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Gonna go through all the grounds tomorrow. Then move on to connectors, then the harness. I'll do another scan too, see if anything got sent to memory, but not showing SES light. I washed the truck last week. First time in a year- probably should have kept all the crud on her........

The "Professional" moniker is what separates U.S. made Moog chassis stuff from Chinese made. Pretty sure many other auto parts are the same. Napa fuel filter for my Dodge made in China. Pissed me off. I got AC Delco stuff made in US, Mexico and China. No rhyme or reason. I switched to...

*UPDATE* It's amazing what daylight and sleep do to improve your diagnostic abilities. Another blown PCM fuse. This time it was the 20A little fuse, not the 40A Maxi Fuse. So I'm thinking the wastegate was a vacuum leak I fixed and was a coincidence. However, the PCM fuses clearly are...

Ok, so the Burb decided to get stupid after a long time of trouble-free operation. This past weekend while towing a pop-up, she started spewing black smoke under load- eventually throwing code. I assumed wastegate issue and drove on. Check engine light cleared overnight. Next morning I...

Had a very similar issue last night. Drove 80 miles, no issue pulled off the road to stop at mini mart, truck bucked and shut off. Started right back up. Then, driving home several hours later. Intermittant bucking that increased in frequency and died. Would not start. Checked the usual...

No boost changes. Wonder if I should just do 2200 in case I throw a TM on later........ Thanks for the info.

Very well could be- wish I could find the thread......

I know I read this before on here, but can't find it. I have 6.5 NA injectors that are like new and want to replace the crappy marine injectors on my truck. IIRC, I could use the N/A ones, because the aperture is the same, but the pop pressure is different. I think missygoodwrench had the...

3 car seats? I guess the camry would get a bit cramped!! God Bless ya, brother.... Could you fit them in a crew cab instead? Lately, I've found a few of them on Craigslist- no burbs....

Yeah- I'd be real suspicious of a cracked block on the '97. I did the work myself to swap the engine and turbo in mine and spent over 3 grand for used motor and rebuilt turbo and several weeks of 3 nights a week after work doing the swap. I guess if you want one real bad and the rest of the...

When I got my rebuilt turbo, it came with a gasket, so I used it.

One advantage to keeping both alternators is I could never get a v- belt to fit properly. Either too short or too long to go over P.S. pump. Acesneights, did you have any specifc plans for the second alternator? I've seen a second go to another battery (like deep cycle) that runs accessories...

So, after putting my engine together, I used a clear piece of hose on the last return line on the driver's side primarily to see if fuel was flowing when I first primed the system. I left it on and after 1000 miles, I still see air working through. I never had clear hose on before so I never...

As far as the 24-12V conversion, I removed the 2nd alternator, put a 12V starter in and removed the BIG resistor on the firewall. Changed battery wiring to go in parallel instead of series. (I DO miss that stupid truck) I also added a Ford external solenoid on the starter circuit and...

Wow- I wish mine looked like that. And the bumper is awesome, too.