Mopar1973Man

I'm trying to get a completed tune for 150 HP injectors. So far I'm finding that the spread between the timing bands is directly related to the cetane of the fuel. High cetane fuel like more around 3+ per band because the fuel ignites easy. I'm running now 3.5+ per band. On the low cetane I can bump up to 4+ or 4.5+ per band because the low cetane fuel resist ignition but contain more BTUs. 14, 17, 20, 23 ---------- 3.0 per band 14, 17.5, 21, 24.5 ----- 3.5 per band 14, 18, 22, 26 ----------- 4.0 per band 14, 18.5, 23, 27.5 ------ 4.5 per band

Look like the same stuff I've been dealing with. My other shop Russ is the building owner. He's given me a long laundry list of stuff to fix like his 1954 Forklift. It's got a Detroit 2 cycle diesel engine still runs good but electrical is a trainwreck.

Yup. Why I'm hanging on to my Sunday. This is my only day off. Like right now I'm sitting in line at Weedology in Ontario, OR to pick up a cartridge. Sunday I'm taking the day off to lay around the house. As for caregiving I'm schooled up and learning to change the way I handle MoparMom. Making it better for me and reduce stress.

Remember Level 2 is just the defuel curve to the 100% line. No added fuel above stock. My problem is getting the timing right for your fuel. It's not the cold air to worry about but the cetane of your local fuel. Start with the 14, 17, 20, 23 and work that and then track you MPG on Simply Auto. This way you can make small adjustments advanced or retard and see the effects. Fuel table not really an issue as long as there no excessive smoke.

Highly important... He's completely right. It would be best to replace the batteries (or at least tested) then replace the alternator make sure to test it before paying for the alternator. Make sure all the battery terminals are good and clean. That 5A fuse is very important to protecting the PCM.

@JAG1 Sorry dude I spaced it off... Something similar will work. It has to be a manual select battery charger not a Automatic.

Agreed...

Just about got a good winter tune now that hits 20 MPG at 10 to 30*F weather with winterized diesel fuel at 80 MPH. Just had to toss out the teaser...

Yesterday was Friday the 13th and a full moon. It took its affect on me. Nothing went right, well almost nothing. Started my morning with the Russ's truck and needing to fix the vibration issue. After pulling the driveshaft and get getting hit in the face with the carrier bearing and blooding my nose up. Found out the carrier bearing was fine, the u-joints seem good. Button it up and still vibration. Ok figured it was tires at that point Russ said he's got another set of tires. Ok change them all out and he take it for a road test and still shaking. Russ figures it out... He's got a manual cable driven CAD axle and he left the transfer case in 4WD and the axle unlocked. The 4WD light is not on but the shaft is still spinning. Ok u-joint kit for the front. Note to self check the transfer case if manual CAD axle. Next task is to fix the starter on Russ's forklift. Serious electrical issues. I opted to just wire in a push button. I was doing thing the neat and stealthy way but Russ is like grab a extension cord run it and through on some crimp terminal. Yeah his way was easier. Then just as a fixed Russ truck I went to pack in tools and here comes another gent asking what I've been up to. I told him I'd wired a started switch for Russ. He's like great let me ask if you would do the same on my Chevy. Not a problem after I go deliver a ECM to my 6.7L customer. I take off for the owner of the 6.7L and get the ECM installed and would you believe it the ECM checked out good with ACS but the ECM will not function in the truck. There is a serious electrical issue on the truck that prevents the ECM from booting up and functioning. No error codes, no WTS, no trailer control, etc. Long list of failed devices on the dash. Owner is a aware and knows he's got to possible replace the entire harness. Get done and start heading back to catch with my starter job and met him on the highway. Flipped a U-turn and hauled after him following him to his house. After dropping the starter and running back for a ring terminal or two. I got the starter push button wired up and jump started his rig. Very happy and it charging up and the the horrid grinding noise starts and A/C compressor bearing crap the bed. Nothing I could do the daylight was leaving and it was getting dark. Nice part is this gent be down on his luck paid me in herb for the job. It all worked out in the wash. I got back to the shop and grab my bluetooth speaker, got a pay check from Russ for his truck work. Then forgot my water can. Got home and ate like a king. Had no breakfast, no lunch by 5:30pm I was starving. Spent a majority of time outside and on the ground yesterday. I'm paying the price this morning my lower back and hips are killing me. Here I am getting prepared for hauling south and it already starting to snow here again this morning. The good news is Sunday is my only day off and I plan on being fully lazy and doing absolutely nothing! @JAG1 my problem is I'm working hard enough to keep my bills paid right now. With Eileen just getting started in her job this next week it will get better soon. @dripley Yeah the road will wear you down fast. I've got a secret weapon... @Wet Vette has been cleared to drive the Mighty Cummins on level 3 of the tuner. She can handle my truck rather well. So far I've not had to use that option but it my ace up my sleeve if needed. Eileen also agreed to drive MoparMom down once in a while on good weather days. Today is my friday I can limp through the day and make it.

Might do better with a Quadzilla. Like myself I'm tuned into the high cetane and here and again reached 20 MPG at 80 MPH.

Ill show you the one I use when I get to Russ shop.

Kind of why I bailed out of work on Wednesday at 2pm. I was get tired and weak from what ever made me sick. Drove over 400 miles yesterday. Between taking care of meds and having to pit stop at the transmission shop. Yeah 3rd gear sync to is acting weird. Ticks on a downshift from 4th to 3rd only. All other gears are good. Gotta wait my rebuilder is gone till after the first of the year. My trip home had some challenge, raining pretty good but climbed over Midvale grade to drop into the fog. By the time I got to Council the fog lifts and the rain is trying to change to snow. In New Meadows I called forward to let Eileen know we are 20 minutes out. One thing I can stand... Little sissies on the highway afraid of driving in weather and drive along at 25 to 35 MPH backing up traffic. Not even required to slow down yet. Got home and both Mom and me jump into guest house where I'm at. @Wet Vette has dinner ready for both of us. Really nice when you work together to make things easier. Rolled in at 6pm. Its 7:30am and I'm thinking of the mess around me. Trucks here and trucks down at Russ's shop. Might be better with a cup of coffee.

Typically have to have a 200 or 120 Amp battery charger. Using a volt meter turn up the charge to about 15.5 volts. My landlord had a battery in his grey Chevy it was stone dead. I removed it from the truck. Filled all the cells with distilled water and left it on fast charge 60 amp with the cell caps off. When I could smell the hydrogen gas I set a timer for 2 hours. Now that once dead battery is good again and been installed into another truck. If you understand lead acid batteries you can bring them back to life. Do not do this with any seal batteries they can explode!

Your suppose the equalize anytime you add distilled water. Equalize charge should be done afterwards. The equalize charge is a constant 15.5 volts till the amp rate falls near zero. This will stir the distill water into the electrolyte and prevent stratification. Typically I do this once a month on the house batteries that are operational 24/7 all the time. On the truck I do this every oil change. When I'm servicing the truck. Again 10 plus years every time.

Either way biodiesel is lower in BTU content per gallon versus straight petroleum diesel. Not to mention it poses a gelling issues that can't be fixed chemically. The only bonus is the low HFRR number. I did learn optimally it would be good idea to have a Quadzilla and you can tune around the high cetane biodiesel properly. Even the high cetane petroleum diesel needs some retarding to keep proper timing.

Like I got back from Boise - Nampa which was 130 miles round trip from Ontario, OR. Topped off with fuel at 20 MPG. Fuel down here is much cheaper than back home. In the meantime Russ calls me wondering about his truck that I left on the two post last night. I left early wasn't feeling good yesterday. @Wet Vette just called and another truck rolled in the yard. After a few questions to her I know who's truck it is. Me... I stopped into Carl's Jr for breakfast. Yup my first meal of the day. Sucks being sick...

Like right now I got MoparMom fed and now getting ready to drop her off at her dialysis appointment. I didn't eat really I ate moms toast. My stomach is still touchy. Now after she is dropped off I'm heading to Nampa for Eileen's meds. Going to add an extra 90 miles on to my already 250 mile day. Need to feed the Cummins... 350 miles from tues till now.

Lead acid all the way. Every single battery I've own in the last 30 years has lasted over 10+ years. I add distilled water every month and do equalize charging to the batteries. Even my ATV battery went 11 years before it crapped out. I've got 8 years on my current batteries. Sealed AGM batteries can't be equalized and no water added back. Once the battery does dries out its done. AGM batteries need to be charge slower than lead acid batteries to prevent gassing the cells and wasting the water from it.

That is one problem I'm glad I don't have in any vehicles I own. Standard open diffs. No heat, no wear, and no problem. Clutches will only affect how it corners. Like making left or right turns sharp then the clutches have to release and slip a bit hence why you need friction modifier to keep it from chattering. This will add heat to the diff if the clutch are slipping excessively.

Mine use to have a Hamburger menu on the right side with your home buttons which is now gone in the update I got (Beta testing). I wish that all files exported are stored to the internal memory not having to email to internet to another device. This is way stupid and silly. There should be a clone button to allow you to clone a tune and then a rename button so you can rename your tunes. Not have to export then import to clone and rename that is stupid once again for me 99% of the time without internet service or cell service.

I've got a guy that dropped off a Dodge Durango and it got serious transmission issues. Lagging to engage the clutch and only shift proper if the gear selector is in 2nd. Gov Press Sen and Gov Press Solenoid is a start most likely being its got a CEL light too. Kind of like yesterday I got slammed with more work than I knew what to do with. Then on top of that none of the parts came yesterday on the freight truck. I ended up driving to Council, ID to pick up parts for the jobs 104 mile round trip. Like I'm working on Paul Shepherd sons truck. What turned into something very weird was the the guy that contacted me about this wanted me to teach him how to fix the problems with Paul Shepherds sons truck. Then he was asking if his friend could come as well and learn more too. Sure I said. By the time the got back there I was with 5 guys and teach 3 guys the basics of Dodge Cummins and what was wrong with it. This spawned off another job because my contact guy is buying a 99 Dodge Cummins for $4k. Need work and its a project truck. Finally after being in the cold wind for over an hour I finally headed back to the shop to get on to my other job for the day. My Landlord (shop) he borrowed a friends truck and managed to eat the alternator and lose a tail pipe. I manage to stuff the alternator for now and got him a running truck for towing trailers. His own truck has a possible carrier bearing issue. By this time my body was giving up. Cold, hurting and energy draining fast since I'm still not quite right after being sick. One last bolt and it rusted tight and the 1/2 impact rounded the nut. About this time @Wet Vette was contacting me and letting me know she is sick. That it I'm going home. Both got a bite to eat later that night but took a few hours of settling down. Here I am I'm getting packed this morning feeling like crap already and heading into a rain/snow storm today. Oh just fun info. odometer is 402,7xx right now. 238k miles to the moon, and it 476k miles to the moon and back. My truck is still going like a gang buster. Fighting the tune right now too. Had a nice 19 MPG going and retard again and slid down the back side too far. Now I gotta back track a bit. I'll most likely deal with that later today during breakfast in Weiser, ID. Once I get Mopar Mom to her appointment I've gotta run over to Nampa, ID and get @Wet Vette medication from her pharmacy. Then get back and handle the grocery shopping. This is neat for us. Eileen can be at home and update my grocery list as she is milling around the house and my phone will get the update minutes later. Listonic App. The other trick I got that is saving a bit of money now is planning dinners with Eileen night before I can give her a ring at New Meadows and she can have dinner ready when we get home typically. She is one awesome woman both a great cook and great partner. Damn it... It snowing... Fun days...

I know some of you are wondering what is happening in my life. Most of you remember that last Christmas I was diagnosed with Bladder cancer. As of today I'm still clean, cancer free. I'm stuck with paying that hospital bill. What is going on is I'm still taking care of @MoparMom and trucking south to Ontario, OR. Laying down at least 1,200 miles a week. I've went out and started a second shop just down the road from home about 5 miles. I gotta admit someone is looking out for me. The jobs have been fairly plentiful and keeping my bills paid without getting super crazy. Then my other addition to the family is @Wet Vette. She has been a huge factor in things going on here at home, her family and even the business. It's been huge change in my life and things are crazy and but getting better with time. Like this morning we are foretasted for lots of rain and snow above 4,500 feet tonight. I've got vehicles showing up to both shops and trying to get a game plan between running south for @MoparMom and between to shops for jobs. Kind of why I'm here and then gone for periods. I've gotta say thanks to the staff here keeping things going and helping out. @Me78569 which he's working on stuff in the background and even @IBMobile keeping funds counted for us.

Yup we need some info of what we are working with.

Things to check... Balance of tires - oversized tires can get out of balance quick. Track bar - this can create wear pattern and also unbalance the tires. Driveshafts - remove them to check slop of each joint. Pinion bearing - with the driveshaft out you can check the bearing slop.

Typically the 2nd screen is the most popular. Just sucks you have to swipe every single time you start the app. iQuad App needs to remember your last screen used. @Quadzilla Power