Mopar1973Man

Yes. It's correct. This layout will CUT the power to the lift pump during cranking. This prevents the hypersevsitivity to cranking pressure after a torn diaphragm occurs in the VP44.

Comes back the weight versus what the tire is capable of holding. My rear axle weight is 2,860 pounds so I don't need 80 PSI or even 60 PSI for empty truck typically aired up to about 38-42 PSI on the rear axle. But since wood hauling season is on I left my tires aired up for now. What a rough ride... Ugh...

Here is more on the TCW3 standard... http://www.nmma.org/certification/certification/oil/tc-w3.aspx

Usually caused by something binding up like slide pins or the pistons in the caliper. I would suggest that you pull the caliper and check the piston fit by removing the boot and the seals then dropping the piston in the empty holes. It should fall to the bottom without being pushed in. I typically tune the pistons with fine sandpaper till the do fit properly. During all this work make sure the caliper is clean and the brake fluid is purged from the system and start over fresh.

Well its been a long day for me. My dog "Diesel" wound up going to the vet for a eye injury that neither Mom or I know how he got. But the lens of his eye is scuffed by a object like a stick or some thing. So he's going to be ok. Then get home and get a bunch of phone calls for A/C recharging here locally and one for a leaking VE pump. I managed to nail down the two A/C jobs and get them nearly done. But ran out of freon on the second job. So I got to finish the job tomorrow when the freon comes. Then I hook up with a friend in town to see what up. He reminds me that there is a fire meeting tonight. So off to Station 3 to pick up a fire truck and haul out to Slate Creek Station 5. We get there and started helping the fire chief setup and a bit of paper work. BAM! The tones go off for a fire back up towards home. Jump in Engine 3 and haul tail for the fire. I managed to make it to Riggins, ID and another fire fighter beat us to the punch and made it to the fire call. It was a electrical fire from a power pole problem. Ok. So we turn back around and head back to the fire meeting. (Yawn...) Ok. So the meeting is over I get home and give Diesel his night dose of meds for his eye and head down stairs to get read for bed. So as I'm brushing my teeth the light flicker. (Crap!) Still brushing my teeth and look at the inverter and the AC power is gone. Dang It. So I flick off the water heater and grabbed my laptop and laid in bed posting this. What a crazy day this has been... :rolleyes:I guess that's life in Rural Idaho...

Let me know i'll be happy to meet up with you some time in Caldwell...

Another site I have my hand in is the SmartyResource.Com site you might want to stop over and take to Brian or Dylan they should be able to help you out.

I'll call here in the morning to see what's up...

All right here... http://articles.mopar1973man.com/2nd-generation-24v-dodge-cummins/25-fuel-system/49-fuel-pressure-specification-for-bosch-vp44-injection-pumps

Another set of questions...Q: Do you have a fuel pressure gauge?Q: What's your fuel pressure like from Idle to WOT at highway speed?Q: What fuel system are you running?

Geez... I know I talked to Deborah... Well hang in there and I'll try again to get ahold of her and see what she'll do for pricing.

Remove the Quadzilla XZT from the truck and rehook the MAP sensor back to the ECM stock lead. If the value is still off then it might be a bad MAP sensor. If removing the XZT from the truck fixes it then the boost fooler is bad in the XZT. Disconnecting the batteries does only one thing. It wipes out the APPS sensor calibration. As for resetting error codes or software it will not do that. To reset the software you only need to turn the key off and back on because the ECM goes through a full reboot process.

I'm also looking for another set of rubber for the beast. My tire dealer has a new line of tires which where cheap is price. $626 for set of four 235/85 R16. http://www.bigotires.com/Tire-Detail/HIFLY/VIGOROUS-AT-601/23452

Man I hate when people do that. It would be best to contact Edge Products and just get a new wiring harness and not use that hacked up wiring. I'll take a look at mine and let you know how its hooked up but I will warn that pin assignment on the MAP sensor is different from 01 to 02. I'm working with stock 02 wiring but using a Cummins 01 MAP sensor adapter.

Holley pumps tend to fail in the motor brushes or the shaft seal. Back in the day Holley blue and blacks were very common. But failure was also very common too. Vulcan Performance Big Line Kit is what will do that exactly as for moving the pump towards the fuel tank. Includes all the electrical for the pump, plumbing and even the mounting bracket. But all this never cured the lift pump life span issues. Most the pump couldn't hold up to the additional strain during the cold winter months as the fuel thicken up to nearly jello state. AirDog and FASS where the first two pump to come forward that held up to weather conditions.

Personally I think they would be too hot to use at least for me. Just running around loaded with firewood and getting a heavy foot I can tip the 1,200*F in exhaust temperatures. This why I'm looking at the RV as the next test. Load it up!

Just gave Deborah a call and her know there are people interested in Frantz filters...

I'm all for any 2 cycle oil in diesel fuel. It's better than dirty waste engine oil or ATF which both have side effect with ash content, debris content, chemical that work against combustion process. Being that today's fuel is 520 HFRR and Bosch requires fuels to score lower than 450 HFRR.

I wouldn't say that. It just my Rv275's were already well used when I got them so its not exactly a fair challenge. But still in all both gave good power and performance. Just the new +50's are more efficient than the wore 275's. The other reason I went up was assuming that a custom injector would net slightly better gain than a factory Bosch injector. I think I'm right on that... Time will tell.

Yes. You got to roll off enough paper to fit within the can of the Frantz Filter. So typically what I do is use it to drips or spills of used oil on the floor with the paper I roll off.

Refer to: http://forum.mopar1973man.com/threads/7821-Screaming-Beavers I know my ScanGauge isn't exactly right on the money but even with the 2 trips of firewood hauling I did I still pulled a nice 16.5 MPG. What is quite amazing is my pyrometer temperatures are roughly 50-100*F cooler than the RV275's and even my boost pressure is lower. Even with all the weight from the wood it was like 600*F worth of pyro and 5 PSI of boost at 55 MPH. I really do want to hitch up the RV next...

Welcome neighbor. Just north of you in the great state of Idaho. So you might end up coming this way sometime working in the forest. But once again welcome to the family.

You could back down to 200:1 and be good! Personally I run WalMart Supertech 2 Cycle Oil and have been for 128K miles. I add in 1 ounce to 1 gallon every fill up. My VP44 injection pump has over 163K miles and no sign of wearing out.

Bingo! Wild and Free & ISX hit the nail right on the head. As you notice there is no extra parts in my photos. I do carry some basic tools typically but nothing else. I typically go through a full one month inspection on my truck and deal with everything. Check fluids, axles, brakes, transmission, etc. I treat my truck as if its a airplane. Because with a airplane if there is a failure you going to crash. Well in my case like Wild and Free I get the sub-zero temps and where I live it might be deadly trying to walk to get help for a vehicle failure. No cell service so AAA is meaningless. To this day my truck had NEVER seen a tow truck and never left me stranded on the highway I've always gotten home. Like for example. http://forum.mopar1973man.com/threads/7736-Replaced-Straight-Pipe On my inspection I took note of my pipe starting to get small pin holes so I knew that it was low priority but I needed a new piece of exhaust pipe for the truck. So I just planned next time I headed to town pick up the pipe and Get R' Done. You bee so amazed how reliable your beast can be if you do once a month inspections.

I'm also running a Frantz Filter on my truck. Amazing gal here in Nampa, ID that builds them. Deborah Walker is the owner of Frantz Filters. Very good filter system I change mine out every 5K miles and change oil every 10k miles. Contact Info. Deborah Walker - Frantz Filters 208-467-3726 dwalkerharley@wefilterit.com http://www.wefilterit.com/