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Granted I have a 6.5 so my injectors are at a different angle, but I picked up a 6.5 manifold heat shield which keeps everything tucked against the valve cover and away from the manifold. I got it off ebay. You could also try swapping injectors 6 and 8 (or any others for that matter) and see...

I fit 2 group size 65 batteries on the front tray. With a new fender liner I haven’t had issues, I’ve even stood on the battery tray and it didn’t seem to move. https://www.steelsoldiers.com/threads/cucv-m1008-build.207156/post-2533852

My only other suggestion would be to pull the 2 motor mount bolts and lift the front of the motor up a couple inches so you have better access to the manifold bolts. This could be a bit of a pain though so might be easier to just pull the injectors/glow plugs to apply heat. I'd advise removing...

I got the fender liners from LMC. Price with shipping wasn’t too bad. Quality seems comparable to OEM, they’re sturdy.

Good luck! Hopefully the IP/injectors helps your mpg, the only time I got that bad of mileage was when I first got my m1008 but it got alot better after a few hundred miles of hard use. Especially since your compression is good it seems like the injection system is tired. My only other...