The front u joint on the rear drive shaft ran out of needle bearings! I replaced it and we are all good now. I thought I felt a small new vibration. Speedi sleeve was delayed in shipping.
It will be ok, what is too bad is the 97 OBS that we have. It’s clean but it just needs so many things before it’s useable and I wanted it to be my summer driver with AC
I was picking up supplies at the hard ware store and when I came out I saw a big puddle of mystery fluid under the truck, turns out that worm drive lower rad hose clamp that was new but felt “spooky” when I installed it recently let go. Had a spare in the truck and was in the road in a few minutes.
You do not torque the injectors, you guess I called Justin about that. And they are easiest to instal on an engine stand although very doable in the truck.
Yes you mostly certainly do have to remove them. I think I could machine Justin’s rails to clear the valve cover bolts but I didn’t want to cut into my brand new expensive product.
In past vehicles (Nissan pickups) I have had to “re-torque” the head bolts after doing a headgasket. I assume that is not needed on my now studded 6.9 IDI?
The shop tractor went down yesterday so the 6.9 IDI became the shop tractor. Used it to move customers trailers around and I used the giant “chin” bumper to push the tractor in so I could change the fuel pump. Pushed the tractor up a hill no problem and I didn’t even have to push the accelerator...
I think it often costs more to mess around with all the other things than to just go for the CDD kit and 8 new motocraft plugs. Solves the problem immediately and for good, plus it is not frustrating.
I agree old goat has a good point and I have no problem moving it to the back and I would happily do so it’s just that I can’t even hear it where it is. Although I think my engine noise is worse than most due to the state of the truck and lack of even factory level sound deadening.
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