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Old 01-24-2006, 06:34 PM
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Missing one ball...
I just unscrewed the solenoid from my KSB and found that the BALL IS MISSING. Ouch! I guess that would account for hard-cold-starting, huh? I'm taking it to the shop tomorrow (for general tuning) - hopefully they will have one.
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its just a little ball bearing type ball if you found out the size you should be able to throw another one in no prob
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Old 01-24-2006, 06:39 PM
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It ought to start just fine without the KSB working. A bad KSB will just cause white smoke/rough idle once it's running.
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Old 01-24-2006, 06:42 PM
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It starts - but it barely idles until warm and blows white smoke. Can anybody tell me the size of the ball and what it's made out of?
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I've never had the ksb apart or really even touched it, i don't think mine is working either. But anyways is there more then one ball in there or just the one? i have no clue what the size is or would be. If it were me id get a nice collection of them and just test fit them.
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Ksb?
What is the KSB? thanks
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KSB - Cold Start Advance... right?
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KSB - Cold Start Advance... right?
'KSB'... Keeps that Silly Ball?

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You guys and your crazy desire to fix your trucks...
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It starts - but it barely idles until warm and blows white smoke.
Mine did this once, would sometimes stall if I didn't keep my foot on the throttle. Idle was a hair too low, but temps were 0 to 5F at the time. Bumped the idle up to 750 in gear with the AC on and no problems.
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Ksb?
What is the KSB? got answered with a question.

what dose it do, and where is it located. thanks guys.

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Here is my under standing. KSB stands for some weird german word, but what it dose is when the intake air temp is below a certin point the KSB kicks on and advances you injection timeing I believe 5` . It is locted on the side of your injection pump just below the trottle linkage. It is controled via a temp senser in the intake .
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When I saw the title of this thread (and the poster ouchman) I thought someone had an unfortunate accident. Good to see only talking about IPs
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Originally Posted by wannadiesel
It ought to start just fine without the KSB working. A bad KSB will just cause white smoke/rough idle once it's running.
My truck misses and blows alot of white smoke when it is cold out, but it still starts just fine, so would that mean my KSB is bad?


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