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What did you do to your Gen 1 today?

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Old 12-17-2017, 05:59 PM
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Originally Posted by thrashingcows
I run a cheap Fram G2 between the lift pump and fuel tank....the clear one so I can see the gunk it catches. Never noticed any reduction in fuel flow, my fuel pressure seems fine.
How did you go about this with our plastic fuel lines?

Sounds to me like you need another "ho to, by TC" thread


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On eBay, right now, at over $20,000


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Old 12-17-2017, 06:36 PM
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Originally Posted by NJTman
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nice truck if it was a extended cab and I had the money it would have been cheaper to buy then build mine
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Old 12-17-2017, 07:06 PM
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Scratching my head today on mine. Has the stumbling idle I’ve mentioned and sounds like it’s barely still going when in gear. Doesn’t die no matter what I do, but it isn’t reassuring. Going to enlist the help of my buddy that is a mechanic for John Deere as the fuel systems are similar and he has a gauge that hooks to the injection line and tells you your rpm. I plan to set it at 750-800 rpm in gear. Breaking the locknut for the idle adjustment looks like it could be a real PITA.
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Originally Posted by cabtruck
nice truck if it was a extended cab and I had the money it would have been cheaper to buy then build mine
But where's the fun in that?
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Old 12-17-2017, 07:09 PM
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Originally Posted by 1stGEN'93
Scratching my head today on mine. Has the stumbling idle I’ve mentioned and sounds like it’s barely still going when in gear. Doesn’t die no matter what I do, but it isn’t reassuring. Going to enlist the help of my buddy that is a mechanic for John Deere as the fuel systems are similar and he has a gauge that hooks to the injection line and tells you your rpm. I plan to set it at 750-800 rpm in gear. Breaking the locknut for the idle adjustment looks like it could be a real PITA.
Have you checked the FSS?
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Originally Posted by mknittle
Have you checked the FSS?
Yep. It’s brand new.
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Hung the new axle under the heap. It's that from a 2001.5 2500 that sports stock/OEM dual piston caliper, disc-brakes. Has the traditional shoe type parking brake.
Narrowed to match the '93 footprint. Detroit Locker. 35-spline (from stock/OEM 32) chromalloy axles. Tubes welded to the housing (to better positively locate traction-bars/torque-arm type torque reaction stuff).



We'll see.
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Old 12-17-2017, 07:58 PM
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Originally Posted by mknittle
But where's the fun in that?
true and it would not be what I have put together all the updates are going to be nice
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Old 12-17-2017, 09:29 PM
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Originally Posted by 1stGEN'93
Yep. It’s brand new.
I would double check it anyway,I have had new parts that were bad right out of the box.It happens every once in a while.
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yup...just cause it's new doesn't mean it's good, saw a lot of that at the IH dealership
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Old 12-17-2017, 10:38 PM
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Originally Posted by mknittle
I would double check it anyway,I have had new parts that were bad right out of the box.It happens every once in a while.
How does one go about checking to see if it is functioning properly?
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Finally did some plowing yesterday....4-5"....just started snowing again.

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Old 12-18-2017, 04:31 PM
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Saw this over on Imgur....thought it appropriate for our board.

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I forgot to measure amp draw on my rear “goober light”. Sorry NJTman, I lost track of time with my friend Miller, since he was getting the cold shoulder from Bud who is just above Coors (I have a few weirdos hanging out, in my fridge). It’s been a long week already!
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