Recent content by s-mack

My question was why, if it was a true apocalypse and it was no big deal to steal a sub, why wouldn't you break into a grocery store and grab a couple gallons of veggie oil rather than that disgusting gloopy deep fryer oil they used.

The tag should be a big capital E which stands for EID. And the flex ring will disintegrate into little black pieces which look like coffee grounds.

There is a possibility that the innards of your IP are all gummed up. Try taking the top off the IP, removing the fuel with a turkey baster or whatever and filling it with powerservice. Let that sit overnight then start it up. Once it starts drive it HARD.

You need to ground the threads as well as giving the terminal 12v.

Yes I suppose it would depending on pump outlet and fuel line size. The point I'm making is don't worry about what the lift pump PSI is so long as it's rated for LESS than 14psi. Worry about gph. What the number needs to be I couldn't say but at the absolute least a quart a minute I'd guess

PSI isn't important. The IP does all the pressurizing that's needed. Fuel flow is more important. It lubes and cools the IP so the more fuel flowing through the better so long as the return system can handle it

Well I'm not super familiar with turbos but if there is an exhaust leak pre turbo then it doesn't spool and just acts as an exhaust restriction and power eater. The metering valve is in the IP Can't quite recall what it looks like but it regulates fuel output I believe. If it starts...

The truck should run at 180-200 at -40 let alone 50f. T-stats are notorious for being bad when new. Like 1 in 3 is bad or worse. I would return it if it were me. You can get a candy thermometer and put it in a pot of boiling water with the new t-stat to see when it opens and closes. That...

Why not use diesel? It's an oil same/similar in viscosity to hydraulic oil/brakefluid/powers steering fluid. Oh and i agree that is a lot of bends on that line. If there was a coating that was just waiting to flake off you'd have plugged every injector you tested.

While I'm no expert i did replace my IP fairly recently. At first i wanted to just remove the lines from the back of the IP. Of course the top ones were simple but then when i had to get the crows foot on it became very time consuming. I don't have a turbo so it may be less time to do it in...

CDR creates a small amount of vacuum in the crankcase so that oil doesn't get pushed past seals. i once didn't hook my CDR up properly and on a 1 hr trip I lost about a gallon of oil. Scary.

x2, serp water pump runs backwards to the v belt

Why would you want to eliminate the CDR? it does it's job.

used 6.2 IP isn't worth a heck of a lot. $100 maybe.

when I was replacing front end components on my truck, '87 heavy 3/4, I noticed that the low end parts for ,my truck were the high end parts for the reg 3/4 and the high end parts were the low end for the 1 ton. there's lots of crossover. Also if you want to know the rear gearing for your...