roadwarrior

I am not familiar with an ECM controlled exhaust brake. What feedback would your ECM receive if your solenoid valve stuck? I'm assuming it is an open loop control circuit and the ECM wouldn't know if it stuck. Curious, Dan

Mine came new with a bb sized weld ball on the end. I thought they all looked like that.

I have a 4" BD Brake on my '99 5 speed. It has the exact control set up you described with the exception of no relay. All of the switches have plenty of current capacity to run the coil on the solenoid. My setup did not come with a switch on the clutch. What a PIA. Very rough clutch engagement with the brake engaged. I added a Micro Switch brand switch on the clutch and it works as well as I could ask for. HTH, Dan

I have been on other forums for years. I am very impressed with the quantity and quality of 2nd generation topics on this site, so I decided to join. I fell in love with my first CTD while helping my Uncles farm. I was driving an S10 at the time and my uncle bought a new '92 Chassis Cab CTD. He partially bought that truck because he really liked the engine from his experiences with it in his farm equipment. Within a couple of years, I bought a new red and black '97 CTD 2500 reg cab 4x4(I'd love to be able to have this truck back and in good shape). I then decided I needed an extended cab and ordered my current truck. It is an Amethyst '99 CTD 2500 QC 4x4. I started modifying this truck in 2000 with the addition of a Dr. Performance stage 3+ kit. Over the years I kept adding things up to Scheid twin turbos, cam, Mach 6's and other goodies. At some point in my life, It finally dawned on me that maybe my Father did know what he was talking about when he asked me, "why do you have to keep modifying this truck?" Over the last 5 to 10 years, I have spent a lot of money trying to return my truck back to a much more stock and reliable family vehicle. It has been a huge money pit and a lot of fun at the same time. I really love this truck and hope to have it for a long long time. It is still in really nice shape,with no rust and I just rolled over 120K miles this year. I haven't driven it in the winter for the last 12 years or so. The majority of the miles now are towing either our camper or my flatbed hauling one of my Farmalls. Dan