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Postby railhor5.9 » Tue Sep 02, 2008 10:57 am

took the motor out of my 89 to paint everything real good..... then yesterday my 03 common rail wouldnt start, tore it apart, exploded my injectors.... there $2500 for all of them, thats crazy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! so im screwed with no truck.... guess i gotta cruise the wifeys saturn vue around for a while till i drop the motor back in the 89!!!! common rail stuff is way to expensive.... this sucks!!!
1993 d250,single cab short bed, sbc, 175hp p-pumped,4kgsk,370's, fass 150. hx35
1997 2500 4x4 , 913,191's,3kgsk,5x16, 3rd gen dubs.
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Postby RumbleFish » Tue Sep 02, 2008 12:16 pm

i would probably go buy another truck
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Postby PToombs » Tue Sep 02, 2008 5:09 pm

Man, for $2500, I could buy 2 1st gens! 8)

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Postby fergavs » Tue Sep 02, 2008 6:39 pm

Finding a set of tips for your injectors shouldnt be hard. Did you destroy the rest of the injector as well? How are the pistons? Any shrapnel melted into the tops?
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Postby RumbleFish » Tue Sep 02, 2008 7:36 pm

does this make anybody else appreciate 12v's even more?
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Postby railhor5.9 » Wed Sep 03, 2008 2:53 pm

no its the electronic parts of the injectors..... i have to shoot it with either, hairspray or diesel in a spray bottle to make the rpms jump up and let the pump make sum rail pressure,,,, i wana sell it and get a new 1st gen.... single cab 4x4 swb,,, drop in a p-pump and a nv5600..... i got a 24 valve head 2..... throw it all together with common rail pistons!!!!!! :grin:
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Postby dpuckett » Wed Sep 03, 2008 3:51 pm

AInt CR pistons higher compression than stock 12V? Maybe not. I'd go for 15.3:1 marine pistons myself.

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