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[mr.mindless]

triple yup on timing.

[KingtheZJ]

I need one of these things.

[Harrison]

17.8mpg. Hoping to scrape closer to 20. Oh well.

Seems to run smoother and quieter on WMO. I also notice using less throttle it seems and building little to no boost to hold speed or pull small hills that would have required 5-8psi before. Interesting.

15gal WMO, 13.47gal #2. Given the weaker ratio that was in the tank already, I'd say its close to 50/50 right now.

[mr.mindless]

I only got 16.9 empty highway


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[Harrison]

Got about 10gal in it now, just up to the second spout. Slots were a design suggestion from Chad, apparently bulging plugged filter bags don't fit through a 6" hole very well. Has a lid and handle style locking ring. Opted not to have the clear tube level reader dooda. Had nightmares of degrading tubing or accidental contact with a sharp object causing a very bad thing to happen.

[mr.mindless]

That's a SWEET clean tailgate there, sir!!

[Harrison]

60 degrees and 50/50 mix means full temp before driving? Stalling out at lower rpms. Warmed up and seems ok now.

[TrailTamer]

my truck do the same thing.

I use both of my feet to drive until the engine warm up to a point it'll idle on its own. I can see how it will be a challenge on a manual truck!

I installed an engine speed control cable in my truck so I can bump up the idle speed when cold and of course it can be used as high idle for winter.

http://www.napaonline.com/Catalog/CatalogItemDetail.aspx?R=BK_7311104_0006395974

NAPA part# BK 7311104 if the link dont work

This thread is what made me to do mine. I attached my cable to the top of the pedal, by drill a small hole then get the cable/wire to go through the pedal then loop it tightly to put a bolt in there, so that way the pedal movements from normal driving will not be affected by the cable.

http://www.cumminsforum.com/forum/94-98-performance/2072-home-made-throttle-control-high-idle-set-up-nc.html

[Harrison]

Made it 20min and up to full temp. Seemed fine for a while, then got worse. Cleaned prefilter and nothing. Changed fuel filter and nothing. Had to ease into shifting and keep RPMs high and made it back home. Does fine when lugged down with speed though, only when shifting.

Lift pump? Guess I won't know until I check. Not tonight, its pouring. And I did all that in the pouring rain!

[mr.mindless]

Got to get a fuel pressure gauge on there!

Highly highly suggested w the alt fuels.


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[Nick]

My idle is set at 1k rpm and love it there. No stalling helps with idling after starting

[Harrison]

If I have time this weekend, I think I'm going to pull the timing cover off and check to see if the KDP actually was fixed. I think the cover and/or one of the seals is leaking anyway, Felpro kit at Advance is $28.

Looks pretty straight forward. Belt, fan, radiator hose, harmonic balancer, maybe washer bottle for room? Then just pop the cover off. Doesn't sound like any special tools or anything. Shouldn't be more than a couple hours (knock on wood) if everything goes OK?

[mr.mindless]

Sounds about right.

Red loctite all this lil bolts. Clean the holes!!

If any o the bolts inside are loose do the same treatment w them. It can and will leak between the block and timing case too.


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[Harrison]

Lift pump and running good again.

Hopefully running out of shit to go wrong now haha

[Harrison]

KDP done. It had kinda been done with the pop can tab looking thing. The pin was either starting to rattle out or whoever tabbed it the first time never tapped it back in. In any event, I made my own tab. Removing fan assembly was a pain, ended up removing whole assembly where it bolts to the block because the belt would just slip trying to remove the clutch. Fucked up the crank seal that came with the timing cover seal kit and had to buy a whole other kit since just the seal wasn't in stock anywhere. Reason it got fucked the first time was that there was a speedy sleeve on the crank I was too stupid to notice - pulled it off to find very little grooves on the crank so just installed stock size and it's fine.

Picked up 3 fresh fuel filters on E-bay for $35 shipped to keep in the cab.

Also replaced lower oil soaked radiator boot and belt which was pretty whooped.

Knocking on wood as I type this, but I'm truly hoping I have put in the necessary time and money to have a reliable, fuel saving tow rig for a while. Since owning it's gotten:

Dipstick
Turbo
Brake lines
Fuel lines
Ball joints
Front axle u-joints
Trackbar
Pitman TRE
Gauges
Injectors
New clutch everything
Transmission Mount
5th gear nut jammed/welded
Fresh fluids in tranny/t-case
Lift pump
KDP repaired
Timing cover resealed
Radiator hose
Belt
2 oil changes

Good luck Spencer, I hope spending an extra $1800 or so on truck and travel costs pays off hahaha