
Everything posted by Mopar1973Man
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Grinding sound when driving straight or turning left
My thought exactly! Front unit bearings are wearing out.
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Total Meltdown
I've got this all repaired. Damage was rather minor really. All the melted wires were right there at the lights. After looking at how BigTex does wiring in the tail is awesome with everything a molded connector. So back to standard crimps and butt splices. Oh Well. The trailer plug was done pretty cool too. They had spade connectors and then inject some sort of sealant into the void of the wire to seal the bare connectors. Sad I had to hack that off and replace the plug too. There is no exposed wiring. They managed to create a small void along the frame rail for all the wiring to run down the driver side of the trailer.
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lift pump help
DTT Assassin is the other pump just like the Fuel Boss but without a electric primer pump. The only problem is if you have prime issues you would have to pull the belt and use a cordless drill to reprime the system since there is no electric primer pump in that system. Another issues that neither Fuel Boss or DTT never solved is distance from the tank. Fuel pumps don't suck very well from long distances. This why everyone was relocating back to the fuel tank making the suction line as short as possible. Then even having Dodge putting the fuel pump in the tank.
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Advice needed...... Getrag 5 Speed Trans
Corrected. Permission problem. Thread moved.
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lift pump help
Yes. Your still got a electric priming pump because Fuel Boss can't self prime.
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2007 5.9 Fuel Pump Fuse or Relay Location
As far as the 2005 Dodge I just had here it was powered on a relay in the PDC. I'm almost positive it was in position 61for the relay and it had a 20 Amp fuse just cant remember the fuse position number.
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Winter Came!
No. Where I live in this deep canyon you can see the winds high up on the ridge line. Now in the valley floor its just light surge now and then.
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Vibration
Wow! Nature's Thread locker... RUST! You need to use the garden hose a bit more! I would have that joint broke down so you can inspect the condition of the socket in the center. Looks like it could of been wobbling a bit more than it should.
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Cold Morning Rountines
Heck I don't even hook up the grid heaters till October when the temps start to fall close to 30*F. Even then it starts easy. I know the Mighty Cummins likes to have a breathe of warm air to get the morning started. Kind of like I like to have my hot cup of coffee in the morning too.
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Cold Morning Rountines
The one thing I will share in regards to cold. If you park outside in the weather and plug in the block heater vs parked in a unheated shed and plugged in. I would say the enclosed shed would produce better results of keeping the cold wind form taking away the heat. Even if it one of those canopy car ports that's enclosed on both ends.
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Winter Came!
Out eating lunch in New Meadows. As for snow I hope it stays. New Meadows rule of thumb is fence posts should be buried so roughly 4 foot of snow.
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Boost leak test/check
I've got a AirDog 150 and kept my stock fuel filter. Best to keep the filter just install the boost gauge in that port.
- Winter Came!
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And he said, Let there be Light!
Just aimed low angled. Yes I will admit your bulbs are much much brighter and wider range (left to right). Cost factor... Hmmm?
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And he said, Let there be Light!
Works awesome in city use and never been pulled over. The lo beam are adjusted so they do not blind. Hi beams are like "Beam me up Scotty". Seriously though I've never had a single issue with people flashing there hi beams or been pulled over for either truck.
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SHTF
Solution I found that works very well. For long term storage of gasoline is a 55 gallon drum will air tight bungs. I've been storing gasoline for YEARS with no loss or issues. As long as the drum is air tight container and does not breathe the fuel will last very long time. Also store diesel in the same manner. I picked up the drums from a oil distribution house that had fresh engine oil and the drum were clean and rust free. Cost only $20 a drum. Like yesterday instead of driving to town for 10 gallons of gasoline. I just pulled 10 gallons from the drum. When I unscrewed the bung it have a good hard vacuum on it. I know my bungs are still good and the o-ring can be replaced if needed. No issues with the fuel even with long term storage. Like during the flood of 96-97 I have all the gasoline I could every want. 4 vehicles of our own at the time will 1/2 tank or better. Then the 4 other families had vehicles with fuel in them as well. Gasoline was plentiful and very easy to get. Potable generator where easy to unplug and relocate to another house for few hours. Propane has to be hard plumbed in. As for storage of your generator with gasoline is easy too. Most have a fuel valve just shut the valve run the carb dry. I typically try to exercise my gennies 1 a month (at least the main one). The other two are stored empty because the tanks are vented like AH64ID fuel will not keep. This applies to vented containers.
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SHTF
Sad to say propane fuel generators are expensive and burn way more fuel than gasoline or diesel powered. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gasoline_gallon_equivalent So no matter how you slice it you will need more propane to do the same work of a gasoline powered generator.
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Boost leak test/check
More or less yes. At that pressure its starts to transition into the power mode. It's not a sudden thing but a smooth taper. That's simple. Too little defuel (too high of sublevel) you'll have smoke or too much defuel (too low in sublevel) it just runs doggy. If its below the stated pressure its defueling. If it's above the stated pressure its in power mode. Ditch the boost bolt and put a normal bolt back in and torque to specifications. Now move your boost sensor over the port in the head. Nice 3/4" port right there behind the fuel filter. It out of the way and you can now torque your manifold down tight like its suppose to be. Boost bolts are known to break off attempting to torque them. Also they always seem to be in the way!
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And he said, Let there be Light!
Like my current setup of four 100w aircraft landing light, 2 on hi and 2 on lo reach out a and hit a reflectors at a full 1 mile away. Total for my setup is roughly $120 to build. Bulbs are only $18 a piece to replace.
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SHTF
That's one of the things I resolved a very long time ago. After 96-97 Flood I learned a lot. I had a 4kw generator that powered most of the house during that time and we lost power and phone for over 14 days. That's what got me to evolve and move into solar and hydro power. I wasn't going to be caught in a long term storm again. I remember people willing to pay you hundreds of dollars just to rent your generator to power up freezer to keep food from spoiling. We had 3 or 4 different family all living from our place. We are on a high bench above the high river level. So the only thing I can say is invest in a good generator that has 220 VAC output for your well. Like now I've got a collection of 3 generators now. 6,500w for the main house, 4,000 watt for the guest house shop and 2,000 watt generator for the RV. That's another thing the RV always turns into a fallback home. Like during the flood instead of attempting to power the well and electric water heater for showers we fired up the old Dodge Jamboree motorhome loaded it with water and turned on the propane. Now you had a shower house for every one. Water time came around I would power up the well and fill containers and the RV and then go back to power refrigeration. Then current the main house and the RV are both solar / battery powered with inverters. I plan on added more updated panels to the main house and taking the older panels for the guest house and building a smaller 2,000 watt system for there.
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The time has come to produce the Mopar1973Man High Idle & MPG fooler switches again.
- And he said, Let there be Light!
So if a person bought a set of the clear lens head lights and retro fitted those into then it would work exactly how you want it. Correct? http://www.protuninglab.com/94-01-dodge-ram-euro-headlights-black-ks.html?utm_source=googlepepla&utm_medium=adwords&id=140845616938- Knock off tuner....or not?
Like you said it splitting hairs. The Starlite diesel does provide a tune after you provide a stock tune back to them. Then the built the tune and email the zip file to you to finish the flash on your side. So Starlite is sold empty. I'm sure some where down the line its a method of evading the EPA/CARB rules. As for who actually owns the company we may never know.- Knock off tuner....or not?
Like Starlite Diesel tuners is a EFI Live Tuner. Also for 07 and up. Possibly some thing cheap and easy to use for deleting out trucks. If for some reason EPA/CARB want to come back fining people I sure these little programmers can pull up business and move on without any impact to the mother company. http://www.starlitediesel.com/- Vibration
I'm going to bet on the Luke's Link is loose. - And he said, Let there be Light!