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My air leak was the ether fuel pressure sensor.... The diaphragm leaked..... I replaced the lines from the tank to the spin on fuel filters I added, and most of the way to the IP.....
Let it sit for 6 months, and in the cold, it cranked over after a couple revolutions.... No issues since...
I was there when the shop rebuilt it, and watched as everything had a nice coat of oil on it...
Rebuilt starter.... couple months later it stopped....went to the shop and the guy wanted to charge me for the second rebuild because it was soaked in oil and shorted out, so he said, and as...
6.2 gods, lend me your ears...
I got an oil leak...it's been leaking but since I don't drive it much I haven't delved too far into it. We are talking a quart every 100 or so miles. Enough that it's idling there will be a couple drops in 5 mins or so. The oil hasn't been changed because it's...
8Ds are less battery than stock...
Stock is 4 6TL..
6TL =
CCA @ 0F = 825 CCA
CA @ 32 F = 1010 CA
215 Mins RC @ 25 Amps
and they're in series/parallel so 24V instead of 12V and 2020 CA and 1650 CCA and 430 RC
8D = 1720 CA and 1400 CCA and 430 RC
So, you actually have less CA/CCA going...
Replaced an air line.
Removed the eight layers of paint, come to find out the air lines are original. Rear emergency glad hand valve is stuck closed... Better than stuck open... But it needs to be replaced.
These engines vibrate like no tomorrow.
I had a coolant leak, turned out the power steering AND water pump had bolts that walked out.....
Previously, ALL the bolts had walked out of my power steering pump, and it was held in by the belt.....
Gutted a lot of the ceiling in the 934...and removed the vent ducts.... Water penetration, and saturated fiberglass insulation is no bueno. Gotta seal the roof, then replace all the insulation with foam....should be fun. I can raise the ceiling height by a couple inches by mounting the ceiling...
Only been taking it out a couple days a year.... That will change this year.
I'm focusing more time and money on it to convert to an RV. I have a rough plan, that I'm sure will change.
So far, only minor issues related to rubber and age..... I neglected the batts so that's my fault... ether...
http://www.trucktrend.com/features/0911dp-fuel-additive-test/
NO ADDITIVE
Highway Average 14.6 mpg
City Average 13.7 mpg
Overall Average 14.1 mpg
TWO-STROKE PRE-MIX
Best Highway (one tank) 16.3 mpg
Best City (one tank) 14.9 mpg
Highway Average 15.6 mpg
City Average 14.6 mpg
OPTI-LUBE XPD
Best...
After my truck has been sitting for what seems like 6 months.. The first long stretch after installing the battery cutoff switch and fixing the fuel leak.. I was half expecting to have to use ether....
I think I might have gotten 3 rotations out of it before it fired right up......
As I was...
I have an M1031, box, PTO GEN, etc. sill plate says M1028. Box was produced in 1990 (Or '89, have to double check).
I remember when I picked it up I thought it was weird that the title/vehicle were listed as 1028, and the box was produced years after the truck was made...
Mine was listed and titled as an '84, there was no confusion on the one I bought. I did look at ones that had no year listed, which is why I called for clarification....
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