KaneButler13
Registered User
So after we fixed up my 86 6.9 / C6, we drove it out to California for a wedding, we were going to have a diesel specialist shop replace the injection pump while we were there because felt like it was starting to struggle, they charged us $1700 and had the truck for a couple days before calling us to let us know they were able to repair our “vacuum pump” and it will only be $300 and they refunded our $1400. We were happy to save the money, we picked the truck up around midnight after the wedding to start driving home. Immediately I was experiencing shifting issues, shifting at 3000+ RPM sometimes higher. I quickly assumed someone had tightened the modulator causing the high shift points, we drove it home and brought it to our friends at AAMCO, our friend Brandon is very familiar with the older diesels and helps us, he discovered that the spring inside of our VRV had been grossly overstretched, rendering it in-op. He attempted to order a replacement but no luck (I couldn’t find one either) I bought a spare 6.9 that originally came from an automatic but was swapped into a manual prior, my wife found a guy in California that has a long waiting list to send you the one he makes, as well as sending it to him to repair it. Not really sure how to feel about this, it seems pretty clear that while the diesel shop in CA was attempting to remove my old injection pump, they unscrewed the spring cap and pulled it out of form not knowing what it was? And then attempted to just shove it back together and charge me $300? So we are going to try to have the guy in CA who’s been making these, help us out, but still not sure how to treat the Diesel Specialist shop in Lincoln, CA? **** happens, but this is painful.
