Howdy from western NY

[mr.mindless]

Got this sweet nasty beast dismantled in a little over 3 hours.The bad teeth on the ring gear were stripped by a shot starter. Bushing/ bearing on the snout of the bendix was gone and slop ensued. DB Electrical will get a call Monday, along with the clutch's & flywheel's visit to Rochestr Clutch & Brake. Going to see if I can get a little more holding power without breaking the bank while they take care of the bad ring gear.I think I'll see if I can find a starter locally so I have someone to beat about the head and shoulders with it if it fails miserably in 10,000 miles again.

[Heavyd1980]

well that sucks but at least you found the culprit!!:banghead:

[ELKSLAYER]

Welcome to the site.

[mr.mindless]

Figured I'd throw an update here - tracked down the backordered flywheel ring gear through a friend in the business, got it replaced, and got my pressure plate springs upgraded from ~2600# clamping force to ~3400#. No more RPM flare in top gears!Took a week between waiting for parts and putting it back together. Made a 250 mile round trip Monday.Just replaced a bad pressure switch and pressure gauge on my air compressor last night, and I'll be putting about 1000 miles on this weekend back and forth to Dayton OH.Cruise is still out, boost control still is sketchy, but no more leaks as of this morning with some additional tightening of everything, and she's nearly tip top again as I approach the new motor's first oil change!

[mr.mindless]

Borrowed my buddy's common rail. I'd intended to just borrow his little trailer that my truck is on for an errand I was running for him, but my 12v block had other ideas at 268,000 miles.

Turnabout last night due to a broken #4 injector line on his hog. His replacement line was only $23! Hate him a little for that....