Recent content by Thatwelderguy88

its been awhile since ive posted, or done any meaningful work to my m1008. been very busy in the shop with customer jobs and havent had much time, BUT....i have been collecting parts for my turbo swap and serpentine conversion and i have just about everything i need to do it now. my radiator...

Its been a bit since ive been able to do some work to my m1008. Few months back i was having some issues with a miss and excessive white smoke throughout the rpm range. I swapped the injectors that i picked up from 2insane and bumped the ip timing some. It got better but still smoked. The...

Finally installed the injectors i got from 2INSANE, this poor truck has had a rough life with the previous owner. Im increasingly confident that a rebuild will be on deck after this years plow season. Truck fires up and idles pretty good but still have a notable miss off idle and plumes of white...

Agreed, It certainly does beat the pants off redoing an entire harness, i thought about what you suggested initially and may do that to get me up and going for plow season. I have this nagging trait of making things the way it was supposed to be and improve from there. I am just wanting to undo...

Im looking for a fuse block as mine is burt up on several circuts. My m1008 has proven to be an electrical nightmare of sorts.

had a case of the glow plug blues. Previous owner never maintained the GP system in the truck so i spent the last few nights slowly bringing the system back to life. I installed new 60g plugs, and if fires up for the first time that i know of without the yellow can :oops:

I will probably hold off on the 6.5 injectors then. I figured the combo would flow more fuel but like you said without the turbo, higher egts and smoke. Dont want to do more harm then good. I have tested the cooling system and so far everything checks out. Holds pressure, no milky oil, or...

hey all, look to be reviving a thread here but im also planning on a 6.2/6.5 swap on my 85. At first it was a far fetched thought since my truck is a bit of a mess thanks to the previous owner. But with that being said, the ideal parts donor unexpectedly showed up at the yard and i couldnt say...