I talked to Rich today. He started  setting the engine. He has to make new engine mounts.I had his wife Cindy e-mail me some pictures of the operation.

The 8.3 is longer than the gas engine that came out of Big Melvin,so Rich ad to do some juggling to get it to fit. The Spicer transmission is also about 11 inches longer the the Autocar 5 speed so he's going to have to shorten drive shat.

The Cummins exhaust is 4 inches and the Autocar is 3 inches. We should be able to adapt the pipe to my old exhaust. I also had him add a bung for a pyrometer probe.

I plan to take the drives side fender down to him the week between Christmas and New Years. he needs this so he can fit the power steering box.

One the engine is set,he can start adapting the air to air cooler.