P.S. Fixed a fuel leak on the Dodge 3500 today. Typically American, the fuel return line from the lift pump to the tank had a giant but non-locking fitting where it attached to the fuel filler pipe. Diesel vibration shook it for 13 years until it was only finger-tight. No cotter pin, no lock-washer.
Big wrench, small but firm pull... No more leak. And of course since it's American, tighten everything else you can see while you're under there since they're all going to be loose.
Hose clamps, other fittings on the other fuel lines, etc. Heh.
Cheap ($0), easy (big wrench), and a total mess under three from diesel spewing on things and living on a dirt road. Invested in degreaser manufacturer to the tune of $6 and cleaned up the whole driver's side rear area including getting diesel filled with dirt and grit out of the leaf springs, off the frame, off all the hoses and clamps and fittings...
... so it'll be easier to see the NEXT leak.
Side-note... "Foaming" degreaser? Who buys that??? I think I'd rather pay for degreaser than CO2... Or whatever they use to foam it up.
There was regular degreaser, foaming, and some other stupid marketing trick I forget. Almost grabbed the wrong can on the shelf. They try to make them look identical. Cute.
Bonus round... used left over degreaser to clean up around the oil filter from 13 years of oil changes making a mess under it and no one apparently knowing how to clean up after themselves.
. And washed out the engine compartment.
New annoyance. Front and rear differential covers are upgraded to have a magnetic dipstick in them. Front dipstick is seized.
Has an Allen screw head but need to figure out a cheater bar that will work on a big Allen screw.
Want to smack whover torqued it on there that tight.
Rear diff looked like it could be changed, but not awful, so front is probably also due anyway. No metal. (Nice to have a magnet!)
I guess yanking the diff covers off to change the fluid is now on the "sometime this summer" to-do list.
