Everything posted by Mopar1973Man
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Merry Christmas everyone.
Gotta be quick around here. No worse than "Where does this bolt go?" and clank into the middle of nowhere it went... Now I just need @IBMobile to show up and pick on him next...
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Quadzilla Adrenaline Timing (Crude method)
I think I've found a crude way of setting up timing. What you'll need is to find a flat piece of highway you might check with a GPS to ensure its flat as possible for at least a one or two miles. What you going to do mark off your stretch of highway for the test area now you want to be at cruise speed with cruise control locked at the exact same speed each time. Might be handy if you can do all your tuning without shutting down engine this way your set cruise control should be the same. Now if you travel the same direction and speed over your test patch of highway you now can change your timing. What I've found is if you go to far advance you will notice the engine load value will rise. The same will be true for going too far retarded. If you are in doubt I would run 0.5 degree more retarded that advanced. There is only one thing the ECM and Quadzilla Adrenaline cannot see and adjust for is CETANE. So keep in mind your cetane of your fuel like up here its winterized #2 which is around 50 cetane currently. This also means you can retard the timing a bit too for this as well. Everything else you can monitor fuel temperature, IAT and ECT temperature. But cetane is the only value that is not factored in. Another way to detect timing is to set your cruise timing load as close to flat ground engine load. This should be tight and close to flip-flopping back and forth. Now if you overdo the timing say over advance the timing you find that the Quadzilla will most likely stay in the performance timing map more. If you find better timing you'll notice that you gain margin of room on the cruise timing as the engine load goes down for the same speed. These change might be very small if so you might be right where you need. If you off timing by quite a bit you notice a fair amount of engine load decrease as you keep getting closer to the correct timing values. As we are all learning there is no exact correct value being there too many variables with injection pumps, injectors, etc that will play a role in what works for on truck and not another. I've got another way I could do this too is using that same flat patch of highway do a 0 to 60 MPH run. My OBDLink LX and Palmer Performance App will do track times for 0 to 60 MPH. Clock starts as soon as movement is detected and stops when 60 MPH is reached. Then you could compare times for the performance timing table as well.
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Power door locks
You need the door panel tool that is like a fork that actually pries up on the fasteners not the door panel plastic.
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Back up light mod (relay)
Well depends. Like for backup light they last a long time like 5-7 years. As driving lights they are about 1-2 years tops.
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Merry Christmas everyone.
I'm just a small part of it. There are several other people that keep this site going as well. Like our Board of Directors that keep the site heading the right direction. Some key member and other staff that help the people that come to the site.
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Back up light mod (relay)
Get a 4 prong relay 30 Amp. Then you might pick up these bulbs they are much brighter. 100w bulbs...
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Merry Christmas everyone.
You mean?
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Merry Christmas everyone.
Then some morning I'll have to show you my Coffee Cup Eggs. Quick morning meal... Even though I'm beating up two unborn lives and nuking them till done. Yeah, I know some Christmas Spirit. But if we didn't pick on you... You wouldn't know that you are loved... Merry Christmas Dave...
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Stant or Gates Thermostat, any issues
I see way too much of blaming the thermostat too quickly as for the cause of overheat. Like out here radiator plugging externally and internally is very common. Either from mud or dirt road travel. I see this even on 3rd Gen trucks. Matter of fact the last one I worked on attempting to correct a overheat was @Taz between the radiator face being plugged up and the electric fand clutch being bad. You could easily blamed the thermostat. Most do because they are cheap and easy to change compared to pulling a radiator to clean it or replacing a fan clutch.
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Merry Christmas everyone.
I feel the love there...
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Merry Christmas everyone.
Thank you for the kind comments. I'm glad our little family of Cummins Nuts could be of help to you!
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Merry Christmas everyone.
Gotta teach those boys about the Might Cummins.
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1995 abs/brake light
Basically take the module out have it rebuilt or the dump valve wiring is disconnected or open circuit. I would test this first before having the module replaced or rebuilt.
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Stant or Gates Thermostat, any issues
They are also few fries short of a Happy Meal too.
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P0222
Yeah it's possible. I would just change it out. 8 to 10 years is a good run. Reminder we have Timbo APPS in stock too.
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Electrical Gremlins
We have diode packs for the denso alternators.
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99 Cummins - new to me pickup - that has issues
ABS wise you'll need a tool to pull the error codes to see what is going on. RAWL are strange animals.
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New Issue P0230 - What should I do next?
Fuel sender is pretty cheap and can be purchased at you local dealer. Make sure you keep after parts guy that you only want the level sensor.
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Door wiring for lighted mirrors
Captured and moved to the article database. Thank you!
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Merry Christmas everyone.
Got up to this morning to Nick's handy work. Thanks Nick...
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Merry Christmas everyone.
Amen! That's exactly what Christmas is all about! Say a prayer and be thankful for what you have and celebrate the Good Lord's Birthday. Like both @MoparMom and myself are not out buying presents for each other but we are going to take time during Christmas day to say our prayers to the Good Lord above. I'm thankful for many things... I've got a lot to thank the Good Lord for letting me have these Blessings...
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Rear Axle ABS wheel speed sensor: brands
Might be for making the same sensor universal to several other axle designs.
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Merry Christmas everyone.
I apologize for being the Christmas Grinch this year... I should of been making some Christmas Artwork for the site. Most folks here know my life has been crazy and busy the last year now. Again sorry for not making the site feisty. M E R R Y C H R I S T M A S T O O N E A N D A L L
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New Issue P0230 - What should I do next?
Vulcan Performance sells the big line kit for the stock filter to the VP44 injection pump. http://www.vulcanperformance.com/Universal-Big-Line-Filter-to-Injection-Pump-Kit-p/ffipn375.htm
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Drag From Cold Weather
I've seen this a few times where people claim that cold weather will produce more drag on a vehicle just the cold dense air. So just for the fun of it I went and did the calculation on just the air drag part of it. Not factoring in other loses like fluid thickening... Here is the formulas I used Drag http://www.thefintels.com/aer/dragcalc.htm Air Density http://www.denysschen.com/catalogue/density.aspx Dodge Ram Specs including Drag Coefficient http://www.pickuptrucks.com/html/ram_specs.html So using local information and building a test bed on this. Vehicle - 2nd Generation Dodge Ram 2500 truck Test #1 Winter (Column C) Stats [*]+10*F Temperature [*]90% Humidity [*]2,800 ft Elevation [*]45 MPH (Road conditions locally) Test #2 Summer (Column B) Stats [*]+100*F Temperature [*]10% Humidity [*]2,800 ft Elevation [*]65 MPH Test #3 Comparing both using both summer and winter conditions. (Columns E & F) Which this shows roughly 4.659 MPH difference between winter and summer condition will be nearly equal in drag. Just for fun compare 55 and 65 MPH...