Hey All,,
I had the title work and insurance taken care of today so I would be legal,Farmers Ins. Co. wouldn't give me anything but liability,said anything over 15 yrs would need a different writer,something about the glass being so expensive,it figures when I washed the windscreen today I noticed a couple tiny chips,oh well I also used all of the tips you gave me so far and some I found in the searches,
Well I did the bb trick for the egr,cleaned the banjo and both lines and other banjo......all gummed up ,even found a bad vacum line and replaced it,used some rubberbands under the tach sender??I just love the tach fix....too funny.........so it now works,I also did the "Italian tune up" I was a little unsure about how hard and far to push it,.....hope I did it right,I ran it up to 4500 rpm's for about a minute at a time for 3 or 4 times,.....man you should have seen the clouds on the first run,after the 4th or 5th time not even a puff of smoke to be found,I can now guarntee that newbies like me should do these repairs right off the bat......I also noticed that the seal on my "ALDA" is still there,I dont know if I should mess w/ it or not after reading the posts on it.I sure would hate to mess it up,......Another thing I noticed was to me a little off maybe you guys can fill me in ....After the car was warm,I saw that the coolant level in the tank hadn't moved at all,The car wasn't hot at all,temp gauge showed just above the 80 mark,I'm concerned about the coolant level,since the po had replaced the water pump,hoses and radiator,I think it might have a little air in the system,and might need a "burp" or two or I could be wrong.The upper hose was hot,but not firm,like the system wasn't pressurized.I will try some more searches to find out more info.but if you dont mind answering the same ol ?'s let me know .Also What should my oil press, gauge show w/ a warm engine @ idle??When running above idle it tops out,and seems ok but drops down w/ rpm drop to idle.I havent checked the search on that one yet.Overall I had no idea that an Ol' bend diesel could rip up the road like that,to be honest when I drove it home I was so happy I finally got 1 I said to myself " well she ain't a v8 but she sure looks good" now she runs much better,

I still need to find that clunk and shimmy in the front pass. side suspension,Ive been readin' away about that one,Ive got the Haynes manual but not much help at all compared to you ghuys,also need to check & or replace my glow plugs,buy an owners manual,and try to get a spare key from the dealer or a decent locksmith asap.A decent Ohm meter,All I have for testing is the pointed one w/ the light,so all this ohm.& volt stuff should be fun,Hey as far as glow plugs it seems that Bosch is the way to go huh ??? Anyway just wanted to say this site ROCKS!!!!!

Speakin of Hard Rocks Hey Wes,we are almost neighbors I live In the big ol copper basin,worked for the number #1 least enviro. friendly ASARCO ray mine way too long,hahahaha But love to make things go BOOOOMMMMMMMMM!!!!!!!!!!

And as far as Alpine goes I lived In good ol Reserve N.M from 71 to 82,And have some friends of the family that summer there as well.who i'm sure you know. Carl and Dolores Hartless???Man what a small world.....We will have to get together and discuss the improper ways of Mixing Diesel and that other special additive!!!!!! HAHAHAHA,,,

Nice to meet you all,Hope we can get to know each other over the many years we will talk about these awesome cars!!!!My daughter is 9 and after we did the Tune up today she asked if this would be the car her mom and I give her for her 16th B-day.!!!!!She's only 9 but has great taste in autos as well hahahaha,
God bless and take care all Scott

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