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  1. Ratman

    Checking in....-a 6.5 update

    Hello old friends, it has been a while, so I figured I would check in and see what's shakin' in 6.5 land. Here is an update on my junk. My rebuilt cracked bottom-end 599 engine in my signature just rolled over 80k on the rebuild, and it is still running like a top. It is still daily driven, and...
  2. Ratman

    Need to borrow tool

    Does anyone have a tool for removing the carbon in the injector holes of a 1990 7.3? A friend I work with has this truck, and he is looking for an easy way to remove the carbon buildup down in the injector holes. Supposedly there is a special tool made for doing this, and I was wondering if...
  3. Ratman

    Dumb question about advance

    Ok, here's a dumb question that's been in the back of my head now for quite some time. Why is it that on our IP's (particularly on the DB2), when we increase fuel rate, -we retard timing? I understand that mechanically pulling in a bunch of advance if you were lugging the engine along in...
  4. Ratman

    I'm baaack! A 6.5 UPDATE!!

    Some of you may remember me. I've been off the forum for awhile. My 6.5 has been running without too many issues. I still lose about a cup of coolant a week, -not sure where the leak is. The oil level doesn't really change, -most of it steams-off I'm sure, but the oil definitely gets skunked...
  5. Ratman

    The "RAG-INCIDENT" (part one and two)

    This is sort of a long one... Well, as some of you may know, I began a project over a year and a half ago when I lost a headgasket on my '94. It began with cracked heads, then progressed to small cracks in several pistons. The rig had 200k original miles, -never anything done to it except for...
  6. Ratman

    Stanadyne Pump Model Numbers

    Here ya go, -sticky it!! Here is the Stanadyne IP Model number Listing -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- GM 6.2L & 6.5L APPLICATIONS AND SUPERSESSION INFORMATION DATE: April 27, 2001 SUPERSEDES: P.B. 119R5 dated 5/21/97 PARTS...
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