Mopar1973Man

As many relationships I've been through. (sigh) Let's say sometimes good thing come from the failed relationship. Did you know this website was created just after I last my step son at the age of 7 he died in 2001. His mother (Valerie) I already got her a engagement ring and everything. She more or less tried to restart her life but drug me into depressions. It was my parents (Mom and Dad) that told me to come home and give up trying to rescue a broke relationship cause by the death of Devin (Valerie Son). Mom asked me one question "What did I want to do if had no restrictions?" I told her I want to restart my Computer Business (Cloud 10 Computers). She ask how I was going to do it with all my broke vehicles. I stammered around trying to figure out how my broke butt was going to do it. It was my family that help me buy my 2002 Dodge Cummins. Once I got my business going I took over the payments. Then since I never owned a diesel it was full on learning curve. 2004 My Dad passed away from Cancer and shortly after that I had my first VP44 and lift pump failure. Which now started the other business of "Mopar1973Man.Com" because I was taking too much time to retype all my notes into the forums as I learn. So, I cheated and made a quickie website and start by "Go read this link" back in 2004. By the time I got to 2007 I bought the domain. Story continues, live today... Back to relationships. Once you grow older like I have (50 year old) and you realize that its not about how a woman looks or what she did in the past. This last go around I still looking for people that have serious job that you must be responsible for. Like Eileen she was working as a MA (Medical Assistant). Then find out she had a full family of 5 kids. I will be honest it will never been a perfect 100% match without any arguments, disagreements or hurt feelings. Just consider I started this relationship (April 10, 2019) with Bladder Cancer, then having "Mopar Mom" pass away in Feb 2020. Then get slammed with COVID lock downs. To still be here and still be marching forward... I must not be doing too bad... Don't get me wrong its been a tough year for me emotionally and physically. Still in all, a family loss is a still a family loss either be a breakup or death. The only thing I can say with age comes wisdom... There is some things that happen in life that come with a lot of uncertainty. Some time you have to wait and see what the Good Lord has in plan for you. You might have to wait months or years but sometime there are good things that come from a sad moment in life...

This truck went home yesterday and the owner was extremely please with the work and going to come back for more future stuff to be worked on.

Lost my OEM PCM to failed alternator that shorted out the blue lead and burn holes in the PCM circuit board. ECM is still OEM and never had one problem. W-T ground mod done and most likely never have any issues.

You can check out my Kenwood Unit.

No, not SUV's more like Limousine and flying in their jets. I've never seen anyone with lots of money and power drive themselves? really?

I've got a client that lost a bolt from the rear caliper what happen is the caliper grabbed the rear wheel pulled the remaining mount hard enough that the broke the lower mounting ear for the caliper frame. And here is the part number list... 52010141AC which has been replaced by 52010141AG. Here is the part... https://www.moparpartsgiant.com/parts/mopar-plate-parking-brake~52010141ac.html Now wish me luck on this repair...

Well I've got a good 25 to 35 years left on me I might have another truck before then.

Amen Brother!!! You all know I've lost my parents... Just like you said you can't take it all with you.

Yes. It just fire protection if the alternator shorts out. Make sure your cable is up to the task too. Upgrade to heavier cable would be a bonus.

Yes hot wiring would remove the ECM from the running. The VP44 will only idle. If you had the black box it would have a high idle switch.

Agreed we just got slammed with snow and now flip to bright sunny day reaching 59*F Riggins.

Make sure to drive the truck a good 10 minutes and test again. Grid heaters running will make the number inflated. You will always gain more noise at high loads IIRC the test stands in part store typically fail somewhere at 1.1 to 1.4 volts AC at full load. Lowest number here is best.

Oh there a lot of us out here that have no belief in the Green New Deal to fix the world's problems. Tell our government to disband these HAARP stations.

Yours held up quite well my friend mine on the other had gave up. I've still got my factor power steering pump I might tear it down and see about fixing my OEM pump which work wonderful all these hundreds of thousands miles.

Your always a friend here... If you just need a ear to listen to let you vent my phone is always their for you. No matter what happens you have tfriends here and we are still here to help out with anything.

The sad part is someone as a member here or members have had this kind of problem. Hence we post about it and share what is going on and create articles so we don't forget how to fix said issues. This what makes M73M different from other web forums. We work to solve puzzles and then save the solution to the said puzzle as an article. That way other members that find their selves in this issue have a much greater chance of fixing said issues.

Boise, ID will be like 63*F on Thursday... Up here in New Meadows be close to 59*F by Thursday. The part that worries me is the sudden change is weather and possible flooding might occur or mudslides.

Remember fuses... ALWAYS CARE SPARES! Stock ND or Bosch alternator is rated for only 136A DC. Like my friend Russ I did the W-T ground mod on his truck. First started with 150A circuit breaker. He burned that one up. Then I swapped mine in known mine works correctly. Burned it up too. Then swapped to a fuse he blew the fuse on the alternator left him stuck. I had to order more fuses. Once I did he managed to blow one more fuse before I figure out his batteries where dead and he was doing long pulls with his winch and never allowing the batteries to catch up. Then the alternator attempt to hold the voltage at 14.3 or so but the winch draws more than the batteries and alternator could provide. The wattage load is not changing at this point while the winch is running for so under normal conditions its a 4,350 watt load, which now add in the weak batteries so the voltage falls to 10 volts or so now do the math... So instead of 300 amp to run the winch it jumps up to 435 amp because the batteries are weak and then the current draw on the alternator maxes out and POP goes the breaker or fuse. This is not the alternators fault... It the dead batteries that cause it. The alternator job was never to try and hold the entire electrical load. Its the batteries job to hold the entire electrical load but the job of the alternator is when the loads are reduced to recharge the batteries again. Gotta remember not to long ago the 1970's vehicles (Dodge Cars and Trucks) only had either 45A alternator or 60A alternator.

Injectors are not properly pop tested. Injectors installed incorrectly causing pressure leaks in the head. When you installed the injectors what did you tighten first the cross over tube or the injector hold down cap? Correct Answer is Crossover Tubes always first light seat the tubes into the injectors before pinning the injector down with the hold down cap. Once you tightened the hold down cap first then the injector can't self center to make a good seal on the cross over tube. Did you have the injectors pop tested and flow matched? Good idea to have them all tested and flow match for that group of 6 injectors instead of 6 random injectors toss in a box and not verified. As for misfire hot is a sign the pop pressure is typically too low or there is high pressure leak inside the head from installing incorrectly.

I went the extra step and relocated the pressure sensor to fender adding 5 feet of 1/8" air brake line to allow for more fade time for the pulse to reach the sender.

Ok. You need a snubber installed before the pump and stack on the sensor. Similar to this...

2000 up should all be fly by wire cruise control. The vacuum motor for cruise was used for Automatic transmission mostly for the throttle valve cable. Manuals switched over to fly by wire being there is nothing mechanical needed to be move or pulled. If you just take in account of all the little things that changed from 98.5 to 02 for our truck you would be surprised. Crank sensor relocated to cam sensor the actual cam sensor function was removed. Vacuum cruise to fly by wire for manuals. Full disc brakes from drum rear brakes. RWAL upgraded to full 4 wheel ABS 3 MAP sensor changes. 53 block. Which they upgrade to fix this. Killer dowel pin gear case change to prevent this. This is just a small sample of the changes in 4.5 years.

Basically you can buy a rebuilt ND or Bosch alternator. BEFORE leaving the store make sure to have the new one bench tested. I've actually bought brand new alternators that are bad in the box. Now once that is done then make sure to do the W-T ground wire mod, then you might want to do the PCM protection fuse mod. Have both batteries tested if one fails replace both. Then do a voltage drop test of all the cables. Ground wire mod reduces the AC noise considerably for the entire truck... The alternator protect fuse mod stops any kind of short to the blue wire from burning up your PCM. Then the voltage drop test can be used anywhere in the system to measure voltage loss on cables and connection so they can be repaired.

Just take a moment of time and look over the fact the US Gov't has the means of controlling weather. Using HAARP which has been around for quite some time patent was filed in 1987 by a Dr. Bernard Eastlund. Yes, all the Gov't knows about this and has been in operation since the 1987. Like change the ozone layer? Hmm.... https://www.wanttoknow.info/war/haarp_weather_modification_electromagnetic_warfare_weapons

Yup. I talked to Jacob Kidd at @dieselautopowerabout 2 years ago and he told me he's stock a 62/68/12 turbo that is exhaust brake ready. Kind of pricey back then... I'm sure it still is... I get it... Right now I'm trying to save the money for the clutch on the 2006 Dodge so I get it to roll soon. Even that ruck needs a $230 dollar wastegate control valve.