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RR tire was leaking down suddenly. Took 3 attempts to finally identify the valve core as the culprit. Holding just fine now.
Lesson learned don’t skimp on soap to water ratio for the spray bottle.
Followed troubleshooting TM for low oil pressure indication. Validated with a mechanical gauge for extra assurance before ordering a new sensor. Plenty of pressure both cold and hot.
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I’m going to be testing my oil pressure with a mechanical gauge soon. Does anybody know offhand the thread pitch of the sensor? I was looking to put a tea fitting in.
Finished installation of all the body mounts. I was able to reuse all the hardware without having to use longer bolts.
90ft/lbs seems a tad excessive on the mounts IMO. Gather the factory spec wants metal contact between the center sleeve and the lower bushing plate.
Body mounts were just slightly compressed 😂
LT valve cover, intake manifold and plenum are back in. Front two mounts are in. Need to address the next (4).
Found the balancer has failed - outer ring came off and is contacting the oil pan. Looks like the cooling stack has to come out yet again...
I have the LT plenum and #1,3,5 injector lines off. Stuck on #7 as I can’t seem to get the crowfoot & wrench on from a LT attack position. Really would like to avoid having to remove the RT plenum and even numbered lines just to get #7 off.
Ordering replacement body mounts now.
Per TM 9-2320-387-24P-C05
My 1151A1 is sub 3K serial number however it looks like the mounts can be updated to the new style.
Ordering a few 5340-01-568-4874
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