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Old timer showed me something about injector timing that changed how I work
I was working on a 2005 Cummins ISX last month at a shop in Tulsa. An older mechanic named Dave came over and watched me for a minute, then told me I was setting the timing wrong. He showed me a trick using a dial indicator instead of the timing pin. It was a total game changer for getting that injector pulse dead on. Has anyone else learned a shortcut from an old hand that stuck with you?
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shane_fisher3716d ago
Dave showed me the same trick on a 6.7 Powerstroke back in '09, and I felt like an idiot for not figuring it out myself sooner.
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the_paul16d ago
Hate to disagree but that trick was already making the rounds on the 7.3s a few years before 2009. Dave might have shown you on a 6.7 but that doesn't mean he was the first to figure it out. The 6.7 wasn't even introduced until 2011 model year if I remember right, so your timeline is a little off. Not trying to be a jerk, just saying people were doing that same thing on older trucks way before that.
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