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    Metal inside internal filter

    Well we will find out soon, I spoke with you on the phone a few weeks back about getting it shipped down and installing my new turbo while its torn down. It's too bad I won't be there when it gets torn down to see the carnage. I'm just hoping it has enough left to pull onto the tow rig. I'm...
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    Metal inside internal filter

    Hey guys, I'm getting ready to ship my truck down to Inglewood transmission to get a fresh rebuild and I'm hoping Mike see's this pic for reference on possible damage. I pulled the internal filter apart and found chunky bits of metal and some pieces that look like snap rings or similar, any...
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    911 Help!!! Sacramento area

    I was 2 step torquing it. Got drivers side down to 25 and the first one broke on the way to 35. I'm using my snap on wrench that was recently calibrated and has never been dropped. Just a little freaked out.
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    911 Help!!! Sacramento area

    Rick, you have new bolts or used? I'm understandably a bit wary of installing used after snapping one of mine and reading all the other horror stories.
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    911 Help!!! Sacramento area

    Anyone in the Sacramento CA area know where I can get injector hood down bolts and the button/spacers that go under them? Broke 1 bolt and got it out but the others are old as well and one head was completely missing the buttons. Dealer says 5-7 business days for parts, I can't go that long...
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    Fuel level float

    I recently bought a new sending unit for my truck believing the old one was bad as it always read empty. Upon removing the old sensor I found the problem. The float had cracked and was on the bottom of the tank off the arm. Now it won't securely fasten to the arm and I need a new one. Anyone...
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    Help: head gaskets changed now big problem

    Well after checking again it seems #6 injector which i didn't change has a short to ground on both posts at the injector harness at the valve cover. So I guess I get to change that injector now because I can't imagine it being the harness being both wires.
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    Help: head gaskets changed now big problem

    still not good okay i am back from vacation and i just now got to look at the truck again. i checked the pink power wires at both ficm connectors and there is power to both of them. i have no idea where to go from here. i checked all the injectors at their respective pugs at the valve covers...
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    Help: head gaskets changed now big problem

    fingers, the flowchart says to check the orange white wire for power not the pink wire. the pink wires have power at every connection. the orange wire has no power. am i reading the chart wrong? also unfortunetly no I don't have access to another lb7 ficm. only lbz and later. also...
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    Help: head gaskets changed now big problem

    Injector resistances are all around .5 ohms. Fingers I have reset and checked those plugs many times to no avail. If you trace the b+ ignItion voltage from the ficm to the bale connector the pin in the housing from the fuse box that it connects to ignb has no power to it. Is that normal...
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    Help: head gaskets changed now big problem

    dammit......... ok im dumbfounded. i checked the harness from the bale connectors to the ficm for grounds to short all is good. checked the injector harnesses and all were good with no open circuits and all had good resistances. checked all the fuses and relays all were good. i did...
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    Help: head gaskets changed now big problem

    ok guys i changed out my head gaskets today along with two injectors and now the truck starts but its only running on 4 cylinders. im getting codes p0201 p0204 p0206 p0207 and p2146. i can guarantee all the leads are hooked up to the injectors under u valve cover and i went through the bale...
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    What is safe RPM to turn

    i would say you have a good chance of having a few bent pushrods. at least thats what happened to me
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    Help: toy hauler and quad stolen. PICS!!

    thank you i didnt even think of that.
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    Help: toy hauler and quad stolen. PICS!!

    A friend of mine had his Tahoe toy hauler and YFZ450 stolen from his front yard yesterday in Auburn California. the trailer is a 25' white Tahoe Transport with white rims, it has diamond plate on the lower half of the front end (no other ones had this). the Yamaha YFZ450 is blue, the decals on...
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    Big Difference

    could you pm me the phone # and cost you paid please. do they smoke any more than stockers at idle or when goosing it in park? im asking because cali smog is here and i cant smoke at idle or i fail.
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    brake torque throttle limit

    im very interested in this topic.me being 2wd i need all the help i can get in the traction dept. malibu is the man
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    Help: who to buy lb7 mileage tune from

    thank you very much i will update you after a tank or two and let you know how it works. im sure it will be much bettter than anything i could come up with
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    Help: who to buy lb7 mileage tune from

    here is my stock tune ferm. thank you