my truck is leakin oil at the connection of the vacuum pump and the steering pump(box whatever) right under the injection pump. from what ive heard its a common leak point on the 12V, just wondering if anyone has had to replace it? if so any tips etc. i found a nice kit online at fixinrams.com just lookin for some feed back.

 

its easy to replace, pull the pump takes 15 minuts which is just 4 nuts

 

If you get the Fixinrams kit, it's great. Comes complete with all the seals including extras in case you jack one up, all the special tools needed to make this easier and best of all a step by step video on rebuilding the pump. No reason to go through all the work of pulling and not spending the extra few minutes to rebuild it while it's out.

 

I didn't use fixitrams kit. I went to Cummins Southern Plains in Tulsa and picked a repair kit. It was a pretty easy fix. I believe fixitrams will be the way I will go next time for the special tools and the extra seals.

See ya

Rog

 

Ugh, gotta do this this weekend. Its gonna be fun with the underside covered in oil! Need to pick up a box of gloves

 

i hear you on that, i didnt know you could get so covered in oil from replacing a starter. i also just got my genos garge catalog and they sell the same kit for 59.99

 

Just some good words about the fixinrams stuff again. I tried and tested his after the sale service also. I did this fix on a Sunday and ran into a snag late in the afternoon. I called the phone number he gives ya and I'll be damned if he didn't answer the phone right off the bat and spend all the time I needed walkin me through the issues. Can't get much better service then that and that alone was worth the money.

 

SWEET!! I've got the kit already, missing a seal. Gonna see if i can get the double lipped one from cummins

 

Service after the sell is worth its wait in gold.


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Where I work we have a power wash bay for washing the all the company vehicles. I washed the engine bay, more around the power steering vac pump area. This helped alot with the oil issue.

 

i gotta do it this weekend..mine just started to leak...these made me money at work cuz we charged 4.5 hours in labor at the dealership to rebuild them and the cummins kit with everyting you need at $75