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    powersteering pump seems to be pukin'

    couple questions for all you all knowin' desiel gurus. Fisrt I'm wondering if there is a seal kit for our P/S pumps? mine seems to be puking fluid from behind the pulley.Next how much oily air should be coming out of the ccv and is this a good indicator of over all engine health?
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    WHO'S GOT THE MOST MILES?

    243.......
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    Freight train

    crimson tide class of 97' . My boss graduated in 90' . He's got one of the new skyboxes they are building . I can't wait for football season!!!!! :hail Mike shula
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    normal coolant temp range?

    I flushed it really good when I added new coolant. my thermosat housing was really rusty and gunked up . I'm ordering filter tonite or tomorrow. also bypassed the heayter core ...wow that makes a difference in air conditioning temp.
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    Freight train

    my buddy's 6.0 sounds like that. he gutted the cat and installed the areo muffler. sounds good but makes little difference in power. My 7.3 still makes him whimper like a little girl. hey bama-six-gun, please tell me your a crimson tide man !!!!!ROLL TIDE!!!!!
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    normal coolant temp range?

    the pumps I've are new napa ones.i'd driven somewhere around 10k after a flush and fill without sca's then the first pump puked then i learn that you had to sca's in. this time i got some orange 50/50 premixed made for deisel with sca's aready add (same price as the good orange prestone). I'm...
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    normal coolant temp range?

    well... blew second waterpump (new not reman) in less than a year fri. coming home from work. Decide to put a temp guage & oil press. guage in and wow it seems to hang in around 200- 205 degree's under throttle and run about 180 idling. fan has no wobble but is very stiff to turn ...
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    another tire size question

    I would stay away from procomps I've got a set of X-terrians ...I hate them ,they cupped and wore uneven ,called procomp they told me to rotate my tires every oilchange, yeah right they can come loosen 32 lugnuts and manhandle those 37's around ... anyway i've 30k onthem and already looking for...
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    question about regulated return mod

    does this mod completely bypass the stock fpr or if I want to run a fuel pressure guage to my cab do I need a completely separate regulater to boost incoming pressure? I know this is probly a dumb question but I'm confused as to wether this mod boosts incoming . or just evens out the pressure...
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    found 94 in junkyard

    went back today and motor had been pulled ,guess someone else eyeballed it too
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    Driveshaft?

    try putting 2 degree shim between the axle perch and factory block, if you still get vibrabration try a 4 degree shim . gotta play with it . i shimed my carrier down 1" and used 2 dgree shims on the axle and now she takes off smooth as butter
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    something real strange happened on the way home tonite!!

    here's the only codes we could pull p0720 outspeed circut malfuntion p0541 ???????
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    something real strange happened on the way home tonite!!

    I was going along on the highway at about 70 ,egt's about 700, and all the sudden the truck felt like it was pulling a 20,000 trailer for about 5 seconds then it would feel like it had all the power in the world. did this to me about 5 or 6 times. Idrive about 80 round trip a day to work...
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    truck wants to be difficult in the morning

    thanks guys, that makes alot sense
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    truck wants to be difficult in the morning

    that's my other problem I go through batteries, every 6 I'm changing one out then 6 months later I've got to change the other one , I can't to find any shorts . only thing left to check would be the switch for extra back up lights. ( sorry for ramblin' on). yah a little tap seems to cure the...
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