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  1. BeastMaster

    Beru plugs early failure?

    Seems I recall a big resistor as part of the factory glow plugs controller. It looked like a strap bent back and forth a few times, and one end was connected to one of the contact bolts of the glow plugs relay. I am set to replace my glow plug relay with a white-rodgers industrial contactor on...
  2. BeastMaster

    Air intrusion or fuel starvation?

    I am of the belief that the IP needs to constantly be supplied with far more fuel than it needs. At a pressure of 6PSI or so. The excess fuel acts as a coolant for the IP, as it's mounted on the engine and compressing fuel. It should aid in de-airing any incoming bubbles, sending all unused...
  3. BeastMaster

    Glow plug data

    Tests are nice, but the bottom line is do they do the job? You spend hours installing them. Do they work forever? Years? Months? Days? Now that you have them in, if they fail, can you get 'em out, or do they have a tendency to disintegrate in place, make removal difficult, and damage the...
  4. BeastMaster

    TaxaFornia bill AB5

    This is the one aimed at Lyft and Uber to force drivers from independence and force them to be someone else's employee. How is this affecting the independent trucker here? I remember well the last whammy about forced retirement of perfectly operational machines that many of us worked to buy...
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    Best IDI electric lift pumps + Specs

    I have heard Carter outsourced their P4070. I have an earlier one, about 5 rears old, runs fine, but the electrical connector is a lot flimsier than I expect on automotive electrical stuff. I have heard good stuff about the wallbro frb13-2...
  6. BeastMaster

    More e4od problems...

    Does yours have the VSS mounted on the differential? Mine is. I had similar high speed sending problems. One of which was iron filings from the gears were attracted to the VR sensor, and upon removal, the VR sensor looked as if it had grown a beard. Iron filings and oil. Upon cleaning it...
  7. BeastMaster

    Glow plug questions

    It's another good sign they all read the same! Your test leads and connections constitutes most of your error. These universal volt ohmmeters aren't all that accurate trying to measure fractions of an ohm.
  8. BeastMaster

    Gas tank pickup

    Good point. I can't help but think a perfectly functional replacement can't be fabricated from a stainless steel cat food bowl, a stainless steel scrubbing pad (filter), some home Depot brass fittings.
  9. BeastMaster

    Is there a preffered engine oil for a 94 IDIT?

    Yeh, I am doing overkill. I make lots of short trips. I figure it makes up for occasional skipped dosings. That IP is expensive and I want it to last as long as I can.
  10. BeastMaster

    Moter locked up

    Be safer still. Loosen the glow plugs so you can't build up any pressure. Besides you have enough work to do without compression fighting you. I think first I'd be happy enough to get it broke free enough just to wiggle a bit. Rock it back and forth in the highest gear to get as much...
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    Is there a preffered engine oil for a 94 IDIT?

    Delo fan here. Wal-Mart. 15W40...has "Diesel" written on the jug. Comes in 1 and 2.5 gallon jugs. NAPA has our oil filters. I believe they are made by WIX. They come in a pretty box for retail. And they come in a plain white box, for the trade, for about half the price. I do like the...
  12. BeastMaster

    IDI OIL PRESSURE TO START

    Maybe CAT is considering probabilities of contamination of the fresh oil during the change. How many times have we tried to change oil in the field under adverse conditions. Wind and wind driven stuff, leaves, sand, water, etc. Or that carelessly forgotten piece of foil bottle seal? The...
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    IDI OIL PRESSURE TO START

    Oh, incidentally, where are some good places to plumb something like this in for a startup oil pump? Wonder if I can use some sort of banjo fitting on the oil pan drain so I can also get this thing to neatly put my old oil back into the 2.5 gallon jugs my Chevron Deli comes in?
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    IDI OIL PRESSURE TO START

    From above.... Check this out: --------------------- I have some of these. Used them as transfer pumps. Nice little gear pump. Don't like to run em continuous...they run a bit hot for my liking. They use 3/8 inch fittings. The home Depot fittings fit. I think $300 is a bit pricey...
  15. BeastMaster

    The Resurrection

    Gawd what a mess. Hate to see this kind of stuff happen. Any 20-20 hindsight to offer the rest of us as to what to look out for?
  16. BeastMaster

    Maybe a 911?

    I think you will love that one Junk suggested. The strap wrench made from seat belt like material and square hollow steel tubing that fits 1/2 inch drives. I have one too. The more the filter fights, the harder it grips. I had a rubber one... didn't work worth squat. Just slipped once...
  17. BeastMaster

    BOOB power tour

    Please clue me in.. What's a BOOB? Brotherhood Of Oil Burners? ( The other meaning for me is not a hot topic of discussion here ).
  18. BeastMaster

    6.9 idi coolant drain

    I guess long gone are the days you would pour the first stuff ( methanol ) along with the back ends ( amyl alcohol, fusel oils, etc. ) from your still in there. It'l make you sick, maybe even kill ya to drink it, but it made good cleaning fluid, doctoring antiseptic, and antifreeze. Ummm..I...
  19. BeastMaster

    86’ 6.9 tachometer rewire

    Sounds great! Thought I was the only one crazy enough to do this. And I felt the same way about Eagle. It wasn't simple anymore. And I felt the subscription model is fraught with the risk of revision creep. All too often, I need to revisit 20 year old files. So, I still use my old Eagle 4...
  20. BeastMaster

    e4od tranny not shifting

    I just got through chasing down a similar issue in my van. Before I go into a long winded diatribe, gotta ask you... Do you have an Android phone kicking around that you can sideload open source apps in? You will need a signal generator app from F-Droid. "Bill the Farmer" has generously coded...
  21. BeastMaster

    Glowplug issues

    Mine was exactly this ^^^.
  22. BeastMaster

    Glowplug issues

    I paid right at $80 each for the White Rodgers contactors... But then I am a long term guy. The cost of a quickie is way too high when I use a long service time. I hate having to make time to do it again because I did not do it right the first time. Silver is expensive, but needed only at...
  23. BeastMaster

    OBS cruise control quit

    I just call her "LadyCat". Small lean solid black kittycat. Bright yellow eyes. Ten years ago, a stray momma cat kittened in my yard. Momma cat is long gone, but her little kitten has been with me ever since. And is now the source of about half the cats in my neighborhood. I had her...
  24. BeastMaster

    OBS cruise control quit

    Word to the wise... Do NOT take your cat on cold days in the truck with you! The pedal area is close to both you and the warmth of the engine. It's bad enough to have crap you thought you had safely stashed under the seat wander under there...you know, like that last can of beer which you...
  25. BeastMaster

    Glowplug issues

    I remember all too well the fits I had trying to use aluminum electrical parts a few decades ago. Especially house wiring. Nothing but problems. And fires. All rooted in oxidation and deformation. I don't want to do that again. This will be replaced by a White-Rodgers 586-902 relay if it...

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