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  1. adeso

    Went and got a cummins...

    My guess is a bearing let go and they kept driving it. At least it is an easy fix, the entire 3rd member unbolts and comes out like a ford 9 inch. It would be a giant pain to try and shim 2 sets of rings and pinons! <a...
  2. adeso

    Went and got a cummins...

    yea 63 MPH wide open as it sits, gears made to do 55... But I'm going to fix that. I need to find better tires for it that have a higher speed rating, swap that trans out and turn the fuel up. I know the big RVs with this engine cruise at 65. For the price I couldn't turn it down for the small...
  3. adeso

    Went and got a cummins...

    The Army says 5.5 to 6.5, I'm guessing up near 7 empty if you go slow.
  4. adeso

    Went and got a cummins...

    I was planning on just dropping the entire center into it, but I'm thinking it would be smart to do wheel bearings while I have it apart since I'm sure there is so much metal in there. Are they special bearings or can I just order timken bearings that match?
  5. adeso

    Went and got a cummins...

    I'm thinking about swapping out the tires (the second one that I got has a bunch of flats) to something more of a road tire, and swapping in a 6 speed Ally. The truck only has 19,000 miles on it, and the second one only has 25,000 miles on it and is in almost as good as shape. They turned this...
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    Went and got a cummins...

    I picked this thing up, my hope is to get a low boy for cheap and maybe pick up a single axle 32 foot dry van to be able to move my shop when I move and to use as storage. <a href="http://s1114.photobucket.com/user/adeso11/media/dolly_zps16746ec6.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img...
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    Went and got a cummins...

    The tech order says that if you are going to drive into more than 30 inches of water you need to put some plugs in, but at no time should you ever drive into more than 78 inches of water....
  8. adeso

    Went and got a cummins...

    It should be fun, from what I read the 6CTA 8.3 is just an overgrown 12v. You can even bolt a 5.9 P pump right onto the engine. Since the truck weighs about 23,000lbs empty it might seem like I am always towing! and the mirrors don't fold on this truck :woott: The pics really don't do it...
  9. adeso

    Went and got a cummins...

    Well I crossed over to the dark side, I went and bought a cummins... well two of them actually. Can't wait to turn them up a little bit and see what they can do. Right now they are in front of an Ally MT654CR, which from what I read has issues if you turn the engine up too much. But the rig is...
  10. adeso

    Wtf frozen again?!

    The red bottle 911 stuff is bad on the fuel system. I don't think it matters so much on the brand of the fuel, it doesn't take much to affect the fuel in this cold. It all depends on the holding tanks and how well they filter the fuel going into your truck. I'm going to try running just #1 this...
  11. adeso

    Wtf frozen again?!

    I'm used to being on the side of the road so I always swap filters. I have had every type of fuel gel with every type of additive but again I run the sump, which I'm going to stop using all additives since they tend to attract the water and sink to the bottom (not so much an issue with a normal...
  12. adeso

    Wtf frozen again?!

    Once you wax a filter get rid of it. and if you have bad fuel plan on waxing the next filter quick. It doesn't take much water in it to have issues, the quality of fuel from the truckstop plays a big part in it. I am running a sump and it really hurts me since the heavy water tends to settle to...
  13. adeso

    Glow plug issue

    Lots of white smoke, I put all new GP in when I built the engine 35K miles ago but guess I need to check them. Thanks guys
  14. adeso

    Glow plug issue

    Ok guys, I'm at a loss right now with a glow plug issue. Even at a balmmy 20* the truck takes a lot of turning over, something like 30 seconds with a rest of 30 seconds followed by starting somewhere in the next 30 seconds of turning over. It isn't a fuel issue. The ECM is cycling the GP like...
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  15. adeso

    Effects of humidity and hot temps

    Temperature makes the air thinner (less dense), and despite what you might think, air with a lot of water in it (high humidity)is also thinner.
  16. adeso

    Broken Crankshaft Count?

    which is why unfortunately the only real way to attempt this would be imho is to have an engine on a dyno and do some runs, and start changing things until you notice a big change in vibrations. And even then harmonics is just a theory it could be combined with something else like the cam gear...
  17. adeso

    Broken Crankshaft Count?

    I would be very curious to see if an engine spun at those RPMs with the glow plugs pulled had the same vibrations. Edit: or at least run at those RPMs under a load VS no load
  18. adeso

    Broken Crankshaft Count?

    First off, thanks Mark for sharing that info, I always suspected it was harmonics that were playing a factor into this and this adds to my theory. Second, you guys can't point at one crank that broke and say "that proves X" it was one crank, and you have no clue that could have been the one...
  19. adeso

    Broken Crankshaft Count?

    The converter will help, but the rubber mounts don't help the engine a lot (we care about the harmonics going on inside the engine not what you feel) wonder if different balancers will take some of that out. Combine that level of vibration with some front loading and I think you have your answer...
  20. adeso

    Broken Crankshaft Count?

    so it failed do to the vibration or it was failing and causing the vibration?
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