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Maybe someone has already posted this and I missed it. I'm good for that. Have you check this troubleshooting page? https://www.bluechipdiesel.com/troubleshooting-quick-reference

Okay. I have on order the following for the head gasket replacement: FUEL INJECTION CROSSOVER TUBE WITH O-RING ('98.5-'02, 5.9L) - 6 each FUEL INJECTOR - 275HP - BOSCH ('98.5-'02, 24V-RV) Bosch part # 0432193635 - 6 each ARP-247-4202 Cylinder Head Studs, Pro Series, 12-Point Heads, Dodge, 5.9L, Cummins Diesel, 24-Valve, Kit - 1each set Stage 8 STG-6935 Header Fasteners, Bolts, Locking, 12-point, Steel, Nickel Plated, Dodge, 5.9L Diesel, 6.7L Diesel, Set of 12 I have had really good service with Shell ELC coolant in my 2002 HO and am planning to change this truck over to SHELL ROTELLA ELC NF 50/50 ANTIFREEZE https://rotella.shell.com/en_us/products/lubricants-heavy-duty-products/antifreeze-coolant.html From what I have been able to determine, the coolant capacity of the 5.9 is about 6 gallons from a dry fill. I draw out a gallon and replace with new every year to keep the coolant additives up. Do you think 2 cases (12 gallons will be adequate to change this engine over to the Shell ELC coolant and have extra for future replacement each year?) I talked to the owner of the shop I am taking the truck to and he is good with these components and will take care of any additional parts that may be needed. I am trying to front load the parts so when they get to work on the truck, ALL or as many of the parts that will be required for a trouble free re-assembly will be new, OEM or better quality, and ON HAND so there will not be any delays or train wrecks at the end. Can anyone think of anything else that I may have omitted, or forgotten? Diesel parts and components are NOT cheap! I have not taken the truck to the shop yet and I am already into this repair for a little under $1,600! When you figure this engine is almost 22 years old, that is not bad for service. Other than normal maintenance and a major brake job replacing ALL the brake components, hoses, lines, and fluid, as well as a few other things, that comes to about $200 per year for parts, a bit more if you count tires.

The issue of head studs is a hot topic when it comes to replacing the head gasket. Which brand and type to get? ARP, IFG, Extreme, Xotic, A1 Technologies, etc. What I am finding out and I may be mistaken but it appears that nearly all of these with perhaps the exception of Extreme are made in China. If for no other reason, I am leaning towards ARP for their past history of good quality products. The best price I have been able to find on the ARP # 247-4202 is $419.95 with free shipping. https://www.parleysdieselperformance.com/products/arp-head-studs-for-1998-5-2019-dodge-ram-24v-5-9l-6-7l-cummins-247-4202

I'm going to have a look at the crank case vent tube once the weather cools off. I am hoping the exhaust manifold is not cracked when it gets removed but am just trying to plan ahead. The big concern is the huge plume of steam coming from the exhaust pipe. Unless I am missing something, that can only come from coolant entering one or more cylinders and vaporizing in the combustion process. I have been drawing out a gallon of coolant and replacing with new on a periodic basis over several years. The green stuff is cheap but needs to be changed more often. I will be changing this truck over the Shell ELC coolant too. Thanks! That was the post I was looking for. I am in the process of reading through your head gasket experience. There is a wide range in pricing on exhaust manifolds. The DPS 3 piece seems to have the best price. What in particular made your decision to go with the DPS 3 piece? Right now, I have zero shop space and with 3 herniated disks in my lower back, I doubt I will attempt this myself.

This morning the wife took her truck to drop off some cayacks to my daughter and she is gone for about 10 minutes and she come back telling me there is white smoke coming from the exhaust. I got take a look, start the engine and sure enough a notable plume of white smoke (steam) is coming from the exhaust just idling. I immediately turn the engine off, pop the hood and open the oil filler cap and the crank case is pressurized slightly as I can hear the pressure escape when I removed the cap. (I think this is a secondary issue of mud daubers clogging up the crankcase vent tube as the truck sets 97% of the time) I pull the dip stick and there does not appear to be evidence of coolant in the oil so I take a look at the crank case breather tube and notice fluid dripping from the front axle. I look up and it is coming from the engine. Long story short, the driver side of the engine is soaked in what appears to be a oil (possibly coolant). I have not done a cooling system pressure check yet but I am about 99.997% sure the head gasket is blown. It is probably the original head gasket that has corroded/rusted through as the truck has never shown any signs of over heating and has always run well. It still starts right up and aside from the steam show and engine leak you would never know. So.......time for a head gasket. Nothing is ever that simple so I am trying to plan ahead for when the head gets pulled. I am going to replace the 21 year old head bolts with head studs. What would be the best head stud to go with? I am thinking there is a possibility of a cracked exhaust manifold. If that is the case what would be the best after market manifold to get? Also thinking about getting a set of exhaust manifold locking bolts. This would be a great time to check the injectors for pop pressure & spray pattern. (stock injectors currently installed & engine has just under 180,000 miles on it) If what appears to be oil leaking on the engine driver's side, probably need to check to make sure it is not the tappet cover leaking due to the obstructed crank case vent tube. Basically, probably should replace/reseal most if not all of the gaskets. I'm keeping my fingers crossed that the head is not warped or cracked but will probably at minimum need resurfacing as will the block deck (at least cleaned up really well). I remember Mike had to do this awhile back but darned if I can find his post about it. Mike, if you could post the link to when you replaced your head gasket, I sure would appreciate it. Any other thoughts, suggestions, or recommendations welcome. With 3 herniated disks and not much if any shop space, I am going to let the local repair shop do this so I want to have as much of parts and other things thought about and on hand as possible. Thanks!

Definitely not legal in my state. Not worth taking a chance on a visit from the state sponsored terrorists either. It sure would be nice if somewhere or someone posted an honest, no nonsense rating of what percent CBD oil is in legal over the counter products.

So more or less what I am getting is that unless you can get some really good ganja and extract the oil from it, you are at most getting maybe half the benefit and the over the counter stuff being sold, you have no idea of what you are getting and are probably wasting your money?

So, of the CBD oil that can be purchased on the open legal market, who makes the legit CBD oil? There are 100's of brands all pushing their stuff and making wild claims. You can't trust Amazon or online reviews anymore.

I was wanting to try some CBD oil for my dog Max. He is very old about 17 years old, deaf, does not see well, and has problems walking and even getting up to walk. The wife gives him an aspirin a day which seems to help a little. I have heard various comments about how CBD oil has helped other pet owners in our situation and wanted to try it. The problem is that there seems to be NO standardization or much of anything with respect on how these CBD/Hemp oil products are made or marketed. I got a 100 ml bottle of Green Roads CBD oil at a local drug store for about $27 and looked on Amazon to see what was available there. As best I can tell, Amazon is either not allow or does not allow CBD oil sales on its website but DOES allow Hemp oil. Apparently and as best I can tell, Hemp oil is made from Hemp seed and CBD oil is made from the entire Hemp plant. I am still as lost as an Easter egg on Christmas about CBD oil and Hemp oil. Which is the better way to go? Do they actually work? They are expensive as hell, are there more reasonable priced alternatives? Any help in getting me pointed in the right direction is greatly appreciated. If in fact these products do work, I may try them myself.

I have some questions about CBD oil. Is this the correct place to post these questions? Glad to see you are doing better Mike.

I take NO joy in posting this and wish this were NOT the case but THIS is why the fences, gate, posted signs, and security is going up on private land pretty much everywhere. It's not just in Idaho or Washington. I wish it wasn't like this. In my opinion, the government encourages this because they just allow it to happen and when they do prosecute.......the dirt bags that do this kind of thing either get off with NO penalty or a slap on the wrist. Add to this that the fines and penalties are laughable and do NOTHING to deter this kind of behavior.

Mike, I have a feeling it is mostly because of how bad people behave. In times long past, for the most part, people respected other people's private property and acted in a responsible and morally decent manner. Now and in recent times, about all I can see is that for the most part (and there are exceptions) people are pigs and using that analogy is a huge insult to pigs. Land owners are fed up with how people behave, the financial losses from jerks and criminals, and the constant expense of trying to prevent vandalism, theft, and criminal activity. A few years back a group of people set a fire in 4 places on one of our properties. It took the forestry department almost a week to put it out and ensure it did not relight and it burned over 200 acres of our forest land. The gates, fences, cameras, no trespassing signs, and other measures went up and I prosecute in every instance. My neighbor and I prosecuted 2 dirt bags that were trespassing on his and my farm riding around on ATV's looking for hunt stands and tools to steal after they had already stolen items a few time before. We both prosecuted and made it as difficult for them as we could. They still got a slap on the wrists but now they have a criminal conviction. Another HUGE problem for land owners is liability and being sued by idiots who trespass and get injured. My farm and liability insurance costs about $7,000 a year and the cost goes up every year and I have NEVER made a claim. I actually prefer to have people out on our land provided I know them well and we have a VERY CLEAR understanding of EXACTLY what they will be doing. It is an extra set of eyes and ears out there to help me keep up with what goes on. Unfortunately, there are few I find trustworthy enough to allow this.

I would have to do a title search and review the deeds. If those roads are private property, it makes no difference that they were allowed to be used before for access to public lands by the previous land owners. The current land owners are well within their right and legality to close those roads off and prosecute trespassers IF in fact those roads are NOT public roads or easements. I realize a lot of people may not like it but would you like it if people just helped themselves to drive their vehicles and have free access to your property?

If they are not blocking a public access road or easement, then they are just exercising ownership of their private property. If they ARE blocking a pulbic access road or easement, then that is a totally different issue and they are breaking the law. Have you contacted the National Forest Service to ask them what in fact is the legal access to these areas. I don't support nor approve of blocking legal & lawful access to public lands.

This is a hot topic and definitely an issue with its gray areas. Speaking for myself as a land owner, I cannot begin to express how fed up and upset I am about free loaders, trespassers, poachers and just flat out pigs who dump their trash, destroy fences and gates, illegally cut trees, set fires, set up camp sites, go digging for artifacts, dump tires, washing machines, refrigerators, televisions, help themselves to hunting & even setting up hunt stands, spotlight at night poaching deer, go atv joy riding of which some groups have exceeded 50 riders, theft of tree stands, game cameras, feeders, gate chains & locks, tools & other equipment, etc. I think you get the idea. I loath easements but I respect those that are legally already established and strictly abide by them. Private property is just that PRIVATE. It belongs to the owner to use and enjoy legally as they see fit. I cannot believe nor understand the huge numbers of people who think that it is perfectly fine to free load and just do whatever they like on someone else's property. In my view the trespassing laws are no where near stiff enough or have adequate teeth to knock this crap off. State and local governments in my opinion sponsor, encourage, and lend their tacit approval to the trespassing and vandalism by preventing stiff penalties which encourage free loaders to engage in this criminal activity. There is more than one side to this story. I don't approve of blocking public roads or easements. What likely happened was that the owners just like I have contacted the county road commissioner and ensure that particular road was not on the county's road list, checked their deed and title insurance documents to ensure the road was NOT an easement or public road and THEN blocked it off just like I and my neighbors have because they became fed up with all of the above not to mentions the wild parties, alcohol, and drug use that takes place on these trouble spots. Maintaining county roads even it dirt roads is VERY expensive for the county and they jump at the opportunity to drop these roads from the county road list especially if they have no other easement value like access to a property owner's property. They become attractive nuisance points for ****** bags to party and raise hell at because it is not tolerated where they live. This is the wave of the future like it or not. A LOT of people want to gripe and grumble about private property ownership but when it comes to paying property taxes........they sure do like these private property owners who for the most part carry the county on their backs with the onerous property theft/blackmail payments........also known as property taxes they pay footing the bill for many of the local government waste, fraud, and abuse projects. https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/22/us/wilks-brothers-fracking-business.html#commentsContainer

Typo on my part. I meant Super UDT 2. It is the only Super UDT you can get unless you find NOS stock.

Unfortunately, I took down the website last week. It is no more.

Watch this before you buy after market filters. As far as engine oil, I use Shell Rotella T-6 but any good grade of oil will work. I prefer synthetic oils due to my tractor being stored outside year round. For hydrostatic drive transmissions, I STRONGLY recommend using either Kubota Super UDT-2 or Chevron All Weather Synthetic THF. https://cglapps.chevron.com/sdspds/PDSDetailPage.aspx?docDataId=294507&docFormat=PDF Neither one of these transmission/hydraulic oils is cheap but the make a VERY noticable difference/improvement in how a hydrostatic transmission performs in my opinion. I certainly did on my Kubota RTVX-1100C.

This is a link with several pictures to when I had the Farm Boy Performance 5" straight pipe exhaust system installed about 10 years ago. It is still in good condition and doing its job. Wow! 10 years already! Where does the time go??? https://tractorfarmandfamily.com/topic/555-5-inch-turbo-back-exhaust-install-on-my-2002-dodge-ram-cummins-diesel/

Wow! One step forward and one step back. Sorry for the less than great medical news Mike. At least it appears that you are holding your own and overall doing somewhat better. One step at a time. One day at a time.

Get rested up and some healing Mike. Hope all went well and the doc had the best possible news and outcome for you. Let us know we you are feeling better. Hang in there.

I run a 5" Farm Boy Performance straight pipe exhaust. It is not bad under low boost conditions but getting up around 20 psi & above it lets you know its there.

Excellent news!

Best of luck Mike. We will have you in our prayers and asking for the best possible results.

I was referring to the Pennzoil. The Amsoil MTF works well also. I am using it in my NV5600 mixed 50/50 with SAE 50 synthetic transmission oil.