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I am towing a drag with my M1008 to groom a dirt strip runway. The drag can get up to a couple thousand pounds when filled with dirt. I pull it in 4 wd low range, in 1st gear, so I am going pretty slow. It doesnt seem like much of a load on the engine, but after about 45 min, I can feel my...
you should see how much the Mexican trucks smoke on the California freeways. I have seen some just belching out black smoke, and they are allowed to do it because of NAFTA I think. Sorry, off subject.
Hello, finally got my truck back on the road. Machining the heads cost me $500. I probably should have gone with 2 new heads for $1000 on ebay. I guess I will soon find out. Thanks for all of your help. Next time should be a breeze..
By the way, I found a piece of grounding braid hanging out...
Hello. Happy New Year. I got the heads back from the shop. The guy told me I need to use a thicker head gasket because he shaved the heads. The number he gave me is OReilly 9128 PT. Does this sound right?
We have been have an unusual amount of rain the past few days.
I need to get the 30 mm wrench.
I did remove the bolt and the metal plate at the base of the vacuum pump. I will try the vice grips.
yes, that the one. where did you buy that?
I am going to soak down the vacuum pump with penetrating oil. I am not sure how it is connected. Can I put some twisting force on it?
Having trouble with some of the nozzles. The whole injector wants to turn. I am going to try to put some vice...
The vacuum pump is frozen solid. I cant move it.
Where do you buy the fuel line clamp that is on the right rear of the engine?
I noticed there is no hole in the intake for the EGR port. The port is full of carbon. Why is this?
Also, it says to twist the vacuum pump around to access the last intake bolt. I removed the retaining clamp, but the vacuum pump is frozen solid. Is this going to cause any problems for me down the road? I was able to get all the intake bolts off anyways. Now I am trying to remove the pipe...
a few questions as I plan this job:
1) should I replace the fuel injectors?
2) I am going to replace the injector pump. Any problem with the ones on ebay?
3) Should I replace the water pump too?
4) Its says in the manual that I need a speacial tool to remove the injectors, and something called...
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