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    Power surging

    Fuel filter light just means there is a restriction . YEs, I would change the filter first, that is always the first thing to do when a diesel acts like that, but if that doesnt take care of it, I would aim squarely at your Fuel selector valve. Chances are if teh filter doest take care of teh...
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    TMC and a personal update

    Yer supposed to put out requests like that BEFORE you post up shots of loading up stuff like cabs with a backhoe :eek:LOL
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    Radiator hoses?

    Sure, You'll be fine with that. A Dayco, Gates ( napa gold which can be either a dayco or a gates depending on who they are in the sheets with this week ), Goodyear, Continental, Any of those would be fine without a spring, and you might go to buy it the next time and find a spring in it. Dont...
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    Radiator hoses?

    AH, one of my favourites, the spring in the hose argument LOL It doesnt matter one stinking bit if there's a spring or not. So long as it's a *quality* brand hose ( i.e. not some autozone special ) . Some hoses are designed to not need a spring, they have an internal structure designed to...
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    hydroboost or rear disc

    The biggest problem with the rear shoes is NOT the proportioning valve, it is the SHOES! Almost everything has gone to discs anymore and the consumer brake divisions have got to the point where they basically ignore shoes as an annoyance that they have to keep dealing with, but they are a...
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    TMC and a personal update

    A little trailer like that will bounce like crazy on those roads. THe expansion joints will throw you all over teh place. Running joke with the truck drivers around there is that the roads will leave you with teeth marks in the steering wheel and a dent in the cab over the seat. If that's all...
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    hydroboost or rear disc

    Hydro boost is the hot setup. They put that on at the factory on those big huge buses and dump trucks and delivery trucks, it is extremely effective ( although I do like the electric pump backup on the larger units a bit better than the accumulator that comes on these smaller units, but these...
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    Great experience with a company today

    Their diff covers are the bees knees. During my last diff fluid change while I was under there covered with fluid, I decided, ENOUGH! As much heaving towing as I do, even with synthetic back there, i need to change diff fluid around 50k, and thats just a messy job . With that mag Hytec on...
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    dura-lift pump

    Sounds like either A) you had an air leak in the suction line, or B) the bowl wasnt on tight or C) you had it attached to the filter inlet on the truck on the pressure side and forgot to push in on the shrader valve while trying to prime the thingand what you did was attempt to turn it into...
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    Gear Vendor OD troubleshooting

    You can take the pan off and replace the orings on teh pistons and reseal the thing, take the solenoid out replace the orings on the solenoid and the internal shaft in the solenoid and clean the filter, inspect the cone clutch see if its intact and change out the fluid and put it back...
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    And the bad omens begin

    It could have been the fuel shutoff solenoid, or he could have been referring to either the main firewall start solenoid or the glow plug relay that looks a whole lot like a start solenoid if that was relocated for a turbo, it might in fact be right next to teh turbo? Eitehr case, there are...
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    If you think you've seen it all...

    These pictures get any rougher, I'm gonna know that you fellas are gettin' close to my little piece of hillbilly heaven :eek:
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    If you think you've seen it all...

    :fan: :rotflmao:rotflmao:rotflmao
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    Rings

    Personally, I'd get teh best rings I could find if pushing that hard and strongly consider gapless. ( The gapless set gives you a gapless second ring ) Temember, if you push your boost that high, even if youve put studs etc on there, you are going to multiply your blowby with the increased...
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    manual trans fluid

    IT's nothing but teflon and no, that stuff has been proven time and again to do nothing suspended in oil . about the only thing it speeds up is cash jumping out of your wallet
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    Moly Lubro Diesel Purge on a IDI? Anyone do this?

    Diesel purge doesnt clean a pump so much as it cleans the injectors. The stuff is nothing short of amazing. If you have any injectors that are misbehaving, that is THE stuff to use. If that doesnt take care of it, its time for new injectors ( unlike your benz, the injectors on these things dont...
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    manual trans fluid

    A few points here. If they used an 11" single mass flywheel kit, you are GOING to have rollover noise, Get over it. If you want it quiet you need to use a 12 or 12 1/4 " setup . The 11" only have 4 springs in the disc hub, half as many as the DMF, the larger ones have about 9, roughly the same...
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    manual trans fluid

    Didnt take long for this one to go in the weeds :rolleyes: LOL
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    Routing wires from passanger side to engine bay

    Yup, if you have an air drill, with a step drill bit it will go real fast. make it a nice big hole , then after you run the wires fill in the gap with silicone, then if you ever need to run anything else, you already have a hole, and all you have to do is poke out the silicone
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    Mahle pistons?

    AH. a lil luv tap there :eek:
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    Mahle pistons?

    that is not the norm. You need to step back and try to figure out what happened in that engine to cause that sort or damage. Ether use? Broken glow plug tips run through ? really bad timing? heavily slobbering injectors? I'm sure I've left out a half dozen other possibilities for that sort...
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    Is my return line route ok?

    If you dont have the correct size spring type clamp, a fuel injection type hose clamp will function properly without leaking. Worm gear clamps form a pinch on one side, but a fuel injection clamp encircles the hose and tightens evenly around it to prevent leaks in fuel lines. Any decent parts...
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    Opinions on Travel Trailer size/weight

    If you havent already bought anything, you might want to rethink size. That bumper pull is going to be a bitch to back in at a lot of campgrounds and 30 would even put you overlength for a lot of government campgrounds you wont be able to get into near the spots that a 5th wheel can of teh...
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    Timing in central Virginia

    It's always great when they drop into place on teh first turn., and its' even better when there's another one of us out there ready to time up folks trucks. Before long we'll have the country covered ;Sweet
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    craigslist rebuilt 6.9

    " heads reworked and ready to bolt together" Hmmmm that picture showes a set of heads bolted on with a new set of VR head gaskets, so either he did some more work and took another picture, or swiped someones pic off the web and is lieing through his teeth Considering internet track...

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