Recent content by Nico

Hey amigos I just replaced the vacuum pump on the 1500 cause it went out, I tried to talk the old man into getting a Heath's TM and tune but he wouldnt budge. Anyhow, the truck seems to be working fine, but the SES light came on again, retrieved codes, 32, 33, 44, these are all EGR related...

1 month warranty, 154k miles, seller claims ran good when pulled, holds 40 psi oil pressure at idle.. heck even if its bad I'd get my money back selling the IP, turbo etc.

wtf dude? several people, several times? it was only one person one time.. doing it my way? I've been following the advice provided here.. if you cant contribute something positive please do not contribute at all @buddy I have a two month old pmd I got from leroy. guess Im gonna have to...

there's tiny metal shavings in the oil if you look closely on the dipstick, could that be a valve? or something below that?

drop in found a drop in engine on the bay... Im thinking it might be cheaper to swap than rebuild what I currently have. can anyone recommend a freight company? Engine's in Maine and I need it in TX.

any suggestions on the rebuild kit? looked on fleabay, not a lot of options and same thing with google search.

Tried a different injector in #7, made no difference.. will be removing the oil pan tomorrow to look for metal shavings. whats a good place to find a rebuild kit? I need it as cheap as possible since I've already spent a bunch trying to get it running right

SES light no longer comes on, Baro sensor was lacking vacuum.. but it still rattles and smokes, might it be a piston slapping?

I should have updated my signature.. no EGR, swapped my intake for an F. guess Im gonna check the timing tomorrow if I find someone with a scanner in this s*itty old town. clearing the codes by depressing the pedals hasn't made any difference.

update Nylon retainers are in place, put everything back together but now with an F lower intake... nothing changed, still rattles under acceleration and still shakes when I get off the skinny pedal and let it idle (not always though) loosened every injector line one by one and cyl. #7 does...

'nother day under the hood in the 100 degree heat, removed valve covers and nylon retainers seem to be all in place, fired up the truck sans valve covers, everything seems right (turbo wasnt spooling but thats a different story) next Im gonna do is put everything back together but use an F lower...

Clinometers rock.. I use them for cave surveying :hijacked:

never mind, I just re read it and got what you meant with nylon keeper button, sometimes I read things in a rush and dont quite understand

Nylon keeper button :confused: is that what's causing the rattling? where is that located, how does it look like? Im still licking my wounds from yesterday and procrastinating about getting the head covers off. I want this over with already, Im tired of my old man yelling at me cause he has to...

I dont think that's the issue Steve, I had that problem before changing injectors see my previous thread