old 300

You have a heating grid and it works when the engine and air temp is cold. As the engine gets hot and you restart they don't need to cycle.

torquefan

As mentioned, these trucks use a grid to heat the intake air. You will find it to be much more effective than glow plugs, and unlike glow plugs, you will never have to replace it. If the intake manifold is 70 degrees or above, the preheaters won't even come on. These trucks will usually start up fine without cycling the preheaters right down to freezing, if necessary.

Mopar2You

ah... so I'm a lil behind in the diesel world lol

no glow plugs... check.

how do I check on the #53 block thing? what do I check?

hopefully the fuel filter will be changed on monday, and if that fixes the prob, we will figure out what to do with the trans.. one step at a time ya know?

DetroitDiesel71

Mopar, the "53" will most likely be on the passenger side of the block foward above the pan. Kinda tough to see. I have a 53 and I have right about 170,000 miles on it. Don't lose much sleep over it, if it cracks, you can get it cast stitched. Just my opinion though, worst case I'll just get a short block for it and swap her out. Good luck, welcome to DTR, home away from home.

Stephen

Mopar2You

aight... i been tryin to find it on the quad4x4 site.. i cant actually FIND the prices ont hese reinforced shafts.

the site says just have it rebuilt cuz it does have over 150k miles.

anyone got a link to someone that actually SELLS the aftermarket reinforced shaft and how hard is it to install?

Yukon Dodge

I don't know the name of the company, but the aftermarket shaft for my tranny came from an outfit in Portland, Orygun.

mrwaters

Mopar2you

OK, I live down the street from you, we need to get together and I can give you a quick diesel lession, Thats what i do for a living.

Jman, also on here lives down the street from me and has some info on the 5th gear nut. I beleive he has had to deal with it.

Let me know where you live.
Mike

Mopar2You

hey.. i am not in navarre yet, just about done buyin my house. its on fronterra st.

the truck itself is in NH which is where my father lives.

Mopar2You

father ignored everything I said and just had the trans rebuilt... we will see how well that goes.

once thats done (wednesday) i can start tryin to troubleshoot the starting prob/accelerating problem for him.

Tiny

As has been stated, the fuel pressure gauge needs to go in immediately. The VP44, an investment of >$1200 needs at least 5 psi to live happily. Above 8 psi at WOT is even better, but some will disagree. If you are able to pull the lift pump below 5 psi at ANY time it is time for a R & R. I installed a Holley blue on the frame rail, along with the Vulcan big line kit, and cannot pull mine below 16 psi.

As the VP44 (injection pump) on the drivers side of the block below the air horn dies, you will lose power and the truck will be hard to start. Also have the truck scanned for any codes, they can lead you in the right direction. Hope the 5 gear lives a long and happy life after the rebuild, if you are upping the power upgrade the clutch while the tranny is out.

Lots of the eldest 24 valvers on here, we will help you all we can. Enjoy the truck, and let us know how the Duster runs. I am getting ready to run the 71 Nova for some timeslips.

Mopar2You

aight... will have the codes checked as well as change the filter.. not sure if he upgraded the clutch or not. I think he did. holy crap, 1200 bucks for a injection pump?! yikes!

duster ran a 11.2x @119.98 mph with 28x11.5x15 sportsman pros, full exhaust, and unknown timing (did the timing by ear as the timing marks were messed up, it was showing 50* of timing). next time it goes out it will have 30x12.5x15 goodyear eagle slicks (it ran out of rpm up top it has 4.10s), and the timing will be set correctly by then as well. I'm pretty **** sure it will run a 10.5 ish, since it ran the 11.2x with a 1.74 60ft spinnin in 1st (he lifted twice) and spinnin a lil more in 2nd.