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I have 2 of the old style "first gen" switches and both quit working. One has a problem with IAT and the other ECT. I tried to fix to no avail and figured I should upgrade to the new design. My only concern is how long is the wiring. The first two I had to solder in an additional 36 inches of wire and they worked fine until they didn't. The overall length from where the wires come together in the engine compartment to the switch on my modified fooler was about 8ft stock was 5ft. Thanx.

Probably is one and the same dripley. I found the pictures I was looking for. I like to monitor most things. I figure if it isn't broke don't fix it. My truck is closing in on 200k in the next couple weeks and still has the original oil pump, water pump and VP44.

I have had an Isspro EV2 oil pressure gauge for a couple years now. Used a port in the oil gallery on the drivers side of the block, not very hard to do. I have watched the pressure on the dash, the edge monitor which reads from the same sensor as the dash and the Isspro. The reading between the Edge and Isspro mirror each other at all RPM's. If you guesstimate with the dash it is close but it is sluggish to big changes in pressure(ie 2000 rpms to idle, like shifting to neutral and coasting). This is what I have observed on my truck anyways. I thought I had a picture of the edge and Isspro reading oil pressure but I cannot find it at this time. The picture is showing the plug where I installed the Isspro sensor. It is in front of the ECM, it is a metric allen.

Starter died in the truck in the spring and the shop put in a Delco. I have no complaints. I have taken all my vehicles to this shop. When I go there I tell him what is wrong and give him the keys. I don't trust many people with my truck but I trust him. Jerry does his research and finds out what's good and what's not. Also when I took in for the starter they cleaned all the connections including the grounds. Truck also cranks way faster now. I kept my connections as clean as I could but they went through everything and what a difference.

Yup I agree my old boss was tight with money and that was one of the reasons I no longer work there. I drew the line when I was around bulls. Refused to worked with them.

For me it is Silos. Climbing up in the dark feeling your way when it quits working. Never had a headband flashlight, just climb in the dark and once you are in then pull out the flashlight. Leveling after filling and worrying about silo gas if sat over night. You can cannot smell the gas or see it, you just have to treat it like it is always there. The neighbor had a service guy from the dealer die from this in one of his Harvestore's. Raising silo unloader and the winch cable starts to fray and come apart and while this is happening I am standing outside the silo on the platform and you can feel every bounce and vibration, waiting for it to let go. It never did thankfully. Servicing the silo unloader most of the parts can be brought up the feed chute except for the augers due to the length. We had to replace the augers in various silos and you have to pull them up from the outside platform and get them over the edge and lower them down. Sounds easy but standing on a 20" by 30" platform doing this and using both hands to grab a 12ft auger. The one that really scared me was when I smelled smoke coming of the hay silo. The boss was gone on vacation and it was me and the one helper. I climbed the silo in the dark with a big fire extinguisher, when I got up there I could not see the silo unloader it was so smokey. Told him if he did not hear from me for a couple minutes to call for help. Turned out a bearing on the blower failed and the feed was smoldering near it.

When I am not working I am working on sides jobs at a farm or helping friends with their projects(houses and trucks). At the farm I drive tractor often during the summer too, I love do that. I do a little R/C racing when I can at a local indoor track, mainly during the winter. Otherwise out working in the garage or go and help my father with his restoration projects. Currently working a 1933 Chevy pickup. For work I work for a company that builds backhoes for John Deere, Mahindra, Yanmar and Caterpillar mainly. I am tester so I find the leaks. Before that I worked on dairy farms for 15 years.

When I found that one I just typed in bumper and searched various cities. I am on Craigslist almost everyday just checking what's out there. Sadly I do a daily search for cummins. Sometimes I come across ranch hand style bumpers using that key word. I also find stuff by scrolling through the for sale section. When I found my bumper I was searching sheboygan and found it down in Random Lake which is 20 miles away. I was looking to either buy a new bumper or pick something up of craigslist I was not in hurry and looked for probably 4 or 5 months before I went the route I did.

For some reason I cannot type text in a post but I can post up pictures. I ran out of time this morning to mess with it. Now I am on my phone typing this, must be something up with the computer. Anyways what I wanted to write was that the truck on the right (mine) cost around 200 for the front bumper. I found it on Craigslist for $125 and spent about $75 on steel and paint. The bumper originally was on tow truck. Everything is 1/4" or bigger. I guess it weighs around 250lbs. I hit a deer once with the truck and it did some minor damage. After that I decided I needed something to remedy that.

Filled the Jeep up on the way home from work tonight and it was $2.65 for diesel. I haven't bought gas in a while so I don't look at it often. But I think it is 2.34 today.

I don't mind a little elbowing and thanks for the comments.

That was an option from a previous Chevy. Actually the exhaust broke after the cat and blocked the wheels since it was on a hill. Put a band clamp on for now.

The brake has worked flawlessly. I have about 17k on it now and I use it every time the truck is out. I finally bought a go pro camera because I found one marked down $75 at wally world. The first one is from in the cab. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KUnDteWl5qE This one is outside. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wXGz3TQZ42w The last one is with the EB on and it is pumping up cause the tank was empty from sitting for a couple weeks. It had already been running for almost 10 minutes and it would have stayed in 3 cyl if I let it. If the engine was cold it would have bogged down to the point where it reverts to normal idle. That brake puts quite a load on the engine since it is almost entirely closed off and once 60 psi is reached during braking a orifice controlled by what looks like valve spring opens to regulate pressure. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C7rjhldez8M

Hello it has been a busy summer and want to give an update. I recently crossed of one of the vehicles I always wanted buy. I bought a 2006 Jeep Liberty CRD. It was a local one owner with 75k on the clock. It is a fun snappy vehicle to drive. Rack and pinion steering with a independent front end sure makes for a nice ride. I wanted something newer for the winter. The '87 Dodge D150 is getting tired and salt has taken its toll. My dad sold his '98 dodge 1/2T and picked up a '05 Dodge Ram 3500 Cummins with a G56-6speed. The parents want to buy a slide in camper when they retire and told me to look for a truck. I kept my eyes open for about 2 years before I found this one at a dealer 15 miles away. It was a local trade from an excavator company, it was the bosses truck. It had 55k and 1900 hours on it. It has newer u joints and ball joints. Had a plow on it for only 2 years. Replaced the belt tensioner due to squeaking, put on a new belt and new crankcase breather. The band on the turbine outlet broke so it got a new one of those too. He plans to put in a PacBrake, rear diff cover, cat fuel filter and it will need an exhaust before too long. That's about it. Trying to talk him into some gauges, we'll see. This thread would not be complete without pictures.

Besides a visual inspection, you can open the hood and watch it shut down. It should not move a whole lot. Also a floor jack could be used to lift the engine and transmission lightly to check. It don't take a whole lot just enough to move it . Just some thing's I have done in the past.

The second video was much better. If it were me I would start by checking motor mounts, exhaust hangers and transmission mount. I had something like that a long time ago and it was a bad transmission mount. I assumed it was a sound associated with shut down on my truck. When I installed a new clutch in '08 I found out the mount was bad. Put a new one in and the sound was gone. I am the second owner of the truck and it did that since I bought the truck a few years prior. I did not think anything of it up till that point.

I am right in that range too. 550 at 60 mph @ 1 psi. 675 at 75 mph @ 4 psi. This is what I see most of the time. It's not really flat here but it definitely it not hilly either. Like on my way home from work I drive down hill for about 4 miles and the whole time my egts are 425-450 @60mph. Driving to work about 650. It looks flat but it isn't.

The 3rd and 4th gen have the screws front and back. Our 2nd gens have them side by side. I bought a set of new clearance lights from the dealer. They are identical to the originals. I suspect the foam seal is bad or there maybe a crack in the plastic. I want to say they were about $40 to $50 for the set.

I bought it from Lazarsmith. http://www.lazarsmith.com/Gauges.html Need to scroll down to it. Called a TIP kit(turbine inlet pressure kit.)

Your welcome. I could post up a link. I was not sure since I don't think he is a vendor here and did want to offend the supporting vendors.

I have something similar. It uses a longer K type probe. I have it hooked up to the Edge and it works fine. No unusual readings. The temps read the same as the previous probe. Sure it cost a little more, but I don't mind. It looks good when I have hood open and I have not had one issue to date. The gauge is a Isspro 100 psi Exhaust backpressure unit. If you go with a PRXB your only regret is why did you not buy it sooner. I love mine.

Um no. I was curious so I googled it and came up with nothing. Just old NIB underdash players.

Yes it is. It has songs I haven't downloaded yet. A little Eddie Rabbitt, Grateful dead and stuff.

I have been through a few radios also. The last one is a reman I picked up off ebay for a $170 and you can send in your old one for a $20 core so it only costs $150. It has a 1/8" stereo jack in it. I plug in my Ipod or phone and rarely use CD's anymore. Although I feel the CD player in it is not as good. It would skip sometimes on rough roads. Overall it has been a good unit so far.