hey yall from sacramento

[djdiesel89]

Im david. new to the forum. Im out in carmichael area. Just opened up a diesel shop and mobile repair business. Big fan of cummins, I have a 2001 dodge 2500 with 385000 miles and an 89 dodge 1ton I use for my service truck. Hit me up sometime! Im looking for friends that love diesel as much as i do!

[1000EE-Monarch]

Welcome to the forum!

My 01 will hit 300K pretty soon....

[djdiesel89]

what have you had to replace? I just did the head gasket two weeks ago but other than that jus 1 water pump 2 inj pumps and a lift pump

[1000EE-Monarch]

what have you had to replace? I just did the head gasket two weeks ago but other than that jus 1 water pump 2 inj pumps and a lift pump

I got the truck with 160K about 4 years ago, has 292K right now. On the engine:

lift pump
water pump
APPS
thermostat
vib. dampener
(possibly other minor stuff I'm forgetting)

The rest of the truck:
Usual front end and steering stuff
a clutch
synchros in the nv5600 are gone but I'm used to it
a few driveshaft carrier bearings
a bunch of axle bolts in the rear (that's a weird one)
fuel tank strap broke, fuel tank fell off
lots more minor stuff I'm forgetting

But overall the truck has been better to me than I expected. I'm still a 12 valver fan tho.

You blew a head gasket? What kinda mods are you running?

[djdiesel89]

it was all stock. but when i did the gasket i put a brand new stock turbo and 70hp injectors. its a daily driver and I dont need any more power than it already has just driving it around town. the head gasket didnt blow it was only wheeping oil so i opted to change it and install head steads while it was off.

[keep_em_cummins]

fuel tank fell off

Fell out of my chair laughing, sorry to hear about your bad luck, but it's a good chuckle.

[1000EE-Monarch]

Fell out of my chair laughing, sorry to hear about your bad luck, but it's a good chuckle.

I think it's funny too, looking back on it!

I lost about 20 gallons or so going down the freeway with the tank dragging on the road dangling by one strap. People were honking and pointing at me I couldn't figure out why.

It turns out diesel fuel spraying out of the vehicle in front of you makes a mess especially on the windshield (that's why people were honking and pointing). I found that out the heard way following a friend's truck after I had stretched his overflow valve spring and forgot to tighten the overflow valve.

[coryb]

whats up david nice to meet you, whats the name of your shop ? do you have a website up?
cory

[djdiesel89]

no website yet. i just moved back from hawaii and got this started about 6 months ago. the names DJ Diesel mobile repair. Its on manzanita right behind safeway