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Before you put the injectors in and get ready for startup, bar the engine over through a number of rotations by hand (the same way you bar for setting the valves). The human arm and bar is a lot slower and less forceful than the starter so any potential clearance issues will stop you dead, and...

It was quite the learning experience, thats for sure. I would hate to admit how long i spent looking over that rear head looking for a hidden bolt or something else I was missing that was holding it down. Considering how long it ran like that, I fully expected to find torching especially...

sorry in advance for the hijack, but a HG story comes to mind. No matter what, I'll bet your head gasket job goes easier than mine did. My truck had the old style gaskets, and it started blowing out through the relief cut on #2 last summer. I decided to change both gaskets to new style, even...

Changing out the governor spring was/ is a common mod on mechanical B series Cummins and for exactly those reasons. It gave a slight boost in RPM, which was great for driveability and HP, but its real advantage was in increasing the ramp rate and raising the rpm point where fueling would begin...

Whats leaking from the head area, oil or coolant? Exactly how much haze is coming out the breather? Its an old and old style engine, a bit of haze out the breather is not unheard of after working it. There is a huge difference between driving around and actually hauling, so if these hauls are...