Alright guys I wanna see pics of

everyones truck! Post em up boys! I’ll start...

Here’s the truck I almost bought before my truck. 91 12 valve 5 speed with 236k on the clock. 

2 hours ago, Marcus2000monster said:

Like a big load! 

Your truck handle it ok?

On 11/30/2018 at 3:20 PM, Blueox01 said:

Your truck handle it ok?

Yes it did. EGTs stayed under 1200F . ‘Twas  a bit laggy but that is due to my setup. 

My second tow home in 362k miles. 

 

22 minutes ago, Mopar1973Man said:

My second tow home in 362k miles. 

 

Thats pretty good! Maintence pays off. 

1st was when I broke the main shaft in the NV4500. 2nd now with the alternator failure possible PCM.

4 hours ago, Mopar1973Man said:

My second tow home in 362k miles. 

 

What happened?

 Alternator fried. I measured the alternator at 433*F when it popped. It took out the PCM I'm figuring being the new alternator is dead and not charging. Carrying tools but does no good when you don't have the parts to fix the problem. Fresh alternator and 11.2 volts. Nope, it's not charging. Failed on the field lead side being I'm going to assume the PCM is cooked too.

 

Back to the 1996 Dodge Ram 1500 again

Edited December 6, 20186 yr by Mopar1973Man

Ouch. Hopefully it's just the charging circuit in the PCM rather than the entire PCM.

14 minutes ago, Mopar1973Man said:

 Alternator fried. I measured the alternator at 433*F when it popped. It took out the PCM I'm figuring being the new alternator is dead and not charging. Carrying tools but does no good when you don't have the parts to fix the problem. Fresh alternator and 11.2 volts. Nope, it's not charging. Failed on the field lead side being I'm going to assume the PCM is cooked too.

 

Back to the 1996 Dodge Ram 1500 again

You have a PCM located?

Edited December 6, 20186 yr by Blueox01

I'll have my PCM repaired.

 

Just now, Mopar1973Man said:

I'll have my PCM repaired.

 

Cool.

I will take a gander at my tickle trunk & see if I have one.

 

@Mopar1973Man what's the number off your PCM.

Edited December 6, 20186 yr by ofelas

New to this community. Just thought I’d introduce myself. The amount of knowledge in this forum is amazing compared to other places. I’ve owned my 01 since 2008 and just went through a major overhaul. Just couldn’t get myself to give up and get a new truck when this one has always been so good to me. I have learned a ton rebuilding this beast and I have a ton of learning to do with the V2 Adrenaline so I’m sure I will be asking questions soon enough! Thanks again for allowing me to be a part of the Moparman forum!

17 minutes ago, Greg Vance said:

New to this community. Just thought I’d introduce myself. The amount of knowledge in this forum is amazing compared to other places. I’ve owned my 01 since 2008 and just went through a major overhaul. Just couldn’t get myself to give up and get a new truck when this one has always been so good to me. I have learned a ton rebuilding this beast and I have a ton of learning to do with the V2 Adrenaline so I’m sure I will be asking questions soon enough! Thanks again for allowing me to be a part of the Moparman forum!

Hello and welcome! That’s a very nice looking truck! We’d live to see more pics o your build as well! 

Nice truck. If that was a head gasket replace I'd love to hear your knowledge on that project. I'm in fear that will be my next hurdle as I'm approaching 200k. Looks like you were able to keep the AC connected and not lift the cab to clear the head. Please enlighten us all.

1 hour ago, rotohead said:

Nice truck. If that was a head gasket replace I'd love to hear your knowledge on that project. I'm in fear that will be my next hurdle as I'm approaching 200k. Looks like you were able to keep the AC connected and not lift the cab to clear the head. Please enlighten us all.

i would not worry about 200k. I am at 450k and just now facing it. though I could be pretty lucky.

Thanks guys! That’s where I’m at too rotohead, right at 200k. I had a local transmission shop build me a bomb proof tranny and while he was in there he found that it was seeping coolant at the rear of the head. Not bad but I thought I’d rip the head off and replace the head gasket. It just kind of morphed from there. It’s always had an oil leak that I assumed was from the vacuum/ps pump assembly but turned out after  rebuilding the pump it was the tappet cover...so out came the injection pump. Got a Keating  machine tappet cover and fuel bracket delete. I wasn’t going to put the old injectors back in so I got new injectors, then needed a Quad to control fuel to the HY, then decided I needed a turbo and exhaust manifold too! Haha It was a slippery slope for sure!

Then ended up replacing all sensors, ARP’s, and an S&B intake elbow which hasn’t arrived yet. The K27 was not a drop and go turbo...both the exhaust and compressor side had to be clocked to get the feed and drain in the correct orientation then needed to get a fleece turbo drain cause the stock drain had a split in it. Then had to shave and thin out a portion of the wastegate bracket and grind on a bolt to get orientation correct. Manifold is awesome as are the Stage8 bolts with tabs to prevent backing out. We will see how they hold up! Also made a breather for the 12an fitting off the tappet cover and also ran 3/4 inch hose from the front breather into the breather as well.

9 hours ago, Greg Vance said:

Haha It was a slippery slope for sure!

Yes, it never ends, but it pays back when driving down the road 

On more than one occasion I thought of getting something else myself but for whatever reason I'm still. 

 

V2 is not bad once you figure it out, time consuming for sure to tune just right. But you can get it pretty close to start with. Then it's fine tuning from there. 

 

Good looking truck and this place is great, makes some bad days much better just bsing here. Welcome to the club. 

 

Edit 

Nice house too, but what's funny is you'll get more compliments on your old truck then on the new house, from a real man at least ha ha. 

Edited December 27, 20186 yr by Dieselfuture

Second Cummins I’ve ever owned. Love these trucks! Just installed a Red Head steering box and support.

13 hours ago, Dieselfuture said:

Yes, it never ends, but it pays back when driving down the road 

On more than one occasion I thought of getting something else myself but for whatever reason I'm still. 

 

V2 is not bad once you figure it out, time consuming for sure to tune just right. But you can get it pretty close to start with. Then it's fine tuning from there. 

 

Good looking truck and this place is great, makes some bad days much better just bsing here. Welcome to the club. 

 

Edit 

Nice house too, but what's funny is you'll get more compliments on your old truck then on the new house, from a real man at least ha ha. 

 

The house is hers...the truck is mine! Haha I was pretty proud of that park job going sideways across all three bays of my garage! Left me room to use my engine hoist to lift the head. My wife...not so impressed! She lost her spot for a month or so. So for that month only the important things were in the garage...my motorcycle and my truck!