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Jul 18, 2012 | 12:06 PM

Nick bass

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i know this question has probably been asked about a million times but i need help. tore apart the engine on my 7.3 to change head gaskets and i decided while i was at it and since it was easy to access i was going to turn up my fuel pump, but i cant.. i remove the triangle trap dfoor and i see part of the hole in the piston thats suppose to contain the allen screw but i cant get the cylinder to come forward to get access to the screw. i have tried cranking the engine a bunch but it never moves just a whole lot of fuel pours out. help please, thank you!

Jul 18, 2012 | 03:04 PM

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Put a socket and breaker bar on the crank pully and turn slow. It helps to have someone watch for the screw and someone to turn

Jul 18, 2012 | 03:05 PM

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Not sure but I think you should see it at top dead center but it could take two times to come arround

Jul 18, 2012 | 08:21 PM

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1 o'clock.or somethings off.

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Jul 18, 2012 | 09:42 PM

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thanks guys, also to any of you guys who have pulled heads before is it possible to replace the valley pan with heads on without removing the ip?

Jul 19, 2012 | 12:00 PM

deano-was-his-name-o

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Not sure on that one. If nobody answers you start a new post

Jul 19, 2012 | 06:45 PM

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It's possible, but it's a pain in the a**.

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Aug 3, 2012 | 06:23 PM

Nick bass

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so do i need to pull the front cover of the ip to expose the gears or do i just need to keep cranking until i see it?

Aug 3, 2012 | 06:24 PM

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it was possible but it was a huge pain in the a** lookin back it woulda been easier to pull off ip but i didnt wanna jack anything else up

Aug 3, 2012 | 06:59 PM

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ya know i had a guy from the peterbuilt shop here in town tell me that one of the ways he had timed these ol motors because of people takin them off and not knowing how to put them back on is to take an air compressor and blow it into your number one line and it will have tension on it when you turn the pump and also put your motor at tdc of #1 and it would start right up i done it once and dont ever plan to do it again because i found it to be a pain in my *** tryin to keep the pump from movin when you get it back on

Aug 4, 2012 | 08:24 AM

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not a bad idea at all for timing these but it still scares me to mess with it, i finally got her running good and its a daily driver so if i screw it up im sol