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looking for a shop in connecticut for headgasket replacement. Any recommendations?

Thanks ,its so hard to find a decent garage these days. The shop I use in town is great but they don't work on diesels.

Can someone recommend a good diesel tech In Connecticut, I believe I am starting to have head gasket issues.thanks

I have the code for the position sensor along with a maf code, Is it true that if I replace the sensor I have to have it recalibrated by the dealer?

yea I'm due. Shoul do something before the snow flies.

No extra filtration , but banks air filter , AC oil filter, Allison tranny filter, and Parker Racor fuel filter.

Yea ,I was going to rent one but its way cheaper to just travel and rent a hotel room.

Mike ,whats your opinion on the mobil 1 synthetic. Its supposedly alllison approved. I've been runnning it for several years now with no problems.

There should be a drain plug on the bottom of the radiator on the passenger side .Take another look.

Maybe you you wait another month when the summer fuel blend is out then do another spread sheet.

If you have to replace the whole nose then you can switch to a GMC one . As for any overheating issues with the lly its hit or miss, some do some dont. Since the front end has damage you could put a banks intercooler on it which will drop the egts quite a bit and possibly an lbz radiator which I...

Was it a moog or GM pitman arm?

Just did mine last weekend. What a battle. I replaced the lidler arm and bracket and added the cognito brace , went well and took about an hour. The pitman on the other hand sucked. It took all of an hour to break it loose from the center link which was supposed to be the easy part. I ended up...

That sucks. Did he try to drive it home from the gas station or have it towed? Might want to throw some 2 cycle oil in to smooth things out a bit.

I think the quality of diesel fuel has gone into the toilet. Is he running an additive ? I have been double dosing my fuel at every fill up with power service to keep my milage up.