::agree

 

Interesting.
I wonder about the MPG increase.

 

sounds like a gasser to me. but what do I know?

 

Thanks Guys...Yeah nice to get it out a bit farther then town....

 

i trashed another lift pump,,,,i hauled some cherry logs to a mill for a friend of mine,,,truck acted like it was starving for fuel up every mountain i think it was the injection pump running it the whole time,,i think its time to down it for some major maintnence work

 

Last minute push to get ready for camping....

- 9/16" wheel studs installed
- 2" front spacers installed
- 3rdgen wheels installed
- front end greased
- oil changed
- fluids topped up
- front spring hanger mended (holes had ovalled)

 

I had wanted to do this for some time, but never had the chance to.


When the VE Pump in my ride was rebuilt, I had all those issues with it that I previously never did, and one of them was the throttle rod was a bit too short. Yeah, it worked, but being held on by 3 threads on each end wasn't exactly my way of thinking it should have been done. I never felt comfortable with it being that way, so I finally got around to doing some customization that I wanted to do.

First I removed the rod, disassembled it to start working on it.




Then I cut the rod in two.




And finally, after welding 3 nuts (metric steel nuts) in the middle, and grinding them smooth to look ..... well, better than they did before, I guess it turned out alright. Now the ends thread about a half inch in each side. This allows for more of an adjustment if I ever lower my Low speed idle screw again....

 

At 00:14 the badges show Cummins Turbo Diesel but I would like to hear one on a 12-valve mechanical,
http://api.viglink.com/api/click?for...%3DvlKD4911VPk
the common rail all sound like gassers to me.

 

But then the newer gassers sound funny to me

 

Well I spent the last few days taking a "stay-cation" in my garage.
My friend was in town, and we attacked the final punch list on my white crew cab:
Rebuilt Getrag installed with a new SB OFE clutch.
Rebuilt Cummins rear driveshaft swapped in place of the smaller crew drive shaft.
Swapped out the one sagging SkyJacker 6 inch lift spring on the drivers front.
Brake master and power steering pump swap out.
Greased, lubed, oiled and filtered.
I now have the shop space to roll Moonshine in the shop!

I did find out an interesting fact though while working on my truck.

The earlier Getrag bells take a smaller bolt to attach the bell to the transmission.
The earlier bells take a 7/16 corse thread bolt where the more common later bells take a 1/2 corse thread bolt.
I found myself using a 1/2 bolt bell with a rebuilt trans. that only had 7/16 holes for the bolts in it.
If I had not been paying attention, it would have been possible to mount it up with the smaller bolts.
They would just have VERY little "meat" holding them into the Bell.
We inspected 10 different Getrag bells / transmissions I had in the shop and only found three that use the smaller bolts.

 

10 Getrag bellhousings does that cause bad deaams? I only have one and it caused a nightmare. well not the bellhousing but the elusive decent clutch fork

 

I have clutch forks

 

LOL that is a good thing as they are getting hard to find.
I found one but it isn't that great. It needs to be built up on the tips that contact the throw out bearing. But it isn't bent.

 

My buddy came over and we put the DennyT AFC delete
on and 3200 gov spring. Also new fuel shut off solenoid.
Put on the 4in ss exhaust system from MBRP. Man what a
pain in the *** that was.
Truck has lots more power now!!

 

Hell my "buddies" come over and look at what I am doing then go on about their business.
Maybe that's why my back always aches