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    Anyone have spare injector lines?

    Thanks to those that offered some up... I found my "spare" Perkins 4-236 pump had compatible lines (sold the boat it was a spare for a couple years ago). I made up the test pump out of a bottle jack - disassembled it, cut off the piston about 2" high, removed the piston seal and welded it...
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    Anyone have spare injector lines?

    I'm going to build a bottle-jack injector tester, but need a spare injector line (I don't really want to use one off my truck). Does anyone have one laying around they'd part with for super-cheap? I really only need the injector end since I can weld the other end into a fitting on the pump...
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    knocking noise! help

    My neighbor almost gave me his truck 'cause it was making such a knocking racket he was convinced he'd spun a bearing... It turned out to be a cover on the bellhousing was coming loose and "flapping". It sounds like maybe the same symptom as yours. Climb under there and look for loose things!
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    Name that sound (knock, clack, clank, rattle??)

    I don't have a pop tester, but I cracked all the lines in turn and none caused a significant change in the rattle compared to the others. Normal engine RPM drop was pretty even for each injector cracked. Sound sounded like most of it was coming from behind the engine underneath the truck...
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    Name that sound (knock, clack, clank, rattle??)

    Yup, it rattles/squeaks on shutdown. Anyone have links already assembled to DMF info? Thx!
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    Name that sound (knock, clack, clank, rattle??)

    Neighbors 7.3L IDI with 5-speed is making an intermitant knocking noise. Tempting as it was to tell him it was a spun bearing and he should scrap his truck but let me have the 5-speed first, it just doesn't quite sound like terminal engine sounds, more like it's coming from the flywheel. From...
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    Dual Ammeters

    Dual Ammeter You'll never see the difference in current on analog ammeters of the type you mention - their resolution is too coarse. You'd need an accurate digital one that could resolve to 0.1A or at least 0.5A. With a 75A alternator, you'll probably only see 30-40A for a few minutes...
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    Can a borescope get thru the pre-cup?

    A friend offered to loan me a borescope (small diameter fiber optic flexable look-see noodle). I'm hoping to have a look at the piston tops in my 6.9 to see if a bit of glowplug is in there... and can maybe avoid pulling the heads just to see. Has anyone managed to get a borescope in an...
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    Dana 60 & 70's FS (Bellingham, WA)

    For those who are looking for beefier axels... This was in the local buy-sell paper today (Bellingham, WA): Dana 60 354gears. complete open gears works great $200 360-398-1220 Dana 70 410gears complete open gears works great. $350. 398-1220 Dana 70 456 gears complete open gears works great...
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    C6 overfilled

    So, now I've got this mental picture of poor Flatlander with popcorn stuffed up his nose to try to soak up the ATF that got up there.... Not pretty. Thanks for the laugh tho! I thought I was the only one that fumbled oil filters into the bucket. Funny how slippery that oil stuff is, eh?
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    Clicking noise when turning in 4x4

    Sorry to hijack, but Axel bushings?? What is it and where does it go? I'm just about finished doing the outer U-joints on my Dana 50 IFS. I put new needle bearings in the inboard side of the rotor assy/spindle, but it seems like there should be some sort of outer end support other than the...
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    For all you guys with 3.08 or 3.55 gears and a 4 speed...

    Just put it in backwards!;Sweet LOL
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    Sticking lifters?

    Lifters, Glowplugs, injectors and funny noises I still think that it really was a stuck lifter, and it hasn't happened since. I think most folks on the forum took my complants (description) of noise a bit too pessimistically. It's wasn't an obnoxious (i.e. scary) noise, it just seemed a bit...
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    a bit rough, one weak hole and GP/hard starting

    PO said he broke off glowplug tip in, tried blowing it out (cranking), but not sure whether it went in or out. He eventually started it up and thought it ran rough so parked it... three years ago. Before buying it last week, I got it (eventually) started up figuring that if the tip went in, the...
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    Sticking lifters?

    Lifters/injectors/GPs Yesterday morning it didn't sound as clattery on startup... Disconnecting the wire on the IP (the "correct" one was of course my second choice!) did change the sound, but now I'm questioning exactly what it sounded like last week... so somewhat inconclusive. I'll try...
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