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View of the filter bracket from the back on the bottom.
View of the filter bracket from the back on the inside.
View of the filter bracket from the outside.
View of the filter bracket from the rear on the outside.
View of the filter bracket from the front on the outside.
View of the compression fitting on the supply line; on the outlet side of the filter assembly.
Top view of the engine bay.
Bar-none diesel banjo fitting on the factory supply line under turbo. DOES NOT require a bent up 1 1/4 wrench to remove the old pump or install the new fitting.
Passenger side return line connection. Front of head is the right side of the picture.
Drivers side return line connection. Front of head is top of picture.
View of the regulator mount we made. 2.5 x 2.5 stainless angle iron.
View of regulator assembly w/ Edge Insight pressure sensor connected.
So as you can see above. I got the fuel kit installed. Let me tell ya.... Having good fuel pressure is great! I'm not sure what the pressure was exactly before.... However when I would hammer it the power was definitely lacking..... NOT anymore. I have the regulator set at 65 psi and it holds all through hard acceleration. Also; the truck fires right up on cold start again. Before it was barely firing and sometimes would die right after starting like it was starving for fuel.... NOT anymore. I will have to double check the parts list and make necessary changes. Might not get to that tonight though..... Been a long weekend. Few beers deep right now just relaxin.
Awesome work!
definitely helped motivate me to get on the stick.
One question: How far below the bottom of the frame rail do your filters hang?
Maybe a couple inches..... I haven't measured exactly..... I do know that they DO NOT hang down lower than what the transfer case skid plate hangs down.... I made sure they were not lower than that.
Also there was quite a bit of spilled fuel and oil in the valley during this install that hasn't been washed out yet.....
So far it's still working great! Found out the 2 batteries I bought less than a year ago at O-Reilly's had taken a dump on me.... got some new ones and now we get a good start every time! Fires off quick and still has good power through the whole RPM range.
Currently set at 70 psi. It holds through hard acceleration with a light load.... Haven't hooked to the big trailer yet.... Maybe next week. There is probably a 1 psi fluctuation on it when the fuel temp rises
Here's a picture of my frame rail installation. I had to cut an inch or so off the top of the filter housings in order to get the bottom of the filters above the frame rail. That left only two mounting bolts instead of the original three, but it still seems pretty sturdy. I also added a skid plate below the filters. This project has taken forever! And, it's still a work in progress.
Well, I like that you can cut your own hose for a trial and error fit so you don't have to measure exactly right the first time to have a more expensive crimped hose made up. I haven't been able to find any stories of them coming loose and I know a lot of racers use them, but I'm still not 100% convinced. I'm thinking about getting crimped hoses that would also have abrasion resistant steel fabric jackets.
Actually I think they're probably fine. I had an original Ford fuel return hose (twenty years old) from the head back to the original fuel bowl fail and it sprayed fuel everywhere, left a 4 foot wide slick under the truck and for the first time in my life I had to get towed. I've been kind of
paranoid about hoses ever since.
edit: I should add that I like the push lock fittings and hoses a lot more than conventional hose barbs and hose clamps. I think the push locks are more reliable. Parker says not to use clamps on pushlock hose and fittings.
01-17-2016, 07:18 PM
