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pat_harris
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1d ago
A retired guy in Bakersfield showed me his fuel line trick and it stuck with me
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sullivan.quinn
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2d ago
Chose between pulling the head or just swapping injector cups on a 6.0, and I picked wrong
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val974
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4d ago
I was torquing injector hold-downs dry for 8 years until a guy in Abilene handed me his wrench
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ross.felix
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4d ago
Ran my 6.7 at 15k mile oil changes for 3 years because a guy at a truck stop outside Amarillo swore by it, then sent a sample to Blackstone
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joseph48
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4d ago
Dropped $340 on a fuel pressure test kit and it sat in my box for 8 months before it saved my butt
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dakota_miller93
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6d ago
Alternator bearing locked up on a 2016 Pete 579 outside Amarillo and I limped it 12 miles to a loves
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martinez.paul
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6d ago
Rant: swore my 7.3 was eating injectors, paid $60 for a buzz test at a shop in Reno and it was just a chafed harness wire
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jessica331
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7d ago
Rant: a stuck injector on a 6.7 Powerstroke ate up my Saturday and I still don't know what worked
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john_lopez
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9d ago
Used to torque injector hold-downs by feel, then a 2016 Ram 2500 ate a $900 injector
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finley_roberts27
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10d ago
Glow plugs vs. block heater up in Fargo, I was wrong about which one actually matters
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blake_kelly19
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11d ago
Kid at the parts counter asked why I still keep a paper shop manual in the truck
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gracej99
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12d ago
Just realized I was wrong about running gear oil in the fuel on old 12 valves
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davidshah
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14d ago
Found out the hard way that a diesel shop in Fargo charged me for 6 hours of labor on a 2 hour injector job
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noraroberts
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15d ago
Just realized I was torquing head bolts in the wrong sequence for 2 years until a guy in Tulsa pointed it out
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michael803
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16d ago
That one stripped oil pan bolt on a 6.7 Cummins cost me 9 hours and a dirt nap
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