I was sitting down here in Mexico, enjoying my Thanksgiving taco, surfing the ol' interweb when I came across this site. It has a ton of useful specs and other info on the 12 valve, all in one place. Things like weight and history and other things. Thought you all might enjoy it, so enjoy...hasta la vista, baby...Mark P.S. forgive me if this is a well known site, it is the first time I have seen it...

 

There's some useful tidbits, but the author refers to a second gen fuel pump as a "P1700". The first time I read it I assumed a typo, but it's used throughout so it makes me skeptical about some of the opinions offered.

 

He's got it right on the very first page, where the first graph lists the ve44 and the p7100, which leads me to believe the the rest are typos. Seems like once he made the mistake the first time, he just continued with the typo. The info seems accurate, besides that. Good catch though, I have a ve and didn't pay much attention to the p7100..Mark

 

A few good pix on the site, although, I always thought the injection pump was on the "Drivers side", in contrast to the wording below the picture of the infamous "53" block

Affected blocks can be identified by the numbers "53" stamped in them on the passenger side, just below the injection pump.

 

Here is another site that is full of info and some really good diagrams. I don't know why I have never seen these sites before, other that that I am searching from Mexico. I really like this line from the site:

"To their credit, Dodge had over engineered the truck to handle the expected longevity of the Cummins."

I suppose that it is a true statement, being as how we are over 20 years later and the trucks are still on the road...Mark

 

And another ...Mark

 

Here is a pdf of part numbers and diagrams. It appears to be for a generator motor, but it should still be useful. The pdf starts downloading when you ckick the link...Mark

 

Here is a site full of diagnostic and installation info about all years of the cummins engine...Mark

 

Has anyone ever heard of this:

"However, there is another way to check to make sure that the injection pump is timed correctly. Toward the back of the injection pump, on the lower portion of the pump, there is a plug. If you remove the plug (there will be some oil that will come out when the plug is removed), you’ll notice that there is also a plastic line-up tool. You have to take the small alignment tool out of the plug and turn it around and place the tool back in the plug. This small alignment tool will slide right into a small opening inside the injection pump if the timing is correct. If you cannot slide this tool into the slot, then the slot is not properly exposed and the injection pump must be rotated in order to bring this window into sight."

I found it here

Veeeery interesting...Mark

 

Could have sworn I read about this in the FSM

 

I knew I should have read that......Mark

 

Mark! How have you been?!? We've been in NM helping out my folks going on 5 years now. Both of them now on that next "spacial plane" we're headed back to our house in crazy Jerome, AZ. Lets get together in MX sometime soon. Still driving my old Blue Dog '93 D250. Just turned 110,275. That reminds me: I'm overdue for an oil change. Its 7 degrees every morning here. I hate it..….. Hope you're doing great. H.

 

I have had more then a few VE pumps apart...I can assure you that I have never seen this "timing" set-up they make reference to. My guess is it's for the P7100 pumps...since they are internally oiled. The VE is lubed strictly with diesel fuel.

 

Cazador, como te va? Long time. My house is almost done, I am going to have a house warming party in the spring and you are certainly invited. Sorry to hear about your parents (if I understand you correctly). I am sitting down here in Kino, freezing my tail off at 60 degrees. Yup, I am a cold weenie and proud of it. Let me know when you get to Jerome, maybe I'll hop an the scooter for a road trip...Mark

 

Maybe this thread should be called a ton of misinformation. I thought that that would have been something that would have been reported on this site before this...Mark