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First of all I wanted to show everyone what my truck looks like. Not bad for a old 1991.
Well I finally got my truck back from the shop and it sure runs good with this new transmission.
I guess I had been needing it for some time and just driving on borrowed time.
Before I took it in I fixed the oil leak from the side cover over Easter weekend. It was getting to look like the Exxon Valdez parked in my driveway at night or worse yet when I would go to a clients home and park on their inlaid brick driveway my truck would mark it's territory. I took a lot of pictures during the repair job and they are posted in my gallery.
This week I need to check the front brakes because sometimes it makes a rough sound. I checked the pad thickness with a mirror and it looks ok so it might be a bearing or something, Heck why not I got a lot of money...
When I removed the pump I could not get the tapered shaft loose from the timing gear but it finally broke loose when I jarred it with my air chisel against the puller body.
I want to thank anybody that responded to my post on how to remove it. Next week I need to take it to Fullerton to get my back window fixed then I think I will be good to go. Then I have to put all of the things back in that make it mine including my tools.
Now I am happy.
I have just posted a whole bunch of pictures in gallery of the last repair and when I got it back. I welcome all of you to check out all of the new pictures.
Thanks again Jim in California

 

Nice truck - I really like the looks of the standard cab duallys.

 

Jim, first off, that's an awesome looking truck! It ought to be a TOM, hopefully Joel will see your gallery.

The pics in your gallery are great. When are you going to rip the collar off the fuel screw?

 

Hey that lock on the fuel screw sure has an intricate design to the lock tab. Is there any way I can open it up without destroying it so I can reinstall it? Is the screw threaded all the way off the end past the slotted end? if so I could remove the collar and thread the inside so I screw it back on to look untouched. Kinda sneeky like the rossette rivets on your VIN tag.
Jim.

 

Nope, you gotta destroy it. The threads stop about 3/4 inch past the collar, there's an o-ring, then a short stub with a rounded end that pushes on the governor assembly. Now that you have the pump back on it's easiest to pull the screw out to remove the lock.

Why would you want to put the lock back? It's not like the truck is under warranty.

 

Jim - I was able to just hold the screw and back the locknut out against the collar. It pushed the collar up on the screw, so at a glance it looks like it's still in the stock position.

 

I would be very careful how much torque I applied doing it that way - strip the power screw and you'll be sorry.

 

It actually took very little torque - I was surprised at how easily it broke loose.

 

Hey if I were to have the need to accidently move this screw just how much are we talking about? how many turns before you will notice any improvement.
If I were to accuratley measure the distance from the end of the screw to a boss on the pump as a refrence and then remove the screw from the unit. Then if I got a thinner washer or thinner nut would I be able to gain enough travel after I reinstalled it to the origional setting?.
How much can I move and have a very minimal amount of smoke I guess is the real question since I live in the country of Kalifornia and smoke is an issue because here they train our fellow diesel ignorant motorist to drop a call to the SCAQMD "Smoke Lords" whenever they see a plume.
BTW if I just want a little more top end would I just need to change the governor spring?
Thanks. Jim

 

I turned my fuel screw in one turn, rotated the AFC cone 90*, and went about 1/4 turn down on the starwheel. I brought the smoke screw out 1.5" turns to help control the smoke. I need to back the starwheel off a little to lessen the low boost smoke, but it's really not that bad as it is.

I haven't tried smogging it this way - it only takes about ten minutes to turn it back to stock, so I do that before heading to the emissions station. I'm pretty sure it would pass, but it's such a pain to deal with them idiots that I only want to do it once.

 

As little as 1/4 turn makes a noticable difference. You can crank the pump up quite a lot with stock injectors and not have smoke issues. It's all in the star wheel and smoke screw adjustment. If you use those adjustments to hold the fuel off until you have good boost, you will not have smoke problems. Most people set them up for quick response, which leads to smoke.