Mopar1973Man

Still over $5 a gallon here in Idaho.

Well its been a crazy December for me. @Honey Badger and I made a trip over to Everett WA to go get her youngest son Jake. Jake wanted to move back to Idaho to be with his family. That trip was crazy getting over Snoqualmie Pass. Speed limit was set for 45 MPH I was doing between 45 to 50 MPH knowing what Katie told me of the road conditions. Sadly enough we watched a Jeep pass me at about 60 to 65 MPH rounded a corner and disappeared. I rounded the corner and Beast started to yaw a bit as I hit the pack snow floor. Looked to my right and there was that Jeep about 20 to 25 foot up the embankment stuck. Made it to Everett WA and got a motel room. Got up the next morning and grabbed the U-Haul trailer which took forever (1.5 hours). U-Haul set me up piss poor and not enough drop hitch (tongue was high). Boogied over to Jake's Dad's place and loaded him up and took about 0.5 hour to do. We opted to get over Snoqualmie pass before thinking of grabbing a motel again. 3 hours trying to get back over Snoqualmie pass. West bound side was closed right at the same spot where the Jeep lost it there was 3 semi-trucks piled up closing the west bound side. East bound side was just a crawl using 1st gear most of the way. Ugh! Once we got free of the hold up we all needed a bathroom break so we stopped in Cle Elum WA which was a freaking nightmare with everyone trying to go west. We ended up taking a detour to get back on East finding out East bound was closed behind us. Whew! We kept trucking all the way back to Lewiston ID to grab a motel and get some rest and food. Other than that I've been super busy with dealing with a 1997 Dodge with a alternator / PCM issues. Then a 2005 Dodge with a trans slipping issues which turned out to be a output speed sensor. Then another 2005 Dodge I just installed +50 HP DAP injectors in and now adding a Smarty Touch but the auto transmission isn't happy at all being the 35 inch tires are adding huge stress to the transmission (slipping in high gear). Then Mark my renter down in the guest house got hung up with a heater core that was barely 3 months old and blew out. Then myself trying to fix thing on Beast before making the Washington trip and be sure all my T's were crossed and I's where dotted. I've still got lots of work to do there yet for Beast. Replacing all my brake cables and get my parking brake working again. Still got work on Thor to do yet too. Then Katies Jeep is here in the yard needing a new floor pan on the passenger side. Beyond that I've been busy with bringing younger crowds to the website with TikTok videos. My last video I created was a good one and managed to get a few wanting to join the website. My TikTok profile - https://www.tiktok.com/@mopar1973man My Last video... Look at boost pressure and EGT's this a flat ground road highway 55 leaving McCall ID heading south toward Donnelly ID. Oh the speed limit is 55 MPH on this stretch of road. So now about Jake he might want to learn how to work on diesel engines as well I might actually have a good apprentice to teach being he's 19 years old and willing to learn about vehicles. So maybe I can pass on my knowledge to some one younger and might help me keep this ball rolling.

I've seen several cases where people got fuel from a farm tank or a drag tank locally and had water in the fuel. I've seen cases where the water has plugged draw straw and locked up the a fuel pump with ice in the pump housing. If your running a FASS or AirDog a heat gun will heat it up and thaw it out. If it was locked up check the relay and fuse. Stock fuel pumps well that might get expensive. It will most likely burn the ECM fuel pump circuit up being there is no fuse to keep it from happening. The tracer on the Mylar circuit board will burn and damage the ECM.

Do me a favor and check the blue wire on the alternator for +12V power while the engine is running. Also make sure your tach is working. If there is no tach signal the PCM will not turn on the alternator field. If the PCM is for sure dead head over to @Auto Computer Specialist and they can rebuild the PCM voltage regulator I just had a 1997 Dodge rebuilt last month for a local rancher. Gauges are get there data from the CCD network and could stem from the PCM problems being the PCM is having issues. If there is a cluster problem for sure there is Module Masters in Moscow ID that rebuilds the dodge clusters and ABS computers. Most likely there is a issue with the PCM being the PCM is not responding but double check the pins in the OBDII plug I've seen it on my truck and few others after a few thousand cycles of being plugged into it might of push a pin out of the plug under the dash. It doesn't take much to push it out and double check the pins. I'm kind of doubting its happened being there is other issues pointing to the PCM. This is going to be tough without the OBDII socket working and might have to return back to it after the repair. So the blue and green wires. The blue is +12V from the PCM that powers also the trans relay in the PDC. The green wire is a variable ground. If the blue wire shorts out it will fry the PCM quickly. You want to ohm test between the blue wire and ground to verify this. Make sure the PCM is unplugged and alternator is unplugged too for the test. Neither blue or green wire will be active till there is tach signal sensed by the PCM. Again back to a PCM problem. I do have a PCM protection fuse mod that will keep this from happening again. Oh yeah make sure to load test your alternator on a test stand. Automatic or manual? Manual is just a 2 wire switch typically near the shift tower. Automatic does the switch action inside the transmission. Might also check the fuses in the dash on the driver side for a blown fuse.

Don't bother tapping... The previous owner did this to Thor and tapped the intake horn. Looks rather cheap having a ISSPro EV2 sensor and wiring off the intake horn. There is a 3/4" pipe plug in the manifold just behind the MAP sensor that you can bush down to 1/8" and hook up your boost gauge. Boost bolts are easy to snap off and the tubing doesn't last long there either. Seem like every truck that has a boost bolt I end up breaking the tubing at the boost bolt or end up breaking the boost bolt off getting it back out (rusted). The pipe plug is super easy to remove and just grab a few few pipe bushing and presto boost access.

NAPA has a full assortment of plastic fasteners typically just take an old fastener with you and match them up. Like I did big bags of the door panel fasteners from Amazon.

I've had the steering column pod it does block a few things. 25 MPH down to zero you can't see. The brake light on the dash you can't see. The 4WD light you can't see. Wait To Start you can't see either. I relocated mine to below the dash near the transfer case lever. (Trans Temp).

I've managed once to get water in the front differential from just running deep snow and mushy snow. Yeah its possible to draw in water in the differentials. Double check the vent hose to be sure they are as high up as possible. Just pull the plugs and dip a finger to check if you have a milkshake in the differentials.

I've gotta say if there is all this big brother watching and know our every move... They would of busted every criminal, drug lord, etc. Sad truth it never happens. My whole life is on the internet even the fact I use cannabis. Never had any cops show up. I don't even worry about it. Heck my address is even on Google. Come and get me. Been here in Idaho for 32 years never been arrested. Second off I have clean devices no windows or apple. I'm fully Linux and android which doesn't have the issue like Windows or Apple products.

Nope. My vent temp at ZERO degrees outside I'm still 160°F. Just had a period of 3 hours of sitting in my truck at 0°F out and comfortable 70°F to 80°F inside at an idle. Just using a NAPA 190°F thermostat.

I'm heading to Seattle WA tomorrow. Not looking forward to the haul but hopefully we can make it before the storm. I'm going to be hauling my girlfriend's youngest son back with me and all his personal stuff. I'm renting a Uhaul trailer and going to use Beast to do the trip back and forth. Let's see if I can at least do good on the MPG's there and back. Still 5.589 here for diesel. Ugh..

Better yet live in a area without cell service. All I gotta do is pull the plug on my Verizon Extender and no cell service. Then walk back to the bedroom pull the WiFi router I'm no longer connected. Where I camp normal there is zero signal and services for at least 50 miles. Go back country problem solved.

Should only buy VP44s from Bosch certified sources. There is a lot of rebuilders that don't have a test stand nor do they replace the PSG on top which requires a 3 hour run on Bosch test stand to calibrate and flash the PSG. Like @dieselautopower is a good vendor sells only certified VP44s.

I created my own solution back when I had Diesel the Dobbie. I just covered the seat with like a nylon fabric and then cut a piece of plywood the shape of the seat and then screwed carpet to the board. That way Diesel had a way to hang on and get grip without damaging the cover. Then the board could be hosed off to get the hair and pet accidents off. The cover I just threw in the washer once a month. I just seen another version in a customers truck that in the yard that is the same kind of fabric as well and it drapes from the back of the front seat to the rear seats but easy for a pet to tear up being there is no board or carpet for the pet to hang on too.

Hard wood is always better than soft woods. Should try coal, one time in the stove it will burn for a very long time too. Burns clean in a wood stove as well. Like Myself I've got that maple limb that broke off and it dry and we having be burning it as well.

I really don't care if anyone is listening to me over my cellphone. If the technology really was there they would be able to take down every single criminal out there by just listening for a crime to be discussed. As friends and I talk about Biden and wanting to see him removed and have high dislike for DemonRats. Still never seen anyone come to my door and haul me away in handcuffs. Heck, even talking to friends and family about cannabis no cop has ever stopped here to check for weed or pulled me over. So the whole they are listening to your conversation I think is complete BS. @JAG1 is right keywords will target partial ads but that's about it. If you want them gone just dump your cookies the ads will disappear magically.

Please bring the prices down here it would be nice. Riggins is 5.859 still and up in McCall its as high as 6.099 yet. I'm watching gas prices drop but diesel is hanging high yet.

I'm running +150 HP injectors with HX35W turbo. No EGT's issues and great MPG. Turbo isn't needed really. The only thing I did to reduce EGT's was to drop to 245/75 R16 tire which changes the final ratio to 3.69. I can pull my 8,000 pound RV all the way to Cally to 7,500 feet with no issues.

Yup, this weirdo does kind things. Yeah its true. I was in my full dress hiding out in Winco getting grocery with @Honey Badger and like she said the lady was having issues with two food stamp card being declined. I walk over to the cashier and ask what the bill was and just whipped out the cash and paid her bill. Just because I love to dress in Emo Goth and throw people off it does create quite the stir when I'm in this mode and do stellar things like paying this lady's food bill. I had others in line just totally shocked and crying doing this kind gesture.

Kind of impossible for the VP44 only fire on 3 injectors being the rotor is going to deliver to all line equally as the distributor turns. It more possible for bad injectors to have issues (cracked nozzles, low pop pressure, etc) or partial plugged crossover tubes. Yes I know that the Cummins high idle runs on 3 cylinders but every other in the firing order. (1, 5, 3, 6, 2, 4) <- Red Cylinder number fire. Did anyone do a compression test afterwards to see if there is any compression problems. I've seen a past member having a cracked piston and changed the head thinking it would fix the problem but the piston was cracked. A single piston with a crack can foul the compression and make a miss but pass a blowby test. This why a compression test is needed to test each cylinder seperately.

Welcome to the family... Sorry I'm late to the party here but life has been keeping me hoping these days and busy. Just consider I'm running +150 HP injectors (7 x 0.010) and stock HX35W turbo and stock manifold. EGTs are low like 550*F at 65 MPH on flat ground. This you should do. This is part of my key to high MPGs and low EGT's. I will admit that tuning isn't just quick set and walk away there is a lot of fine tuning to do, I've got several tricks to keeping the MPG's high and the EGT's low. Studs will prevent head curl which typically starts by about 300k miles it will help and don't be afraid to torque them tighter I've got my ARP 425's torqued to 135 foot/pounds. That is not a typo. +100 HP injectors are child's play nice good bump in power but fairly easy to tune for MPG's. I will give away I didn't pop mine to 305 bar like more builders but 320 bar (extra 146 PSI). Better longevity for the injectors and slight boost in finer spray. I would keep the stock filter can if its still there extra filter is always a plus. I've also ran my lines inside the frame nothing to snag. As for the sender basket it can be fully replaced or just the sender part. The sender you can still get from Dodge Dealers. Then the sender basket if damaged you can get from @dieselautopower yeah I had a sender pin rot off and drop my gauge to nothing. I would drop the #1 step to the last step. Being its very possible to run a stock turbo yet on +150 HP injectors which I'm still doing without any EGT's issues. I would do #4 next insure you have the volume of fuel for what is next. Then #2 is easy enough to do. Then #3 I would do last. That way when the injectors and Quadzilla is together you can do the tune work once and move forward.

There is only a few 4th Gens up here the few I've been around, seem to start fairly easy. Now I need to say I know of summer time but not had one to play with yet for winter time. I just figured with the larger grid heater it would be able to start better.

Just to point out that I've got a customer (2006 G56) that opted for the 50 SAE trans fluid over the ATF+4. No issues to date and still shifting good. I've still got 50 SAE in Beast (NV4500) and shortly going to swap out the ATF+4 in Thor (G56) for 50 SAE as well.

Wow. I figured a new 4th gen would do better for starting. Even Thor (2006) starts really good with one cycle of the grid heaters. Then Beast (2002) starts good all the way to -40*F with two grid heater cycles. No rough running.