A couple of the things I knew I was going to have to do is figure out what to use for a gas pedal and an emergency brake. I didn’t figure the gas pedal would be too much of a problem but looking around the cab I wasn’t coming up with a lot of options for what I could do for an emergency brake that would be both convenient and out of the way.

When I was building my Ram 50 I had to take out the gas pedal/emergency brake assembly when I was enlarging the transmission tunnel. When I got it out (5 bolts…….3 on the firewall and 2 on the underside of the dash) it hit me that this might just work in the Dodge. I took it out to the truck, and it looked like it was made for the 37. The length was just right to go from the firewall to the dash. Basically all I would have to do was drill 5 holes and both the gas pedal and emergency brakes would be pretty much taken care of. I also knew where there were a couple of these trucks in the junk yard.

20 minutes out in the yard (there were 2 PIA cable clips under the truck I had to take loose) and it was out. I didn’t figure $10 for the assembly and cables was a bad investment.








I’m going to stop by the tranny shop this morning and see how they are doing on the 518, and with luck I’ll move the 37 will be back in the shop next week.


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