Mopar1973Man

Here is how you know... Work awesome at -xx*F weather I see alot of freezing fog and the mirror will thaw out in less than a few miles.

Hmmm... Take notice that the VP44 and the ECM both share the same ground so if the master ground from the driver side battery was weak/random then the ECM would shut down and so would the fuel pump relay, as well as the VP44. So since you mention the battery cable where replaced be sure the small cable was included back into the terminal...

Welcome to the family... Don't worry no one is going to give you a hard time of being a noob. We are all a big family and help each other! Ok... As for the ASD Relay I'm not eaxact sure how that has a effect on the engine for diesel... But on the gasser engine ASD relay controls the fuel injectors, ignition, etc. But if you look at the ASD realy on the diesel though it just loops back to the PCM... Error codes would be a good start too. As for the Red/green lead that is the power wire to the VP44. As for the rest of the wiring... http://articles.mopar1973man.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=87:dodge-ram-turbo-cummins-24-valve-engine-wiring&catid=26&Itemid=107

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Well gang... Fall is coming to a close and winter is on the way... I was looking at the forecast here and the first snow storm is come very very soon. My firewood is all in and split and stacked. So I'm all ready for old man winter! Bring it on I'm ready for ya! http://forecast.weather.gov/MapClick.php?site=boi&textField1=45.24133&textField2=-116.33183 GPS Elevation at home is 2,800 ft. Tonight: Isolated showers after midnight. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 36. North wind between 6 and 8 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%. Tuesday: Sunny, with a high near 45. North wind between 6 and 13 mph. Tuesday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 24. North wind around 6 mph becoming calm. Wednesday: Sunny, with a high near 51. South wind between 6 and 10 mph. Wednesday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 30. South wind around 11 mph. Thursday: A slight chance of rain and snow before noon, then a chance of rain. Snow level rising to 3500 feet in the afternoon. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 47. Chance of precipitation is 40%. Little or no snow accumulation expected. Thursday Night: Rain likely before midnight, then rain and snow likely. Snow level 3700 feet lowering to 3000 feet after midnight . Mostly cloudy, with a low around 29. Chance of precipitation is 70%. Little or no snow accumulation expected. Friday: Rain and snow likely. Snow level 3100 feet. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 44. Chance of precipitation is 60%. Friday Night: A slight chance of rain and snow showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 24. Chance of precipitation is 20%. Saturday: A 20 percent chance of snow showers. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 42. Saturday Night: A 40 percent chance of snow showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 29. Sunday: A chance of rain and snow showers. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 43. Chance of precipitation is 40%. Sunday Night: A chance of rain and snow showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 28. Chance of precipitation is 30%. Monday: A chance of rain and snow showers. Snow level 3200 feet. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 47. Chance of precipitation is 30%.

Center of the connector...

There is a small bolt that hold the connector in the ECM... I know its metric but what size I'm not sure like 7mm or 8mm?

Welcome to the family of Cummins owners...

TST and Smarty was consider the wicked combo.

Subscribed... I'll do some digging and see what I can come up with...

Colder the temps the thicker the fuel and lower the fuel pressure will be. Like here I se about 5 PSI drop in the winter compared to only a 2 PSI drop in the summer.

This should work... DONATION BUTTON

I'm fussy about where I buy fuel at. I've got only a few place I trust to buy fuel from.

I don't under the links? The bolt that holds that injector cap on. Is torqued to 89 in/lbs...

As for a pergrammer I've already got a Mopar Performance PCM. As for the trans bands I got a trade with a friend to have him come down and adjust the bands. As for air filter I'm going to have to hold for now... Synthetics... You know I'm not a big fan of them... But I'm going to use a slightly light grade oil for this truck like 5w-30 or 10w-30 compared to 10w-40 that's in it now... Brakes have been checked just about a month ago and in good shape. Also adjusted the slack in the rear drums. I'm going to re-do the compression test today. As for vacuum 16 inHg at idle and steady. Good snap and return of vacuum as well. Most likely improve with the manifold gasket change too. Just done a run down the road watching the MAP sensor value and it fried for sure. Coasting showing 1.7 PSIa and WOT 1.1 PSIa so the MAP sensor is screwing up the fuel and timing for the engine.

Not really... Most everything from filters to parts are 99% made over seas...

No carburetor... 5.9L V8 Fuel Injected. That you looking through the throttle body into the manifold below at the plenum that has ruptured gasket. After going to other site and finding there is a fix by Hughes Engine for the plenum which is $119 buck but over at RockAuto.com I can get way more for $30 bucks... http://www.rockauto.com/catalog/moreinfo.php?pk=2194496 Compared to Hughes... http://www.hughesengines.com/Index/products.php?partid=26190 That don't wash with me... When I bought this truck back in 2002 it was keeping 16.1 MPG and now has slumped off to a bare minimum of 10-11 MPG which is just freaking worthless. There is no since in letting another vehicle waste away when the repairs for it are rather simple. Time consuming but simple. As a matter of fact this will fix the coolant leak its got at the lead edge of the passenger side of the intake manifold. Working on engine doesn't bother me if its gasoline power or diesel powered I'll work on either one...

Well make sure you torque all the injector caps back in place... (89 in/lbs)

D'Oh! (I'll reclam myself in my post watch! ) Well with drum brakes you need to look at the slack adjusters and adjust up the rear shoes till they lightly drag. Then check the cable slack and see if the cable is too loose. If the cable is hanging loose tighten it slighly to pull up some slack but don't actually adjust it so far that it pulling the parking brakes on the drum. Hence why I suggest to adjust the shoe up first before adjusting the cable this prevents you from using the cable adjustment as a parking brake adjustment.

Gotta ask is it drum rear or disc rear?

Clear the error codes and then take a drive and then check again... The error codes have to go through 40 warm up cycles before the ECM/PCM can erase any of them...

Ok Gang... I'm now trading hats and becoming a 5.9L V8 owner. So I figured it time to get get the other truck running just as good as the 02 Cummins. Ok history I've got 144K on the clock. As for wondering about the mainfold... I know I got to fix it... Another thing I found was testing the MAP sensor. I hooked up a vacuum gauge and it showing the typical 16-17 in of mercury like usual. But the ScanGauge II is showing the MAP sensor having 1.6 PSIa which is like 26 inches of mercury. So I'm assuming the MAP sensor is screwed... Coffee break is over time to get back out and snoop!

The theory... If you got fresh water in a cup you know the water will freeze at 32*F. So if you take a unknown amount of salt water mixture and blend it into the water the freeze point will be lowered. So if fresh water is the diesel fuel and salt water is the 2 cycle oil you can see if you got diesel fuel with a pour point down to roughly +15*F or -20*F and I'm adding 2 cycle oil of -50*F pour point it has to have a effect of some sort. Chevron Diesel Specs. For Idaho area...[TABLE] [TR] [TD]October 1 - February 29 [/TD] [TD]Cloud Point +26*F [/TD] [TD]Pour Point -20*F [/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE] Pour point defined... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pour_point Cloud Point defined... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cloud_point So how did I continue to drive at -25*F? Either I'm extremely lucky... Or ther theory holds water... What is strange about that winter (2010) it was the starting year of the MPG fooler too and I was capable of holding 19-20 MPG the entire winter too... So between the extreme cold and being able to continue driving without gelling up and also holding good fuel mileage for the entire winter was impressive feat...

Yeah I'm pretty sure the P0123 would impact the transmission shift quality because no longer knows how deep into the throttle you really are...

Ones I feel sorry for are the stock truck owners getting sucked into the performance craze and then buying a high performance manifold for big money. Then get it installed and find out it didn't improve anything much... :duh:Personally I don't see a reason for any of the big manifold unless your pump some seriously big HP numbers.