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saw in the paper this morning that RI got a lot of rain and there are still alot of folks up there with out power. just hoping that is russ's only problem.

thats hard to say and he has moved on to another job. he will be difficult to get hold of to ask.

:hyper:oh happy days:hyper:. glad she is running again.

congrats. i would not of thunk of that one myself.

single here also. i like you would be a little leary of cutting that rod unless someone knew how much. if they say 1/2" i would cut 1/4" and see how that worked. if it doesnt cut some more.

i just put a new clutch in mine. my clutch pedal sits higher than the brake about 3/8". i think it always has but i never paid it that much attention. mine starts to engage about halfway up, maybe tad higher. but it all feels right. does not feel any differant than it has felt over the years.

i am looking at the charts in the owners manual that came with my truck and it says; QC4X4 2500 w/3.55 or 4.10 rear gear and 5 or 6 speed GCWR 20k 3500 w/3.55 rear gear 5 or 6 speed GCWR 20k 3500 w/4.10 rear gear 6 speed GCWR 21.5k GVWR 2500 8.8k 3500 11k ther appears to be a little more differance than i remembered. the 3500 has a good bit more payload than the 2500, but not alot of differance in the combined load unless you have the 4.10 rear end and HO engine and 6 speed. if my memeory serves the HO was the only way to get the 6 speed.

get the spring. the lower fuel pressure will probably kill the vp quicker. 2 stroke for sure.

my wifes 4.7 has one 1.75 pipe.

welcome sir.

not trying to hijack anything, but how accurate is the map sensor compared to other setups yall are speaking of? my gauge is getting its reading from the amp sensor.

i believe the voltage regulator is in the PCM. have to check a wiring diagram.

even then they are going to be tight. a press is very helpful and you can get them at advance or auto zone and other places for free if you dont want to buy one. you definately need one to get them back in.

i have question to add to this question; if your egt is 1200* how hot are your pistons? is the oil and the cooling jackets not taking some of this heat away from the pistons? --- Update to the previous post... just throwing this out as a comparison from my trip back to Elizabeth city NC; grossing about 21k 70 mph empty, 6th gear, flat ground 4 psi, 750-800*F 70 mph loaded, 6th gear, flat ground 10 psi, 850-900*F i am reading boost off of the MAP sensor. not sure how accurate it reads. egt's are coming from a themrocouple in the exh manifold.

if you torch those ball joints, make sure everbody near the truck is wearing Kevlar, they will explode just ask Mikey or better yet his buddy that needed the Kevlar.

ther sure seemed to be alot of differant spring counts in that thread. mine are like the last post.1 short flat spring3 arched springsa spacer 1 overload

how are you russ? we faired well down here. wind and rain no major flooding. seems the coast and further inland got the worst. hope you and yours are ok.

i figure he can wire in a toggle switch and just flip it on and off real quickly and make it work:lmao:. it seems a waste to have to replace such an expensive part due to one portion of it failing. but with that part of it failing it probably is not long for the world any way.

i did not cook out the fluid. it only dropped about 1/2". all is stil well. thanks

i used moog also. rock auto had very good pricing when i did mine. Advance auto had 20% off online special which gets tem pretty close to rock auto. moog also, same part #'s

good luck with the interview. wish you the best.

my son flys as a flight engineer on C130's and said it is a real kick in the pants on take off. a C130 doesnt need much room for take off anyway, and they can fly them in some pretty crazy places.

it is not that difficult. as mike says disconnect the batteries first. i let mine sit for a while. i was worried about the air bag going off. i believe ther were only four screws holding the air bag in place. once it is off just remove the steering wheel, you will need a puller, and as i remember it is right there. be sure you have your steering wheel centered when you do it because the clock spring comes set to go on a centered wheel. it was pretty simple to do, i dont rememeber how long it took.

one thing that drew me to the banks was the fact there were no adjustments. your right foot is the adjustment. i will admit i might have gone with something else if i had thought about setting on the highest level and just using my foot. it would be the same as what i have. all of those adjustments just turned me off.

i have always liked the physical gauges myself. but iguess if you are getting ggod info on what ever gauge you are using what differance could it make. i just dont want to be messing with a computer screen to see them. mine are all right in fornt of me, though the factory stuff is a little iffy on accuracy.