Mopar1973Man

If you want to quit cleaning terminals just cover the terminals in engine oil and you'll never clean them again.

No assistant... Crack the bleed screw open. Hook up the tube. Jump in the driver seat start slowly pumping the brakes. The tubing is long enough and also the fluid in the jar prevents sucking air back into the system so you can typically pump about 5 times a wheel to clear air. I find way of doing things by myself...

Removing the batteries will not hurt the truck. But I would check the batteries often while on the trickle charger. I typically check the batteries on the vehicles, house and RV about once a month to insure none of the cell go dry while charging. If they do go dry the cell is permanently damaged.

Keep us posted on your results...

In all these years all I use is a Mayo Jar and a piece of tubing... Cheap and it works just fine.

Yeah... Sad but true the free version of chat is only 5 people. I was shocked at how often the chat room exceeded the 5 people limit. WOW! http://www.invisionpower.com/apps/chat/

Yeah... Sad but true the free version of chat is only 5 people. I was shocked at how often the chat room exceeded the 5 people limit. WOW!

Here is DAP's page http://www.dieselautopower.com/product-p/vp44-combo.htm Here is Vulcan's http://www.vulcanperformance.com/Bosch-VP44-p/vp44.htm Take notice both are listed with NEW electronics.

Expected. Even I'm going through a learning phase trying to catch up.

Hmmm... Being compressed air always has a certain amount of moisture its going to freeze. I'm not sure what you could do to possibly filter off or separate the water before devices? I'm reverse of you the Jacobs brake works on vacuum so there is no chance of water in the system since water boils in a vacuum.

Naturally with Xylene it raises the HFRR number its nothing more than paint thinner. Benzene is a cancer causing agent.

Common for wildland fire problem having a ember drift into your firewood pile. Having a ember drift into your firewood pile. Either from a chimney fire or wildland fire. Oh... I scared my neighbor down the road so bad about chimney fires he came up last night and barrowed my chimney brush.

All pointing to a AC noise level of the alternator is too high. Have the alternator inpected for AC noise level first before doing anything wiring wise.

Between Diesel Auto Power for his combo package of $970 for VP44 (Industrial Injection VP44) and a Raptor DDRP pump... Then I typically charge $300 for a labor and will do the VP44 where the truck sits along the road, in your yard, etc. That's a total of $1270 bucks. Oh yeah... Mitchell One and AllData both say 4 hours shop labor to change a VP44 pump. Just for fun go over to Diesel Auto Power and Vulcan Performance and take notice both sell VP44 with NEW electronics.

If anyone is going to point at a VP44 there is 2 causes for the PSG to fail. 1. Fuel pressure being too low and allowing the PSG to overheat and cause damage to itself. 2. Too high of AC noise levels and the AC power doing damage to the electronics of the VP44. #2 happens to be the most dismissed answer by "I just just bought a NEW alternator not a re manufactured." This still doesn't mean anything I've seen new alternators now (Bosch and ND's) both fail out of the box brand new. Still I highly suggest that you check for AC noise either with a DVM ant the battery terminal of the alternator or use a O-scope like here.

A variation of that... Honey the Fire Investigator said the house was a total loss because you stacked the firewood under the deck. :banghead: (Actually this is a really common problem out and very real!)

Here is more on the CCD error code... http://articles.mopar1973man.com/general-cummins/34-engine-system/81-ccd-data-bus

Already in the list of rebuilders... http://articles.mopar1973man.com/2nd-generation-24v-dodge-cummins/25-fuel-system/247-bosch-certified-vp44-injection-pump-rebuilders But what's odd is that diaphragm... I still to this day can't find it in any Bosch Documents. http://articles.mopar1973man.com/2nd-generation-24v-dodge-cummins/25-fuel-system/437-bosch-vp44-injection-pump-exploded-view

Here you go... http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_is_a_skiff_of_snow

I ask ISX to rework the sheet a bit more and cover a wider range but even when he asked about the the 70 MPH its only a 6 MPH difference from 100*F to 10*F. so if you just slow down 6.xxx MPH its the same drag. But once again I ask him and his talents of re-working the formula to possibly include a graph. Still in all I provided all information of the drag and everything including formulas. Still not a wise thing to do and this is what is creates so many slide off around here. Is around the next corner might bet completely a sheet of ice and it too late to slow down or that one bridge might be completely froze over and go gliding over into the river. I seen the my buddy with the tow truck pulling that poor sole out of the river lucky man. I've seen road conditions so slick that a person physically can't stand up only last less than 100 yards and no ice present before or after or even warning of it.

Yes Industrial Injection is a Certified Bosch re-builder. http://articles.mopar1973man.com/2nd-generation-24v-dodge-cummins/25-fuel-system/247-bosch-certified-vp44-injection-pump-rebuilders Also it's now Bosch Policy that all rebuilt VP44 MUST return the electronics as core to Bosch for replacement. Reusing electronics is no longer permitted from what I've been told. So that is Bosch Network wide now.

Like with my RV I typically grab the the tower heater from the house (ceramic) and take it out the RV for the cold day camp outs and it will heat that RV solely on that 1 heater to about 70*F on a 32*F day. Propane wise thats just plum insane to try and heat on these super cold days. My problem is on my RV being where the water line are for the bathroom outside the living space so mine would of be long gone froze up by now.

Teary eyed... :cry:I think that one of the reasons I'm back in the fire dept and working Search & Rescue to hopefully make a difference for people in need. It's amazing also what this web site has done and the type of people it brings together helping each other out.

Oh please... Then I might have to build another website... http://www.linkedin.com/in/mopar1973man

I'm not fat... Yes. I did keep up with Computers and Technology. As for big companies like you've listed like Dell and such I'm sorry I really can't do that any more after being burned by companies in California. Partial reason why I pack up with the parents and left California.As for the firewood you must be doing it wrong. Even back with the truck and old trailer I could make at least $320 a trip gross. Might spend $40 in diesel fuel and barely $5-10 in saw fuel. Typically I get the customer to buy the wood permit and I'm just the legs in moving it from the forest to their front yard. Nothing more. No stacking, no splitting, etc. Just cut and haul for $160 a cord. I typically can haul out 2 cords in under 4 hours from time I leave the house to the time I deliver. Typically got a buddy with me I give a chunk of the profits to but its more like 70/30 being I provide everything else. (Food, water, truck, saws, fuels, etc.) I normally don't sell till the roads are frozen up good and tight so now the price hops to roughly $200 a cord and people will pay it. (Tricks to the madness) So this is why I bring home excessive amount to make a winter profit.As for wildland our fire dept typically signs up with USFS as for local support so as soon as a lightning strike occurs we are toned out and so is USFS. So then after (I think) 4 hours we start making a pay check from USFS. If it continues to be a large scale fire then we just continue. Made a pretty fat check off of SRRFD (USFS forest fires Electronic Site Fire & Rough Creek Fire).Like Sunday I had the VP44 install to do so another paycheck. Owner was so impressed with my work he's going to get me do to gauges and a few other mods to his truck after Christmas when the cash reserves are up.So tonight I've got a Fire Meeting to go to but I'll make it a point to strike up discussions with people and see what kind of work I can get out of it like I know I got a Laptop job for my Fire Chief where I got to do some upgrades for him for Christmas.When I go to town to get supplies I typically make it a point to talk to certain people and see what moving and shaking for possible jobs or work that might be coming.