My Pete rebuild

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(05-25-2019 )Nostalgic Wrote:  I pulled all of my actuators off to clean and inspect. No gunk in them, and the rear timing plunger was the only one showing a little wear @ .0055" side play. Ok, I figure since I picked up one of each, I'll go ahead and replace it. Start the truck and my rear bank is dead. Go figure, it's going back to Mexico. Cummins reman quality is right up there with A1 Cardone - you know you'll probably get junk, but there's no other options.

how did you determine the rear bank is dead? -- The ECU is well known for failing the rear bank and not firing it for 10 minutes + at a time + key-off+ key-on if you unplug it, or it losses connection for even just a moment.

I can't tell you how many mechanics that will unplug one of those solenoids and re-plug them back in to see if they are firing, only to accuse the rear bank (or sometimes one on the front bank too) solenoids of being bad on the engine. THIS IS THE WORST THING YOU CAN DO AND THE WORST WAY TO TROUBLESHOOT THE ACTUATORS THAT YOU CAN POSSIBLY DO -- YOU WILL ASSUME THERE IS ONE BAD EVERY SINGLE TIME!!!

it has been mentioned on this forum in the past for people accusing their (especially rear bank, as they do this the most) solenoids being bad and wasting money and effort chasing a ghost...

http://rawze.com/forums/showthread.php?t...70#pid1970

and,,,

http://rawze.com/forums/showthread.php?t...34#pid7334

and...
http://rawze.com/forums/showthread.php?t...2#pid11472

and...

http://rawze.com/forums/showthread.php?t...8#pid29828