Progress on the new puller
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Yall might already know this but there will be some metal shavings in the first oil filter. Its just all the stuff that doesnt get washed out during cleaning after all the machining is done.
I hope yall get it figured out
I hope yall get it figured out
Actually we had run it a few times and pulled the screen and cleaned the filter. It got better each time until it was perfect. We found aluminum shavings (upon closer inspection tonight they look like where something had been tapped - doesn't look like piston). We think it may have been from where we tapped the water pump block off plate and it didn't show its face until the oil pressure surged under a load when Tony launched it in the field??? Don't know for sure. What we do know is we had a hung injector that we just finished pulling. We pulled the glow plugs and injector power and cranked the truck and the cylinder that has been giving us fits was still squirting fuel.
We're going to put another one in that we have and give it one more shot. Don't count us out yet!
Actually we had run it a few times and pulled the screen and cleaned the filter. It got better each time until it was perfect. We found aluminum shavings (upon closer inspection tonight they look like where something had been tapped - doesn't look like piston). We think it may have been from where we tapped the water pump block off plate and it didn't show its face until the oil pressure surged under a load when Tony launched it in the field??? Don't know for sure. What we do know is we had a hung injector that we just finished pulling. We pulled the glow plugs and injector power and cranked the truck and the cylinder that has been giving us fits was still squirting fuel.
Good ole LB7 injector R&R huh! Hate doin it but prolly not to bad on your puller!
Good ole LB7 injector R&R huh! Hate doin it but prolly not to bad on your puller!
I hear that
Good ole LB7 injector R&R huh! Hate doin it but prolly not to bad on your puller!
Wasn't terrible - had the injector out in about an hour. No turbo in the valley and no emissions BS is nice.
We have even changed the regulator on the CP3 in the valley pretty easily once already. One of the best decisions we made IMO.
Wasn't terrible - had the injector out in about an hour. No turbo in the valley and no emissions BS is nice.
I'm envyous!!!
You oughta see the storm cloud of choice words that brews up when i find that i have to pull that bastage apart for an injector!
***At night, I dream of the LB-X
*** (LLY headed LB7)
Some good news on the puller. We swapped the injector (thanks Johnboy for the tip on how to check for a hung injector). Now she idles much better and we are not seeing any issues with oil in the header flange or fuel in the oil. We cleaned the filter again and found NO shavings. Good oil pressure. I'm assuming we were washing down that cylinder and the rings were not seated.
We actually hooked it twice last night in Richmond, IN. Only went about 200 ft. Never really lit the charger or got any RPMs. We had a rail pressure issue which really pisses us off because we've been battling too high rail pressure from day one until it hooks to a sled and then we get 12k. Need to look over the log and see if I did something to the tune first and then start from there. Converter is very tight when trying to boost it up.
Thanks for all the help and support.
Good oil pressure. I'm assuming we were washing down that cylinder and the rings were not seated.We actually hooked it twice last night in Richmond, IN. Only went about 200 ft. Never really lit the charger or got any RPMs. We had a rail pressure issue which really pisses us off because we've been battling too high rail pressure from day one until it hooks to a sled and then we get 12k
. Need to look over the log and see if I did something to the tune first and then start from there. Converter is very tight when trying to boost it up. Thanks for all the help and support.
Some good news on the puller. We swapped the injector (thanks Johnboy for the tip on how to check for a hung injector). Now she idles much better and we are not seeing any issues with oil in the header flange or fuel in the oil. We cleaned the filter again and found NO shavings.
We actually hooked it twice last night in Richmond, IN. Only went about 200 ft. Never really lit the charger or got any RPMs. We had a rail pressure issue which really pisses us off because we've been battling too high rail pressure from day one until it hooks to a sled and then we get 12k
Thanks for all the help and support.
Im so glad it wasnt piston material as im sure all of us. Tuning will all get worked out, again glad that the beast is OK!
good to hear its up and running you get the tunning stuff worked and when you do make sure to tell me when its coming to pull in southeaster ohio
Well good to hear that you got it figured out. Now you just gotta get the bugs worked out on the tune. Good luck and I wanna know where it will be at next.
Wasn't terrible - had the injector out in about an hour. No turbo in the valley and no emissions BS is nice.
:rockon: I so wish i would of done that too
how come the tap in the water pump? relocate turbo feed?
Thanks
sounds mean!!!
Is rail press good at idle? And the turbo sounds good!!!!!!
Rail pressure is good at idle - we're fighting it in other spots of the rpm range though.