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Thanks for the quick replies everyone, and sorry for my delayed response, I've been working like madman and just now finally have a chance to deal with the truck. After replacing the alternator I haven't had much trouble getting it started, except it is a bit harder on a cold start than it was before. After driving it for some time the smoke has mostly disappeared and it seems to run like normal, except for smoking on a cold start (which it didn't do before). I did run some local biodiesel in it, which I'm wondering if it clogged up the injectors and is making it harder to start. Thinking about adding a quart of dieselKleen to the tank to clean out gunk? The CEL is off now, but when I read the codes I had 21 errors, some repeat codes, but daunting. They include: P0216 - Fuel Injection Pump Timing Malfunction P0336 - crankshaft position sensor p0234 - Turbo Boost Limit exceeded P1698 - No Bus Message from PCM P0522 - Oil Pressure Sensor Low P1693 - Diagnostic Trouble Code detected ABS Codes 78 - Foundation Brake Partial System Malfunction 38 - Wheel Speed Malfunction 23 - Right Front Sensor signal erratic 27 - Left front sensor signal erratic 35 - rear sensor circuit malfunction 36 - rear sensor signal missing 25 - left front sensor circuit malfunction So I'm not sure if all these CEL codes came on because the alternator died and there were voltage spikes, etc. The brake codes are all still on. Going to order a repair manual which hopefully will be helpful as I start looking at things...I also have grinding from the front wheels, sounds like bearing noise, so there are quite a few things that need to be addressed.

Hi All, New member here, and relatively new Cummins owner. I have a 1999 24V, pretty much stock with 140k on it that I've owned for about 6 months. Last night I had an assortment of problems pop up and I'm not sure where to begin the troubleshooting process. Unfortunately it appears to be electrical, which is my nemesis. The truck has been running great, no problems starting in cold weather, no smoke, etc. basically just runs great. 2 days ago I was in the process of moving and had my friend drive my truck home since I had the Uhaul. (Don't these problems always happen right after someone else drives your truck?) We drove about 200 miles, hauling a pretty heavy load in the bed, but not towing a trailer or anything. I've made several trips on the same stretch the previous week hauling a heavy trailer and the truck was fine. He told me that the speedometer started jumping around a little bit, the check engine light as well as the ABS and the parking brake light came on, and the check gages light. Other than the weirdness with the gauges the truck still drove fine. I figured I had an electrical gremlin and planned to deal with it when I was done moving. So last night I had planned to take it to town and get the codes read, and I made it about 1/2 mile from my house and the lights started getting really dim, the voltage gauge went very low, then I started losing power, the engine changed sounds and made more of a bad rattling noise, it started smoking really bad, terrible smelling smoke (couldn't tell what color because it was dark), then it died completely. It wouldn't start again at this time, so I tried to put it in neutral and roll downhill to back it up off the road a little ways....The steering was totally tight, no power steering at all. I walked home, called a tow truck and went back to meet him. I tried starting it when I got back, and it started right up, smoked really bad, made the rattling engine noise, and drove about 10 feet before dying again. The icing on the cake was the tow driver then proceeded to put my truck in the ditch, once we got it out he made it a little further then wedged it against a fence pole, then after i cut the pole down and he dropped my truck he got himself stuck on his way out, long night. Anyway I thought that it was an alternator issue since the lights dimmed then died, and that had happened to me on a previous car I had owned, but I replaced the alternator today and it didnt seem to solve the problem. After replacing the alternator I jumped it to get it started, and it ran, but it still sounded different and was still real smoky. It didn't die like last night, but I was afraid to run it anymore in case I was damaging something so I shut it down. At this point, I know it would be helpful to know the codes but I don't have a scanner and can't drive to town. I tried the key trick but cant seem to get the codes to show up. I'm wondering if perhaps there is an issue with the computer? Is it possible the original alternator was bad and when it went it fried the computer? I'm not sure how to check the old alternator to see if it was in fact bad or not, but I thought tomorrow I would put it back in and see how it works. Any ideas on what's causing it to smoke so badly? And if I can't deal with the problems, anyone know a good mechanic in Southern Oregon? If you made it through this long post, thanks for reading and I appreciate anyone who takes the time to offer advice. Cheers