Possible head gasket leak

[Manimalmother]

6 minutes ago, dripley said:

i feel so inadequate or just lucky now. sucks you had to go thru all of this.

 

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.

[dripley]

1 minute ago, Manimalmother said:

 

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.

hope he gave you cash. good luck.

[Manimalmother]

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.

[dripley]

1 hour ago, Manimalmother said:

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.

I did not have near the problems you but it was very satisfying hearing it run. And to my surprise very little priming.

Edited March 7, 2020 by dripley

[Manimalmother]

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

[dripley]

Maybe you knocked something loose under the cowl.

[Manimalmother]

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.

[Dieselfuture]

3 hours ago, Manimalmother said:

The wife's 4th gen got some weight reduction last week also and is running like a top.

Only if I could convince my wife to get a 4th gen  

[dripley]

4 hours ago, Dieselfuture said:

Only if I could convince my wife to get a 4th gen  

My wife is ok with a 4th gen as long as it is an auto and she does not have to contribute to the payment or insurance.

[Tractorman]

8 hours ago, dripley said:

Maybe you knocked something loose under the cowl

 

@dripley, I think he just hung the head from the wiper arm while he cleaned up the block. They don't make wiper arms like they used to.

 

- John