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From: Sweetwater Texas
Whew, that makes me feel better. I just hope she don't come off and eat my radiator. I just can't figure out how it came off bein its left handed threads for this specific purpose.
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From: Las vegas
when you shut the engine off the belts stop quick but the fan trys to keep going wich over time can loosen it but as was said erlyer they useualy come off when you shut it off it is strange it came off while starting the engine, maybe it was POd that you were poisoning it with either.
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From: Sweetwater Texas
Well, it was right before I gave her her daily fix, but my ground cable just randomly got a short in it so the motor will spin stop, spin stop spin stop spin stop, plus a fuel cap randomly got a crack in it and is leaking real good, and makes for hard starts even after sitting for 5 minutes.
Aaaah, but like a Ford I always make it when its needed most.
Aaaah, but like a Ford I always make it when its needed most.
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From: Sweet Home, OR
In my experience you only have to heat the thread locker (red) enough to "break it down" and then you are good to go. Try heating the bolt head and letting the heat migrate through the bolt to the Loc-Tite. Of course like others said you still have the "gunk" in the holes/threads to deal with but atleast it's not still bonded.
I've personally done it this way but you might have to fight it all the way. It will be a lot easier if you do it with the front clip off though.
GOOD LUCK!
I've personally done it this way but you might have to fight it all the way. It will be a lot easier if you do it with the front clip off though.
GOOD LUCK!
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From: Sweetwater Texas
I know ether is very very very dangerous but I try to very careful. I turn the key on and then go feed my horses, then come back so I know the GP's are through cycling, then I give two very very short bursts and she'll come right to life
I did see two idiots once almost kill themselves on a Cummins, one was turnin it over, and the other HELD the ether can down and sprayed a constant stream into the intake, as soon as it hit that intake heater it blew up and all kinds of wonderful things.
I did see two idiots once almost kill themselves on a Cummins, one was turnin it over, and the other HELD the ether can down and sprayed a constant stream into the intake, as soon as it hit that intake heater it blew up and all kinds of wonderful things.
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we always tend to use a little either in my dads idi cause the batteries aint the best, but it has manual glow plug system so i dont worry about explosion, and i have never use either on my 6.9 cause it dont need it, mine always crank within the 2nd-3rd turn of the motor.
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The first time I lost the fan, I was at high RPM in low gear crossing heavy traffic pulling into a parking lot.
When I cleared the road I let off the throttle and it dropped right to idle, and the fan kept on spinning at high RPM right through the radiator.
Big hole.
Second time, I told my mechanmic friends I wanted a couple drops of Locktite on the fan clutch cause I ran off before and cost me a radiator.
They told me it was not on tight enough, and did not listen.
So they fired the engine up, everything was great and they turned it off.
The fan fell out on the floor.
1/4 tube of red later the fan was back on the engine.
Fortunetly that time the radiator was OK.
All it takes is a little heat with a torch on the fan clutch nut, and even the red lets go nicely.
I have used red Locktite on the fan clutch for years.
When I cleared the road I let off the throttle and it dropped right to idle, and the fan kept on spinning at high RPM right through the radiator.
Big hole.
Second time, I told my mechanmic friends I wanted a couple drops of Locktite on the fan clutch cause I ran off before and cost me a radiator.
They told me it was not on tight enough, and did not listen.
So they fired the engine up, everything was great and they turned it off.
The fan fell out on the floor.
1/4 tube of red later the fan was back on the engine.
Fortunetly that time the radiator was OK.
All it takes is a little heat with a torch on the fan clutch nut, and even the red lets go nicely.
I have used red Locktite on the fan clutch for years.
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I did see two idiots once almost kill themselves on a Cummins, one was turnin it over, and the other HELD the ether can down and sprayed a constant stream into the intake, as soon as it hit that intake heater it blew up and all kinds of wonderful things.
well Dean it was a cummins so they probably did need all the starter fluid they could get and..... probably did the world a favor by destroying one more cummins engine nobody needed
well Dean it was a cummins so they probably did need all the starter fluid they could get and..... probably did the world a favor by destroying one more cummins engine nobody needed
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From: Sweet Home, OR
They must have been EXTRA stupid to have a Cummins in bad enough shape to need starting fluid.
My starter will last approximately 476 years since all it takes is a barely noticeable "BUMP" to get it to fire.
My starter will last approximately 476 years since all it takes is a barely noticeable "BUMP" to get it to fire.