Mopar1973Man

Solder the wire back together that all. Remove the filter. Use some shrink tubing. BD noise filter are junk.

I would of ran a plate personally. Give some sort of control of the fuel vs. boost. Excessive smoke isn't going to light the turbo quicker nor will it produce more power.

Where is the EPA now? These fires are pumping out more CO2 and other emissions that my truck does in one hour. Why isn't the EPA charging the USFS for carbon credits? Why just pick on the little people why not pick on the very same federal government that creates these BS laws and guidelines. Make you think... Funny, I just heard this over the radio here at Sorbenot's Coffee shop here in Ontario, OR. Scary...

I'm in Weiser, ID right now and the smoke is still bad. Ugh...

At this point in not going to worry much about specs. When I'm capable of getting 243k on VP44 I think what I've got is pretty good. Being the water isn't an issue, predicted rarely even sees debris, then I'm changing fuel filter both very 60k mile and barely darken the filter elements. I look more it the fact I buy quality fuels that don't require a bunch of filtering hence why the long change intervals.

We are under a "Stage 2" evacuation order now. After yesterday's 105 to 110*F temperatures, RH of 15% the fire broke free and made a good run. It continues to run south along the ridge going towards Boulder Creek and Hillman Basin. Smoke is still nasty here and makes for horrid days of being trapped inside all the time.

You can make your own. Just need to lengths of wire, two lengths of the fusible link, then the 4 ring terminals. I think its like 8 AWG wire. I'm not sure of the fusible link size though. Another solution, if you can get lucky, is going to salvage yard. I never remove the cables just unhook from the battery +. Matter of fact I ran all last winter without grid heaters.

AC noise issues... I would have the alternator tested for high AC noise.

Get these for punching out the unit bearing quick. Stick them in an air hammer and drive those bolts out! Works really good! https://www.amazon.com/Lisle-38210-Hub-Remover-Dodge/dp/B00396DMMA

Like I wanted to keep my exhaust brake so when @CSM was willing to let me have his HX35/40 Hybrid turbo I rebuilt it. Come to find out my stock turbo is a 54/60/12 (HX35W) then the HX35/40 hybrid is a (60/60/12). Flows more air, quick spool, and just about the same as 62/68/12 (close but not exactly.)

Totally agree.

Nope not I... I'm going to guess it would be @Cowboy .

Apparently, the pump is too small and not keeping up if you have 3/4" fuel lines. Even my AirDog 150 does better with 1/2" lines at 17 at idle and 15 WOT. The pressure drop is a sign that your "demand volume" is outweighing the "supply volume" so pressure drops off. When on my setup the pressure drop is very small showing that the pump is capable of holding its own and supplying everything the VP44 requests with 7 x 0.0085 injectors and Quadzilla Adrenaline.

Another one that works really well is the NAPA Green strip belt.

@Quadzilla Power that's the kind of work I love doing right there. I'd love to come down to Utah and hang around the shop for about a week. Kind of like me doing a R12 to R134a conversion on this beauty... 1992 Dodge 250 5.9L Cummins...

Now you can buy it off a Cummins Redneck...

Well all I can say is call him up and have him jump in the forum pile and tell his side of the tale.

Basically, they all seem the same on the inside of the can steel mesh filter and a spring. OE filter has been changed out long ago. The bottom of the can starts to rust over time. When I dump it out and find rust that I typically just replace the water separator filter.

OMG... 7.3L Ford are killer engines to play with. Once you get that turbo straighten out and a tuner dropped on with some fresh injectors I'm sure that thing could haul the mail down the track.

Call Jon @Dynamic he'll be more than happy to help you out. He builds kits so you can do the transmission work yourself.

Ummm... Running a Donaldson filter and water separator right now. Order a batch of 3 filters and 1 W/S from DAP. https://www.dieselautopower.com/water-separator-donaldson-20-mic-3-4-16-thread

Then I would take... At least you know it was well-taken care off...

Basically, 6 hour drive for me, camp out for 2 nights and 6 hours back home. 1996 Dodge 1500 - 46RE

Not worried still got my stock filter in places for catching water. To this day I rarely ever fine water in either filter so the whole worry of water separation is not even an issue. After 60k miles I might have a teaspoon worth of water in both the stock can and the AirDog filter. Nothing to worry about. Now as for filtration. I've got 3um on the AirDog ar a Donaldson filter, Then I've got the stock can with a filter 10um as well. The thing is I change filters every 60k miles roughly. I started cutting filters open and checking the media and found that 15k filter changes are a waste. Then even the second filter in the stock can was catching stuff the 3um was passing. 15k filter... Still brand new. After 60k miles.

Me... I've designed around my driving and local highways. I've got my truck built for good quick power for passing semi-trucks on a two-lane highway with short passing areas. Then keeping the power limit down to keep the MPG numbers up. Then to top it off keeping the longevity of the truck high. https://mopar1973man.com/garage/vehicle/101-2002-dodge-ram-2500/?show=mods