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steveperry · 09-25-2016, 01:18 PM

Got the new push rods installed and everything tq'd down and sealed up. Took it for a test drive and man, what a difference. I was concerned about starting it up because everything I've read has said that there are shims under the governor springs and yet I couldn't find any. None. But when I fired it up the idle was spot on, it runs like a new truck, no downside to it in my opinion. It use to struggle to do 75 down the interstate and now it'll do 85-90 and have extra throttle.

09-25-2016, 01:18 PM	#125
steveperry Registered User Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: junction city kansas Posts: 80	Re: Swapping a 69 Chevy body onto a 97 Cummings chassis Got the new push rods installed and everything tq'd down and sealed up. Took it for a test drive and man, what a difference. I was concerned about starting it up because everything I've read has said that there are shims under the governor springs and yet I couldn't find any. None. But when I fired it up the idle was spot on, it runs like a new truck, no downside to it in my opinion. It use to struggle to do 75 down the interstate and now it'll do 85-90 and have extra throttle.