What I did was put one of the bumper bolt assemblies on backwards just to hold one side of the bumper up. Then loosely put the other side of the bumper and brushguard on, swapped the bolt assembly the right way and then just snugged one nut on each side so I could slide the bumper and guard to where they needed to be. Then tightened it all down.

 

Changed the oil for the second time since buying the truck, added Archoil for the stiction issues, skeptical that it'll work, and, enough of you have said this stuff actually works so decided to give it a try, we'll see what happens.

Dan

 

I put it in soon as the temperature goes below 40F at night, makes a bit of difference IMO

 

Once you really start driving the truck, you'll notice the difference.

The engine will run, smoother and quieter.

 

I've wondered if the Box on my broken ambulance which has a whole lot of aluminum in it would be worth a chunk of money. Sounds like I'd have to dismantle it all to strip out the non aluminum however

 

For the best price on aluminum you do need it to be clean and separated by types.
Sheet, cast and extruded I think would do it. Also any pop rivets will have some ferrous
metals in then. Where the formed ones won't.

But you might get a bulk deal and not have to do the separation. Really depends on the salvage facility.

A magnet is your best friend when doing salvage.

 

Today I opened up the driver side valve cover again.

Awhile back, I replaced #2 and #8 injectors due to balance/contribution code issue. That fixed the issue. But not long, #6 balance contribution code showed up. So today I opened it up, took the injector out and loosen up the tiny injector valve bolt's nut. Put it back and drove for about 20 minutes, high way and whatnot. The top side creeper was great. Making working on this much nicer.

The whole test drive, no problem. The truck ran very smooth. It felt quieter. I monitored the parameters and read the code several times. All good ...

Until I turn into my parking lot. It shakes a little. I told myself, "here it is again". Then I checked the code, #4 injector has balance/contribution issue.

So, all on the driver side. #2, #6, #8 and now #4. I didn't see any smoke breached the copper gasket. I always cleaned it up good and replace the copper gasket, teflon coated o-ring and the other oring.

So this is kind of odd. It seems that I loosen the bolt and it worked good for #6.

I would have no problem doing it for #4. But why always on the driver side? Anything else may be causing this?

Talking about cleaning up, I was cheap, and I used a walmart gun cleaning kit. Two of the copper brushes fit super well into the hole of the injector. I felt better with copper brush than steel brush. Using a mirror, it looked spotless inside.

Any help appreciated!

 

The brush set I got when I ordered from Rotunda can from Bosch.

I was thinking that they may be stainless. But they do attract a magnet. But it was a neodymium magnet so it could still be stainless.
Anyway the brissles on the pinecone one are very still so that they will scrub any junk off the walls of the bore and the other one does
well in sweeping the remainders out of the end of the cup. Also I do clean then after I am done and they are not washed with water.
Once everything is all brushed I blow it all out with the air gun.

The reason I have the cup in the photos is so I can show size.

 

 

wonder why your compressor housing is so sooty... mine was squeaky clean when i pulled it apart to rebuild the turbo.. them up pipes look great btw.

as for what i did with mine?? yesterday i drove it 150 miles with the trailer attached... today she got a much needed bath and while all my cab roof lights worked when i left the house yesterday.. by time i got to the NC house one had burned out... so replaced the bulb this afternoon after she dried out in the sun for a bit...

 

 

i still need to order a new CCV filter for mine worried when it might show up... so not sure which house to have it sent to...

 

Went to KFC for some chicken.
Sunday the plan is POWER STEERING SYSTEM WORK. Oh how I am not really looking forward to that mess.
I am doing the steering box and pump. But that also means that the project truck gets a much needed steering box.
I am tired of the push and jack up, Kick the tires the direction I want and then push again and repeat.

At least I did find the box of new bolts I had ordered some time ago for a planned steering gear replacement.

 

No tracking number to look it up with?

 

last time i got back ordered for a month... and the 2 sites i had bookmarked are gone... with not knowing which house ill be at when kinda makes it a pain... i dont want it sitting at a house were not at for awhile..