Green monster

[mr.mindless]

I may have a New Hampshire solution…


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[mr.mindless]

Muffler, clamps, and a rain cap are in my hands. 2 90Ëš elbows, a foot of flex, and a 10' stick of aluminized 5" will be mine on Tuesday – I think I'll use about 5' of it. Will pick up along with the fuel lines that should be in from Cummins distribution on Monday.

If I don't hear anything by end of day Tuesday, I'll be calling about ECU status. That's the update...

[mr.mindless]

Confirmed at dmv today that it needs a salvage inspection.

Will get temp reg from PA next time I go down and then mail paperwork to Rapid City. File for salvage inspection with my SD title while running SD plates.

Have all exhaust parts and fuel lines in hand. Have replacement bulbs for burned out markers in hand.  Ecu shipped back to me today, due here Friday. Still need to do cab jack hydraulic fittings and lines. that should be it until I find anything else wrong on-site.

I should have noted fuel and oil filter part numbers. Would have been smart to be able to change oil after idling up to temp and fuel filter either if needed or once the suspect fuel is run through.


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[gif]

ill give you credit for long distance repairs.  i dont even want to walk out to my shop.

[mr.mindless]

might be different when you have a functional shop? I'm picking up what you're putting down in any case.

[cracker]

SD title & plates?.. guess I probably need to read the Pirate thread for more details...

[mr.mindless]

That traffic was on fb. SD doesn’t require you to be a resident to title & register there. Very reasonable fees. 4% tax. I talked to dawn in Pennington county and confirmed it can be done 100% via mail and the reconstructed brand isn’t an issue.


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Called SIA just now. they replaced some bad capacitors, replaced the RAM and reloaded the program for my CPL. Ran their test stand engine and all was good. Tech said in most cases it's acid (presumably leaking from failed caps) that causes failures like this and there's really nothing needed to be double checked in the truck side harness.

Me talking - not them: capacitors on the edge certainly make sense to me for something that could be pushed to failure with seeing good strong voltage. I think I'm feeling pretty good about this.

At this point I definitely suggest anyone needing ECU work seek out SIA electronics. I purchased this repair on Ebay, on sale for $360 versus normal price of $400. A reman from other aftermarket outfits is $1500 if your core is good. $2000 without a good core. A Cummins reman is $2800. My local truck salvage outfit (Casey's, in Buffalo) charges $1500 for a used unit with warranty. So this is an absolute steal if it works.

[M]

Wow, SIA has horrid google reviews.  Glad it works out for you.

[mr.mindless]

lots of reasonable responses to the googles. good ink on fb and ebay, figured I'd roll the dice for a 75% discount. we'll see.

[M4wdFab]

nice work.  fingers crossed for happyness after you finished up the other loose ends.


when is the next trip and are you taking plates?  i might be up for an adventure this time if you need another hand

[mr.mindless]

Maybe this weekend? Going to have to include Monday – regardless of yard access to the truck, I'm going to have to get a PA temp registration, so I need to overlap title service hours. Erik is still trying to find a service body for his f250 too, not having luck.

South Dakota turnaround is supposedly 2 weeks, so I don't want to send that stuff off and be stuck.

Sunday-Monday weather looks good too.
I'll keep ya posted...

[KingtheZJ]

PA temp tags are issued my notaries, right? There should be some 24 hour ones

[M4wdFab]

would a dealer plate help?  i might be able to borrow one

[mr.mindless]

Yes, notaries.
I'd only go dealer plate if I could have access to one for 2-3 weeks while waiting on SD. It's only $25 for the temp from a place a mile or three from the truck. Talked to them last week.