Recent content by yjay

I have a bone stock 2008 6.4 that started knocking like a bill collector. Shut it down immediately, pulled the valve covers, and found 2 bent pushrods in the cylinder closest to the firewall, and 1 rocker off the side of the pushrod. Pulled the head, and the piston looks fine, cam looks fine...

My truck has been in the shop for quite some time with an electrical gremlin. The shop says they need an ecm from a 1998 thru 2000 5 speed SO truck to test it. Is there a difference in ecm's from so and ho trucks? 5 speed or 6 speed? They say yes. I thought all manuals were HO? A new ecm is like...

My truck has a gremlin we cannot pin down. It died on me while driving. Was stuttering under power, so I pulled over. Fuel pressure dropped to 14, idled for a minute, then lost all fuel pressure and died. The Air Dog motor died, so I replaced it. When you try to start it, sometimes it starts...

I was driving doing errands this morning. It's about 12 degrees. I'd been driving around for an hour or so, stopping at stores, etc., then the truck started to stumble under load and my fuel pressure dropped. As I I was sitting, it would only make 14psi of fuel pressure at idle. Normally it...

I am considering buying a 5 to 10 year old Jetta or Passat with probably a manual. Do they have any inherent issues? Are repair costs high? Injectors and pumps expensive if they go?

On my way home just now 3rd gear started making noise, frequency increases with engine speed. Kinda a low rumble. Would it probably be ok to drive it say 20 miles down the freeway to my usual mechanic if i skip from 2nd to 4th? 3rd is the only gear making noise. This probably isn't exactly the...

I found a flatbed that came off a 1994 GMC diesel and I am wondering how much work it would entail to put it on my 1999 Dodge, specifically frame rail width and mounts. Has anyone here done it? I can weld new mounts on myself if need be.

Started working with a guy yesterday and I noticed he drove up in a nice modded Ford diesel. So of course I asked him what had been done to it. He said it has a $8,000 Suncoast trans, 98mm turbo, DPS5, and $15k in the engine. Tows a 45' fifth wheel with it. And claimed 700hp. Is this even...

My friend has a 2012 with 20,000 miles on it. Bone stock, tows a 5k lb boat. This weekend he went fishing and had the guy he took fishing pull his boat out of the water and he apparently mistook 3rd for 1st and got the clutch hot enough that smelled pretty bad and now is slipping. I'd think it...

I'm looking into getting one of these. Is there a temperature below which you wouldn't want to use the MPG setting? It gets pretty cold around here (-10*). Does using this setting stop the grid heater from cycling? Any other input would be appreciated...

Was there for a while today. Saw IdahoRob put down 1,200+ on the dyno. Did anybody else break 1,000? I know there was a certain 2,000 hp duramax there and was wondering how it did.

Just wanted to post this insane example of an old guy truck from craigslist for your viewing pleasure. So cool. Enjoy. http://spokane.craigslist.org/cto/4586178007.html

Can this be oil from the rear main? I ask because I just had it changed when my new clutch went in. Never noticed a leak, but they said it was leaking a little. Now I have a pretty good leak since the day I got it back. It's coming down the front of the flywheel cover if that's what it's called...

For some reason when I turned the truck off today the screen stays on. It's been hours. How do I power it down? Also yesterday when I got in the truck after driving earlier in the day, the power level was on zero, not 2 as I parked it, and would not let me adjust it. It began working after I...

I have searched quite a bit on this and find a lot of different opinions. My trans is coming out Tuesday for a new Southbend, and I was thinking it would be a good time to fix this. I know the full spline shaft is ideal, but I got a ton of money going out right now, so what is the preferred fix...