Mopar1973Man

Ever since the landslide that wiped out my shop, displaced my good friend Mark Hall and his dog Hachi into my basement bedroom. It's been complete hell trying to find tools that remain and attempting to repair vehicles and house repairs, too. It's been a bad summer, and it just seems to get worse here at home, and frustrating. Winter is coming, and snow is not far away now. Just want to close this chapter and attempt a better start in the spring of the year. The last few months have been a pain in the tail. Asking people to go get firewood, and we will pay them. Then have one person who brought 2 cords at $200 a cord. Great, we have a bit of firewood. Sadly this person knew me and played my heartstrings and asked if I would front him the money so he could be with his family in the hospital. Of course I did! Sucker!!! I've been taken advantage of again! He never delivered the promised 3 cords of wood. There is so much more to even talk about. Simply put, it has just been a rough year between having bladder cancer, losing my bladder and prostate, then having the mudslide destroy my shop and guest house. I'm hoping Dischinger can help out just one more time to blade a driveway for me, and so I can mark off my septic tanks and hopefully keep people off the top of my tanks this winter. The yard is a total mud pit for now. That's fine too, because I don't even have a lawn to mow right now. It's all been trashed by the trackhoe and skidsteer. I still have a huge pile of dirt and garbage to sort through in time. Let me toss in a bit of good news. @Tweety Bird and I will be getting married, which was supposed to happen this summer, but the entire landslide and house move ruined that timing. We as planning on a simple courthouse wedding for now to get the legal parts done with. Hopefully, God willing, we will have the celebration up on Heaven Gate Summit by next summer. Second bit of good news, my kidneys are healing very slowly, and some of the herbal stuff I've found is helping heal them up. There is a bit more... Finally, after a lot of hassle with Home Depot, I could replace my toolbox and get a base set of tools. I'll admit the price of tools is expensive to start over this way. Ugh! The first order I made didn't work out, and I had to rebuild the order a second time, and the shipping cost doubled. I called Home Depot to get them to help out with building the second order. Ok, everything is waiting to ship. Shipping starts, and the toolbox was last. Finally, we get a phone call for Home Depot. They wanted to inform me that the toolbox was damaged and they are willing to cut some price off and just sell it to me. Then, 2 hours later, I got a second call to inform me that the toolbox was too badly damaged to sell, so they canceled the order and refunded the funds. We ended up heading to Lewiston, ID, to deal with this. Sadly, it wasn't don't good at the start, but we got the manager to step up and reorder the toolbox for me. As for Thor, I'm going to start working on the project truck and start to hopefully build information for CR engines.

Long intermission... I return! After a lot of phone calls, a trip to Lewiston, ID, and waiting for freight. I finally got a toolbox and my base set of tools. Finally got to look Thor over and figure out the grid heater light issue. So I was pulling injectors, and #2 crossover nut was backed up to the injection line. I figure reassemble and try again, hoping I solved the issue this time. Nope, after 70 to 100 miles, it will trip the grid heater light. I gave Lenny a quick call, and he still wants them sent back for inspection.

Here is the video @CH123 posted to my PM box. https://photos.app.goo.gl/qGaBgUBK9mxsUXo5A

His video has the classic touch the throttle jumps to high idle with zero control. Typically a bad PSG being the data is not reaching the PSG correctly and is being dropped. This is confirmed with the P1689 code. Throttle info not being listen too since it started and runs this shows the power is available but no data from the ECM.

On the Dodge FSM it will list wire colors and gauge size.

Here is how the CCD Network works and the wiring map for it all. https://mopar1973man.com/cummins/articles.html/24-valve-2nd-generation/engine/electrical/ccd-chrysler-collision-detection-data-bus-r329/?&do=getNewComment&d=4&id=329

Same here. I was referring to @yohon that is running 2-way valves to keep water flowing or shut off. People who race these trucks don't worry about heater cores and A/C most race trucks don't even have a dash. Yeah, I'll keep this broken dash truck and keep going.

Noted... Power Steering Pump Repair Kit For 1994-2002 Dodge Ram 2500 Just reposting the link to make it searchable for other people.

It's worth remembering that when racing a Cummins, most will ditch the heater core circuit altogether.

I just got home. Ill see what I can do for a measurement for you.

Yeah that nickle sized magnet does exist inside the reservoir. Gotta ask did anyone find a reservoir o-ring source?

The heater hose from the head is the supply of hot coolant and the steel tube is return. I would suggest the supply side for a valve. As for Beast I've got 500k and the steeper motor is having issues moving the door and my stock coupler is still good no damage. I might be looking for a new stepper motor this winter. It's weird but it will get stuck on full heat all winter. Then simmer come it starts working again. Cracked circuit board? Bad soldering joint?

Yup. Today I officially classify as a senior citizen. Yup im 55 years old. Computer tech, diesel tech, and now a makeup artist. @Tweety Bird has a plan for me.

My write up was more so for the tappet cover gasket replacement. The ECM has 10mm bolts holding it to the block/tappet cover. There is a single allen screw in the center of the plug.