castlesburning
Registered User
I just finished reading Mels excellent article on injection and timing. I am about to do my lines and injectors as the final step in my fuel system rebuild.
I learned from the article that my truck must be set at the static timing because I have very little smoke and the truck doesnt seems to hit as hard as my last one (the one that got away), more of a purrr than a growl so the question is who can I trust to set the time using the pulse method and not give me a hard time like "we're the diesel mechani9cs here and you couldnt possibly know anything". like the local diesel shop. " dont worry about which method we're using, i been doing this 20 years blah blah"
also, I have finished fixing all of the lighting on this truck and getting some gauges. None of the interior lights were working before and now I see that my lights pulse with the speed of the engine. my head lights and factory amp meter do this also. I swear they pulse just like a tach. which doesnt even twitch on my truck.
Im thinking bad ground? I have cleaned up and reset the grounds I can find;
take out the bolt little sand paper etc.
my gauges are just basic 50$ SunPro oil, amp and temp cluster from autozone..
Which wire do I connect to my new amp meter while leaving the factory meter as it is apparently working?
I get about 40 lbs oil pressure upon start up and shortly after the high speed solinoid kicks off, its down to about 25lbs, then back up to 40lbs at cruising speed. I am assuming the oil heats up and thins out? Is this normal?
Why in the hell would they put a tiny plastic hose in a oil pressure gauge kit???
How long should I hold my glow plug button?
why do i have a small leak of rain water in each footwell only when it rains? pluged drain channel, faulty windshield seal or rusty fire wall ******??
im in chattanooga area thanks
I learned from the article that my truck must be set at the static timing because I have very little smoke and the truck doesnt seems to hit as hard as my last one (the one that got away), more of a purrr than a growl so the question is who can I trust to set the time using the pulse method and not give me a hard time like "we're the diesel mechani9cs here and you couldnt possibly know anything". like the local diesel shop. " dont worry about which method we're using, i been doing this 20 years blah blah"
also, I have finished fixing all of the lighting on this truck and getting some gauges. None of the interior lights were working before and now I see that my lights pulse with the speed of the engine. my head lights and factory amp meter do this also. I swear they pulse just like a tach. which doesnt even twitch on my truck.
Im thinking bad ground? I have cleaned up and reset the grounds I can find;
take out the bolt little sand paper etc.
my gauges are just basic 50$ SunPro oil, amp and temp cluster from autozone..
Which wire do I connect to my new amp meter while leaving the factory meter as it is apparently working?
I get about 40 lbs oil pressure upon start up and shortly after the high speed solinoid kicks off, its down to about 25lbs, then back up to 40lbs at cruising speed. I am assuming the oil heats up and thins out? Is this normal?
Why in the hell would they put a tiny plastic hose in a oil pressure gauge kit???
How long should I hold my glow plug button?
why do i have a small leak of rain water in each footwell only when it rains? pluged drain channel, faulty windshield seal or rusty fire wall ******??
im in chattanooga area thanks