Manimalmother

Went away and hasn't occurred since.

It probably would be the relay sticking on the board. Wonder if this could be replaced on a component level instead of buying a board. When the wife gets up I'll go check it out

Its a dometic.

My 5'er is a 2008 Gulfstream. Single 15k rooftop AC unit. Went camping last week and temps were high but ac cooled fine. I have a 50amp hookup in the driveway and the wife sometimes sleeps in the camper when she gets off night shift so the kids don't wake her. Noticed the other night when I cut the AC on for her that the compressor was still running after the temp had been reached and the blower shut off. I turned the AC off at the thermostat. Compressor continues to run for about 20 minutes , shut off for 5 and started running again. I cut it off at the breaker. Tonight I went to turn it on and the compressor started running as soon as I turned on the breaker, thermostat still off. Its never done this before. Last summer the thermostat was replaced because the ac (as a whole) wasn't shutting off and it was freezing up. Replaced thermostat and it worked fine until now. Any ideas?

So the boots didn't show up today. Go figure. I did have to drive the truck a couple hundred miles today for a meeting and noticed some weird things. I have not done any custom tuning yet. I have been using the stock tune and @Me78569 's fun/daily tune. This started after the quad install Sunday. Never happened before. Occasionally the truck will stall going from reverse to drive. Its happened a couple of times, just bogs down and dies. Always restarts. Today after an hour interstate driving I had to run in a rest area. Came back out and the truck took a few seconds of turning over to start. Turned over normal speed, starter is fairly new. Stopped for fuel and same thing. Got back to the shop and it sat for about an hour and started fine. If it sits longer than 15 minutes it's fine. Truck has a raptor 150 lift pump. When key is turned on fuel pressure spikes to about 20 like it always has and goes back to zero before the wts light goes out. I have not tried pulling the LP fuse and starting nor have I tried the cold water on the VP. I really hope the VP isn't dying on me. It has around 100k on it and has always been supplied by the raptor 150. Fuel pressure at cruising speed is around 16-17.

I'm pretty satisfied with how the truck is doing. I guess time will tell.

Thanks for the tips. New boots should be here tomorrow. Ordered from silicone intakes.

Got the boot back on today. Passenger side to the intercooler. Pressurized the system and it blew back off. Had to fiddle with it for a long time to get it to hold. Still going to replace them all as they are awfully soft. Haven't had a chance to do any custom tuning yet. This thing is way more powerful and way cleaner than the edge was. On the 4th gen the inside pad was completely gone. Piston had escaped the caliper and destroyed the rotor. It got a new caliper and rotor and pads to get it to my uncle's shop and he's doing all 4 corners tomorrow.

So I installed the quad today and it wasn't that bad at all. Using the stock tune I turned it up to lvl10 and went for a test drive. The first ten minutes were a BLAST! Extremely smooth. When the wiretap kicks in it definitely threw me back in the seat. Smoke and egts were much better than with the edge ez I removed. On the way home I romped on it one more time and blew an intercooler boot at 45psi. Oh well, it was fun. On a different note, we came back from camping today and had a hell of a trip. Was pulling out 37' fifth wheel with the wife's 4th gen. About an hour and a half from home I had to brake hard. Heard a pop and the pedal got soft. Truck was still braking ok with the exhaust brake and service brakes. Had to stop by my work for something and noticed brake fluid pouring from the right rear caliper. Dropped the camper and had someone come pick us up and take us home to get my truck. Thank God we own two diesels with gooseneck hitches. Will be tearing into the 2011 tomorrow sometime.

I bank with a local credit union. I had them turn fraud protection off because I travel worldwide with very short notice. Haven't had an issue since.

Dave I'm going to be replacing my front bumper soon and will gladly donate my old one to the cause....lol

Any smoke on start?

Just did mine. Wasn't bad at all besides that stupid tape.

Mine look very similar. No idea why it's not seating.

Where exactly did you have to trim it?

So after I did my head gasket and installed ARP studs I have a valve cover leak on the back of the head. I've heard about having to clearance the valve cover for the studs but I can't see where it is hitting. Anyone done this before? I bottom tapped the holes so I didn't think it was an issue

Hit a bump today and all these parts fell off. Weird.

My fifth wheel is heavier but it gives my truck a workout. I'm more concerned with what the pin weight is going to be on that half ton

So my brother has an early Ecoboost F-150 with the maxtow package and 5.5' bed. He just traded his bumper pull camper in on a 37' fifth wheel that weighs 9100lbs dry and empty. Am I right thinking he is out of his mind wanting to pull that? He says the truck is rated to pull 11200. I'm not buying it.

That's what I'm thinking. No idea where to look though. It is a nice site having them both back in the driveway. The wife's 4th gen got some weight reduction last week also and is running like a top.

The only issue I have now are my wipers don't work. Fuse is good. Weird.

She's alive. I was only available to work on it at night after work and it took me a couple of days. After lots of fuel line bleeding I finally got her started yesterday afternoon and drove it home. Big relief.

No worries man. It's just my luck. I had limited options on proceeding. Every other genuine Cummins head I could find from reputable places was around 2k, considering my head couldn't be used as a core. All the other heads I found were promax castings which are said to be terrible. All in all I am about $700 into to this one since he refunded half my money. That is including the plugs and misc things I purchased.

I finally got the head yesterday. I had to drive 11.5 hours round trip to meet him to pick it up. Problems: The head wasn't o-ringed The hosebarb for the heater hose was broken off in the block. The forward dowel pin had been left in the head when he decked it, so it was cut flush with the surface. It was FULL of metal from being shotblasted. He offered to give me half my money back which I accepted. Good things: The valve seats look nice. It has tophat valve seals. It generally appears that the work he did perform is good. Now on to getting it ready to install. The first thing I did was remove the freeze plugs from the top of the head. I tapped all 11 holes for M24 plugs. I was extremely surprised at how easy the freeze plugs were to remove. Next, I removed the 6 3/8" freeze plugs from near the exhaust ports. These had been problematic on my first head. To remove I drilled a 1/8" hole in the center of each. I then used a 1" long self tapping sheet metal screw with a washer on it. I screwed this into the plug until the washer was against the block, then continued turning and the screw pulled the freeze plug from the head. I tapped these 1/8 NPT and installed brass pipe plugs. I used a cold chisel and hammer to split the fitting that was broken in the head. Took about an hour to get out. Was a PITA. I used a punch from the top side of the head to catch the lip of the dowel and drive it out. Easy peasy. I then chased the threads for the exhaust manifold bolts to remove debris and paint. These are M-10x1.50.

So I still don't have a head. It's been a hell of a time. This may be long winded but I have to type it out to fully understand it. Tuesday, February 11th I purchased the head from the shop in Ohio. Said it would take three days to ship out. Monday February 17th "Head ships" notice the quotation marks. Friday February 21st Head has still not arrived. Seller states he can track it to Virginia and it disappears. Seller states trucking company can't find it. Monday, February 24th Seller states he is working on another head and will overnight it to me the next day for delivery Wednesday. Wednesday February 26th No head. Thursday February 27th Seller states that head is tracked to South Carolina and I can pick up at freight terminal if needed. Will let me know Friday morning where it is for pickup. Friday February 28th. Got call from seller this morning that the head was located in Kentucky and he was driving from Ohio to get it. A few minutes ago he calls me and says that two of the valves are damaged and have to be replaced and he is working on that now. He says that he is refunding half my money now and is going to meet me halfway tomorrow for me to get the head. I doubt that it's actually going to happen. I've given this dude the benefit of the doubt for over two weeks now. I understand that stuff happens but a lot of this seems far fetched for me. If it's some other excuse tomorrow I'm going to file a claim with Square, which is how I paid him. Ready to have my truck back.