Realistic budget of a 2wd -4wd and goodies build

Greg5OH · Jun 30, 2016

IDIOT!
last night had my LED reverse lights on to light up a work area. Come out this mornign to start truck and notice my GP stwitch was left on overnight. yup, batteries 100% dead, not even facet pump would turn on. Damn..I am assuming all 8 GP are dead....thankfully have 1 year warrantee left thru oreiley on them

This is a great opportunity to compression test this engine. Thanks to BDCarillo for the HF mod, will do that tonight and swin her over. WIll get all new 8 plugs tomorrow morning and pop em in after compression test. Will leave the charger on till tomorrow night too probably.

laserjock · Jun 30, 2016

Don't you hate those ID-10-T errors?

You may want to separate your batteries before you try to charge them. It takes a whale of a battery charger to pump juice into a dual battery setup.

Greg5OH · Jun 30, 2016

hrm, probably shoudl have done that. i jsut got my wee 10 amp one on it. ill seperate them when im home tonight.
Will also be immediatly be putting in my momentary push button in.
hrm...i dont knwo if i even have one still..think the one one i did have was normally closed which is opposite of what i want..
radio shack had crap last time.

laserjock · Jun 30, 2016

Where did you find a radio shack... like hens teeth around here now.

DaveBen · Jun 30, 2016

Our smallish city of Ukiah, population of 15,000, still has a Radio Shack. I asked the guy who was there and he said thay will not be closing.

pafixitman · Jun 30, 2016

laserjock said:
Where did you find a radio shack... like hens teeth around here now.

Yep. But we have Bainesville Electronics in Towson :sly

laserjock · Jun 30, 2016

That place is awesome. Been there a couple times. If they don't have it you probably don't need it.

Greg5OH · Jul 1, 2016

haha yeah just one small Shack tucked away in a strip mall.

well...ill be damned. i took out #1 glowplug and hooked it up to a abttery...it works! so i said hrm, hooked up both truck batteries back up...truck fired up pretty damn nice! lol, Beru FTW!
sounds like maybe 1 or 2 cyl didnt fire up as nice as usual.
I did a compression tes ton just number 1 as well, got 380 psi ;Sweet

Dont knwo what the other ones are..eventualyl ill get aroudn to checking all plugs and compression.

Put the momentary switch in as well, and rewired my interior lights again so i can pop the headliner back in finally.

Greg5OH · Jul 1, 2016

I shoudl check all 8 cylinders before anything, but what do you think a serious plume of blue smoke on cold start could be?
usually-its valve stem seals.
truck does STINK at idle, strong diesel exhaust smell. I know timing was at 8.5, injectors are new. only in the headlight beams of cars behind me can i see hazing when just driving around, indistinct color. Motor runs smooth.
Although I will be replacing this motor, still want to know!

Greg5OH · Jul 11, 2016

fabbed up an axle dump extension for my exhaust. Would have exhaust fumes come into the cabin at idle as the old exhaust dumped just under the frame right behind the cab. Hoping it was just that and no leaks further upstream.

i REALLY like the sound now, has a bassy burble at idle and low revs. smoother sounding on the freeway too, and its not sooting up my spring and tire. Still kind of want to put that big stupid tip no for fun lol