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Old Jun 2, 2009 | 02:17 PM
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Sounds like you and I need to get together so we can get this stuff done.

But yea, what is the GPR LED mod?
Installing an LED on the switched side of the GPR so you know when the glow plugs are lit or not. Only about 3 bux at radio shack, plus a bit of wire, a fuse, and an inline fuse holder.
Ryan volunteered to come down this weekend and run mine through the factory harness like he did on his truck. Thanks Ryan! (actually, when I asked him to do that on my truck, he just smiled and laughed...)
 
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Old Jun 2, 2009 | 02:17 PM
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Next time I see you I'm gonna kick you in the nuts!



My to-do list: find time to get all my crap installed so people will stop asking me when I'm gonna get all my stuff installed, then start looking for ways to finance a trans since mine is acting up now
What's going on with your trans??? I've yet to hear about this.
 
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Old Jun 2, 2009 | 02:21 PM
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Originally Posted by superduty4x4
Installing an LED on the switched side of the GPR so you know when the glow plugs are lit or not. Only about 3 bux at radio shack, plus a bit of wire, a fuse, and an inline fuse holder.
Ryan volunteered to come down this weekend and run mine through the factory harness like he did on his truck. Thanks Ryan! (actually, when I asked him to do that on my truck, he just smiled and laughed...)
What Chase said about the function. This weekend won't work cause I'll be heading south. I could probably help out in a few months... It's actually pretty easy to run it thru the factory harness if you've got good access to it like I did at the time. With everything in place though, it'd be next to impossible.
 
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Old Jun 2, 2009 | 02:26 PM
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What's going on with your trans??? I've yet to hear about this.
It got pissy with me yesterday... taking off from a stop it took longer to go than normal, upper RPM's the truck seems to fall on its face (2500 rpm and no acceleration), got up to 190° in Spoko stop/go traffic yesterday. I think its mad at me for showing my Chevy/Dodge loving buddies what a DP Tuner can do this weekend.
 
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Old Jun 2, 2009 | 02:28 PM
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What's the fluid look/smell like? Burnt? Is it 100% your trans or could your turbo be pissy with you too since you've been talking so much crap about it in the last few months?!?
 
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Old Jun 2, 2009 | 02:34 PM
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What's the fluid look/smell like? Burnt? Is it 100% your trans or could your turbo be pissy with you too since you've been talking so much crap about it in the last few months?!?
I need to check the fluid. Last I checked it about a week ago it looked and smelled like ATF. Turbo was/is singin' along just fine for now... it likes to surge on me around 20 psi but I ran my truck hard enough last weekend to peg the 30 lb. boost gauge for 5-10 seconds and it didn't crap the bed on me.
 
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Old Jun 2, 2009 | 11:27 PM
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I know this is a different type of rig but it sounds like the truck is doing what my wife's rig did on her. She or I should say I probably did, but anyhow an ear on a clutch or something of the sort on her auto Windstar broke off and cause simular symptoms. Cause it to accelerate very slowly. Couldn't get it above about 30 or 35. This was about a year and a half back though.
Sounds like it could possibly be the torque converter.
 
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Old Jun 3, 2009 | 02:23 AM
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Anyhow, does anyone have any further suggestions and can someone enlighten me on the LED GPR MOD?? I'm interested in this.
 
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Old Jun 3, 2009 | 04:04 AM
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I'd add an exhaust to it. I know the muffler delete helps it sound good but a good downpipe will help keep the EGT's in check along with that intercooler upgrade.
 
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Old Jun 3, 2009 | 07:32 AM
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Anyhow, does anyone have any further suggestions and can someone enlighten me on the LED GPR MOD?? I'm interested in this.
I'm also very interested in this one. I don't even have all my other mods intstalled yet and the PMS is kickin in hard.
 
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Old Jun 3, 2009 | 10:45 AM
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Originally Posted by Visseroth
Anyhow, does anyone have any further suggestions and can someone enlighten me on the LED GPR MOD?? I'm interested in this.
Originally Posted by gasgrunt88
I'm also very interested in this one. I don't even have all my other mods intstalled yet and the PMS is kickin in hard.
Refer to the quote below.

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Installing an LED on the switched side of the GPR so you know when the glow plugs are lit or not. Only about 3 bux at radio shack, plus a bit of wire, a fuse, and an inline fuse holder.
The LED is a light that you install somewhere in your viewing range inside the cab. It's connected to the switched side of the glow plug relay (GPR). You run a wire with an inline fuse from this terminal on the relay on top of the motor to inside the cab and connect it to the light. The wait to start light is acutally just a dummy light and has no true connection to the glow plug relay. With this light hooked up to the relay, it shows a true indication of when the gpr is working.

I installed mine just to find that the relay was only working part of the time. Just cause the WTS light is on, doesn't mean that your relay is heating the glow plugs.
 
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Old Jun 3, 2009 | 12:44 PM
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Hmm...interesting. How hards is this to do?
 
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Hmm...interesting. How hard is this to do?
 
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Old Jun 3, 2009 | 10:42 PM
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Originally Posted by superduty4x4
Installing an LED on the switched side of the GPR so you know when the glow plugs are lit or not. Only about 3 bux at radio shack, plus a bit of wire, a fuse, and an inline fuse holder.
Ryan volunteered to come down this weekend and run mine through the factory harness like he did on his truck. Thanks Ryan! (actually, when I asked him to do that on my truck, he just smiled and laughed...)
Well I'd come help but he says he'll be busy. Dunno how to do it through the harness. I think I'll add this to my mod list but I'll take care of it later as I plan on pulling some power leads, the amps and stuff like that and putting a power strip in place. Preferably a 3 post power strip, ingnition on/off, ground and a constant +
 
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Old Jun 3, 2009 | 10:49 PM
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Doesn't sound hard. Sounds to me to be 1 positive wire from your 12v LED to the GP relay and 1 wire to a ground in the cab.

Correct me if I'm wrong.

Anyhow, list update.......... Oh, and I meant to put 4" Exhaust system on there but apparently forgot, it was only about midnight or 2 in the morning when I wrote it!!!

CCV Mod
WW Replacement
IDM Mod
GPR LED Indicator
Higher Pressure Fuel Pressure Spring
Coolant Filtration Kit
'08 Diff Cover Upgrade
PCM replacement
4" SS Exhaust
DP-Tuner
17* HPOP
Better fuel filtration/air removal system
Fuel bowl delete
In tank Filter delete
220 Amp Alternator
Turbo
Pedestal
Up-Pipes
6.0 Intercooler
3" Spider
3" Plenums
Hood scoop air intake
Valair clutch w/Kevlar idler bearing

Does anyone have any further suggestions, crazy ideas, thoughts, anything, I am all ears!!!
 
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