No Computer, No Problem! 12 Valve Cummins Expedition Truck 

I totally disagree! Mick coulda rigged everything up in no time at all and for far less $. You would just have to remember that the AC pumps out heat, the tach will give you the alternator charging voltage, and a few other minor quirks. In all seriousness I’m surprised your battery survived the 17V charge time. They can take short bursts of that kind of voltage but not long ones. There’s a guy named ‘Handy Bob’ that has all sorts of info on solar and batteries. My solar will charge my 2 Trojan 6V golf cart type batteries at ~14.7V when it’s warm up to 15.2V when it’s cold. Nice having a controller that keeps track of that. Many controllers wouldn’t permit charge voltages of anything >14V which meant that batteries were chronically undercharged. Dead within a year.

Not entirely true, the batteries will go in an EMP situation you will have to find a way to start it, push start (manual transmission only) is possible, could park on a hill and hope it starts before reaching the bottom. And in the winter it will be even harder to start without batteries. I've driven Computer Free diesels for years (not modified just older) once it's running it needs no power. It's impractical to leave it running waiting for TSTHTF.

ok stoopid carrington event melted wires by sending to many amps through. be smart or be censored with death

With the battery hooked up in the rig the way this one is, an EMP would not cause the battery to go bad. Chances are the starter would be good as well.

In theory. If the starter, battery, and wiring harness doesn't fry

This emp thing is the exact reason I did the same thing to my idi ford 😂

I'm almost 60, and I call it a Stick, Standard or Manual. I drive a 5 spd Subaru

Thank you so much. Best of luck on your project.

You read/wrote my mind! I was just about to suggest something like this, although you’ll have to add a small PNP transistor most likely to amplify the signal from that pick up, depending on its impedance. Technically, you could just get a really dumb decameter that only needs a pulse of electricity and has its own built-in controller and then use a magnet on the crank pulley with a pick up sensor so it can use Eddie currents to send the RPM to the gauge

I always wanted to build on this old truck, just for the drivetrain.

I'm a Chevy guy too, Sold my Chevy and bought a Subaru (Gas prices in BC are $7.5 to 8.5/gallon) I went from 25L/100 (9 mpg) to 7.5L/100 (31 mpg)

My brother had the greatest car ever made and sold it to fools who cut it up!!! It was a 69 RT/SE Dodge Charger with a 440 magnom!!!! Best car I've ever been in and drove. He got it when I was 15 and I'm 63 now! Some of them are going for over a hundred thousand bucks now!!!

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3 wire lol

Thank you, I really appreciate that.

I don’t need the tach for shifting, it is for long steep downhills. Gotta save them brakes.

it's a Cummins not a Detroit

Absolute awesome comment, thank you. I have been fortunate to visit Sweden, and I absolutely loved my time. Really enjoyed touring around Gamla Stan.

In theory but a junk yard ECM would fail as well. So might a “new” replacement made in Upper Slobbobia. My brief understanding is the old Dodge trucks have a problem with ECM failure so eliminating it makes the most sense.

Really helps on the long downhills to know when you have to get on the brakes. Exhaust brake only does so much.

@Destination_Adventure I don't run a exhaust brake so that's something I don't think about. Good to know.

I’ll definitely do some research into that one. I haven’t been able to find any info outside of using the alternator.

search his channel, Dustin has videos covering everything he did on the rebuild from last Winter

Yeah but then you can’t listen to ‘Thunderstruck’, ‘She Sells Sanctuary’, or ‘Crazy Train’ at appropriate volume. 📻

@mikedavison3400 not totally true! Maybe at first but after it becomes mindless and muscles memory crank that sh*t up!

Not this one, but possibly others. Everything I know about these trucks comes from this particular one. Lol

I stated that I didn’t know about auto trans, I have standard.

No 24V has an electrically controlled injection pump that is controlled by a computer.

Not in detail. Maybe I can cover this in the future.

@@Destination_Adventure I am super interested in how others lived. i was the Sole Engineer , i reported directly to the captain, was in charge of everything that could break or stop working or need polishing or painting. I had a fully stocked and well equipped workshop in the rudder room, a girlfriend in housekeeping and a buddy in the galley, the chef taught my buddy and i how to make beer and on most friday nights the captain partied with us

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You do need a stinkin’ tach if you wanna crank some tunes!

Regardless of cranked tunes...you can feel the vibration

Or possibly DeBoss Garage with his RU-vid channel.