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    My Rear Differential Good Luck!

    Definiteluy sounds like cab /chassis setup. If you remove the diff carrier to repair it make sure to order a side shim set from Randys or some such place because the 2 solid shims are not going back in, and consider renting a case spreader for getting it back in
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    My Rear Differential Good Luck!

    The cab chassis trucks rear axle the rear outer tires will be in the same track as the fronts, dually axles the rear outer tire sticks out further .
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    thermostat question

    I sure as heck wont be throwing any stones. All the good pots and pans in our house are mine too... and I'm always all over my wife's case for scratching the things up or warping them LOL needless to say, she has NO say when I'm doing things like testing stats :D
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    My Rear Differential Good Luck!

    Also are you positive that you even have a cab and chassis or is it a dually that came from the dealer with a custom bed ? and yes, Anything is available as an option if the customer wants it. If they are selling a custom speced out truck, they sure as heck aren't going to loose the sale to the...
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    My Rear Differential Good Luck!

    Is( or was it at one time, but not recognizable as one now) a posi? if so that might explain the excess crud in the oil if it's never been changed. completel ythrashed clutches leave a lot of debris in their wake, and also the excess pinion gear play. On these big beasts, rear end oil is NOT a...
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    Think its time to PULG IN???????

    15w-40 synthetic and a good set of glow plugs, mine starts at below -20 on one round of the GPS without a fuss. Now waiting on the heat to build up enough to see out of the thing ,... THAT's another story
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    Think I killed the IP

    WVO is neat stuff but if you are going to run it you HAVE to COLD filter it down to 2 microns, and that is after letting it settle for a min of 2 weeks. If you dont settle enough or filter on the fly, you wind up with water and all kinds of unthinkable things in your fuel, and if you heat it to...
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    Engine oil bypass centrifuge

    The centerfuge ads like to tout how clean they get stuff, but what they dont say UP FRONT, but you will find in all of their literature if you dig deep enough is that those cleanliness figures are attained through multiple passes. THis may work fine for filtering industrial chemicals in fixed...
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    Diesel For $3.99 Per Gallon

    I paid $3.69 the other day at the wally world station. and if someone wanted to fool with going in to the actual store and getting one of their gift cards, they could get it for $3.59, but I'd rather take a beating than go in there.
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    What would you Do

    If you put felpros on there, you would have a heck of a mess to clean up if you took those heads off just to replace teh fastners .cleaning up after those stinking things always turns into a half day job to get all their crumbly crud off everything , I'd be inclined to just loosen them all up...
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    12" clutch upgrade, need new flywheel?

    X2 on the pilot bushing. You should really ditch the roller pilot bearing and get a Kevlar pilot bushing. No needles to mess up and dislodge while installing, and no worries about it running out of grease, it wont hurt the thing. I normally get them from Ft Wayne, but in a jam, Napa carries...
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    BRAZING repair to fuel tankTECH 101

    Are you using bare rod or flux rod? I've found on metal like that, using a flux rod AND plenty of brush on flux will do the trick to get it to grab in and not flake off As mentioned with other nasties, position yourself upwind, you really dont want to be breathing all that flux burnoff. If you...
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    Fibreglass electric fan shroud build TECH 101

    On mine i sealed the shroud around the edges with ultra high temp furnace silicone and filled all the gaps running a few layers so teh fans would be pulling full strength through the rad Works great until i have to remove it for something,which has only happened once, but I had to cut it all...
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    12" clutch upgrade, need new flywheel?

    Call Ft Wayne Clutch. REally great folks there and when you have REAL questions, they will have you talking with one of the guys in the shop. I've bought a couple of clutches from them, the best service ever, just great folks to deal with. I have one of their rebuilt kevlar 12 1/4" clutch...
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    Aussie bumper

    real aussie bumpers with full roo bars are just plain beasts, they look nothing like that wimpynear stock job there. With a real aussie bumper , you could bounce deer off the front of your truck all day long with barely a scratch
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    Non-US members.....

    My guess, gray market car. either diplomat or busnissman with some pull brought it n with them on temporary plates from Europe , South America or Asia and then got a conditional sale. We run into this with some oddball European cars all the time. I have an real oddball Volvo diesel wagon...
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    Help: Just bought an 85 Jetta Diesel

    Valve cover gaskets are common leakers. Valves require checking/adjusting every 15000 miles on this engine, most get a reusable rubber gasket, but they will leak over time.. Do yourself a HUGE favour. run a treatment or two of auto rx and take care of any seal problems and clean out the rings...
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    lmc headlight relay harness

    Go to parts Express and search relay, and get a WATERPROOF bosch type relay ( get a handful, they are cheap there ) and then get a couple of plug in pigtails. and crimp some male blade connectors to the wires, then PM me and I'll go don and check mine for proper wire connection. The relays...
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    Behind the seat parts rack

    Ummm, if you haven't figured THAT out yet, We need to sit down and have a talk :eek::rotflmao
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    Behind the seat parts rack

    JC WHipme used to carry those things . probably still do. I need to build some shelves back there . It would be nice to have a little organization. Unfortunately one of those things wouldnt fit with all teh extra air conditioning stuff I have mounted back there
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    cracked valve anyone?

    Dang Gary, Bacon every meal , all day long..... I can just see your girlish figure in about ten years.....:rotflmao
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    You Could Be THE Talk of Your Town in This IDI - LOL

    Not sure why its not street legal. Heck around here throw some mud flaps on it and yer good to go :peelout:bail , ..... although some clown in a toyota pickup would probably pull up next to you and flip you off laughing .... once he climbed down to where you could see him...
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    H E L P 911 Truck won't start..stuck at fuel station...lmfao

    I had the same thing happen when I first got my truck, ran out pulling into a station and didnt have teh e pump yet. Had a heck of a time getting it going. Even though it wasnt the problem, you do need to watch that temp. Crummy fuel can begin to gel at 35 deg f . If you fuel at an unknown...
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    H E L P 911 Truck won't start..stuck at fuel station...lmfao

    How cold was it? Sounds like you might have gelled up
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    TIMING MARKS FOR TIMING LIGHTS...Tech 101

    MSD ignition conducted a test a little bit ago and found that most timing lights fluctuated approaching 2000 rpms ( right where we need them to work ) the ones that consistantly work are teh craftsman, Ferret and MSD( and Ferret makes teh MSD lights) Craftsman would be the lower cost of them...

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