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Nov 18, 2012 | 03:29 PM

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Stewart_H

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David, I dunno who you're using up there, but I've had zero problems with either of my rigs (the Ex and the '02) passing smog the past couple years with the 38R on.

Stewart

Nov 18, 2012 | 05:09 PM

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milman

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Harsh on everyone else's mellow

There are a few benefits to being in the military. One of them is that I have my van and truck registered in GA, where we own property, and they have zero inspections, safety or emissions. Being that we are only here for a year this go round, we won't have any hassles on registration other than maybe not getting the military registration rate for GA since I can't file paperwork in person.

Nov 18, 2012 | 05:14 PM

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I've only used two shops so it is very possible I just got guys with more caffeine than brains. Luckily I have another year to network to a friendlier shop. But hey, it did pass both times with a couple no-no items already, so

Nov 28, 2012 | 07:57 PM

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An hour of sunshine gets me a diesel bath

So I got the old up-pipes off today and was pleasantly surprised to find the passenger side manifold and up-pipe were full of fuel. I soaked most of it up with the shirt I was wearing, and the rest with floor dry, but now I'm wondering how best to get the fuel/soot mixture (which is very unpleasant, by the way) out of the manifold. Ideas?

Nov 29, 2012 | 01:51 PM

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Might not hurt to pull the manifold depending on how rusty your hardware is. Don't forget the EBPS tube at the front of the manifold.

Dec 12, 2012 | 08:24 PM

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She lives!!!

One month, 8 injectors, a slew of other fun parts and accessories, an oil/diesel slick, 1/3 bag of kitty litter and tons of stress later, I'm up and running again!! Just barely though. Still have an issue to sort out with the tuner and the alternator, but I got to drive for the first time in a month. It's a great feeling.

Kudos to everyone on the forums here, especially Stewart and Peter for taking time out of their schedule to drive down and bring tools, expertise, help and advice. I would never have undertaken this large a project without FTE, and I would have spent a lot more money to get back on the road temporarily. Here's hoping for a hundred thousand more (mostly) trouble-free miles.

Dec 12, 2012 | 09:35 PM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by milman

Kudos to everyone on the forums here, especially Stewart and Peter for taking time out of their schedule to drive down and bring tools, expertise, help and advice. I would never have undertaken this large a project without FTE, and I would have spent a lot more money to get back on the road temporarily. Here's hoping for a hundred thousand more (mostly) trouble-free miles.

You did damn good, Nate.

Big thanks go to Joe (CSIPSD) for helping me remember the checklist of problems for the no-start issue Nate was having.

Pete was working, and brainstorming to remember the basics always works better with two brains, so I called Joe.

Once we went thru everything, it came down to removing the chip and it started easily.

Stewart

Last edited by Stewart_H; Dec 12, 2012 at 09:39 PM.