
Mopar1973Man
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edge juice with attitude
Like myself I run my Edge Comp 5x5... If you learn to drive in the high setting you should see higher MPG number but you have all the power you want at the touch of the throttle...
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MPG fooler - Design phase
Well I made my run down to Boise ID/Ontario OR and pulled roughly 12.8 MPG with the MPG fooler in place and set for 140*F. Not to mention having the water tank on the trailer loaded both directions (466# more). Now I know most of you can pull better number with +15,000# GCW but here in Idaho everything is up and down hills and twist and turns. So I'm tickled to death to pull this much weight and get nearly 13 MPG going from as low as 1,500 feet to as high as 4,800 feet in places. I would like to say thanks to Caj... Another secret... Set a high mark boost limit and hold to it. Like I know I can set my cruise for 60 MPH and climb iany grade I want. Boost will nearly smack the pin at 32-33 PSI. Like Caj told me be nice to your ride and limit you climbing boost to 20 PSI. Well I tried it and you climb most grades in a grade lower but pyrometer temps are roughly 300*F cooler and fuel usage is less. Like Midvale grade climbing over it I'd drop from 5th gear to 4th (direct 1:1) and run it up to about 1,900 which in turn puts me at 45-50 MPH and it just walks right on over the grade. Now mind you. All this travel I've done with my Edge Comp on 5x5 which even says is too mach and will cause pyormeter problems or clutch problems. None of the above... Ran great and never had a problem with pyrometer heat at all if you use a 20 PSI boost limit. Now just pouring the fuel it by the time I get to 4th gear I'm heading to 1,000*F once I get to 5th I can push that pyrometer as far as I want past 1,200*F but that's just plain wasteful. So letting it sag back 1 gear and climbing in 4th is excellent. Funny part is I get people whizzing around me like I'm a big semi truck. I drive this way because fuel is expensive and it sure nice to be able to go farther with less fuel... So you have to use the slow lane... So what... So people get a bit impatient with you holding up traffic... so what... But it's priceless to haul that much weight and do it for less...
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Buddies 12 V... pure stock, falling mpg
... Or back to the basics of a fuel pressure gauge...
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Tractor Farm and Family forum
Been done this road myself with GD... If you straight forward and tell them what you think and how you feel I'm sure they will react properly. When the send you the email on how they performed about your trouble ticket just be honest and explain in the ticket. Once again the tech stay after the site for a period of time.
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Tractor Farm and Family forum
Hmmm... That's truely odd they just upgraded servers about a month ago... But I'll get after LiveOak with a PM and tell him to look it over.... I'm not exactly at home yet...:banghead:
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California - SMOG
There is a few good reason why I moved out of Cally... (Land of Fruits and Nuts) EPA, CARB, etc...
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California - SMOG
Califorina has one of the tightest emission standard around.
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Lighten up...
http://youtu.be/bZbvTxJEiKU
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1991 Cummins ISM (350 HP) - Road Speed Governor
No I didn't write it down... As a matter of fact I didn't happen to see the plate on the gear case like the ISB's... Is there another location?
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2 Stroke and the Common Rail
Well I'm coming up on 100K of use... Just need 2k miles... So far not a single issue as of yet... VP44 is at 133K and still pumpin' strong... As for the thread over on CF.com it was a monster it was finally closed after like 125 pages worth of thread. I will give credit to Dorkweed for finding the idea... But I guess I was the pack mule that bought it home...
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1991 Cummins ISM (350 HP) - Road Speed Governor
Hey Gang... I've got a local guy here in Idaho that owns a semi-truck without trailer that has a issue with the Road Speed Governor. It limits the truck out to about 60 MPH and that's as fast as the truck will go. Does anyone know how to fix this issue on a Cummins ISM? Also the truck is for sale $4,900 bucks, fresh rubber and looks good... It's a old Food Service of America truck.
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DYNO DAY @ Motor Mayhem. Sun May 1'st, 2011
How about 4/28/11 it snowed...
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DTC Troubleshooting Once Again...
Thank you for confirming that...
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DTC Troubleshooting Once Again...
The only this about that article I don't agree with... I still recommend that you hold to the factory values... Strange part is that Bosch will not warranty a pump with diaphragm damage. And even BC admits... http://www.bluechipdiesel.com/fassinfo.html This is the only problem I got with BC articles is the fact he's touted the 5 PSI for racing reasons that even excepted that as a base minimum values. Pump failures sored... But if you read carefully all of BC testing work is for the performance market. There is no solid testing in longevity of the VP44. So all I can say is becareful how you read his articles. Like the statement above there is nothing stated on that page of how long the VP44 would last... Like to agree with his statement above... This will keep the overflow OPEN this WILL increase fuel flow through the VP44 and maximize the cooling a lubing effects of the fuel. Since the overflow valve opens at 14 PSI I've been using this a "Suggested Low Pressure". The thing is we are looking to get the most life from our VP44 not HP/TQ.
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Muffed it up!! Drat!!
ASD (Automatic Shut Down) Relay in is in the PDC (Power Distribution Center) under the hood. I would check and see if the relay is lose or corroded up..
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MPG fooler - Design phase
Drat... The weather got me pinned for about 1-2 weeks till the wind lets up... :banghead:
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DTC troubleshooting
Comments in blue... The only thing left is to go to a dealer and let them use there $6000 DRBIII tool and tell you if the speed sensors are working (or not) and the ABS computer is working (or not). But I'm going to say there is a mis-match in sensors yet. Because if the ABS computer was actually out the speedometer would be dead... Speed sensor -> ABS computer -> CCD Network -> Instrument panel -> Speedometer Also remember the ABS/BRAKE light will not reset till the vehicle is moving.
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Airdog question
20 PSI is the undocumented high limit.
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Airdog question
There is a second spring included that jacks it up to 17-19 PSI... Or like I did I used a shim washer on the spring and adjsted it to 17 PSI... As a matter of fact it time to do some maintenance on my AD150...
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O2 sensor
Yea I agree it would be fun to play with EFI Live on a 24V engine... But I think your right we are the red headed step child of the family of Cummins.. I hate to say it but there is no comparing gas engine to diesel to totally different worlds...
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1.000.000 Miles Yet???
I told him to aim for 2 million now...
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maybe.... just maybe.... it's starting to like me?
Or worse like your Avatar...
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MPG fooler - Design phase
Well I'm going to be taking the TT out in the next few day's I'll bring along the video camera and such and document a run down to Boise, ID...
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Front wheel bearings
D'Oh!
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What Could Be Left?
Hmmm... I got to get ahold of JL and find out what going on I've gotten a few email about posting issues???