Mopar1973Man

Absolutely... Too much was crushed back when scrappers where hauling scrap metal. I watch several old 70's Dodge Trucks and Cars go into a crusher and turn into cubes in no time flat. All I could is cry... Now finding old 70's stuff is nearly insane. Like the fire dept is looking for a 1976 Dodge Pickup door but there is none left all been crushed.

Paying attention whats said here. I would pull number 6 out and inspect the injector. Personally I go back to what I said pull all 6 injectors have them pop tested and inspected. Now while there out you can do the compression test to see if #6 is indeed damaged a piston. Don't bother with a blow by test we already know there is enhanced blow by when you mention the oil cap. Did you check your valve lash yet?

Firewood hauling, cutting & splitting, then stacking is my daily work out in the summer. Get lots of exercise and lose some pounds every spring.

If you here I could get a picture of the underside I won't make you unload the camper for the top side.

That's exactly what I do. Head out up the forestry roads to go pick up all the fire killed trees I want. They are going to just rot and fall over and create another fire issues. So take then home and clean up the forest.

As for the "Camper Idea" talk to JAG1 about his slide in camper. As for getting one its the same reason I bought mine I got tired of cramming in the back of the pick under the canopy and cold nights. So much nicer to crash in a queen size bed, force air heat, and all the comforts of home on the road. The only reason I never considered the slide in is because it has the same limitations of a motorhome. If you set up camp you end up packing everything up to leave camp. Slide in you could unload but can be a bother at times. JAG1 is quite the camper and heavy too.

Silicone spray lube will work for getting it freed up. It a twist, pull out, then twist again... To drain normally. At that point once its drained out just twist a little till it stops then pull out gently. I've done this twice now repairing drain plugs one on a 2nd Gen and one on a 4th Gen. So technically the article is should be relocated to "General Cummins" being does work for 2nd Gen, 3rd Gen and 4th Gen.

What's wrong with a propane weed burner to light your stove? 20# propane bottle last all winter lighting the stove every morning.

There was a guy I seen that built his own waste oil burn out of a normal wood stove. Need a cast iron pan, stack of large bolts, and drip system into the pan. Place the pan in the wood stove layer the bolts in the in criss-cross fashion. Drill and add your drip line above the placement of the pan. Use a needle valve to control oil flow. To light take your acetylene torch and heat the botls up red hot and turn on your oil. It will keep going on it own. I wish I could find that article again. It's also that same post is lost here on the site somewhere.

Sucks when you want to do brake work or wheel work like rotate tire now you got to back out of the shop and jack up off the ground again. When I was working with Lindy. The landlord had the collection of car he had a 4 post and always came over to Lindy 2 post because can't do axle or wheel work at all on a 4 post.

I like that. Another tidbit... I've had this happen to a customer truck and it was so simple to fix. If you happen to have o-rings form A/C work or just a o-ring kit you can swap them out in no time flat.

Like you I've got a low ceiling so 2 post lift is not in the works. Joking I've always said I was going to pour a pad put a 2 post outside. I know that won't happen either. I know that there is only a few month of the year where a person could work outside. After that its too hot, too cold, too wet, or too frozen. I do have a Big Buddy propane heater for the shop for the short periods of time I'm going to be out there. Like today the wood stove about cook us out of the shop. 2 arm loads of firewood and it was well on its way to 80-85 inside the shop.

The only problem there is typically a bad VP44 or PSG would make it random in nature of knock because of failure. But to have a good rhythm. Still that is cylinder based or valve based. Even weak injectors have a random hit / miss type of problem. Not unless the injector is stuck open or horrid pop pressures that way low. Even then would be starting issues from loss of prime.

So far the 2 lifts I've worked around I hate them. Neither one ever went high enough for me to work standing up. Always doing the splits and always racking my head on low hanging truck parts or the lift arms. Laying on a creep I can do it for hours. I'm 6'2" tall the the lift arms typically are right at 5'10" or so. That was really hard on my back.

Along Wild & Free idea I would pull the injectors out for pop testing and inspection. While they are out you can do compression test verify the engine health. Minimal impact and tear down but gives clues. Also while the valve cover is off you can check valve lash on the valves easy enough. Typically a bad injector would continue to smoke wouldn't it? (cracked tip or blown tip)

Good friend of mine needed a place to work out of the cold and of course he would call here... Nice wood heated shop and all the tools you might need for basic repairs.

From what I learned about looming. You want to start from your open ends and work inward on yourself. You start by doing all your small branches into the main loom bring a few wraps in the main loom. Then you start from one of the main loom and travel a bit over 50% of the way. Then reverse start a the other other and overlap in the center. This way all your plug ends will not unravel in a few months and you won't need zip ties then either. Some of the tidbits I learn doing cable assembly in California years ago... Also I've peeled a few looms in my day...

Better off just take the time remove the valve cover and inspecting by hand with the engine off. Start at TDC and check your rockers if any are really loose then look deeper. Possible but rare is bent push rod.\

Too much rhythm. It's not random. Metal to Metal tapping. That's why I think valve lash. Not to mention is running too smooth to be a fuel issue.

Valve lash...

I used to work with Adobe Illustrator CS4. Too bad Inkscape and Adobe don't mix...

That actual font of the Achieve Your Destination actually was suppose to mimic the old 1970's Challenger Font. In designing that I was keeping to a Mopar theme mix of old and new.

That's a good thing here...

Not bad CSM...

Impressive picture! I like the out come!