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any updates to the OP on if he did anything??

taller blocks?

i am unsure. i do know my neighbor had a cold t-stat, it would fully open around 130ish. barely past the far left mark on the temp gauge

understood

well i thought the same thing and i really took my time. half hour gently torquing them down and the oddball one that is to the back and right just wouldnt tighten past a point and eventually it stretched and popped but didnt fully seperate. i was able to unscrew it with my fingers and it fell apart in my hand. needless to say we went got 4 new ones same hardness and i torqued the opposing ones first to 18ft lb, then the oddball one i got to 16ft lb then stopped as i think it actually started to stretch too. but he has no leaks which is good.when torquing them incrementally increase the ft lb up to 18. try to balance it best as possible. luckily i didnt strip the holes in the block but i think they made these guys much weaker than the block just for this reason. needless to say i was quite nervouse the whole time. 18ft lb is alot on small boltsi did find the reason for the failure though, where the bolt stretched and failed, it was slightly corroded and crystalized the metal a bit. no tensile integrity left and it gave up on me. i would say its a safe bet to replace all 3 of them each time a t-stat is replaced. its a $2 investment!

i would get replacement bolt to put the t-stat housing back on, i managed to stretch and break one of the bolts but got lucky that it only stretched. them little buggers cant take 18ft lbs much...

my neighbor has a 24v 01' he had a desert t-stat in his and it would never get warm. Gauge would get to ~130F.I told him to replace it with a 180F t-stat, and i did this for him, his truck can heat up the cab damn quick and he actually gained about 3mpg on average.I would drive the truck to operating temp, feel the hoses and see how hot they are. put a thermometer against the hose and see what it reads. If it actually is 130~F then check or replace the t-stat, also ensure coolant is serviceable.

when my rig cycles the grid heater it may drop to about ~12v then go back up to 14.5 so i think your alternator is at the end. post up what u find after testing!

are you meaning manual tranny's?

I take it these measurements are with the engine dead cold yes? cause i adjusted mine 10/20 slightly warm (not hot) and im still getting a bit of rattle, nothing crazy i just hear it.

I think that most of the problems to be had with the NV5600 are due to the fact that these issues probably arose because the fluid wasnt enough to submerge the 6th gear assembly. Im sure that if from the beginning of time with the NV5600 that if they were filled with that extra quart of fluid most of the known issues would not have occured. But then again this isnt the reality.I will just add an extra quart on top of a full fill (upper fill hole) and be happy with no worries. I use my EB in all gears at any given time for any reason, i dont do heavy towing but i have not had any issues either.

someone needs glasses! hahahaha

rar files are a form of winzip. there are rar readers for free such as winrar.exe. freewareis yer friend!

ill take a pic and show you my setup

did you replace the banjo bolt washer on the back of the head or even inspect them?

get some allthread rod, big washers the same diameter as the seal and allthread protective covering the length of the rod. insert this and just start tightening to drive the seal in.

i have heard the stock lift pump pulls its current through the ecm. my raptor pulls its current directly from the battery via a relay that the ecm controls from the original LP plug. just a thoughti cant see yer sig on my phone so if im incorrect disregard

yes i am not all there... actually i dont know if im here at all sometimes!

if you can turn a wrench and have the equipment to pull the engine out, fairly simple.

imagine eating from your butt, pooping out the mouth...all kinda bad things happen. lol

seeing we are around the same mileage, i am aiming towards worn injectors.

ahh ok, are your tires inflated properly? I will add that i have noticed my MPG went down a touch during the time i have owned my rig, the only other thing i can think of is my injectors are worn and dirty on the tips. I will be replacing them next year and i should regain my economy back.this is the last thing i can think of, i have about 164,000 miles on my rig

well it was 19 and engine cold, fan may have turned less than a quarter and was nice and stiff. i also have the silencer ring removed from the turbo

let me check, its about 30deg outside brb

cruising at 65 i can hear my turbo, but im only putting out i think 6psi sound isnt a reliable indicator of what psi its putting out