Everything posted by Mopar1973Man
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Custom Quadzilla Tuning R & D Thread
Can't be done. Once the APPS sensor is return to idle the Quadzilla drops out and ECM takes over.
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Making new battery cables
Yes, there is a 120 amp fuse in the PDC for the alternator.
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Making new battery cables
I know what you mean being the amount of money I dropped in lighting for the front of the Cummins. I've got a total of $1,000 dollar in lighting sounds expensive but well worth as well. So I really do understand what you are saying in money well spent.
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Making new battery cables
Typically I would dip the copper ends in flux and heat them a little bit to get the flux to flow into the strains of copper. The brush some flux into the copper lug and heat. Then start adding the solder to the lug and dip the cable into the lug and heat for a few seconds longer on the lug this should get the solder to start wicking up the cable.
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Custom Quadzilla Tuning R & D Thread
Pretty sure. I found a few valves on the tight side dead cold. I admit I did the lash beforehand but in a rush so I grab a torque wrench and just set my torque on the jamb nuts and threw the cover on which in turn made a few tight in the lash setting. Last time I double checked my gap after torquing. 330k miles and never leaked.
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Making new battery cables
Wow! Expensive electrical upgrade. Little over $800 for all your upgrade.
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Custom Quadzilla Tuning R & D Thread
Being with all the miles I'm doing I'm going to redo the valve lash my truck soon. Trying to scrape up every bit of efficiency I can get out of my truck. Even change the BHAF today in hopes of just a wee bit less restriction of airflow. Then finding the loose ground on my Quadzilla and the weird issues it created.
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Parking brake failure
Wow! What a PITA! The salt has really taken a toll on the old truck. Now the adjustment nut is a 13mm nut and typically able to loosen with 13mm and vise grips holding the stud at the curl. Not this time nearly seized up tight with rust. Without damaging the stud I shot it with PB blaster and started working the nut back and forth slowly and reapply PB blaster. Then went and grabbed an 8mm x 1.25 die and ran the die right up against the nut to clean the threads of rust. Then tighten the nut just a wee-bit more and chased right up to again. Then back the die off and the nut came off with my fingers. Ok. So the two clips that are provided in the kit the one that looks like the factory clip is too small for the lead beads won't fit but the U shaped one works fine. Reset my pedal to the fully up position and reassembled the cable as typical. The fun part is with the threads clean it was easy to adjust the nut just by finger practically. I added another turn by the wrench to take up a bit more slack but I've got a working parking brake again. Now the new clip to replace the broken stock one.
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Maintenance - BHAF Replacement
I ordered a BHAF from DAP and it came on Thursday. Been busy running back and forth all week. I've always been basing the filter change on the filter minder that I typically always just drilled a hole and stuffed the grommet in and the filter minder. I'm going to walk away from that method and start moving over to yearly changes of the air filter. I can't say right now if there any impact in MPG numbers or not but you sure can hear the turbo whine now compared to with the old filter. I'll keep you all posted.
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Quadzilla Fault - Check your grounds!
Today I pulled the entire loom out and checked all the connectors and added dielectric grease to some of the plugs that are getting hit with salt from the highway. Double checked my ground again and both power points the +12V BATT connection at the PDC stud and the +12V IGN in the fuse tap in the cab. After doing all this things changes for the better the gauges are much more stable and EGT are nearly matching with up to only +50*F offset between the ISSPro and the Quadzilla at its worst span. Double checked all connections and took it for a test drive into town seems smooth compared to last night with the up and down timing all over the map and boost reading bouncing 1 to 14 PSI.
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Making new battery cables
Exactly... That's the ticket.
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2010 2500 Ram 6.7 Issues
Ok. That short of time you might be fine. If it tested good then you should be fine.
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Died after installing Edge
I would remove the wire tap as well. If the Edge has an internal issue and shorting out the solenoid line it could present problems too. Just best to fully remove all connections then you can rule it out completely.
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2010 2500 Ram 6.7 Issues
I'm going to bet the other battery is weaken too. Batteries should be swapped as pairs.
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Making new battery cables
Nice. The only thing I would do is find a high amp fuse holder and install a 180 Amp fuse or whatever the Alternator is rated for. This way the alternator is protected if a diode happens to short out then the fuse will blow and not start an engine fire.
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Died after installing Edge
There are the two codes you provided. But this doesn't tell us if the pump is creating enough pressure to keep it running under load. You could have 1 PSI of pressure and make a mess but that wouldn't be enough to keep the VP44 happy under load. Still, need to verify that after you do get it running by rehooking up the Edge and seeing your fuel pressure. You might check fuses too might of cracked or blown a fuse somewhere preventing things from running. Check then with a test light or an ohm meter. Once the Edge Juice is disconnected I would attempt to prime and start the engine again by cracking 1,3,4 injector lines and see if it starts up.
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Switched to Quadzilla iQuad!
At least with my Android LG G5 cellphone I've found that the iQuad App has to open before clicking on the tune you want to import from the Download App. Then it works just fine. If the iQuad App is not running I get the same results of error or nothing happens.
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Died after installing Edge
First off we need some back diagnostics. Is there any error codes present using a standard OBDII code reader? Lot of error codes will not trip the CEL. There are error codes that will possibly prevent the truck from starting so this why I'm asking about error codes. Second off I would remove the Edge completely to aid in diagnostics of the truck to ensure the Edge is not to blame in the starting problem. Need to get back to the stock truck just to be sure. Do you have good fuel pressure from the lift pump? I know the gauges on the Edge will be gone if its all unplugged. You going to need a mechanical gauge for testing purpose.
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Making new battery cables
Personally, I say solder is the best method being the cable is in sense welded to the entire face of the lug. Where crimping is based on contact by pressure. If soldered properly the cable will be sealed to moisture and battery acid where crimping the cable can oxidize from battery acid contact or simply water. @JAG1 For a construction guy, it's like sweating together to copper fittings they never leak, do they? As long as it was done right.
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Custom Quadzilla Tuning R & D Thread
Keep an eye on the oil level. See if it continues to grow and if the oil pressure drops on you.
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VP/APPS codes
Here is the fuel pressure article.
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Making new battery cables
What happened? Are you ok? I'm curious of the project and what you've done.
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Quadzilla Fault - Check your grounds!
I just had my first Quadzilla failure tonight. Basically rolling into the rest area notice that the display went all zero's and then started like a reconnect. Knowing the fuse tap is possible weak spot I double check it and thought I got it. Nope. Connect and the values where all over the map. Boost was bouncing 1 to 14 and back and forth. EGT's all over the place. Then fail to all zero's again. Then attempt to connect and lock up midway. Crap. Next stop I check the fuse tap again and the fuse itself. The same thing occurred again. Crap. Third stop... I decided to check the BATT connection and the ground connection. Wouldn't of figured my ground bolt had managed to come lose and you could here the relay in the Quad snap everytime I touched that ground wire sure enough the bolt was loose. Tighten the bolt and came home the last 20 miles. Now I'm going to watch my other BUGS I posted and see if this impacts there performance at all.
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Quadzilla Failure
I just had my first Quadzilla failure tonight. Basically rolling into the rest area notice that the display went all zero's and then started like a reconnect. Knowing the fuse tap is possible weak spot I double check it and thought I got it. Nope. Connect and the values where all over the map. Boost was bouncing 1 to 14 and back and forth. EGT's all over the place. Then fail to all zero's again. Then attempt to connect and lock up midway. Crap. Next stop I check the fuse tap again and the fuse itself. The same thing occurred again. Crap. Third stop... I decided to check the BATT connection and the ground connection. Wouldn't of figured my ground bolt had managed to come lose and you could here the relay in the Quad snap everytime I touched that ground wire sure enough the bolt was loose. Tighten the bolt and came home the last 20 miles. Now I'm going to watch my other BUGS I posted and see if this impacts there performance at all.
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HE351 swap
Still going to need some sort of fuel management to control smoke.