Builds FJfordy4DR12V (purists turn your eyes away from this one)

[Ditcherman]

It was rusty and beat. Not worth the shipping.

I would tell him to look into getting one of the Chinese reproductions.

He’s sketched out about some of the deals he’s seeing, eBay, and otherwise, and the wait times are bad. He has to ship to Miami and then pick up from there.
Just thought I’d try.
I know it’s gotta be a rare part.

 

[Mike Shull]

Yeah, that Cruiser was in so rough shape that I decided to leave it alone. A better one will come along.

 

[Blackknight1]

He’s sketched out about some of the deals he’s seeing, eBay, and otherwise, and the wait times are bad. He has to ship to Miami and then pick up from there.
Just thought I’d try.
I know it’s gotta be a rare part.

Thanks for trying to help. I' m about to try that guy from Colombia. I'll let you know how that goes.

 

[DangerNoodle]

The chinese ones are really rough from the few I've had to molest. They take a lot of work.

 

[Ditcherman]

The chinese ones are really rough from the few I've had to molest. They take a lot of work.

@Blackknight1

 

[Ditcherman]

The chinese ones are really rough from the few I've had to molest. They take a lot of work.

How dare you! Right, @sogncab ?

 

[sogncab]

How dare you! Right, @sogncab ?

If DJ doesn't trust his people, I'd listen.

 

[Blackknight1]

@Blackknight1

I hope the Colombian ones are better. Either way, that's what's coming. I hope all works out as planned.

 

[clrussell]

Two weeks and no update.

Must be out driving it

 

[Ditcherman]

Two weeks and no update.

Must be out driving it

Well I wish. Got back from SAS, developed a terrible oil leak on the way home and I came to the conclusion that it was the tappet cover gasket. Not unheard of on a 12 valve. Stopped at a Carquest somewhere in Kansas to get oil, as none of the Love’s had truck oil even though they had truck fueling lanes, same with every station. Well this Carquest had the coolest guys there, it was a great stroke of fate that we ended up there, a customer rolled up and was crawling under the truck when I came out. He was interested in the 40, but saw all the oil under it and wondered if it was a Cummins which he was really interested in! Anyway, he found the leak on top of the fuel pump (certain years p pumps are oil lubed not fuel lubed) and tightened a couple bolts he could get to. It continued to leak but not as bad. This was on a cover that rusty nail racing (see previous page) had taken off, and the funny thing was we had joked about “farmer tight” because the oil filter was so hard to get off. Well they made up for my farmer tight bolts. I’ll probably continue to go farmer tight.
Brings us to now, got it home immediately started fixing the mess I made in the engine compartment when I put the air to water aftercooler radiator and fan in the engine bay. That was a stupid shortcut. There’s plenty of room under the rear floor and that’s where it got moved to. I could finish fixing the leak when I got that out of the way.
Also on the way home it started smoking again, and it seems there is an injector missing. Again. So I’m actually not driving it at all, it has an appointment at Scheid diesel in a week to get checked out and tuned up and I want it to be broken when I get it there. They are really good at what they do, they tell me they make an adjustable fuel delivery something-or-other that will allow me to tune it for here (900’) and high elevations. So hopeful that they work some magic on it.

 

[clrussell]

Well I wish. Got back from SAS, developed a terrible oil leak on the way home and I came to the conclusion that it was the tappet cover gasket. Not unheard of on a 12 valve. Stopped at a Carquest somewhere in Kansas to get oil, as none of the Love’s had truck oil even though they had truck fueling lanes, same with every station. Well this Carquest had the coolest guys there, it was a great stroke of fate that we ended up there, a customer rolled up and was crawling under the truck when I came out. He was interested in the 40, but saw all the oil under it and wondered if it was a Cummins which he was really interested in! Anyway, he found the leak on top of the fuel pump (certain years p pumps are oil lubed not fuel lubed) and tightened a couple bolts he could get to. It continued to leak but not as bad. This was on a cover that rusty nail racing (see previous page) had taken off, and the funny thing was we had joked about “farmer tight” because the oil filter was so hard to get off. Well they made up for my farmer tight bolts. I’ll probably continue to go farmer tight.
Brings us to now, got it home immediately started fixing the mess I made in the engine compartment when I put the air to water aftercooler radiator and fan in the engine bay. That was a stupid shortcut. There’s plenty of room under the rear floor and that’s where it got moved to. I could finish fixing the leak when I got that out of the way.
Also on the way home it started smoking again, and it seems there is an injector missing. Again. So I’m actually not driving it at all, it has an appointment at Scheid diesel in a week to get checked out and tuned up and I want it to be broken when I get it there. They are really good at what they do, they tell me they make an adjustable fuel delivery something-or-other that will allow me to tune it for here (900’) and high elevations. So hopeful that they work some magic on it.

Sounds like you are on the right path!

Shied does good work (at least they did 10-15 years ago when I was “in the game”)