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Old May 1, 2008 | 10:43 PM
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Glad you got it runnin again!
 
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Old May 2, 2008 | 08:16 AM
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Originally Posted by ron's power stroke
glad it all worked out in the end....do you know what failed?? i will be doing mine soon..
<HR style="COLOR: #d1d1e1" SIZE=1> <!-- / icon and title --><!-- message --><TABLE width="100%" border=0><TBODY><TR><TD vAlign=top>I think mainly, I overtightened the oil ferry plug, the oil ferry plug has a pin attached to it about 1" long or so, by overtightening it, I think I crushed the seat inside the pump.

OR, The seat in the pump was already cracked and about to fail soon anyway resulting in a very expensive tow bill. So actually I saved myself money and hassle in the long run. And as Kris said, kinda, I probably saved myself enough for a half a tank of fuel.

Man I'm feeling better by the minute
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Old May 2, 2008 | 08:23 AM
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Gad to to hear you got it done and are road worthy again. Thanks for sharing your experience.
 
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Originally Posted by dmueller71
<HR style="COLOR: #d1d1e1" SIZE=1><!-- / icon and title --><!-- message --><TABLE width="100%" border=0><TBODY><TR><TD vAlign=top>I think mainly, I overtightened the oil ferry plug, the oil ferry plug has a pin attached to it about 1" long or so, by overtightening it, I think I crushed the seat inside the pump.

OR, The seat in the pump was already cracked and about to fail soon anyway resulting in a very expensive tow bill. So actually I saved myself money and hassle in the long run. And as Kris said, kinda, I probably saved myself enough for a half a tank of fuel.

Man I'm feeling better by the minute

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ill keep an eye out for that when i put my 17* in..thanks for letting us know..left ya reps for the hard work..
 
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