Ok Ive been reading alot on here. I got a 94 ctd 4x4 reg cab dually 2500 5spd ( dually conversion) I am looking for some of the common problems that tend to sneak up on these trucks. Mine has 201000 and has a K&N and str8t pipe. I know about the kdp, plans are in the works, and im sorting thru the fuel line deal. Now remember lol Im new to deisels AND all the abbreviations!!!

oh and thanks for your time

 

fifth gear nut can fall off i haveen't had any problems with mine but alot of others have. there is a fully splined kit for around $350 you can buy to fix it i forget who makes it. my headlamp switch melted in my 94 might want to take a look at that. paint bubbles and rust on bottom of doors, but that is about it the engine is great, but anything dodge put on it i don't care for

 

5 spd is good and I already fixed the headlamp switch thing, there was a tsb on it, i installed a new ignition switch with that tsb also.

 

and also not to get off track but does anyone have pics of a modified fuel plate?? Im going to be doing the kdp thing soon and might as well do that too. BY the way, lol where is it???

 

mx261

Forrest Nearing has one in his photo gallery but it might be alittle to much for you. But do not fear he will chime in to set you in the right direction. He helped me

CRIS

 

im back to the hard starting againt, last 2 days cranks forever and then lots of smoke. also i can put about 10 miles on, shut it down and about 5 minutes later same deal wont start

 

yeah umm lets see....

ur gonna have the famous "clicking" of the starter syndrome ..
gonna have all kinds of elctrical issues....speakers
5th gear nut as previously mentioned (prolly fixed already)
kdp as previously mentioned prolly fixed as well by now

thats it buddy everything else is miscelaneous have fun!!

 

lol thanks.
new starter already
fixed fuel lines only to have th problem come back
rear brakes lock up
fixed the tsb about the ignition switch and blower motor
looking into the kdp real soon
have niose when in 4x4-kinda sqeaky??
Its funny, i cant tear down a 2 stroke with my eyes closed rebuild a sbc with one hand but that big ole cummins makes me go screamin to mommy when ever i look at it lmao


My wife asks me what this and that is when Im talking about my race bikes, she hasnt a clue, kinda like me readin these posts about fuel plates pumps etc...

 

the fuel plate is kinda in a bad place on the motor. you gotta take off the fuel inlet tube, and the first 3 injector lines and the little inj. line holder thingy off the pump to make it easy. its under a cover kinda on the back of the inj. pump, i think its called the afc housing. (air-fuel control)?? but anyways, three of these bolts are pretty easy to get out. the last one is a pain. i always get one of those little flathead screwdriver bits and put it in a 1/4 inch socket on a 1/4 inch extension and hit it with a hammer till it mashes a flathead slot in it enough to get the bolt out, then when i get it out, i put it in the vice and hammer on it some more till it makes a nice slot to go back on easier. there is a metal holder with a bunch of wires on it that you have to move a little to get the afc housing off. just pull it toward the driver side of the truck, it looks like your bending it, but its just pivoting on a bolt so don't worry about it. the bolts that hold the plate on are really tight, so don't burr the head up, push down on the screwdriver pretty hard. when you put it back together, make sure to put the plate to the front and the afc housing to the back. it makes a difference!

 

whats tsb and kdp???

 

tsb= technical service bulletin
kdp= killer dowel pin

 

is that the pin in the injection pump that the guy at enterprise engine said would cause my motor to skip if i put 370 injectors on a 175 pump??

 

no the kdp is under the timing cover and can cause real good damage if it falls out and into your timing gears.

 

how do you fix that? i got my motor all apart at the machine shop right now, its a good time to fix it!

 

theres another post on here on how to do it but basically theres a dowel pin that has a bolt about an inch from it, you can fashion a tab made out of steel and bolt the tab down so it bends up and onto the end of the pin keeping it from falling out