Mopar1973Man

All I can say waste of money been there done that for 1 year of sport headlight and relay mod. Pattern sucked. The Secondary bulbs make a narrow view pattern of light that runs vertically. I didn't keep these for more than 1 year and sold them. Light pattern was super poor and even with Silverstar Halogens no much light. HID's still win this battle.

Just consider a 2021 vehicle the comes OEM with HIDs lights... all it takes is a minor bumper push and could tweak the light assembly and be blinding people or just don't care about the fact your lights are misadjusted. This could happen with factory lights or aftermarket. Difference is I actually verify my headlights constantly. I'm watching lo beam pattern for being high, only time that happens when I'm over weight. Then it will pull the lights excessively high. Another common is guys doing leveling kits and tire swap to oversized and forget the light pattern changed from the leveling kit and rise of the tires.

Interesting...

Been kind of a rough day fielding calls of others trying to get info about Russ. Tomorrow I'm going get rolling and get two rigs running...

I stopped into his place and talked to his partner (Jerry) that lived there on the property. I talked to her about the jobs left behind and already went into town and got a fuel pump for the Chevy Van that I just had the new pump failed. Got the fuel pump today to warranty it out. Then I just posted about the using farm red dye in his truck I'm still working on trying to find out if his fuel pump on the Cummins is any good which I'll start on tomorrow.

With a sadden heart this morning I just found out my landlord Russell (Russ) Muchler of my other shop passed away last night. We are not sure if he slipped and fell feeding his sheep or had a heart attack. Please offer this man some prayers. So sad to loose my good friend. I've worked with him for many years off and on.

Depends how people want to judge the laws. Some say its illegal to replace any filament style headlight with a LED bulb or HID bulb. Some say its how bright the light is compared to stock halogen (~860 lumens). Most lighting is brighter like my HID's are 4,000 lumens. Like another said its the lens style the D2S is illegal. I was told my white marker lights (switch back bulbs are illegal). Modern vehicles are coming out with LED headlights like Ford did. Then other luxury cars are using HID lighting too. Then the daytime driving light are typically rings around the head lights that switch to amber when turn signal used. At this point I've done nothing that is not already in use by another brand vehicle. Including my illegal tinted windows (35% opacity) which I've never been busted for either. Hey lets throw in the missing license plate lights which have been gone over 10 years. I've never fixed them. I've not had a ticket in over 25 years... Yup! Still counting...

Again the website has been rebuilt since I purchased my headlights. What you see is all new design.

I remember @Me78569 making a calibration tool for the turbo or a way to reset the vane position. I wonder if that would help figure this out.

As long as I remember to drop my hi beam that would be the only way I could put light in your cab. On low beams there is no possible way to put any light in your cab or eyes. Even my PIAA 530 LED driving light have a good cutoff line too. Just not possible to blind anyone. Now with the 1996 Dodge with LEDs bulbs and the clear lens headlights those scatter so bad its possible to catch you in the cab slightly. Again the quality for the 1996 is because of the crude optical and reflector. Hence the scatter. Now Morimoto HIDs are based on the lens and optics are top notch. Now when the lo beam shutter rises from the bottom the cutoff line is made and the pattern is flipped in the lens so the top side is shadow masked. The cutoff line is is also stepped. The step in the cutoff land right on the center line of the highway for me both beam layout perfect on the highway and the patterns layout perfect not out of place left to right. Now the pattern in front of me is slightly enhanced placing more light on my lane. Then the on coming lane is stepped a bit higher so the cutoff is shorter not to blind on coming traffic. Now the cutoff is very visible and the only adjustment I got is vertically, no horizontal. Never had any law enforcement say anything about my Morimoto's yet. Even when I was pulled over for not having my headlight on in Nevada (headlight safety area). He even check my lights make sure they lit up and not said anything. This was during my trip to Arizona hauling the RV back in June IIRC. No ticket given just reminder and he left... After the next vehicle without headlights on.

Quadzilla doesn't use any IAT info at all. Excluded... No effect of IAT while Quadzilla is running or not in Level ZERO. Stock Fuel, Edge Comp or Edge Juice, Smarty all use the IAT and crank up the extra timing and create the negative torque. I fought this for a long time on my Edge Comp. Now with the Quadzilla I don't have any effect of the IAT while the tune is running. But in warm up mode (or Quadzilla level 0) the timing goes high for me I can see it it can reach up to 23* at 2k at about 30*F IAT. Once Quadzilla step up my timing falls back to 19* or 20* @ 2k RPM's. I've got my warm up mode set for 140*F to get into the Quad Timing quicker.

So very true!

So, I can handle warranties and such for all the FASS owners that are around me with issues. See more FASS pump issues than AirDog 100/150 (Raptor different story)... Right now that's on hold till I get other things out of the way. I'm trying to clear my plate so I can work on both my 2002 Dodge and my 2006 Dodge and get them both repaired. As for anti-gel topics. I just got a phone call from Russ my landlord of my other shop I rent. He was running out of fuel in his Cummins went out back got a some fuel from his red dye farm tank. Next day now the truck will not start. He's got a block mounted Raptor pump and it got zero fuel pressure. Now I helped him shove the truck in the shop and get heat around the fuel tank. I left my Vulcan Fuel Pressure test gauge there. Now I got to give it a hour or so and go back and check on his truck. Not to mention the fuel pump I just installed in a 1987 Chevy Van malfunctioned and quit. Got power to the pump but now got to warranty it back out. Don't be like Russ and use your red dye farm fuel for your truck if the fuel is not winterized.

I'm so impatient I wanna see it done already... I keep looking and watch you getting pieces put together and seriously wanting to see it completed. Going to be a awesome one of a kind vehicle worth way more to you... Rock On!

I managed to sneak down to Lewiston to get food for both families. The highways were clean and just wet for the most part. Snow was as low as Lewiston ID which is about 750 feet above sea level. @Jthor and his wife Breck came with me and we went food shopping for our restock. Then boogied home again. The temperature here starting to warm up some but we are forecasted for more snow. All my jobs are outside right now. Ughhh.. I'm going to brave the snow and laying in it to get a customers new steering box back in today. The customer also got a steering brace for the box since his got 35" tires and lift kit. I've got another friend I think I want to refer him to that does custom wheel alignments for lifted trucks. Correct the camber and thrust angles. As of 7:30am its still snowing... That 2005 Dodge is rather covered... Thanks to the "Good Lord" above he lets us sneak out and restock now the show can continue. URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Boise ID 225 AM MST Mon Feb 15 2021 IDZ011-013-028-151800- /O.CON.KBOI.WW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-210216T1200Z/ West Central Mountains-Boise Mountains-Camas Prairie- 225 AM MST Mon Feb 15 2021 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST TUESDAY... * WHAT...Snow. Total snow accumulations of 4 to 8 inches, except up to 12 inches over the higher mountains. * WHERE...West Central Mountains, Boise Mountains and Camas Prairie zones. * WHEN...Until 5 AM MST Tuesday. * IMPACTS...Travel could be very difficult. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Slow down and use caution while traveling. The latest road conditions can be obtained by calling 5 1 1.

FASS has for years been outside the frame rail. AirDog had what I've got as a short bed bracket and the long bed bracket was still to be used again the frame on the inside but now the filter hung below the frame line and also in the damage path of the tires. I've got both brackets. The long bed bracket with damage path from the fron tires I had all the paint of the filter sandblasted off in a mere week. Then when travel dirt road they where covered in mud all the time. Since going back to my short bed bracket which broke under warranty (this how I got the long bed). The short bed bracket I weld myself back together and just set it back up. No more problem switch back from long bed brackret to short bed bracket. (No long available!) You'll have to custom make this bracket. NOTE: the AirDog 165 pump head does still fit the short bed bracket and the AirDog 150 filter base but its tight to the floor pan. Been trouble free of gelling and freezing up for over 15 YEARS and well over 400k miles. No anti-gel products used. Still today! The last FASS pump I sold to a local is mount just like that one above and his truck gelled up work right along side my truck in the same weather conditions and hauling hay together from New Meadows to John Day Creek to his cows. I was hire by the guy to haul hay for his cows. We both got fuel together and loaded hay together. Needless to say I had to tow him home till his fuel warmed up and weather warmed up it was only -30*F outside that day. To this day I serious hesitate before selling another FASS pump over an AirDog. When a AirDog 150 can run day after day in subzero temps without a problem. But this goes to show how damage path and these pump will make or break them in cold temps. Since my AirDog 150 is NOT in the damage path of the tires I have ZERO problems.

The site that produces mine are sold as street legal. The site I bought mine from are going through web redesign. As for mine are fully assembled and tested before shipping. Now the kits where you buy the projector and take apart the housing install and all that has been done for me. A matter of fact the headlight already came pre-aimed and very close to proper aim. https://retroshop.us/collections/2nd-gen-ram/products/2g-ram-hid-projector-retrofitted-headlights So far 5 years old never been bother by enforcement. Very rare does any one flash high beam unless my hi beam are on too.

Like all my lighting on the front of my truck cost me right at $1,000 for both the Morimoto D2S and the PIAA LED Driving lights. All my lighting is approved for on highway use. Get what you pay for I paid for quality of light.

Upload to Youtube... I kind of like the old A/C compressor clutch idea for control of the belt to the snow blower.

Sorry to say 99.9% of dealers have not been trained or even been educated of this software or how to turn it on. Even with the TSB I still get members calling me back stating it can't be done for X or Y reasons. -=-=- TRUTH -=-=- ANY 1998.5 to 2002 Dodge Cummins can have high idle enabled. ALL 1998.5 to 2002 Dodge Cummins trucks already have the software in the ECM and all it needed to be done is TURN ON. Most dealers have never used this part of the DRBIII tool and tend to mess up the flash process of turning on the high idle software. Then the customer leaves and hopes and 99.9% of the times was not TURN ON. I've tested with every year from 1998.5 to 2002 using Smarty S-03 tuner and this will turn on the high idle software. So, the next time a dealer can't do it I know it can be down has been done. It just the Dealer Tech has ZERO knowledge of how to do it even with the TSB in his hand... 7. Connect the DRB III to the vehicle without connecting to MDS2 and follow the menu structures it appears below. 8. MAIN MENU - 1998 - 2002 DIAGNOSTICS 9. 1998 - 2002 DIAGNOSTICS - ALL (EXCEPT BELOW) 10. SELECT SYSTEM - 1 ENGINE 11. CONTROLLER TYPE - 1 CUMMINS (ECM/ENGINE) 12. SELECT FUNCTION - 1 MISCELLANEOUS (Misc. is on second page) 13. 3.3 CYLINDER IDLE - Follow the instructions The DRB III will indicate whether the feature is enabled or disabled. 14. Push 1 to Enable, 2 to Disable. 15. You are instructed to cycle the ignition to complete the repair. 16. Press Page Back to Exit. Other option... https://www.dieselautopower.com/smarty-s-03-rental-sr-s03a

Just checking the highway cameras around the state mostly single digit temp from Lewiston ID down to Ontario, OR. Here at home being I'm in a deep valley its a mere +16*F but as soon as I leave I've got to face the bitter cold. Still trying to get to town to restock with food and supplies here. Been delayed now for 3 days try to get out of here. Between poor weather condition, poor highway conditions, closures of grades, vehicle accidents, etc.

This is why I don't rely directly on the Quadzilla display for gauge knowing the limitation of the sensors and ECM. ISSPro EV2 Boost 0 to 60 PSI with my warning light set to 45 PSI. I can reach 47 to 49 PSI but Quadzilla data logs reports I can reach 65 to 69 PSI I know is not true. (2001 MAP sensor with adapter) ISSPro EV2 Fuel pressure gauge 0 to 30 PSI with my warning light programmed for 13 PSI. ISSPro EV2 EGT's gauge 0 to 1,600*F with the warning light set to 1250*F. ISSPro EV2 Trans Temp set the warning light for 225*F. Now I can shut off my phone and just what the needed stuff on my a-pillar and not bother with the limited range of tuner gauges. Even Edge Products has limitations too for boost being the ECM can only reach so far. Stock sensors are not very accurate above 25 PSI or so. I notice this on my truck and it start to climb past 25 PSI the Quadzilla is rising faster than the boost gauge. This is why I don't even bother to display boost pressure on the Quadzilla. I trust these more so than the Quadzilla. Actually designed for much high pressures and accurate as well. Quadzilla gauges are fine for newbie just plugging in a tuner for the first time, True long haul or performance guy would have to consider gauges outside the ECM control to reach high boost pressures that are accurate.

Another morning about the same for me. Yesterday I went out cycled the grid heater twice fire up normally at +12*F no problem. Warmed up in about 5 minutes road travel shedding ice from the windshield. No block heater was plugged in. Part of my trick. Winter fronts are inserted into the grill. This holds more heat for the IAT without all the cold blowing through the intercooler. Stock filter and fuel heater still in the system. Stock fuel heater does a excellent job of heating the fuel and continue to warm the fuel from manifold heat. AirDog pump is not in the damage path of the tires but tucked behind my transfer case. It is not in the blowing wind nor could it be struck with snow and ice. Most of my fuel line are not exposed but hidden inside the frame rail. As soon the lines leave the AirDog the line are routed inside the frame. Fuel Temp and IAT Temp run together being the fuel absorb heat from the coolant passage near the stock filter. 428k miles never used anti-gel nor have I had a time where fuel gelled even once. Operating all the way down to -30*F to -40*F. Old photo but above is true. Here is where people get in trouble... Pump is in the damage path of both the front and rear tires and snow and ice can be slung on the pump. This can get enough moisture inside the pump is freeze and lock it up. Blowing cold air over the filter taking the heat out of the fuel. Promoting gelling issues. More plumbing and pump base exposed to direct blowing wind. Something a FASS 150 cannot do like an AirDog 150. They are more prone to gelling and freezing because of the large size.

No the normally don't. Again the only reason I know is partial blockage of the system making it whine or the pump can't return fully like it suppose too. Being I run up here in fully winter conditions. I'll firing up again today and attempting my trip north. Yesterday we got started too late and the road in bad shape.

It's not so much the sensor but the ECM. It can't see above 40 PSI because of software limitations. Kind of like the limitation of the coolant going to 204*F because that all the ECM can handle is up to 204*F.