mrtowman4u

If you were closer. I would come help! Need anything let me know. I can find just about anything you need in a few minutes! Sent from my DROID RAZR using Tapatalk 2

Customer called me yesterday asked if I could tow their truck in and see if I could figure out what's wrong with it! It's a 99 2500 2wd auto with stock 24v new lift pump and reman vp44. The truck starts and lopes hard with no throttle pedal. No engine codes. Anyone have any ideas? The vp44 was put on about 4 months ago and it's been sitting at another diesel shop for 3.5 months. I don't know where to start!

I've had similar problems with my 98.5's, and it turned out to be my alternator failing. The truck would run and drive fine, then all of the sudden I would loose the pedal, then it would come back. Replaced the alternator she would run fine with no problems! Sent from my DROID RAZR using Tapatalk 2

Got the engine from Roadmaster Engine World out of Houston tx 5995. with an 18 month unlimited mileage warranty Sent from my DROID RAZR using Tapatalk 2

Here is the one out of my 06 ! If you notice when in 6th gear its real close to the cup holder. Large cups from like mcds or sonic the gear shifter will vibrate on the cup :banghead: Sent from my DROID RAZR using Tapatalk 2

I did an oil change on this same truck Thursday of last week. Today he has already put a little over 2000 miles on it!I'm trying to figure out the rental rate I want to charge him!

Well guess what fellas!!! Dumb@$$ ran it outta fuel again....this time I had to tow it in!!! Sent from my DROID RAZR using Tapatalk 2

Where did the gas come in at? Sent from my DROID RAZR using Tapatalk 2

Yea I totally agree with cdp !!I've lost so called friends over different stuff. I lost one friend bc when I bought my 06, I didn't give his son my old dually! It didn't matter that my brother and I had paid for over half of the cost of his son's s10 pickup that he had to have for his boy! Lost another friend bc he broke down 125 miles away and asked him for $75 to cover fuel for the road trip. So I'm used to loosing "so called" friends! I have only one true friend and that is my brother!Cumminsdieselpower can you give me a call or get ahold of me. I would like to talk to you about buying diesel parts! Since we bought a new shop and moved to the new location, our mechanic work has quadrupled!!! This week alone I've worked on 3 diesels. I'm really getting to know these trucks!Well I think I'm fixing to sell a few trucks! Got an opportunity to buy another 06 Dodge 3500 4 door 4x4 dually! My collection of Dodge diesels is getting out of hand!!! If I buy this one, I will have a total of 6!!! One 95, 3 98's and 2 06's all duallies! The bad thing is all the trucks are in good shape! I can't drive all of them though! But it sure is nice having a spare truck, when needed!!!Calling the bank first thing in the morning, going to tell my banker I need some more money! Hopefully he won't gripe me out again! Sent from my DROID RAZR using Tapatalk 2

Well fellas,I finally got the new reman engine in! Have it installed and it's running like a scalded dog! I have found a great company to deal with on reman engines! The whole job wasn't too terribly bad! I just got frustrated a couple of times and said heck with it and quit working on it! Going to drive it home tonight and run a few errands with it in the morning and then putting it back in the shop to go over again. Already know I've gotta put front brakes on it.

This morning, I am in total awe and amazement:stuned::think: The dude calls and says Your truck is running good! I filled it up with diesel and it's running like a scalded dog:hyper: I told him to bring it by the shop, scanned it, no codes and everything is running good!!! This dude has some crazy good luck!

The 98.5 Dodge 3500 green dually the one on my profile picture! Sent from my DROID RAZR using Tapatalk 2

Welcome to the site! They are a bunch of great guys on this site!!! Very helpful and knowledgeable! Need anything just hollar!Jason Sent from my DROID RAZR using Tapatalk 2

Well fellas, I can now officially call myself a dumb@$$!!! I made a very stupid mistake! As y'all now, I'm installing an engine in a guys 6.7 Dodge 2500 because of his neglect and stupidity! Now I'm having to tow my own truck in. He apparently doesn't realize that these trucks run off diesel fuel.... he ran my 98.5 3500 24 v out of diesel....and drive it 60 miles with it spitting and sputtering!!!! He calls and said hey something's wrong with your truck... I turned in my driveway and it bucked hard and died!!! :mad::banghead::banghead::banghead: I asked why didn't you call me 60 miles ago...his response was I knew you were busy working on trying to finish up my truck and yours was still running!!! He asked on your way home can you stop by and see if you can get yours running again....I really need to use it again tomorrow!!! Well I stopped by on my way home, got my new diagnostic tool out that I just bought from Matco tools and scanned it....I have the death codes for the VP-44!!!:mad:: so guess what!!! He is paying for my new pump and labor and tow bill for me to fix my own truck, and I'm going to put my truck in the shop and fix it first. After I get it going! I'm then going to finish his truck. I know y'all are wondering why I was letting him use mine in the first place...I'm a nice guy and hated seeing him loose money and not being able to do his job....well guess what!!! It bit me in the @$$ and now I'm the president of the dumb@$$ society :banghead::banghead::banghead: sorry to rant and rave guys but I'm a lil perturbed at myself!!!

If you will look under the wiper cowl above the engine. Feel around, you will find rubber plugs....pop the plugs out, and you can wiggle the push rods out! Sent from my DROID RAZR using Tapatalk 2

I'm at 350,000 on my stock injectors on my 06. I tow a lot and heavy loads. Was demoing a new scanner the other day, and found I have 2 injectors going out!!! So I wouldn't be scared to buy it! Have any questions call me.Sent from my DROID RAZR using Tapatalk 2

Dobbienut...the 6.7 is a pretty decent engine if you service it regularly. Do the full egr delete, the dpf delete, put a programmer on. And have a safe time driving. I have recently been forced into working on these trucks. Just did all these but put a H&S mini maxx tuner on a friends 07.5 and he went from seeing the 16-18mpgs on hwy to seeing 24-28 mpgs. Also like Mike said keep an eye on the injectors. Need to know anything else just holler. Sent from my DROID RAZR using Tapatalk 2

Hayden are good products. I've been using them for years! No major problems with any of them.Sent from my DROID RAZR using Tapatalk 2

Ordered the reman engine this afternoon, they say they have a 3 day build time. So I'm looking at it being shipped out Thursday or Friday. Going to start stripping the old one out in the next day or so. Hopefully I will get the new one Friday but not expecting it till Monday! Sent from my DROID RAZR using Tapatalk 2

Well if you feel up to the road trip let me know. Help ya if I can. The only 2 bad things on the head job is the weight of the head, and getting the push rods out. Other than that its a fairly simple job, lil time consuming! Sent from my DROID RAZR using Tapatalk 2

I'm 45 miles from Memphis! Where are you at?Sent from my DROID RAZR using Tapatalk 2

I agree with Dorkweed, I'm tending to believe it's in the valve guides to. It's really not that bad of a job to do yourself. I pulled the head and replaced the head gasket. Come on over to Arkansas and let's get it done.....but not this week though! I'm a little busy, fixing to do an engine swap on a 6.7Sent from my DROID RAZR using Tapatalk 2

Could very possibly be the turbo. The smoke is sign of oil burning, how much smoke is there?Sent from my DROID RAZR using Tapatalk 2

Well as bad as I want to, I'm having to replace the engine! :banghead: it amazes me, how people will spend thousands of dollars on a truck! Then neglect it, I mean how hard is it to have your oil changed and air filter serviced on a regular basis! Ordering a reman.engine Monday, should be here Friday or Monday :screwy:! I'll let y'all know how hard it is to do the engine swap!!! Sent from my DROID RAZR using Tapatalk 2

The 1 5/8 socket will work, but it's more like a 42 or 43 mm, which I have yet to find!