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Road Trip !!

I feel for the shift supervisor in the department of corrections for letting a guy steal Les's brothers Dodge parts. He's gonna get an earful. :hihi:
 
Hey Les, is that your dad giving the "bird" with his left hand in the last pic?:hihi:
 
Nah that's my FIL. He came and helped yesterday and today. IIRC he had a run in with some glass and has some nerve damage so he holds his hand funny sometimes.



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Sorry to have missed you Paul, and not being able to turn wrenches this go around.
Today is supposed to be my last 16 hour day. Tomorrow I should be able to wrap up around 3 if you need help still.
 
So good new and bad news. Good news is we got it all together today. Bad news is I have an oil leak. Damaged the seal between the vac pump and the PS pump. Anyone know if I can get just the seal? Is it an oring? Can't see it even with the PS pump off. Hopefully I can change it using the braille method.

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Well, we hosted Paul up at Big Bear Lake. After they finished with carpet install, we went out off roading. Since Paul helped with the ATT install on Colby's truck, I made him do all the driving while the "locals" showed him some interesting spots in the back country. I'll let Paul describe the adventure, but much fun was had.
 
uploadfromtaptalk1391980587683.jpguploadfromtaptalk1391980631956.jpguploadfromtaptalk1391980678973.jpg. Hardest part of this job is getting it out. Pump rebuild appears dirt simple. No nicks or splits in the seal just old age. From reading online appears to be a pretty common issue. I found parts prices online anywhere from $16-$80. Hoping to find something here tomorrow.

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I've copied the seal #s to rockauto and came up with seals before. If there's a bearing and seal supplier in town you could score the seals without the inflation.
 
Look for vane chatter in the pump housing,if it has you're better off to get a new pump.
Just saying.

We could use some of that nice weather it seems you're having,....its bloody cold here again,..- 30 c
 
Internals look really good. Will was telling me of a place here that I might be able to get just the seal but I think I'd rather have the kit so I have all the other gaskets and orings that were disturbed. If it wasn't such a PIA to get out I'd try just a seal . 75* here today simon -10 at home.

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Sorry, been neglecting my posting duties. Glad you guys were able to source the parts for the seals/kit locally and keep making some progress from the "...two steps backwards" event.

After we got to the stopping point Friday night, I took Les for a drive in the truck. Its always fun to get feedback on what's been done and he's ridden in the truck with the old motor. Thanks for the compliments. Sorry for almost getting us killed...twice though. Seems 'mashing' the loud pedal will produce, now and again, a stuck throttle situation. Caught off guard my first instincts, in order of priority, were:
1. remain calm.
2. don't scream like a little girl in front of friends.
3. don't piss pants (or anything else)
4. get this pig whoa'd up.

Brakes instictively but key off with Les, outwardly calmer than I was internally, repeating "key off, key off..." It didn't get any better after restarting either but after letting it sit to settle down (ok, to get my heart slowed down) it started again and acted like, "What?" No more issues. Of course I drove it more like a little old lady after that and stayed out of the throttle. Separate thread for the rest of this.

I'll swing through and say howdy again on the way back home Tuesday or Wednesday. Hopefully the Dodge will be done cause I don't think I can stand anymore original "Department of Corrections" comments about my coveralls.:hihi:
Side notes on my travels.
Saturday I drove up a few miles of 8-16% grade twisty road (CA-18) up to Big Bear Lake and spent a wonderful day with Big-T and his wife. We off roaded in Cody's Burb with the intent of locating some areas that would be suitable for an exercise I'm helping develop and found just what we were looking for. Then we got rid of a few bullets that happened to be in the vehicle. Today Big-T and I linked up with a friend of mine and Ted's (635) at the Winternationals in Pomona and enjoyed a day of vehicles producing a little bit more power than we 6.5ers will see without coupling about twelve of our motors. When I took him home he presented me with some 'lovely parting gifts' in trade...to include the Accelerator Pedal Assy from the wrecked 95. Thanks Steve, I'll get the winch bumper up to you on one of my return trips to Ft. Irwin and a big thanks for the help with the exercise. Hopefully the powers that be won't cancel it due to budget cuts.
Sorry for the side track Les and I'll keep you posted on travel plans so with luck we can link up again before you jet back to those balmy temperatures back home.
 
uploadfromtaptalk1392055209650.jpg. So dealer wanted $81.02. Local on an/Cummins dealer $13.65 that's some dealer markup. Wow. Dad even bought one for his truck

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uploadfromtaptalk1392153550046.jpguploadfromtaptalk1392153594489.jpguploadfromtaptalk1392153630629.jpgso while I was getting the front end aligned in Henderson Paul called and said he'd like to meet up again if we were still available. So I gave him the address . Decided to text Will and let him know, as luck would have it he had some time so we had our own mini GTG.

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