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I have done the box end of wrench on the open end of a wrench for added length. Works good for just tad more umpf but has dug into a few wrenches. I like the flat bar cheater. I try to always have tape and several small superglue packages available for when you can't hold something in place...

Working on IP timing the bolts are tight to get to. I cut the open end off a ratcheting wrench. I ground some off the sides too. I could thin it up some more. As is I still only could get a small ratchet turn maybe 2 teeth on the wrench due to gear lash and the number of teeth in the...

Welcome to TTS. Looks like a quality build in progress. Oh, and we are pretty good at encouraging spending money. I would want to coat piston tops with a thermal barrier and underneath with thermal dispersant. Don't think they can balance with Fluidampr. Seen several posts on the...

You can google heath's balanced flow kit to see some of the early attempts at adding flow to the rear of the head. I think adding hoses at the rear blocked off ports somehow isn't increasing swirl over the head's hot spot(s). It might increase flow somehow at the rear but it doesn't mix and...

It’s been tried. # 8 gets some temp increase from the exhaust crossover design. The spin on water pump fixes the problem. Not only is it better balanced it’s higher flow. More flow mixes the water in head better and flushes away hot spots.

Thank you. I agree. I think my pump was too retarded to begin with and I super retarded it like someone I know. I read ignore IPT and IPTD and could go by TDCO value: read, adjust, learn and repeat as needed to obtain proper IP time position. If this is correct: TDCO =-0.5 =~ base time of...

My truck has a surging at launch when its cold but after it warms up past 170F coolant temp it launches smoother. Since I had replaced the timing gears I thought why not investigate timing and TDCO since it might be 50 starts since then and relearned to start causing this surging. I am using...

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I was forwarded this article. A new interest in subject? https://www.cnbc.com/2019/07/15/oil-imo-2020-marks-the-biggest-change-in-oil-market-history.html?__source=iosappshare%7Ccom.apple.UIKit.activity.Message

I like the idea of trying to prestretch a belt. They do tend to stretch some after just a little running. Belts, hoses, and brakes should be high-quality parts IMO (don't skimp). The 22105 part no. comes up as a radiator hose on my searches. I have used Gates Fleetrunner belts with some...

I don’t think I threw mine out. Let me check. Anyone feel free to beat me to it I’m super busy this week and won’t be able to get it to Chris til next week at earliest

I have bought 1 piston from this place (but bought a whole engine set of rings). Actually, iirc the set was the same size for another engine with more cylinders and the same price so I had extras which was great because I broke one on install. Yours being a semi-special and low volume is the...

Been watching forums for a good while and this is the first spontaneous starter I have heard of. Mostly its faulty the other way and won't crank. The starter solenoid is pretty big and needs a fair amount of current to operate. I'd be looking for critters that may have shorted some wiring...

This is the bolt. The red cap thingy is the bilge pump. It was just out of reach trying to feel for it. I took a few pictures to find it as you can imagine a couple of pics were blurry and did not reveal anything but they are digital so just erase them. Then thought I need real-time and...

Working on my boat this evening I dropped a SS bolt that went under the i/o engine. So couldn’t get it with magnet pickup tool uhhhggg. It’s tight and can’t really see under engine or get under there. So I had the wife help me. She came down with her phone and I I called her phone on...

So you used it like a mighty vac. I want one of those one day. I like the Motive power bleeder for things like that too. Once used an adaptation of the idea to help start a big diesel truck that had been sitting for a long time. I had a pump up sprayer I put some diesel in then plumbed it...

As far as the Energy Suspension mounts making a difference. I say yes they do. My OE ones were toast at ~ 20 years 262K miles and allowed the engine to shake a bit if you roamed on it coming back to idle. They caused some clutch launch shudder too. I also installed the plastic Duramax fan...

The poly in the clamshells was easy. I drilled out the crimp. I pinched the shells down in a vice andI used some 1/4” bolts to hold them together. The shells have a almost corregation to them that nests between each other to lock orientation together once all screwed down. The way they were...

@Twisted Steel Performance Thanks, Chris. He must have seen this post and texted me he was off and offered to help me with this if I called him. He suggested finding TDC by taking out #1 glow plug then when rotating up To TDC you will fill pressure build on your finger. Yes, that would work...

I installed energy suspension engine and transmission mounts, Timing gears, Fluidamper, and solid crank pulley (also new water pump fan and fan clutch). On test drive 2 gear launch was much much improved. So was reverse. Silky smooth in 1st. I just feel the clutch engage in 2nd. Don't think...