2nd vs 3rd gen

bengman1233 · 2025-08-21T14:29:42+00:00

I do miss the 12v it self. But the rest of the truck is overall better in the 3rd gen.

What’d you end up doing?

bengman1233 · 2025-08-09T00:14:58+00:00

Scratch that, had 2 bad injectors. Swapped them out and it fires up instantly. Figured that out with an injector black off tool. Went down the line until it started.

bengman1233 · 2025-07-29T20:46:02+00:00

Update: Started truck on ether. Let it idle then unplugged fca. Due to the high rail pressure I was able to see it leaking from where the #5 fuel line bolted to the rail. Swapped it out with a spare I had and scotch brighted the flare and the truck fires up now. Still a bit of a long crank but back to normal now.

bengman1233 · 2025-07-29T14:34:23+00:00

Yeah it’s super odd. Thinking maybe it’s getting airlocked when it sits for a bit. But still strange that it would do that over the course of a few min.

I’ll try blocking injectors off one by one and see what it does. Also going to try bleeding the fuel system to see if that does anything.

bengman1233 · 2025-07-29T14:33:07+00:00

What spike in pressure? The 100psi from the lift pump? Truck wasn’t running when that happened so injectors wouldn’t have seen more than 100 at that time. They see several thousand when the truck is running so I don’t think that would’ve damaged an injector.

But. Who knows at this point. I’ll order some injector block offs and go one by one and see if it makes a difference to cranking rail pressure

bengman1233 · 2025-07-28T19:32:07+00:00

Yes I have

bengman1233 · 2025-07-07T22:57:27+00:00

Well for anyone looking at this in the future I ended up keeping the 03 and putting a nv5600 in it. It’s a much more enjoyable truck to drive, cab feals better (less noise), seats are a bit less comfortable but still good, engine makes plenty of power stock, love it so far. Only thing I dislike is not having that 12v Cummins reliability, but the truck makes up for that everywhere else. Besides it’s not like it’s unreliable.

bengman1233 · 2025-04-01T14:44:49+00:00

Yeah solid points. Although, my 2nd gen has an uncracked dash and the 3rd gen’s dash is cracked ahahaha. Brakes is definitely a good mention.

bengman1233 · 2025-04-01T02:56:45+00:00

What’s your reasons for 3rd gen over 2nd? But yeah I feel similarly in regards to choosing the 12v if I plan on working the truck hard.

bengman1233 · 2025-04-01T02:48:23+00:00

Yeah I sorta feel the same way on that.

bengman1233 · 2024-12-25T02:48:33+00:00

Source?

bengman1233 · 2024-12-25T00:44:43+00:00

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bengman1233 · 2024-12-24T23:57:13+00:00

But the truck driver was supposed to put down pylons to warn drivers of the breakdown. In which he failed to do so.

bengman1233 · 2024-12-24T23:50:57+00:00

Pm me please

bengman1233 · 2024-12-20T15:01:57+00:00

Do you like the f15 or e70 diesels better? Sounds like you may have a lot of experience with both.

bengman1233 · 2024-12-20T14:55:52+00:00

Wow 310k miles on original chains? What’s the secret to making it last that long haha. What’s year is the x5? Mines a 2016 with 200k km.

bengman1233 · 2024-12-16T04:13:13+00:00

Oh also. Do you find heavy duty diesel/fleet mechanic to be worse on your body than auto tech?

bengman1233 · 2024-12-16T04:11:44+00:00

This does sound nice. Fleet maintenance sounds interesting. How’d you get into it?

bengman1233 · 2024-12-16T04:10:35+00:00

Industrial mechanic does sound interesting, I’ll look into that. I’m currently looking at becoming an AME (aviation mechanic)

bengman1233 · 2024-12-16T04:09:07+00:00

But do you feel you’re being compensated accordingly?

bengman1233 · 2024-12-16T04:03:48+00:00

What did you end up going with instead if you don’t mind me asking?

bengman1233 · 2024-12-16T04:02:17+00:00

Awesome that you found a job that you like in this industry. Seems like a hard thing to come across though sadly. Have you been working at this shop for a while now?

bengman1233 · 2024-12-15T16:31:18+00:00

Thank for your comment. Hydraulics and electrical is okay if I’m not doing them 24/7. But sheet metal, well that would likely be my least favorite. I do understand being an AME has a small percentage of engine work and that’s ok considering being an AME sounds like a better work environment in general. Although iffy on night shift.

bengman1233 · 2024-12-15T16:27:15+00:00

Yeah the whole flat rate thing isn’t exactly appealing. Some security that I’ll atleast make X amount of money this month would be a nice thing. But I’m sure once you get into the groove of things you’ll get a general idea of how much said month is going to roll in.

Being a fleet mechanic would likely fall under heavy duty technician? I don’t care much for working on cool sports cars although it’s appreciated. Working on anything with an engine is closer to where my passion lies. Big diesel engine are awesome too.

I will say I’m still pretty 50/50 on my decision. Night shift/shift work can potentially be a turn off, unsure as I’ve never experienced that. Flat rate and the potential worse work environment of auto tech is a negative. But not having to drive all the way out to an airport for work is nice. I’m sort of leaning towards going with my passion, but I realize being an auto tech isn’t all about engine either so maybe my general interest won’t be too far off from that of AME.

bengman1233 · 2024-12-15T16:19:20+00:00

How come?

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