking brake lever to the brake itself.

Sometimes a little ingenuity is needed to remove parts. The driveline parking brake will be transferred to the Allison 1000.

This is sitting where the transmission used to be and looking up and to the right rear showing the H2 Hummer air filter that I have been running with. The Hummer and the Duramax use the same filter medium, but shaped differently. We will determine the relative volumes of the two filters and then decide the ultimate filtering system.
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