This used to be a Cummings tapper cover gasket

[foragefarmer]

Now it has basically turned to coal.

Talk about a pain to get to for a 5 min. replacement.

 

[Wagnerwerks]

Lol... Welcome to my world. The best is when alldata has short times for a job on a 1975 salt spreader truck and the shop quotes it for book. Lol

 

[mdavlee]

Dang. No fun to fix that

 

[foragefarmer]

Lol... Welcome to my world. The best is when alldata has short times for a job on a 1975 salt spreader truck and the shop quotes it for book. Lol

You know I am just a shade tree guy using a Haynes manual. Sucks when Haynes is totally wrong on stuff which in this case it was most notably in regards to injector pump removal.

 

[Wagnerwerks]

Yeah. No matter what the manual, they can be very wrong. If you guys ever want a procedure to do a job, feel free to ask. I can look it up.

Sometimes the car just fights back though.

 

[TJ the Chainsaw Mechanic]

I've been wrong all these years....they're Tappers not Rocker arms.

 

[foragefarmer]

I've been wrong all these years....they're Tappers not Rocker arms.

I blame my phone. Should have been tappet and Cummins.

Also this isn't the valve cover gasket. This is the tappet cover on the side of the engine that allows you to access the rods and tappets. In order to get to it you need to remove the battery on that side, the intake from the intercooler, the fuel filter, the TPS, the fuel return line, the injector lines, the injector pump, and on my model year the ECU.

 

[foragefarmer]

Yeah. No matter what the manual, they can be very wrong. If you guys ever want a procedure to do a job, feel free to ask. I can look it up.

Sometimes the car just fights back though.

Yeah. No matter what the manual, they can be very wrong. If you guys ever want a procedure to do a job, feel free to ask. I can look it up.

Sometimes the car just fights back though.

My next one is a timing belt for an 04 3.4 L Tacoma. I'll hit you up via a PM when I get close.

I don't usually blame the car. I curse the engineers.

 

[Wagnerwerks]

My next one is a timing belt for an 04 3.4 L Tacoma. I'll hit you up via a PM when I get close.

I don't usually blame the car. I curse the engineers.

The guy that works in the bay next to me always curses the engineers. Lol. It's pretty much a daily thing unless he's mad at the service department that day.

 

[bigbadbob]

I blame my phone. Should have been tappet and Cummins.

Also this isn't the valve cover gasket. This is the tappet cover on the side of the engine that allows you to access the rods and tappets. In order to get to it you need to remove the battery on that side, the intake from the intercooler, the fuel filter, the TPS, the fuel return line, the injector lines, the injector pump, and on my model year the ECU.

Even more fun to change the engine,, cracked block 99 Dodge, common problem, google 53 block.
BTW the engine is heavy,,,
BBB

 

[TJ the Chainsaw Mechanic]

I blame my phone. Should have been tappet and Cummins.

Also this isn't the valve cover gasket. This is the tappet cover on the side of the engine that allows you to access the rods and tappets. In order to get to it you need to remove the battery on that side, the intake from the intercooler, the fuel filter, the TPS, the fuel return line, the injector lines, the injector pump, and on my model year the ECU.

Oh, Side cover. lol

 

[Yukon Stihl]

Even more fun to change the engine,, cracked block 99 Dodge, common problem, google 53 block.
BTW the engine is heavy,,,
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Hey i'v got one of those...
Paid $160 CAD to Customs for an abandoned one with a 16" crack down the side of the block.Runs nice though.
I plan on trying to weld it for my own use,or use lock and stitch bolts.

 

[foragefarmer]

Even more fun to change the engine,, cracked block 99 Dodge, common problem, google 53 block.
BTW the engine is heavy,,,
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Front end loaders help.


Although I bet a 5.9 weighs more than a 22r, tranny, and Tcase put together.

 

[mdavlee]

12 valve is right at 1k lbs with the head. Common rail is around 1130.

 

[bigbadbob]

12 valve is right at 1k lbs with the head. Common rail is around 1130.

Its a beast to move/install with the common engine hoist. After doing the 5.9 ot makes car engines a peice of cake!!
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[bigbadbob]

Hey i'v got one of those...
Paid $160 CAD to Customs for an abandoned one with a 16" crack down the side of the block.Runs nice though.
I plan on trying to weld it for my own use,or use lock and stitch bolts.

I got tired of reading about the fixes and failures, so got an engine out of a school bus with low miles.
The block cracks because its thin,,,,poor casting, I tried to sell my old engine no takers had 120,000 miles.
Crack was about 4 inches long, you could drive it with the rad cap off for a long while,,
Got $60 for scrap. Since the new engine was industrial I got to sell of the parts I couldnt use.
The cummins ecm and VP44 wont work on the dodge. Pan was different, tubo is different, so down to a bare long block and swap stuff over. You cant just swap any 5.9 in, must be a 99-02 as it is the only years that had a cam and crank sensor.

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