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Old Feb 14, 2010 | 03:36 AM
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FINALLY GOT MY TRUCK RUNNING

SO AFTER 7 MONTHS I FINALLY GOT MY TRUCK STARTED. JUST TO GIVE YOU GUYS THE RUN DOWN OF WHAT ALL WAS WRONG. TO START THINGS OFF I GOT BAD DIESEL FROM THE PUMPS WHICH TOOK OUT 6 INJECTORS. MY IDM WAS NOT FIRING THE #1 INJECTOR AND I ALSO HAD A BAD CPS. I CHANGED MY FUEL PUMP AND HAD A BAD IPR VALVE. I ALSO HAD 2 BAD BATTERIES 1 BAD GLOW PLUG AND A BAD GPR. I THEN REPLACED THE PASENGER SIDE VALVE COVER GASKET AND THE PIG TAIL ON THE BACK OF THE PASSENGER HEAD. STUPID ME I WHEN I WIRED THE PLUG I HAD IT UPSIDE DOWN SO INJECTOR 5 WAS WIRED AS INJECTOR 7 AND VICE VERSA. AFTER PUTTING A SET OF NEWER USED INJECTORS I FOUND OUT THAT I STILL HAD ONE BAD INJECTOR. SO ONCE I GOT ONE OF MY GOOD OLD INJECTORS IN I FINALLY GOT THE BEAST STARTED. THE TRUCK I NOW PUFFING ALOT OF GREY SMOKE BUT I AM THINKING I MAY STILL HAVE AIR IN THE SYSTEM. THANK YOU GUYS FOR ALL OF YOUR HELP, WITHOUT YOU GUYS I PROBABLY WOULD HAVE BLOWN THE TRUCK UP AND WENT AND FOUND A NEW PROJECT.
 
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Old Feb 14, 2010 | 03:55 AM
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SORRY FOR THE DOUBLE THREAD I COULDN'T FIGURE OUT HOW TO DELETE IT.
 
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Old Feb 14, 2010 | 07:01 AM
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Sounds like you had a real interesting time there. Glad to see you got it running.
 
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