Mopar1973Man

Do not use the Cummins Thermostat its NOT a quality unit. I've seen a few fall apart and separate. Matter of fact I will not buy Cummins anything much anymore...

For me... The weather warmed up for about 3 days snow is about all gone in the yard now. Now going through the mud phase where the ground thaws on top and mud central. Now its starting to dry out and firm up again...

Oh I could have way too much fun with this but knowing it will cost a pretty penny for this kind of powder coating.

Do what you have to do to be happy. That is important!!! If your not happy then everything else around you will start to fail. Trust me I do understand... I've worked several different jobs in my time. Dish pit - Cattlemen's Restaurant (2 years) Glass and mirror installer - Images in Mirror and Glass (2 years) Ranch Hand helping with branding cows - Rex Baker's Ranch 2 Body shops (motorcycle and automotive) Salvage yard & Tom's Body Shop Software distributor -Soft Kat Harness assembly for wiring 2 Tire and battery shops - Montgomery Wards & Chevron Computer tech (Windows) - Cloud 10 Computers (8 years) Computer Tech (Linux) - Mopar1973Man.Com (18 years) Car stereo installer and repair - Sights & Sounds (3 years)

Just to show where I'm thinking at... After @MoparMompassed away it's been a crazy roller coaster ride for me. Now having that stroke of luck and getting that job working for the billionaire family in McCall. But that job is seasonal being I'm working on the ground and outdoors and from Thor as a tool truck. Since winter came and set in I've been complaining about working in the cold all this winter and it sucks no doubt when you are dealing with near ZERO degrees. Now with Russian War starting I was considering doing mobile work for website members but now with the price of fuel going up even more cancel that idea. Matter of fact if I can be promised at least a full shop hour before I leave the property for a local job with Thor there is no reason to leave. Now as for the town of Riggins, Idaho doesn't get me wrong there is a lot of good people there but it's mostly retirees and social security incomes. I'm getting tired of doing jobs and waiting for payment for the jobs. So even I'm slowing down because I need to reclaim some of my monies. I'm starting to consider working more on the website and getting more done here being it costs less to keep going. So I'm patiently waiting to see what will happen by springtime if my jobs up there open back up but I'm not going to put all my eggs in that one basket just too foolish.

Sounds like a solid plan. I don't think the valve cover is much more than the standard 190*F to 210*F in temperature at the worst. It should hold up to the temperature being there is several other trucks with paint matched parts under the hood.

Something to consider like myself since I'm self employed as well. Like here locally the money isn't here in the Riggins, ID area. I've still got to wait till the snow leaves the McCall / Donnelly, ID area and that will be some time yet. I've been traveling day trips to do jobs around my local state. Even that is getting questionable now with the "Russian War" and price of fuel heading up quickly. Now I'm considering looking toward web support more so being that travel is going to get super expensive. Idaho diesel prices are heading up fast and talks of 5, 6 or 7 dollar a gallon diesel prices coming soon. Now I'm keeping an open mind of what and where I'm even doing for employment being I want to keep my expenses low.

I started out with a Bosch alternator from factory. Now after the first failure back at around 200k miles I replaced with ND alternators either alternator will hold up as long as the W-T ground wire mod is done. Without the W-T either Bosch or ND alternator will fail and typically take either the brushes, slip rings and/or the diodes out. After that I've had good luck with both ND and Bosch alternators.

Tuning and driving style make impacts that may or may not improve MPG numbers. Like the combo I done with the Quadzilla tune and 150 HP injectors popped at 320 bar this made 28.04 MPG. Like the last time was 75 HP injectors and Edge Comp tuner but there was limitations. Still made 27.2 MPG. Secret is keeping the Engine load and Engine load low as possible. Anything that creates heat is where the power is lost at only because any thing creating heat is steal some of the energy to create said heat.

Got my vote I wanna see this vehicle too.

No. Don't bother with a hot rod pump. Only roughly 20 HP gain. Makes a problem for tuning being the hot rod pump mechanically advanced internally. Better of with stock SO pump

Me I only run 7 levels being it splits the wire tap up by 25% per level. Actually level 2 is the best for MPG. Level 3 is better for all around driving. 4 and up is all wire tap. Again the biggest feature to my tunes is no extra power is giving below 15 PSI which makes for more daily driver fueling. Now if you in it for performance then you should make a second tune that is economy and then the other for performance so you can pour on the fuel early and heavy. Then like when spring get here I'll be towing my RV more and have a 3rd tune for strictly for towing. So power levels... 0 - Stock ECM 1 - Valet mode 2 - Stock Fuel no added fuel above 100% 3 - CANBus fuel 4 and up is all wire tap settings. You can break this up and have 10% per level or anything in between.

I've been doing the chat on the phone and build tunes too. I've helped @Sycostang67 build his tune. There are a few here I've been helping setup Quadzillas and diagnose performance issues.

There is articles on how to build tunes here in the article section. Then in the download section there are some pre-made tunes including my current tune I'm running.

I run level 2 and can still smoke the tires. Tame ha! Now go 425 miles on a half tank of fuel.

Stock tune is pretty derated in timing. Once you build a good timing curve it will be even better. Fuel map is fairly easy but there is a few tricks.

Same here I did my own service all these years to keep my Mom alive. My part is I feel guilty for just doing my job and not doing it slower and doing write ups like I did in the past. Part of that is the weather and the mess I'm still dealing with between my ex-gf and her son. Now I want to get back to what made the website great too. Start doing 3rd Gen write ups.

Well finally might get above freezing from here out. Highs near 50°F and raining maybe 0.1 to 0.25 inches. Be nice for once be like a heat wave.

I know the feeling at times. For me it the point that I can't go any where without someone asking me about their truck or vehicle. The other half is just being greasy dirty everyday.

Wow. You need to get on a creeper and roll under there a bit more often. Seriously...

Yup. One the scale it's 7,300 pound empty curb weight. Just added the two numbers together.

Might read W-T original article which goes into more detail.

Door sticker is inflation for max weight capacity. Kind of like my truck 65 PSI in the front then 80 PSI in the rear. Now doing it correct. Front axle is 4,440 pounds, and 2860 pounds in the rear. Tires are Es with 3,042 PSI at 80 PSI. (4,440 / 2) = 2,220 / 3,042 = 0.72 × 80 = 58.3 PSI Front inflation (2,860 / 2) = 1,430 / 3,042 = 0.47 × 80 = 37.6 PSI Rear inflation Smooth ride and no impact on performance or economy.

Nope. That will work but make sure to make a sleeve for the inserting of the new seal. I think I got a chunk of exhaust pipe wrapped electrical tape around the edge for padding.