im sure this thread already exists somewhere but i wanted to start my own so i can share my experiences with who ever wants to do the same thing

 

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I picked this truck up north michigan not a bad deal it has a n4500 and 322000 miles on the engine

 

the engine so dirty and nasty from oil build up everywhere. It seems like the valve covers were leaking oil and they let go for too long. i bought the truck for 4000 which seemed like it was worht it and i drove it back about 100 miles or so and it drove real nice especially for having a bad power steering pump. it did have blow by but didnt seem like anything i would be concerned about the damper was so wore off from the rubber coming off that it was wobbling ( almost came off the pulley)

 

the picture above is after i replaced the damper and front cover, but it didnt have the KDP so i bought one but i couldnt put it in

 

i wasnt sure what hp pump i had so i searched it up and mine had the 913 numbers which meant that it was a 215 hp pump( pretty happy to find that out)

 

the gears looked good and the teath arent ate up from the kdp, however the housing has been changed so the kdp must of fell out before and broke the housing.

 

i took the injectors out and they seemed nice they are bosch 260 bar im not sureif they are stock or not but i ordered some contagious diesel injectors that are 5x .012/ Ive heard good things about those guys or guy so we will see once they get here. i also ordered aa new turbo but when it came it was way to big and i called the company and told them they need to list the sizes of the turbos they are selling. So im gonna stick with the stock turbo for now until i see that i need a new one or bigger one

 

i colored the valve covers the same color as the marine cummins im not sure why i thought i should do that but oh well

 

i also purchased a air dog ll 4g which looks nice i just have to install it on.

 

put a 4in straight pipe got it for like 240 dollars off of amazon from mbrp not bad if you ask me .. now my question is why is there only 4 leaf springs or 5 for a dually hmm??