Ziggy

"Printed up a tool..."  That's frickin' awesome!

Sold it.  Lock it up!  Thanks!

Got rear ended yesterday by a high school kid sliding on ice.  Settled up with his insurance company already, dropping price to get it moved.  Pretty minor damage, rear bumper rolled down a little bit.  Not totaled, or anything, cosmetic only.  Doesn't affect drivability at all.  New price - $2000. 

Looks great, nice job!

New pics and update:

Replaced the upper radiator hose and did a coolant flush this weekend.

Swapped out the ugly, heavy, poorly balanced 20" wheels in favor of the stock wheels and tires

The ride is so much better now, I can't even tell you!

Congratulations, Doc! 

I found a USB power port on Amazon for $20 that I wired to my battery. Mounted the USB port to my handlebars, and when the phone needs juice, I plug it in and drop it in the windshield bag.

It's cool.  I appreciate you forwrarding the info for me.

Thanks, appreciate it.

It is a 4.0 SOHC.

Located near Kings Island, North of Cincinnati.

2wd

5 speed Manual

158k miles

20" Chrome Wheels

Good Tires

Pioneer CD player

1 year old Clutch

New shocks all around

Runs great

Drives...  Well, I guess it drives like a short wheelbase Explorer

Here's the story;  I blew up the motor in my car, and needed to buy a car to get back and forth to work.  I looked at a bunch of junk for over a week, and found this one on Craigs for a decent price.  The interior was filthy, and had some issues that needed sorted out, but I could see that it had good bones, so I bought it.

I've replaced all of the light bulbs in the dash, and I've gotten the interior cleaned up a lot.  I've driven it to work for a little while now, and I've discovered that I don't like it.  Nothing really wrong with it...  I just don't like it so much.  It'll need ball joints eventually, and maybe front wheel bearings, but I may have those things addressed soon.  Depends on how long I need to drive it.

Title is clear and in my name, or at least it will be by Friday...

Get me out of it for what I'm into it for, and it'll be yours.

$2500.

Checked in with my brother in law last night.  He said that when he pulled the sending unit out of the truck, the wires on the inside of the tank were completely bare.  What he can't say though, is what the condition of the wires was prior to this incident, whatever it is. From looking online, and trying to research this thing, I know that the tank is vented.  From what I've been able to find, the vents themselves ( I think there are two of them ) can be issues if they become clogged.  I'll check with him and see if he's checked the vents, but it's still a head scratcher.  He mentioned he's going to follow up with FASS and a diesel mechanic he knows too.

That's when CL gets me in trouble with the wife...  When I've got cash and am ready to act when "the one" pops up I go into what the wife calls hypersearch mode.  I get to know the last 3 weeks worth of CL ads for 100 miles in every direction looking for what I want.  I really enjoy the hunt.

I'm interested to read the paper.  Post it up?

So, the Fass pump he got is the Titanium Series for Cummins 5.9/6.7 24 valve *with in tank Lift Pump*.  There is some wiring involved, but it appears to be just what is necessary to power the pump.  From what I understand, the blistered wires are on the actual sending unit, not the pump.

My question though, is it possible to have an in tank diesel fume explosion that doesn't blow the plastic fuel tank apart?  I'm having no luck finding anyone else that has experienced this issue.

Downloaded a CL app on my phone, and look almost daily.  Seems like there are great deals on there all the time, but when I have money and am ready to buy, the good deals evaporate... 

19 likes right now, looks like the leader has 30.  C'mon OR, help a guy out!

Trying to help my brother in law...  To begin with, he owns a 2007 Dodge Ram Megacab Shortbed Dually with a 24 valve 5.9 Cummins and a 6 speed manual trans.  He had a fuel pump failure a little while ago, and decided to replace the fuel pump with an aftermarket fass fuel pump.  He did this with the thought that eventually, he'd like to do some other mods, and he didn't want to replace the fuel pump twice.  Since the Fass pump is rated to support 750+ hp, it seemed like sound logic.  The truck is otherwise unmodified.  A couple of weeks ago, he was driving the truck, heard a loud pop, and what sounded like an air pressure release under his hood.  The fuel guage dropped to empty, and the truck stalled.  He was able to eventually get the truck started, and went to the gas station to put fuel in it, but the tank wouldn't accept any more than would would fit in the neck. 

Today, my brother in law and my dad pulled the bed off the truck to get a better look at the fuel tank, and found that the wires running into the fuel sending unit appeared to be blistered, and the check ball (either the anti-siphon ball, or the emergency roll over vent ball, not sure which) was jammed into the neck so hard, it had to be pried out with a screwdriver.  So, the question is this; What the hell happened?!  I've not seen it, but by what was described to me over the phone, it sounds like the sending unit wires overheated which ignited the fuel vapor in the tank, which caused an explosion just big enough to jamb the anti-siphon/rollover protection ball into the neck, and overpressureize the fuel system causing a pop-off valve under the hood to open.  Could all of this be due to jumping to an oversized a/m fuel pump?

Brother in law is in Mississippi, I'm in Cincinnati.  Haven't had any luck searching the internet for similar issues.  What do you know?

You have a PM. 

Done.  Good luck!

Good deal on the foot.  Post up some more of those pics!

I breeze through here to check for new posts from time to time...  My bike is laid up right now waiting for me to make time to replace the fork seals, so unfortunately, I've missed some great fall riding this year.    You can see from my post count that I don't say much...  427 posts in six and a half years!  LOL

Good luck, dude.  That's some scary stuff.  Hope all goes well...

Read this article and it reminded me of your blog entry about visiting "The Racetrack".  Thought you'd get a kick out of it...  http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2014/08/28/scientists-solve-the-mystery-of-death-valleys-wandering-stones/'>Clicky

Rode into work. Rode out to lunch. Riding home, then maybe a short jaunt to the boonies and back.

Same plan.  May add a side trip to the local HD dealer bike night for some live music and crazy people watching.