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imo talk to a few folks more knowledgeable about the ds4 before making the jump. @Rockabillyrat and John @ Quadstar come to mind. I learned enough to be dangerous with the ds4 & where most of my time with them was at, down time of the truck was way more expensive than cost of an ip & labor...

The reflection blocks temperature gauge so can’t tell there but low coolant light scares me. Every thing else looks good. The smoke on start up looks like oil which is indicating tired rings that maybe got heated up a bit too much if not high mileage. Maybe valve guides letting oil past. If...

No aeration before ip hut has it afterwards means it is the ip. If this is an old ip, you can try snugging up the screws you can get to & cross your fingers. Most likely it’s the pump entering its death bed.

For you or anyone else needing a diesel compression tester: Working with one a lot is worth the cost of a high quality unit. Doing it once every few years imo get harbor freight. Here’s the bonus if you been wanting one but haven’t yet. Right now the basic kit which does have the adapter...

The more rare thing here is the teamwork seen. As Denata pointed out doing his cinder block work: working alone is jot just hard but takes a long time to get some things accomplished. Putting the work in early to teach the next generation how to properly jump in and do it… that is the real...

Gm says 2nd place for clear hose is between ffm & ip. If you get air after ip but none before- ip is the problem. Ive said before if I could I would use clear 100% of the way tank to ip & back IF the clear tube could withstand the pressure and rubbing and was rated as fuel hose like the stuff...

No one wants to weld it because any fair price will sound really high. The clean up time for cast aluminum to be welded sucks. Welding the crack will require drilling the hole again & resurfacing it. Contaminated cast aluminum is a pain to weld, so a guy could easily find a full day’s shift...

Be extremely careful where you buy injectors (or most any part for these). There is more junk out there than good stuff. Injectors on these engines are best changed or rebuilt at 100,000 miles. You can get away with more but it’s really hard on it. There’s a gamit of stuff to test. You...

Too late? I’m saying run it and find out. Everyone’s fingers crossed for ya bud, especially neighborhood cats. 🐈 🤞

Welcome Woolydogg. Lots of knowledge & helpful folks here. Please fill out the signature line with the truck and any modifications made, Marty’s is a great example. It really helps as people read through to keep track of details.

The biggest problem with ssdiesel is that he won’t honor any warranty. False advertisement of how well something fixes a problem when it’s just another version of similar issue. As to an ip he had rebuilt & marked up the profit on: he probably didn’t have anything to do with the rebuilding of...

Dave, a guybthat owned Blue Hummer used to sell them. He sold his company and I am still surprised no one else sells them loose for that. Dave just sealed the back side with silicone after removing the wires. Kept it water tight & clean. Maybe Leroy should replace his sold off hmmwv add with...

Do we still not have anyone balancing injectors listed here? @Rockabillyrat are you up & running yet? BE LEARY OF MOST INJECTORS ONLINE. Cheap Chinese ones die really short lives. Under just the wrong conditions a bad injector can ruin a piston. The ones Leroy sells are good, but they are...

Keep a close eye on engine oil level. Normally a sudden start of smoking, you look for loss of turbo boost somewhere like wastegate not working, the hose from turbo to intake leaking out air, etc. Going up in elevation dramatically, it’s normal to see some loss of power simply because it is...

If the radiator has a transmission or oil cooler built into it, they can fail inside the radiator and the atf & oil pressures both exceed radiator pressure and will pump oil into the coolant. Open & inspect coolant for contamination. Both oils are lighter in weight than water so will float on...

Can’t see the source in the video. Clearly above the lower radiator hose. Might have to pull the fan shroud to gain access. Follow the cooler lines.

Idk current prices, maybe. Grease - each of the upper pivot point on A arm gets 1 pump roughly every 20,000 miles. End of maintenance. In the time you replace stock shocks twice on FJ- still nothing to the icon. When it does finally fail the rebuild kit is $17 and supposed to take 1.5 hours...

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Just because the pics are here, a zoomed in pic to teach whoever… Red arrow where bearing tab goes is never altered. See how sharp the edges are. Green arrow you can see I “broke” the edge. Basically file off the sharp edge. Sharp edges are where cracks start, and micro pieces chip off and...

Well- going higher volume or higher pressure or both adds more load to the oil pump drive & camshaft gears and this of coarse consumes power from the engine. I hear people say “50 HP LOSS!” But when i was running sbc hotrods I went from stock to hv/hp and never saw a 10hp loss iirc that was a...