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I went the rebuild route about 7 years ago. Bad experience, the first did not work at all and the replacement worked. All but the cruise control. My light stayed on all the time but the cruise did not function. Drove it like that for a year until that ECM failed. Put in a reman from Cummins and all was and is still well. The PCM might have something to do with also but the ECM has a big hand in it too. I am not electronically savvy enough to know how they interact but a proper ECM brought mine back. I would say if you put the junk one and the cruise works, they have a problem. I just hope that "they" dont try and stick you with it. It is possible that they may be thinking of an auto tranny. As I remember the autos might all run off of the vacuum system where the late model 2nd gen manual trans are fly by wire. Not sure on that but someone here knows for sure.

That would take some of the mystery out of the pump failures as far as the Quad is concerned.

That is how I did mine both times I took it off. Worked really well.

Found this, it is led, green and pricey. https://www.issprogauges.com/EV-T10-Replacement-LED-p/iss-r7795.htm

I would definitely change mine if I was in that far. Not that expensive and they sure can make a mess when they fail.

Or in Mike's case a VP well past its prime. Close to double an expected life expectancy. After reading what Jacob (DAP) said mine is well over that life span at 180K. Installed the current pump at 217k and now have 397K. I have to agree it is not the Quad. The VP is a wearable part just like anything else and yes they can fail out of the box just like anything else.

I have 180k on mine. Sounds like I am over due. Makes you wonder what kind of fuel addatives most folks are running.

I ran a Magna Flow on the wife's 2000 Dakota. Great sound but it only lasted about 6 years. Came on the truck so I am assuming it was not a SS exhaust system. No experience on a diesel however.

Mine did. Looked like old gasser with bad rings. Funny thing was I could shut the engine down and sometimes it would run right after that with no blue smoke until it acted up again.

Were pumping out alot of blue smoke? When my original went at 75k it acted a lot like yours but pumped out a lot of blue when it was acting up. Just curious since I have never heard of anyone mentioning that at failure.

Sorry to hear of the troubles. Had mine towed three time, once for a lift pump failure and twice for an ECM failure. I was able to drive it to the dealer the one time my VP failed. I was lucky on the ECM that I got towed to someone who knew these trucks and was able to hook me up with one for a reasonable price. Just run it out here and I'll swap it in for your.

Post of the week right there. That is a great one, no doubt. I have been cooked.

copy and paste this you big potato head, . The chicken man laughs in your face.

Deja Vu.

Never tried to get 4th gen stuff to work on my 2nd gen. If they are not made to fit a 2nd gen some rework is going to be involved.

Nothing against the one that is linked but I got a set of 5 or 6 different sizes for about half of what the one cost thru Northern Tool I believe. Nothing against the pricier one though. I bet I have used mine a total of twice in four years.

Thanks for the education guys. I knew they were difficult but had it backwards.

Welcome to you Timburr. I believe you will find what you are looking for here.

Must not be the only ground since mine a working just fine. Guess I will look and see what it connects to.

Not sure on having to remove the ring and pinion but I do seem to remember reading about that for one side or the other. I do know the seals have to be installed from inside the dif and not the outside.

What is the green ground wire for? I have one on mine and it looks just like yours. Mine is not connected but it looks like I added sometime or the other so i did not worry about it. Looks like yours is connected.

I have run mine for about 170k miles. The only problem I have had is the EB actuator blew. No problems on the engine.

I put $20 Monroe's on mine a little while. They do the job but they are hard. holding good too. I used them for budgetary reasons. Thanks for the info.

Are you running the KYB shocks? I have seen them but dont anything about them.

I never plan on having the power you do but I know every time I add a little more it is fun and addicting. Just as much fun to watch Mikey with the bug.