heater core is bypassed after it started leaking ... but in MS he didn't need it and that was like 4 years ago :lol:

he sent me with a new core, and even stainless lines for on the engine.

Bad ass truck.

Killer trek!

As always, keeper wife :lol:

Nice, dude - great story, great truck! Enjoy!

ok ... so i have never been a fan of smokey diesel trucks. and this one is basically dyno tuned, so it takes a very careful pair of feet to not fog the road behind me. not a puff at take off or something, it will blatantly roll coal if you smash it going down an on ramp. i need to tune that out ASAP for my sanity, and for the sake of my white trailer.

HOWEVER ... when you've done all that slow and calculated acceleration to get to speed without smoke, and a Prias cuts you off making you smash the brakes ... the shear will power it takes to not fog him as you go around takes serious concentration. :james:

:lol:

Just do it.

:roflmao:

Does it clean up under boost or will it roll coal through the whole range?

down low it's hard to not smoke, but possible ... it cleans up for partial throttle, but at WOT it rolls pretty much the whole range

In the 10 Commandments of driving a 12v, the FIRST is "thou shall carry a 17mm wrench"

well, i wasn't. fukking 65deg yesterday, i left work early to play outside since it probably won't be this nice again until April. NOPE! spent 3hours on the side of the road waiting for a tow 4 miles from home. was full of fuel, but apparently if you drive it a certain way, (kinda racecar like :james: ) it'll air lock the injectors. once home, 2 minutes with a 17mm wrench and she was running strong again. uuuugghhhh

17mm wrench added to console.

https://c.shld.net/rpx/i/s/i/spin/10...od_2305980312?

Damn.

How...does it get air in the system? That makes no sense conceptually, in my brain. Does it still have the mechanical lift pump?

no, it's actually running an airdog lift pump. and i'm with ya, seams weird as hell, i've talked thru the possible cavitation/suction etc with a few ppl and not found much online. but have found other ppl who have the same issue with other kinds of diesels.

i guess it's not a P7100 issue, just the VE being a low-power auto only pump.

That happened to me but it was -15

had a few friends in town this past weekend ... but couldn't show off the new truck cuz the starter internally shorted out on me Thursday before work. turns out it was already weak, so i guess all my cranking with the fuel issue Wednesday finally killed it. was finally able to pick up a new starter Sunday and she pins WAY better. Hank made it to work today.

actually told the previous owner and he was all mad he hadn't figure it out before. he had replaced the cables with new super HD ones trying to solve the slow spin.

So the phone holding situation is pretty bad in Hank. i started digging into what i could build without drilling holes and found a bulb-less map light. seems like a great place to integrate a mount, and it would be great to have a light there. so i pulled the light body, threw it in 3D, and printed off this little guy.

1" ball mount based on RAM mount dimensions
pocket for LED flush mount light
pocket for toggle switch

cross your fingers the wiring to it is still good :lol: i ordered the phone mount/case, LED, and switch this morning ... will update as it comes together.

https://i.imgur.com/9K6QbKY.jpg

3D printer for the win :rock:

Man, I love those things...had considered buying one, but it'd just be another trinket that collected dust like so many other things I needed and never used :lol:

Have a buddy that uses one and is crazy good w/ it, builds some off the wall stuff - actually does props builds from movies, like pro type stuff, has his own business and sells them - it's crazy cool.

You really have some projects :p

that'll work! now i just need the rest of the parts to show up ...

https://i.imgur.com/5LmpDK3.jpg

Is that a CD and cassette deck? So ahead of it's time :lol:

Those are so obsolete now, my '13 Ram didn't even have a CD slot :p

hell yeah CD/Tape deck! i use it daily with a bluetooth adapter plugged into the tape adapter :lol:

hopefully eventually replace the "information center" with a double din touchscreen with wireless android auto.

so i messed with the tune some, learned how to drive better, and she's less smokey day to day now. still need to play with it a little, but it got cold.

speaking of not wrenching outside on it, ProEagle jack FTMFW!! pulled in angled to "the daily" side of the garage and then dragged the tail up in on the jack. was able to replace the heater core with heat. cuz that junk took a while. could do it WAY faster now, but hopefully i don't ever need to. thought it does provide great access to the 2nd turbo :lol:

https://i.imgur.com/P6q1cNb.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/R7kzV4I.jpg

Gat damn, you got a Pro Eagle jack...dude, that might be the one most jealous thing I have on this thread :lol:

Super pimp, but even at $100 off, couldn't justify it :p

Yeah, this is heating season, bro!