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Hydrobooster - Purchasing a replacement hydrobooster the right way!
Purchasing a replacement hydrobooster the right way!Beast lost his hydrobooster while my wife and I were down in Boise. While I was down in Boise, I made the call and got a hydrobooster ordered, thinking just direct replacement. Nope! Removal and InstallationSo to remove the hydrobooster your going to need a few tools. Take a 15mm socket deep well and remove the two nuts holding the master cylinder to the hydrobooster. Now carefully capture the rubber seal in the back of the master cylinder too. Pull the master cylinder forward just enough to allow the hydrobooster out. Now remove the 3 pressure lines with a open end 18mm wrench and move those out of the way. The return hose is a spring clamp and just squeeze the clamp and slide back. Pull the hose off. Last step out here to pull the batteries so the brake lights are not burning. Now under the dash locate the rod from the hydrobooster and remive the clip on the pedal pin. This might be a bit tricky but it has tab that laps over the pin to lock and you need to lightly flex it up and over the pin whil pulling the tab. Capture the flat washer on the pin. Noe up in the dash there is 15mm nuts hold the hydrobooster in place deep well sockets are required. The top right hand nut you need to come in from the top there is a passage hole for the socket to fit through. At this point you should be able to remove the hydrobooster carefully. Reassemble in reverse. Just remember to put the fresh o-rings on your pressure hoses so it sealed properly. Be aware...The documents in the box from NAPA are very clear; you need to swap parts from your old unit to make the new unit work. The shaft that pushes the master cylinder, you might have to swap as I did. The new shaft was 10mm too long, which is the brake dragging issue. Then the rubber boot on the input shaft has be pryed off the input shaft collar. Yea! I got that. Then, the adapter plate that mounts the brake reservoir / master cylinder. Rubber boot that goes on the input rod. Approximate length of the rod installed in the new hydrobooster. The master cylinder adapter so the master cylinder will mount! Adapter all on and tight. As for changing the rod that is done by flipping the armed washer like a freeze plug and then work the two arms out of the groove. WARNING: Flying part hazard. The armed washer and the spring will fly so be careful and aware!
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24V 2nd Gen Axles - Hydrobooster - Purchasing a replacement hydrobooster the right way!
Purchasing a replacement hydrobooster the right way!Beast lost his hydrobooster while my wife and I were down in Boise. While I was down in Boise, I made the call and got a hydrobooster ordered, thinking just direct replacement. Nope! Removal and InstallationSo to remove the hydrobooster your going to need a few tools. Take a 15mm socket deep well and remove the two nuts holding the master cylinder to the hydrobooster. Now carefully capture the rubber seal in the back of the master cylinder too. Pull the master cylinder forward just enough to allow the hydrobooster out. Now remove the 3 pressure lines with a open end 18mm wrench and move those out of the way. The return hose is a spring clamp and just squeeze the clamp and slide back. Pull the hose off. Last step out here to pull the batteries so the brake lights are not burning. Now under the dash locate the rod from the hydrobooster and remive the clip on the pedal pin. This might be a bit tricky but it has tab that laps over the pin to lock and you need to lightly flex it up and over the pin whil pulling the tab. Capture the flat washer on the pin. Noe up in the dash there is 15mm nuts hold the hydrobooster in place deep well sockets are required. The top right hand nut you need to come in from the top there is a passage hole for the socket to fit through. At this point you should be able to remove the hydrobooster carefully. Reassemble in reverse. Just remember to put the fresh o-rings on your pressure hoses so it sealed properly. Be aware...The documents in the box from NAPA are very clear; you need to swap parts from your old unit to make the new unit work. The shaft that pushes the master cylinder, you might have to swap as I did. The new shaft was 10mm too long, which is the brake dragging issue. Then the rubber boot on the input shaft has be pryed off the input shaft collar. Yea! I got that. Then, the adapter plate that mounts the brake reservoir / master cylinder. Rubber boot that goes on the input rod. Approximate length of the rod installed in the new hydrobooster. The master cylinder adapter so the master cylinder will mount! Adapter all on and tight. As for changing the rod that is done by flipping the armed washer like a freeze plug and then work the two arms out of the groove. WARNING: Flying part hazard. The armed washer and the spring will fly so be careful and aware! View full Cummins article
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Beast - 2002 Dodge Ram 2500
Beast - 2002 Dodge Ram 25005.9L Cummins Turbo Diesel, 5 speed (NV4550), 4WD, 501k miles AirDog 165 GPH, BHAF, +150 HP Injectors (7x 0.010) popped at 320 bar, Quadzilla Adrenaline tuner, Valair dual disc clutch, ISSPro EV2 gauges (boost, fuel pressure, pyrometer, transmission temp), Kenwood Bluetooth stereo, Wolfbox Camera
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Like whats up with it? What kind of problems?
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Titanium
My adventure of having a second run at bladder cancer and going back and forth to chemo treatments and surgeries. "Titanium" the character, kept me going and helped me with depression and stress of the idea I might not make it. I've made several new friends and found a new way to enjoy life as I continue to dress up and do my Titanium makeup. I'm always taking my adventure out into the public and share my artwork with everyone!
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Simple update script for your Ubuntu PC.
I know there is the standard app that you can click on the menu, but I tend to like to do all at once kind of mode. #!/bin/bash sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get -y upgrade sudo apt-get -y autoclean sudo apt-get -y autoremoveThis simple script paste into a text editor like Gedit. Then save this file as "upgrade.sh" without the quotes preferred to save in a like a script folder. Now in terminal, go to your script folder. Example... cd /home/michael/scriptsThen you would run your script by... sh upgrade.shThis should have your Ubuntu going out to the internet to grab a new copy of the software database and check to see what is new, which is the update option. Next, the upgrade option is used, and the -y switch forces the answer "yes" to upgrading all files. Then it will download all files required, and still under this command, it will install all upgrades to all software on your Linux PC. The autoclean option will search for files no longer being used and automatically remove them, like old installation scripts. The autoremove hunts down the out-of-date files no longer used and removes the rest. This keeps your system clean! No more are the days of should I delete these .dll files on Windows just to find out you just nuked the entire system and had to rebuild. Then the whole upgrade Microsoft separately from your 3rd party programs because it's a commercial platform so all your 3rd party software you have hunt down. Nope, that is over two being that all Linux software is available typically free and covering many platforms. (Debian, Red Hat, etc.)
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Mopar1973Man started following Simple update script for your Ubuntu PC.
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I was very comfy sitting at the computer that cold day. Working on website stuff even while in makeup. 😋 The only way to get better at something is to do it over and over till it becomes second nature.
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Water methanol for mpg.
Have you ran the methanol injection yet? I'm really curious on how that works for you.
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Battery terminals? How to replace factory battery cable ends with military terminals
For all of you who have bad terminals, as I do on Thor. They have been over-tightened too much; the lead terminal is completely torn up and just cannot get them tight. This is typically because people overclean and cut away too much lead out of the center of the terminal, making them too big, or they never got shoved all the way down the terminal and are now too small. I've got the military terminal here, and copper lugs for the cables. Here is what I have currently just to keep the truck running. Extremely sad method, but it works for right now. Passenger side battery. Look at the ground cable held in place by a c-clamp because the bolt is rotten and seized up the nut the lead won't hold the terminal correctly. Then look at the driver side. The positive lead terminal is badly oxizided (blacken appearance) that oxidized layer is just like rust on a metal surface that ground wiring has problems with. We are going to change out the battery terminals all with military terminals and then copper lugs on all the wiring. The new military terminals will be treated with engine oil before installing. Just think a second what are the only two materials in the world that can contain sulphuric acid? Answer. Glass which is no longer used and plastic. Plastic is made from what? Oil! Just little engine oil will stop the sulphuric acid from oxidizing the battery terminals in the future if you keep a light coating of engine oil. That's all this will be a fix that will not require fixing again if you keep the oil on the terminals.
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Cold day here, and Tweety Bird got me a warm fleece to wear around the computers. That particular day, I was enjoying the purple colors. The crazy part is I enjoy the wigs more in the wintertime since they keep my head warmer.
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Titanium caught by another TikTok in Ontario, OR
The gentleman who made the video of me. I'll just call him by his handle Genetix. He confronted me on the streets of Ontario, OR, as my wife was shopping for jewelry supplies in a small shop. I was in the middle ofa phone call and ended my phone call to see what this gentleman wanted to know about me. Genetix wanted to understand why the appearance and what my story was about. So, for those that have not heard the story of my cancer, here you go. Video form on TikTok. I have to say this gentleman done a super job of telling the story and the whole edit was awesome! Look up Genetix on TikTok to meet this wonderful person! https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZThfhXKuo/
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Mopar1973Man started following Titanium caught by another TikTok in Ontario, OR
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That was me grabbing one of Tweety Bird's wigs, I threw on, then got busted by the camera! 🤣 It's so cool to be dressed up alike and share a day in color.
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Pilothouse/RAM3500 build
Sweet looking truck. What engine does it have? 3.9L or ???
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Tidbits about me Suzanna/Tweety Bird, Mrs. Mopar1973man, Mrs. Titanium
Such a wonderful woman, very intelligent and well-versed in many different subjects. It is worth it to sit down and just ask @Tweety Bird what she knows! ☺️