Recent content by IridiumRed

Awesome, thanks for info :)

Ok, on my 2003 Mk25, several of the balljoint boots are torn. I -think- the balljoints themselves are ok, they just need boots replaced. Can someone give me an idea of the basic procedure to change them? And what tools used to pop the balljoints loose? (In terms of disconnecting balljoint...

Btw, for anyone following this thread, maybe having issues w their oil cooler, it looks like 115-4514 IS an acceptable alternative for the standard 115-4517. Found it on cat SIS 2.0. For the sake of completeness, just wanted to mention that. 113, good job glad to see youve gotten that taken...

Perfect, thanks for the extra detail. Hopefully, maybe we help prevent someone else from doing same. Is a VERY easy mistake to make (if the element was much longer, the threads wouldn't have even started, would have been obvious.... and just LOOKING at it, it looks like it would work). Thats...

Heres the heater i have (copied from the ezbay auction i bought it from). I THINK this will work, but i do not KNOW that it will work, so anyone else out there, dont just go and get another one like this based on what i've said! I'm putting this image here as an illustration of the difference...

I THINK this is a picture of the INCORRECT heater. (113, let me know if i'm wrong on this). Also, not trying to kick you while you're down or anything, by beating this horse to death, just trying to make sure we all know which heater to use / not use I just bought a heater, its at the shop...

The little hose that goes between the cooler and the water pump, i'd get that (so easy to do when cooler is off) 131-6645 Thats a big pill to have to swallow. At least you caught it quick, before it ate the engine Thanks for measurement of element

Can you do me a favor and measure the heater? Putting it next to a ruler is fine. Would like to have that as a reference, want to make sure i can identify the ones that dont work :)

Btw, 0R8191 (thats a zero, not O character) is for sure a good part #, it indicates a cat remanufactured part (hence the part # style and the R in the number) Interestingly, one source here shows 115-4514 as being interchangeable. One of the larger aftermarket parts suppliers. Id call it...

Damn! Well, I was right about the oil cooler leaking from the back end, but sorry to hear about how it STARTED leaking on that end. Its good you didn't run the engine, you've probably avoided a potentially BIG bill from that. Whats crazy is, I just ordered a block heater for my 7ton, in...

Thanks for reminding me, I had searched a lot before, found a few but not enough. I dont have the truck in front of me at the moment (its at shop), are the balljoint boots different on top & bottom or from one axle to another?

Theres actually TWO graphs, based on what "personality" is loaded into ECM, see chart below, out of same manual. The graphs are WAY different (1st chart, the one you show, for oct 99 and up personality module, has way lower pressures). This is something i've wondered about, why the...

So external leak then? If so, thats generally good (better than the alternative) - way less chance of having major damage / causing major damage (liks coolant in oil corroding bearings). Way less mess to clean up... Theres a weep hole on water pump (like on so many vehicles), where if the...

Partly thought that because on a truck like this, i'd EXPECT to see some sort of external transmission cooler of some kind, having the tranny run all buttoned up is a ton of heat to displace (with an automatic tranny anyways) and a radiator heat exchanger is so common...

i hadn't seriously studied it, but i thought the radiator heat exchanger was for tranny