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Thanks for that. Not sure if you kept reading through the thread after that post.
Since then Dan has done some work on my tranny as well as live tuned my truck.
my bad, i did not.
The guy that bought my truck put in 238/100 injectors in it and let me take it for a spin. WOW, unbelievable how much power it has.
It will eat up a big part of the day. Unless you’ve done it a couple times and are speedy. Seems like it took me and dad about 4 hours and this was my second time. But we didn’t get in any hurry and spent some extra time trying to clean the tank.
SSJ can probably do it in an hour with his experience level.
Don’t forget to cut the fill and vent tubes back for the Harpoon mod while in there. It was easily worth the $20 or so dollar investment for the pvc cutter, which I’ve used on other projects since.
The local parts stores sometimes have the tool on the shelf or as a loaner. I am not familiar with the parts stores in Canada though, so perhaps your options are limited.
These are just normal spring fitting disconnect tools I think. You should be able to get some locally without import costs. Have a Canadian equivalent to Harbor Freight?
Otherwise maybe a little rolled plastic sheet might work back in there to release the spring. Have a fairly thin plastic hose you can split and cut down to size? Without the proper tool you may spend a crazy amount of time working with something that should take 10 seconds though. Might consider blowing out and spraying with some penetrating oil before trying to get it off.
Don’t use aluminum. It fatigue cracks with vibration.
Nah, I’ve been using aluminum tubing for heated fuel lines for +15yrs now. Literally miles of the stuff in service, some for 100’s of 1000’s of miles. I run it inside heater hose and seal the coolant at the ends with compression fittings. This service (in-tank) will never, ever be an issue.
This is the ‘tube-in-hose’ termination I use. The aluminum tubing is inside the wire loom and runs continuously through the tees and heater hose. This system has a looped return, so (hot) fuel is returned to the suction line instead of returning to tank.
I have been collecting parts for the last couple of months and am now about ready to do some installations.
H & H the SSJ method. Prior to dropping the tank for this I will measure db of engine both at cold start and at operating temperature, then again once the H&H is done.
Once I get those readings I will move to under the hood installs. I generally like to do things one at a time so that there is always a base line to compare but with everything on the top end to be done that doesn’t make sense in this case.
You have a solid course of action planned out and backup plans for when things get sideways. We look forward to the progress reports and pictures along the way!
Sounds like we are taking similar parallel paths in trying to improve the reliability of our trucks. I have my tank removed right now. Good thread!
As I go back and have re-read this thread, and have literally lurked 100’s of other’s
#1- I’m amazed at what I have learned in the past year.
#2- How awesome “this” community is. I spent a couple months researching prior to deciding which forum to join.
I’ve been talked down off the ledge a couple of times, and believe I’ve done the same for a couple of others.
A few times I’ve wished that I had an unlimited bankroll and could have just done everything at once, but hindsight is 20-20, and I would have made uneducated decisions and most likely would have paid someone else to do the job.
For some turning the key and knowing it starts is enough.
Knowing why and how the symphony of parts is orchestrated, now that is cool, diagnosing and fixing, even cooler. Besides the scraped knuckles and grime.
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