85 Crewcab Conversion

[JIM BOB]

Hi everybody,
I figured I would post my project. Sometimes things go slow, I work 50+ hours a week sometimes.

The finished project will be a 85 W350 CREWCAB, 90 Non/IC 47RH with a 3rd gen interior.
The 85 W350 Crewcab ex-firetruck has only 58k miles, blown up engine, no A/C, it has a little rust over driverside windshield, but all the truck is there.
The 90 tug runs good but has 81k & 7200 hours on it, with 7.17 gears.
It smokes, it has smoked less, since I drove it like I stole it (32mph),The smoke smells like fuel, originally it smoked all the time when I got it. I had a oil pressure scare! I had moved trailers with it around the yard and decieded to drive it down the road after about 20 min I stopped at a stop sign and oil light came on, gauge at almost 0psi. Later I put a gauge on it and when the light came on I had 25psi hot idle in gear, about 60psi driving down the road. The engine doesn't leak but it has a lot of hours on it. I'll tear it down and inspect it before installing.
I bought a 1995 47rh with a busted o/d housing, used 4x4 o/d housing and output shaft, 2nd GEN adapter and starter. I'll o/h trans, beef it up and put a Goerend triple disk in it.( I want the lifetime warranty)

Any helpful tips would be apreciated, I see a good # of people have done this conversion already.
thanks James