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Fleet Mechanic
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Well so far everything seems great with driveshaft swap. I haven’t made it out on interstate yet but I will soon. Total cost was 395$ which I did go with all high quality parts and I had shafts from a parts truck. But I’m very happy with outcome so far.
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I replaced the rear yoke seal and it seemed OK. When I get time I'm going to get it balanced, good idea.
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Fleet Mechanic
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Well didn’t get a lot done on my motor this weekend other than tearing all the accessories off. And fuel bowl and capping lines off and power washing it up. It looks way better gonna pull it a little farther apart next weekend. Spent most of Saturday cleaning outside of our shop.
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Well on another note before power washing my replacement engine I realized the hpop rail plugs seem to be seeping. So definitely would be a good time to replace but I was considering going with full force diesels rail insets. Has anyone tried them yet just curious if not I may try them anyway to be able to give you guys a review. On them
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Well on another note before power washing my replacement engine I realized the hpop rail plugs seem to be seeping. So definitely would be a good time to replace but I was considering going with full force diesels rail insets. Has anyone tried them yet just curious if not I may try them anyway to be able to give you guys a review. On them
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Yeah from what I understand most people just replace the oring but I was curious if anyone had had any experience with the rail inserts. From full force diesel that are supposed to help with hpop pressure.
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Well this evening I replaced my upper trac bar bushing and lower trac bar balljoint with moog parts. And well you wouldn’t believe how much better it drives now. Just have to get the 05 box and borgeson steering shaft swapped in next.