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Old School AirDog 150...

Hang on a sec... PCM only controls the Auto Transmission, fuel sender, and voltage regulator on the alternator. ECM controls all the engine... Fueling, sensors, etc... Then sent out over CCD network... http://articles.mopar1973man.com/2nd-generation-24v-dodge-cummins/26-engine-systems/74-ecm-engine-control-module Airbag is a stand alone unit it only tie is the CCD network... Instrument cluster recieves this information by CCD network.... Now remember pre 98 truck send gauge data directly to the instrument cluster...

I know there is a member here with a methanol kit I just can't remember his name at the moment... CRS! :banghead:I'm sure he'll be along anytime...

If I ever get lucky and find a VP44 core I can rip apart I would do the very same thing but its so rare to just find one laying around... But once again for bring this information to the site so others may learn...I know your going to be building a article of this right?

Some people are lucky... I must be unlucky to have a friend bring his 92 Dodge down and have it slobber at least a goot pint on the floor of my shop. That truck was defiantly not house broke... Well after getting out my tools and cussin' at it for a good 6 hours I fixed that problem (Tappet Cover Gasket) Some people get lucky and keep the oil leaks to a minimum and other are just a rolling oil well squirting it everywhere...

As for right now I know TH Racing doesn't have a current web page of products but if you give him a call I'm sure he's more than willing to discuss prices and parts with you... Does it all the time with me...

Little information about my install... When I got my AirDog 150 I need it like yesterday so I did the pump install and figured I would do the draw straw later after the trip I had to do. I found out very quickly on that trip that the AirDog 150 was choking to death on the stock pickup tube. It physically could flow the amount of fuel that the AirDog 150 could pull through it. So after I got back home from my trip which I barely kept 12 PSI for a low end number. But I dropped the fuel tank and install the old school draw straw that was included in my kit. Every since then I've never had another pressure issue related to the plumbing. Now a few times I've had problems with the regulator spring and check ball but rare. As long as I use my head and drive like a normal human I been able to draw down to 1/8 or lower with a drawstraw. Yes I see sometime the pressure gauge flops down because of sloshing air bubbles but since I've 2 cycle oil in the fuel I'm not worried about 2-5 seconds without fuel pressure. 150K on the VP44 injection pump and still going strong!

I think you got a typo... 275*F would for sure set the Trans Temp light. The factory service manual states the trans temp light will come on after 265*F... So since the fluid has been scorched I would get that changed out a few times...

Close... As for GPS elvation in the yard I'm 2,800 ft.... I'm only a 3/4 mile from Pinehurst.

You got me curious... So I googled it... http://maps.google.com/maps?q=Estonia,+Europe&hl=en&ll=58.562523,24.741211&spn=18.136562,56.90918&sll=59.410849,25.224609&sspn=0.549291,1.778412&oq=Estonia+e+&vpsrc=6&hnear=Estonia&t=h&z=5

Right on... Thank you for your time and effort in done these pictures...

I guess Wild & Free forgot I'm in the middle of nowhere Idaho with a well and creek...

Actually I don't blame the tap water at all but the pH level change which comes with extended coolant changes. Like the little red Dodge wound up with because of lack of use and low amount of miles it used. It was well over the time limit but I don't think it was over the mile limit.This is minor damage to the thermostat neck... Next one is the Cummins... But I already know it good because it done yearly with about 25K to 30K miles on it. I'll document the Cummins when I change it too. We'll compare the pics from the last few...

Understandable... Money is tight these days...

It now just about all gone...

Here you go gang... I got done with the manifold gasket job on the 1996 Dodge Ram 1500 a while back and knew I needed to change coolant. The coolant was like 4 years old being I only drove the truck like 3-4K a year. So why change coolant when the truck just sits. Well here is my thermostat housing... As you'll see the housing is starting to rot away from the pH imbalance of the coolant and it attacking the metals.So needless to say I got the cooling system on the 1996 Dodge 1500 flushed out and fresh coolant and tap water back in the radiator. Call me crazy but it works fine...

Not a good sign... I would do like your saying to do and flush it out and get the fluid and filter changed out. But I'm going to assume the metalics is a aluminum...

Hang in there I know there is a few people somewhere from Indiana...

Ok... Even at that length of time the error should of self erased by 3 years... The PCM and ECM will self erase codes after 40 warm up cycles of the engine. So I figure in a month or two the old codes should been long gone if the truck was driven everyday. So now that you dumped the codes now take a ride for 5-10 miles and check the codes again.

Pretty simple...AirDog / Raptor or FASS... Those are the lifetime pumps...

VP44 is shot... P0251 - VP44 Pump Fuel Valve Feedback Circuit - Death Code http://articles.mopar1973man.com/2nd-generation-24v-dodge-cummins/59-obdii-error-codes/169-p0251-vp44-pump-fuel-valve-feedback-circuit P0237 - Map Sensor Low http://articles.mopar1973man.com/2nd-generation-24v-dodge-cummins/59-obdii-error-codes/167-p0237-map-sensor-voltage-too-low P0217 - Engine Overheat http://articles.mopar1973man.com/2nd-generation-24v-dodge-cummins/59-obdii-error-codes/162-p0217-engine-overheat-condition P1691 - VP44 calibration error - Death Code http://articles.mopar1973man.com/2nd-generation-24v-dodge-cummins/59-obdii-error-codes/230-p1691-vp44-controller-calibration-error Sorry...

Welcome to the family... As for adding pictures. Make sure you got Adobe Flash up to date on your browser. Then scroll down and click on Manage Attachments button. It will open up your file manager for the site. In the upper right corner is a Add Files button seleect the files from your computer and upload them. Then when the upload is done then you can hit Insert Inline button or leave...

Installed a no name (made in Canada) track bar already had 1 warranty claim on it but oh well... :rolleyes:Still going on this one...

That should help for the engine side of things... Yellow/White is the positive Black/White is ground

Ok... I'm going to ask for a bit more information...Fuel Pressure? Do you have a fuel pressure gauge? What is you fuel pressure at idle and at highway speed WOT?Do you you have any error codes?Check in on this and let us know...