Mopar1973Man

That's what is wrong with today... Nobody gives anyone any kind of respect... Now if the colored guy would of been repectful of his elders (as I was taught) it would of been just fine...

Hmmm... That's really odd... As for the sticky stuff I wonder if you not getting enough EGT to burn the oil off? Possibly over mixing? Poor brand of oil?

It's not like a old gasser style damper that required a puller... The Cummins damper just bolts on then take it off as far as I've seen...

No I don't... But I've check the exhaust brake for full returns on the arm and so far it always opened up...

As far as I know all years with a NV4500 had this issues...

Normal... Because of minute angle and alinments it tough as hell to slide a transmission all the way in. But mine did the same thing... As long as the bolts tighten easy and did it even I wouldn't worry much...

Actually I'm thinking the spring on regulator is too weak on the FASS... Call your dealer and I'm sure they got some different springs. Even I've heard this issue with AirDog pumps too... Like on my personal AirDog pump I pulled the regulator spring out and used a washer with the proper OD and ID sizes and shimed the spring up.

Ummmm... The only thing I knew of was the 5th gear nut problem... But as for myself with a 2002 I've got 162K on the clock and still going without a transmission problem.

Easy to check... Take the crankcase vent off and turn the alternator pulley with a ratchet and see if the gear moves...

Closing in on 100K miles worth of 2 cycle oil usage and still zero issues... That includes the exhaust brake... Yeap... I got to admit Dorkweed being the lead man to get the 2 cycle oil craze started but after doing the study work on it... It really does work good... I've not lost any MPG's over it or performance...

I trust my SG II and/or Garmin V more that my odometer even though its only off by 0.5 MPH.

Think that bad just doing a KDP tab??? Just wait till you have to do a gearcase and including pulling the cam out for that...

As for the clutch there is no adjustment. as for the stiffness feeling I would say it time to pull the transmission down and take a peek there could be several issues like a bad pressure plate, throwout bearing problems, etc. Now is the BRAKE light flashing or solid? Solid is a porportioning valve issue.Flashing is a E brake pedal problem.

Man I got to say I got to give you props for this much! Wow!

The only thing I can toss out there is the VP44 error code list and diagnostics... It might give you a clue... http://mopar.mopar1973man.com/cummins/2ndgen24v/vp44-replace/vp44-error.htm Then here is the wiring of the VP44...

Ice maker??? Actually that is a VDO oil pressure gauge line...

Here is some real redneck music...:lmao2:At least its diesel... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OsrxYKm1htY

Another wild video...

Here is what it looks like...

Dorkweed let me just hide been the sofa for while... Ugh 80's...:lmao2:I've got a hard drive full of that stuff and rarely listen to it much anymore...

Mine barely hits the 35 PSI pin... I could turn up the wastegate more but why? Ther HX35 is only rated for 35 PSI anyways...

I've been watching the thread but I've got little to offer... But I would love to see the write up...

Here is what I'm using... Then my old stock install... (Bottom of the filter housing) Study up on water hammering... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water_hammer This is what happens everytime the VP44 is fired is a water hammer. The valve opensd rapidly drawing in fuel for pumping (VP44) then rapidily closes off...

I've been looking for that...

If you got priming issues double check the quick connector on the sotck fuel sender its really common to suck air in here and never be wet. Alot of people omit the fitting and hose clamp diectly to the plastic nipple on the fuel sender.