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    Cold Start Problems

    Cold none start Lets see what I can remember?? Get a mutli meter of your price range. Unhook one side of the grid heaters and measure the resistance across the heaters? V=RxA Voltage/ Resistance/ Amps. I have been told that the heaters draw 220 amps. On starting your lift pump will drop to...
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    '99 24 valve.....

    53 blocks The 53 blocks have a wall thickness of 5,5 mm where as the other are in the 11 mm thickness, with a different radious in the area where they crack.
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    FS. 1999 3500 4x4 quad cab

    Laramie SLT manual trans. The engine (53) needs to be short blocked or??? Has about 450,000 kms on it. The box is Armagaurded. Has been well looked after. $12,000.00 [email protected]
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    Cold and wont start, please help its my work truck

    Work truck Are the batteries getting weak? Maybe time for battery warmers? They are about 80 watts each. Maybe time to be using a block heater, I don't bother with the money that it costs me that is what I need to do if I have the truck ready to go to for work. Battery warmers will keep your...
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    C5500 accessories

    C-5500 I am contemplating putting an electric hydrolic double acting pump maybe for girlfriend to get up to the step. She says that she can and will climb up but I will see what I can design???
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    portable generator for cold start

    portable gen This is exactly what I have done. A 1/2" Gr 70 chain and a 14 mm lock disswades theft ( so far) The Honda 1400 watt is big enough for the task I have two cords going to the two under the rad, YOu will find that the fuel tank is toooo small for this to work. My 5kw is has a big...
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    grid heaters

    You have probably got it fixed by now? You have probably got a multi meter and?? Disconnect the batteries. undo the two leads by the intake manifold. The two (on the engine side) leads should measure some resistance ( Ohms) Scale on the multi meter. I think that it draws 220 amps so that...
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    General Question about motor oil

    Engine oils You probably have the answer by now? So will be redundent answer probably??? This should have been answered by now. Yes you can use diesel engine oil in a spark ignition engine. Diesel is a ( C) abreavition Gas is ( S) The next thing is , is it turbo rated? Oil companies market oil...
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    block heater

    Block heaters Is it cold up there papabear:D My dodge has an engine oil and fuel leak on the drivers side so am considering a diesel heater with tube to keep myself warm??? Get a multi meter and check the plug to see if you still have a circuit throught the heater? Put the selector on OHMS (...
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    want to buy a dodge

    Wanting a Dodge Stay away for an 53 block they may not all crack but there is a good chance of it happening! My was gutless from new and so it cracked ( The side of the block) out of the unoffical cuminz warranty period! So I was quoted from $7000.00 to $14,000 for a short to long block.-cuss...
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    Increasing braking power on a 2500HD

    to increase brakeing? [SIZE="3"][FONT="Times New Roman Will try this? I will put the idea out and someone else can say yes or no? Is he able to add an exhaust brake?
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    injector reccommendation

    Injectors Mine has been underfueling since it was new. So The 300's start to wake mine up. The 275's were giveing me 22/26 MPG and the 300's are about 20/24I was 11,430 the other week and was getting 19 mpg.
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    how many ohms for the sending unit?

    Sending units I pulled my sending unit out in the fall of 98 but never did measure it. MY only suggestion is to measure one or a few and see that they scale properly?From the scrap yards.:dunno
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    BOSCH VP44 INJECTION PUMP AND LIFT PUMP FAILURES EXPLAINED

    The vp44's Well my 99 has always bucked from 1100 to 1275 rpm! IT had bucked up to 2400 rpm. The 2nd vp bucked at 2200 rpm just after installllll.The rv-275's new injectors didn't help either with the new ( 2nd vp) I just barely got ahead of a chev gas pot pulling a 22 ft 5th wheel from...
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    jake brake

    Exhaust brakes I went to ???? Pacbrake because of the pipe threaded fittings so I could use a stainless steel low pressure hyd hose and not a hose with pipe clamps on it for the reccomend that they be changed every ???? so often and and that could be 3 times a year for me so toooo much extra...
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    Wheel Bearing Problems

    Wheel bearings I take it that you aren't the original owner? For there may have been a reason that it was sold? If you can find out about the owner his age and hobbies may shed some light? Does the tire sit at the correct angle, does the axle sit straight ( if you have a 2 or 4 ft level lay...
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    Difference in alternator brands

    Alternators If Delco recommends the 150 Amp to do the output of 100 Amps. It sounds like a 66% duty cycle to me? But the rpm that you get that at I will agree with you.
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    Difference in alternator brands

    Alternators Thank You JPR and Towcat! It was one day going to work that the question occured to me? JPR it sounds like Delco recommends a 50% duty cycle on them. For with better heat sinking they could/ would be able to run at 100% you would only need a heatsink the size of ??? run in cool air...
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    Difference in alternator brands

    alternators I was wander sometime ago do they rate a duty cycle on them at all. If so a higher duty cycle for one might be farrrrr better then a highter output of another?
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    I think it has a short

    Do_G_ !!!!!!### Yes I have a 99 and 40 visits later and still doesn't run the way the other 50 diesel engines that I have operated! You can't expect much from them!
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    How many Canucks over here?

    Canucks here In Nanaimo ahhhhhhh too far north . DCN all the way hehehehehehe :thumbsup:
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    K&N filter bad or good?

    types of air filters There was a good artical some years ago on different air filters. Something like Duramax Air Filter Tests. I have a copy here somewhere buried in with all my problems of my dodge since new. With the K&N it didn't stop the particles and wasn't able to hold them once...
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    What to do when the water drain plug strips?

    What to when drain plug strips? HMMMMMM Wellll how much metal is around the weldin for threads? Was the plug of 1/4" , 3/8" or 1/2". Some else please chimin here after this. Well helli coils work on these? If so you would have to drill a hole size to fit a helli coil. Should think that you...
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    2001 24v 5 speed, 53 block and worried

    53 blocks Yes I know all that. I ran around for about 8 months with the lift pump not working at all. 130 rwhp to 175 rwhp.:thumbsup: I got a fuel gauge in 2000 with two pressure senders pre and post filter. So can tell what the lift pump is doing. You know with all the mileage that I drive...
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    VP44 rebuilders?

    VP-44 rebuilders I would second Btowler Blue Chip is very good.

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