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Cat 3126 motorhome......IT'S ALIVE!!!!
And HEY!! @Nero , so, I learned something that actually Kinda (and I mean a small kinda) made me glad I took this thing somewhere to have this done...... but get this you non-initiates(because Nero knows this and now I do too)...... the lug nuts on the left side are left handed thread!!! The...- Jesus Freak
- Post #45
- Forum: General Diesels
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Cat 3126 motorhome......IT'S ALIVE!!!!
Just did a 80 mile round trip to get some tires....... and remind myself and teach my son why I do most everything myself..... The rims that were on the front were off a school bus and didn't have the dished area for the acorn lug nut..... and the guy said it wasn't correct and I had to have...- Jesus Freak
- Post #44
- Forum: General Diesels
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Joined the IDI crowd again
Looks like a worthy project......welcome back!- Jesus Freak
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- Forum: Introduction
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excessive heat coming from shifter boot
.....brilliant, simply brilliant......BRAVO!!!!- Jesus Freak
- Post #13
- Forum: 6.9L IH & 7.3L IDI Diesels
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Recycle oil
I couldn't imagine trying to deal with that WVO stuff.......- Jesus Freak
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- Forum: 6.9L IH & 7.3L IDI Diesels
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Recycle oil
Definitely not an expert...... but as a fedex driver I have delivered to a Holiday Inn Express...... and as @Danielle mentioned and I concur..... its all emotion....if you "feel" like your truck will eat it, it just might.....- Jesus Freak
- Post #20
- Forum: 6.9L IH & 7.3L IDI Diesels
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Recycle oil
Waste oil threads sure are popular nowadays,.....lol..... and HEY original post friend, make sure to read the thread that @Clb references in post #6...... theres a couple of us that have rants about WMO NOT being the "easy answer" to the price of fuel...... THERE ARE NO EASY ANSWERS!!! life is...- Jesus Freak
- Post #17
- Forum: 6.9L IH & 7.3L IDI Diesels
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1987 6.9 IDI Losing Prime Overnight
There's a check valve in the mechanical fuel pump as well thats prone to go bad.....- Jesus Freak
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- Forum: 6.9L IH & 7.3L IDI Diesels
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Recycle oil
All alternative fuels are baced on emotion, just ask the haters...... they "emote" all over the idea...... but your system is pretty simple and logical, I like it.... BUT, (not that it really matters) but, if you dont have your returns running to only one tank then you're slowly turning your...- Jesus Freak
- Post #16
- Forum: 6.9L IH & 7.3L IDI Diesels
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Recycle oil
Hey, quit being logical...or ill report you.....lol- Jesus Freak
- Post #15
- Forum: 6.9L IH & 7.3L IDI Diesels
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Recycle oil
.....i asked my injectors that very question one time..... they just stared at me...... But seriously.....it doesn't matter.- Jesus Freak
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- Forum: 6.9L IH & 7.3L IDI Diesels
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Looking for dually conversion adapters
Yeah, i have them on my 86 dually.... it was single wheel from the factory and converted by Centurion Lehman. But I agree that they suck..... if......IF..... you have to pull a brake drum, and you will...... you've got 8 lug nuts that have to be removed an eighth turn at a time with a...- Jesus Freak
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- Forum: Wanted
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Cat 3126 motorhome......IT'S ALIVE!!!!
Unfortunately...... I made a dump run this morning and the old one was part of the dump run. Ill definitely study the next one....... but really, what would be superior is to pull a housing off a bulldozer or something so it could have a 2 stage setup..... there was a good deal of powder...- Jesus Freak
- Post #43
- Forum: General Diesels
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Cat 3126 motorhome......IT'S ALIVE!!!!
Following Nero's advice..... she got an air filter....... geez, what an air filter!!! $180 worth of air filter..... Nero pointed ot that a lot of class A's have engine failure from non-air filter maintenance. Specifically because the air goes in it from the very back of the coach..... thus...- Jesus Freak
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- Forum: General Diesels
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Cat 3126 motorhome......IT'S ALIVE!!!!
Here's some interior pics..... you can see she was a leaker on the front passenger corner...... i was just in there spraying Odoban on it so we can clean it a bit more..... thats spot is rough, but yall know anything can be fixed.....the current thing is the fact that it will just crank up and...- Jesus Freak
- Post #39
- Forum: General Diesels
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Cat 3126 motorhome......IT'S ALIVE!!!!
Oh, I straightened right up when the CEL started coming on consistently...... but yeah, its all sorted out..... she's legit.... now I get to start diagnosing all the house stuff and checking plumbing, AC, etc......- Jesus Freak
- Post #38
- Forum: General Diesels
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Cat 3126 motorhome......IT'S ALIVE!!!!
With not much effort a tug produced THIS effect...... So, it received a couple of heavy duty butt connectors and an application of electrical tape......all of which will be replace with the appropriate stuff buy the next owner....im kidding, I will make it pretty, but right now I used what I...- Jesus Freak
- Post #36
- Forum: General Diesels
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Cat 3126 motorhome......IT'S ALIVE!!!!
Alright, I found it....... i repeat i found it......lol!!! I was raining this morning, and i couldn't work under the thing..... so i redoubled my efforts to get to the ECM from the acces in the bedroom..... nothing like working on your caterpillar 3126 wadded up in a knot wedged under your...- Jesus Freak
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- Forum: General Diesels
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Cat 3126 motorhome......IT'S ALIVE!!!!
It pulled over to use da baffroom.......lol.... And im privy to deoxit....... i have a different brand currently, but its gonna get a liberal spray of contact cleaner for sure.- Jesus Freak
- Post #34
- Forum: General Diesels
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Cat 3126 motorhome......IT'S ALIVE!!!!
Well...... i fired up the big class A this morning to take it up my driveway and.....uhhh.... ahem..... unload the tanks in the woods because the gauge said they were over half full...... i wasn't sure what they'd be half full of, but I didn't want it in the yard, just in case....... it was just...- Jesus Freak
- Post #32
- Forum: General Diesels
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So what did you do with your truck today?
I drove my mechanically injected diesel up the driveway to charge the batteries on my new old motorhome that has a computer operated diesel in it because the computer has decided it wants attention and I almost killed my batteries trying to figure that out.........ughhh..... this motorhome is...- Jesus Freak
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- Forum: 6.9L IH & 7.3L IDI Diesels
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Cat 3126 motorhome......IT'S ALIVE!!!!
More battery escapades today, but i believe i have it completely sorted out..... there were a couple wires connected to ground that were supposed to be connected to the hot side..... thats all sorted out now but I believe those wires being connected wrong created another problem. It would run...- Jesus Freak
- Post #30
- Forum: General Diesels
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Cat 3126 motorhome......IT'S ALIVE!!!!
It's a Cheetah by Safari..... a Lion is the actual mascot..... but yeah, it got a tiger for a mural....lol.... it was duely noted by everyone.....- Jesus Freak
- Post #28
- Forum: General Diesels
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Cat 3126 motorhome......IT'S ALIVE!!!!
So, to explain the batteries..... it's like this, it is a 12v starting system.... there's 3 official ground wires and 2 hots..... 2 of the grounds went to the chassis, the other goes....well..... some place else, idk or care right now..... i could see one hot went towards the engine and the...- Jesus Freak
- Post #26
- Forum: General Diesels
