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Mopar1973Man

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  1. Yup. Very true... Every time I've tried avoid the HVAC pull down I end up pulling the HVAC because the dust issues, bound up doors from debris. Plugged evaporator more than once... I've done plenty of HVAC cases in Dodge both 2nd (early and late) and 3rd gen bodies. Even the last 3rd Gen was pack so good I had to power wash the evaporator. (Chucklin') You are one of the rare few. I work on trucks that are seriously nasty at times, some are horridly gross... Dodge's, Ford's and even Chevy's... There are way more country bumpkins that good natured folks that maintain there trucks. I just got done helping a guy that is simply beating a Ford to death and in poor condition. Again to get this mans house I had 8 mile drive up a dirt road. No problem. Just there is ranchers, farm trucks, work trucks that don't stay on pavement. Here soon I'll be out in the forest cutting firewood for the house for winter time. I'll have plenty of back road travels. I just did a trip up the Big River (Salmon River) ran up to see how low the snow line was to see time line for firewood. Now all these people I teach them if your going off road or dusty conditions please select MAX A/C setting this closes the door to the outside and keeps the dust out of the evaporator. Basically in a nutshell the evaporator will sweat and the dust collects in the moisture and the blowing air eventually dries the dust into a cake. Debris wise it can be drawn in, fell in the cowl, animals bring it in, etc. I just had a guy down at the other shop ask about a noise in his fan. Pulled the blower out to find a dead mouse in the cage. Just because you take care of your vehicle doesn't mean it going to be perfect inside the case either. Like this gent he's got a wonderful Ford luxury car and there was dead mouse in the case. Like my last trip to Boise there was seed pods blowing off the trees everywhere. They where small enough to make is through my entire HVAC case and blow out the vents. It does happen...
  2. So the pump is having issues... Something is seized up like timing piston hence its working after cooldown with water.
  3. Personally, I say the cranking pressure is too high. Pull the belt on the hot start I bet it starts fine.
  4. Like myself I've been on 1/2" lines and AirDog 150 and not the 4G AirDog 165. Pressure swings are minimal at about 2 to 3 PSI from Idle to WOT. Never had a problem with 1/4 tank issues really. Last tank of fuel I ran completely down to EMPTY mark without much issues. Been set up this way since 2006.
  5. First check the headlight fuses both left and right have separate fuses. Then double check the grounds in the cab in the driver side kick panel.
  6. Might be for city folks that never see a dirt road or go offroad. When you live out here and there is more dirt roads than pavement then the HVAC gcase get pretty bad. I stopped taking photos after then article was made. Everyone I still open out here even the 3rd Gen I last done was pack for dirt and dust. Still best to clean it up, than short cutting. How about the drain holes on each side of the cowl that lets dirt and dust back in? How about the mice crawling in there. Remember a member (Rhode Island) fighting mice and rodents off and plugging the cowl drain with stainless steel pot scrubbers. What I mean exactly... I don't own a pavement princess, I own a WORK truck!
  7. Shaking my head... Don't buy a $3,000 Cummins ECM. Auto Computer Specialist in Florida does a good job at rebuilding units for about $500 buck typically. Even my replacement PCM I fried was less than $1,000.
  8. Quadzilla - Warm up mode has to be turned on and set to a temperature in which will be the shutdown point of the high idle. Typically its set like 140 to 160*F of coolant. Then the high idle delay is the amount of time till high idle starts. Timer will reset if the throttle is tapped or used. Mopar1973Man High Idle - The switch needs to be set for 3 CYL or 6CYL mode and give the ECM time to activate the software. This requires the ECM to be flashed by a dealer or Smarty to enable the high idle software. WARNING: Do not use the Quadzilla high idle at the same time trying to get 3 CYL high idle. There will be a clash of softwares and this is really hard on the engine and VP44.
  9. Having the same problem ordering stuff too like it take forever now.
  10. Typically headlight grounds are inside the cab on the driver side kick panel.
  11. No Bus from the PCM... IAT sensor should throw a P0113 code because its was disconnected. You might be having ECM problems too.
  12. Check error codes. Voltage too high is typical for broken wires too. So if there is nothing plugged in it will show the highest reading.
  13. Nothing to worry about... Grid heaters for Idaho are only suggested to be used from October to April. After April I typically just unhook the grid heaters its just a waste or power.
  14. Go to the setting page...Need to check your back down settings.
  15. Grid heater will be called if the air temp is 60F. It checks both battery temp and IAT sensor.
  16. If the circuit breaker is popping its the grid heater solenoid sticking. Just got done with this in March for my landlord.
  17. Here is the down low on it... Right out of the Dodge FSM... Page 21-25 DTC Self Erasure With one trip components or systems, the MIL is illuminated upon test failure and DTCs are stored. Two trip monitors are components requiring failure in two consecutive trips for MIL illumination. Upon failure of the first test, the Task Manager enters a maturing code. If the component fails the test for a second time the code matures and a DTC is set. After three good trips the MIL is extinguished and the Task Manager automatically switches the trip counter to a warm-up cycle counter. DTCs are automatically erased following 40 warm-up cycles if the component does not fail again. For misfire and fuel system monitors, the component must pass the test under a Similar Conditions Window in order to record a good trip. A Similar Conditions Window is when engine RPM is within 6375 RPM and load is within 610% of when the fault occurred. NOTE: It is important to understand that a component does not have to fail under a similar window of operation to mature. It must pass the test under a Similar Conditions Window when it failed to record a Good Trip for DTC erasure for misfire and fuel system monitors.
  18. JoAnn's fabric shop sells headliner material in black, grey and a tan if I remember right. https://www.joann.com/headliner-utility-fabric-55-black/3496072.html https://www.joann.com/headliner-utility-fabric-54in-gray/3496064.html https://www.joann.com/headliner-tan-utility-vinyl/9198672.html Then the spray glue... https://www.joann.com/headliner-spray-glue/7795040.html
  19. Call Quadzilla for troubleshooting. The last time YEARS ago there was a wiring issue in the loom. More so for the CANBus connector. It will produce the same kind of issue. It will hook to the module head display no data nad nothing will adjust.
  20. Might look into doing the W-T ground wire mod. AC noise can do weird thing to foul up performance of the engine and computers. I'm also running AirDog 150 than was upgrade to AirDog 165. My first pump motor last for 250k miles, second was 3G motor and failed in 7k miles. Then Upgraded to 4G pump motor and already past 100k miles on this pump motor. I'm feeding Quadzilla tuner, HX35/40 Turbo (60/60/12) and 7 x 0.010 @ 320 bar injectors and only drop about 4 PSI of pressure at WOT. From 18 PSI down to 14PSI. Never trips my ISSPro gauge warning light set for 13 PSI.
  21. Another solution is just to buy need seat foam from Geno's Garage and just replace it.
  22. The requirement is to to do it ten times. You have to start below 140 and rises above 160 coolant temp without throwing that same code 10 times. Much easier to just use a OBDII code reader and reset the codes. OBDLink LX is like 49 dollars.
  23. I ve done a method of rolling over till I find the compression stroke where both valves of that cylinder are closed. Like on 12V Cummins engines I tend to use this because most trucks the pin is broken or jammed. I just roll the engine over using the alternator and watch the valve train. Starting with 1 and 6 since they are running mates. Then 2 and 5. Then 3 and 4.
  24. 5 amp. Over 100k miles never blown. Anything with a inductive effect sensor. Cam sensor, crank sensor, output speed sensor, ABS sensors. Any inductive sensor creates a AC waveform when AC noise comes from the alternator it confuses any computer.