Mopar1973Man

So let's organize a time that I start and I'll get the Zoom started. I'm willing to do truck work just to have something to do. Seriously when your told just get up and exist every day without anything to do starts to eat at your mind. We have a whole website here with a lot of functions and abilities and we can still get information out to people the best I can. Right now I have to be careful being I'm trying to get assistance to get through my cancer so I'm not permitted to make too much income because then I lose the benefits I'm trying to sign up for. https://mopar1973man.com/forum/218-zoom-meetings/ Now if you guys and gals post up when you wish to do Zoom meetings I'll get set up when I'm here at home. I'll admit right now the only time where I'll not be able to do much is on Jan. 30th for the entire day being I've got a doctor's appointment all the way in Fruitland ID. Which is 3 to 3.5 hours with weather for a one-way trip. I check the website all the time being I've got nothing else better to do these days but get up and deal with my port pain in my back. The best way to describe my port pain is like taking a piece of bailing wire and heat that up red hot and stick one in each side of my back. I fight to get a comfortable position just sitting up or lying down. Yesterday I actually had a pretty good day. Other than dealing with the port pain in my back. I got dressed up in my Emo Goth mode (My blue and black hair, basic black Eye shadow, and black lip stain) and went to Riggins, Idaho and dropped Jake off for work at Riggins One Stop and decided to bring a friend out to the house being I could get Mark to drop Einar off at his place in town and pick up Jake after work. Well, I was dressed up in my Emo Goth mode and went into the local restaurant (River Rock Cafe) and ordered a pizza. The owner didn't realize it was me till I opened my mouth and ordered. She was highly impressed because I was very much altered in appearance she loved the new me. I paid for my pizza which I laid 30 dollars down and that was tip and everything. I stood outside while Einar and I's food was being made. I had another local walk up to me and compliment me on my full appearance and both were trying to figure out who I was. I told them my actual name, my business name, etc. No dice they just couldn't put it together being I've so majority altered my appearance. Blue and black hair, basic black eyeshadow, and black lip stain. About 30 minutes went by and I finally went in to check on our orders. Einar's burger is ready and my pizza was just getting cut up and boxed. The owner comes out and hands me back my 30 dollars because the pizza wasn't quite right. Then I told the owner that when I'm dressed up Emo Goth I typically get huge discounts or things for free. Her jaw dropped as she realized I just got a FREE pizza for my dinner tonight. She told me to keep doing it. It does work and she that my appearance was stellar. We came back to my place and smoked then got our munchie on and watched TV. Simple pleasure but a well-needed day of smiles and companionship with a physical person and not a phone call. What I'm saying is don't leave me behind. I'm still a human being and enjoy interacting with all of you and when people just quit posting and like some told me they don't know what to say... Just be a friend and hang out with me. I know you might not want to talk about my cancer but that is what is screwing my life up so I try to just have fun one way or another. It's true laughter is the best medicine. Depression can be the devil's workshop and I don't like playing there at all.

Sadly the store will remain down for now being if I make too much income will prevent me from getting assistance for my cancer. APPS sensor look up Timbos APPS and he is still selling the sensors. As long as you know for fact the alternator is working correctly and test out good for low AC noise then you should be good. Another thing don't scrub all the paint off steel to expose raw metal for grounds this will enhance ground failure being that exposed metal will oxidize faster being exposed make sure to paint all exposed metal before mounting the ring terminal just like factory did.

Use military style terminals then used copper crimp ring terminals. That way when the lead terminal get damaged you can just unbolt the rings and change a terminal fast and easy. Do NOT get those part store terminals where you expose copper and clamp to the terminal. Those will fail quicker being the copper strain of the cable will oxidize faster and being exposed to the acid vapors it will create a weak connection faster. Either solder on the copper ring terminal or get the proper crimp tool for crimping on the ring terminals typically the tool is a small hydraulic press.

Have your alternator bench tested and see what your getting for full load ac ripple. After the W-T ground mod typically knock it below 0.015 AC Volts. Might have your batteries tested might have a weak cell or internal short that is pulling too much current causing higher AC ripple.

@JAG1 another good example. ive been praying for anyone just spend time with me. This morning I got a call from a client as long as I fix his problem he is happy and bailed out. Again I donated my knowledge and time freely to a person but no person will do the same for me.They get me to be advocate for their problems no matter how many hours it's takes. I'm still asking for someone to push past I'll pray for you and do the very same thing I've done for 20 years for everyone else. But I hear the same easy phrase... Ill pray for and they are gone.

Seriously just makes me wanna give up completely. Every time someone brings up prayer because no matter how much I ever prayed it not fixing the bag that is pulling apart and leaking down my leg this morning. The fact I've had to strip my bed because it smells like piss again. Prayer is not doing my laundry for me in the middle of the night. Prayer is not showering me to get the smell of piss off my body. Prayer is not changing my clothes for me in the night. I'm completely alone 90% of the time here at home. No one to talk to and no one here to settle my anxieties and depression. Prayer is not fixing that either no matter what I pray for I'm still here alone. Again like I said when you @JAG1 can explain why both cancer times are right at Christmas Time I'll listen but you have not answered that yet. Even though I prayed before both surgeries this time I'm a trainwreck and not fixing anything. Is praying dealing with the funding required to even get to my next appt.? Nope. Prayer is not dealing with the mental stress I'm dealing with. Prayer is not dealing with the 7 hours of driving I've got to do alone to Boise every time. Too many people say the phrase "I'll pray for you" then turn and walk away... Have they done anything? No! Did it do anything for me? No! I've heard this phrase thousands of times but praying doesn't deal with any of my problems. Their prayers are not bringing me someone who is going to be an advocate for me and aid me through the tough times I'm dealing with all this. Are they here to help me to clean my house? Nope. Are they here to settle my anxiety? Nope. I'm still here alone. Do I still get up with the pain of the ports in my back? Yup. I've to the point where every time I here I'll pray for you that it is the public's way of disconnecting from me and walking away. Because NO ONE IS HERE TO HELP. I'm still alone and dealing with every issue ALONE!!! No one is willing to just step up and be that advocate for me... See when I was a whole person and Everyone had truck problems everyone wanted to talk to me about truck problems and solve them for THEM. Now I'm broken everyone bails out as the phrase is said "I'll pray for you and leaves and gone!" How is that fair? Yeah, I see a totally different problem that people hide behind the phrase "I'll pray for you" because they don't want to be bothered by my issues. Then they go back to their normal lives. Tell me I wrong?... Show me someone willing to be that advocate.... I started this December 17, 2023 since then I've been fully alone most of the time.

Like this morning I got up and had coffee then hopped in the shower. Got dressed and headed to town just get something to eat for breakfast and see another human in the wild maybe just talk to a human face. Which I told one of the owners of the restraunt about what I'm dealing with and she gave me huge hug. (OMG you have no idea how good that felt). Had breakfast and stop by another friend that work at Riggins One Stop. We chatted for awhile and I came back home. Jake left for work and here I am siting alone most of the day.

I realize this.... I know this is correct. BUT... Without anything to do but stare at a wall for the last month. I'm ready to give up at times because there is no reason to get out of bed. Right now I don't have the funds to even go to my next medical appt because my last stay in Boise for 2 days wiped me out. Right now my health is based on my income till feds start kicking in. I'm still waiting on paperwork so I can get funds to even continue. THEN... Being left alone for days with zero physical contact with people. I feel like in prison in solitary confinement. Little door opens once in awhile I might get something. Mentally it very tiring. On top of having to wake up every 3 hrs to deal with my bags. Quality of sleep is gone I might get 4 to 6 hours a night maybe. Which is a huge factor in mental health too. THIS... Is why I'm looking towards zoom meeting being it allows me to interact with another human and take my mind of my stress and possibly give me a smile and lift my spirits to keep me going. Everyone knows what is going on but everyone just leaves me alone now. NO phone calls. NO visiting. I'm even willing to talk trucks for free just so I have interaction with other to possibly save my mental state.

You don't realize how hard of a battle it is for me to just hang on here. Lack of ideas and dealing with my depression. Part of me just wants to give up and dump the website because of lack of response. Part of me doesn't wanna give up. This is why I'm trying to give myself some purpose again. Right now I have zero purpose no reason to post no reason to even check on the site. Can't do much because of limitation of income...

Anyone else?

No. That I'm hoping for a response of my idea in my previous post but everyone is silent. No comments, no likes, nothing...

??? Crickets ???

I could school you up in what I know for the 24V programming I do. Timing is a neat animal to work with. Quick tidbit just remember more you retard easier to build boost. More you advance the more you burn the fuel in the cylinder but you have to be careful. I monitor my oil temp being that if your over advanced you will gain heat in the oil because you flood the cylinder jacket with heat with fire burning on the cylinder walls. Optimally you should be about -30°F cooler than coolant temperature. This will provide the best bang for the buck for daily drivers.

Monday is about over for me as I watch the sunset here and the darkness creeps into the canyon. I've been dealing with phone calls with different agencies trying to get things rolling in the right direction. As for my head cold, I'm about done with it and my cough isn't much any longer but my energy is coming back and my mental clarity is there. I'm up hanging out in my living room and the only thing I'm fighting with is the sneezes. My sinuses are draining. I'm starting to think maybe I should do something like a Zoom meet hang out with me so people can see how I'm doing and also I can connect to other humans which I rarely see anyone now and spend most of my time alone. Not worth it to hop in the truck to go into to town to find a human to talk to. I've got a wonderful resource right here, all the members of the website can chat about what I'm up to and even help out with your issues. I will admit when you go from having daily contact with people to nothing at all for several days it is pretty rough and depressing to deal with. So when life gives an entire truckload of lemon we better find a huge bag of sugar and gallons of spring water. Let me make use of my time that I'm just hanging out around the house and could get a general Zoom meeting together even for a mere 40 minutes for now if the traffic picks up I will just have to buy the premium package for Zoom and then it unlimited meeting times. It would help me to get my mind off myself directly and be even able to chat with you all and feel like I've got purpose again. Surprising what an OK night of sleep will do for a person who is fighting a head cold and cancer. I managed to get a shower today, got dressed, and managed to do more chores today without wearing out too soon. What do you all say? Wanna do this with me? Right now my entire life now is just learning how to deal with this new life of my limitations. Just realize everything I've done in my life I've been guided by a higher power above. The first business I created was a car stereo and electronics which I had the shop name of "Sights and Sounds" and lasted a short time about 3 years. I shifted to "Cloud 10 Computers" where I built custom Windows PCs for many years I gave up on Cloud 10 Computers in 2008 due to the market crash. I flipped over and started doing Cummins diesel work from that point. Now with my current health issues, I need to rethink things. Well, why not make use of my knowledge of Cummins diesel and internet technology to do face time? Oh... Just know that I will never quit on the website. This my baby I'm not willing to let go of it...

Yes. Just like a gasoline engine if you advance the timing it will idle higher so if you retard the timing the the idle will be too low. When timing changes you have to reset idle speed which should be close to 800 RPM.

Little update. I'm still here and alive. I did go see my doctor for my post op meeting. Now my chemo might be first or the bladder might be first based on how deep into my bladder muscle the cancer. Either way it's coming out. The nice part my doctor is going to set up my chemo treatments in McCall. Sadly I got home fighting a head cold. Oh fun. First night at home I had many malfunctions with my bags that I had to keep stripping blankets off that got wet. Then changing clothes to back to bed. Bad night and being sick really was rough. Last night I tried a new idea and it worked out great. I can now sleep on my side once again. YEA! What ever side is down remove that bag from my leg and lay the bag on my bed. I've got to leave a lamp on so I remember the bag is there so I don't pull the tubing. I got some good sleep but 1am to 3am struggle with ports being painful. Just even the smallest tension is like burning pain. Nasty. Today I'm bit stronger... but long way from normal yet.

Only if I drive all the way to Boise. No supplies up here. Even then I'm just about broke waiting for medicaid to get fired up.

Not really now with all my medical stuff I'm forced to travel to Boise for everything. Like my local St. Luke's hospital does not have any of my supplies. Dressing for my back yup all the way to Boise. Need to replace a damaged bag. All the way to Boise. That's the down side. Right now with the crappy weather and Boise street are not plowed. Makes for really interresting travel. Leave Boise get up near Payette the roads are excellent. Then last night I was fighting a head cold and fever. Yeah I got it from Boise of course.

You guys are my other family. I can't just fold up and leave you all hanging. I'm committed to keeping M73M.com going. I've done 20 years if wrenching on trucks Dodge, Ford, and Chevy. I might have limitations in my life but I'm going to make it. Doctor already told me no problem on survival just going to be long road of medical to do. Today I'm not feeling great with a sore throat and just tired.

Block heater is optional in Southern states just the cord id just left out typically. As for batteries and disconnecting will do nothing. No way to reset any software or data. Just need to turn the key off count to ten. Start again it will be a fresh reboot. So you done the W-T ground wire mod. Double check your work again make sure it working correctly. As for the TQ lock issue you might check the ohms at the PCM plugs for the lock up solenoid for a open connection or possibly a damaged pin? If the solenoid ohm reading is open then track your wiring back and possibly the solenoid in the transmission is bad. Now as for the alternator blue wire will be hot +12V after tach signal is sensed. If there is no power on the blue wire there might not be trigger to turn on the trans power relay.

I typically get 10 years from Walmart batteries being is exactly the same manufacture of battery supplied by Dodge dealers. There is only like 3 manufactures for batteries. W-T ground wire mod done? Load test your battery cables on the truck? AC noise test of the alternator and load testing? Some of these thing can damage batteries. Just remember DO NOT equalize charge a AGM battery it will damage the battery. Lead acid batteries need a equalize charge once in a while to deal with plate sulphation and stir the distilled water in. Personally I'd rather stay lead/acid batteries much cheaper and last much longer that most AGMs. That's a 1,000 pounds of lead/acid batteries that power my entire house. I bet you won't believe they are 12 years old and still handling a entire 2 story house 3 bedroom and 2 bath. Seriously stay lead/acid way better option for keeping them alive past 10 years.

Oh he will do good it's a fairly common process today for that. @IBMobile will be seeing better in no time and back here reading

Ummm according to your diagram it should be 87a that is energized when 85 and 86 have +12V power. 87 will be energized when 85 and 86 are not energized.

Post Op appt. More or less discuss what is going to happen to me... Then set up my chemo and its schedule. Then afterwards I've got to do the final surgery which they remove everything.

Today is my last day around home then I pack up and travel toward Nampa to Tianne's place she is going to let me camp out at her place. I'm doing OK still rather rough getting sleep and dealing with my bags every 3 hours.