Got my Espar into the truck today

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I acquired a new Espar unit from member John Howard. He's (sniff sniff) looking to sell his truck and needed to sell the Espar in its unopened box. I went ahead and purchased it from him and the purchase was very satisfying. No problems either way.
Today I got the call from Mike at Auto Wurks Diesel that he had a no show on a transmission job and the lift was unoccupied. I told him that unfortunately, I just filled up the tank and since the install requires dropping the tank to install the pickup line, I was too little-too late. He told me to come on in and we'll siphon out the fuel and store it in buckets (I removed the anti-roll over ball a while back, so siphoning is not a problem). So I got to the shop by 9am and began the process of the install at 11am. Overall the install is very straightforward. The manual is fantastic and completely illustrates the install right down to the last detail. However, the manual does tell you to remove the pipe plug in the engine block between cyls. 5&6. It is in reality in the cylinder head between cyls 4&5. It also tells you to take the starter out and let it hang. I took a shortcut here and left the starter in its place, seeing no need to remove it. I also did not drain the coolant from the system prior to the install. I carefully worked on that fitting with a plastic cap over it until I could make that the final hose connection. I lost maybe a pint of coolant in the process, definitely better than draining it all together. Beyond that I notice that the fuel filter (canister) required a little skill to fit back into place between the Espar and the throttle linkage. And I also made a modification to the hose that comes off the fitting in the head so that it clears the throttle linkage because if installing it the way they say to do it, you will end up not being able for the linkage to fall back to the idle position. It took some time for the fuel to prime itself into the unit and I wish I siphoned it too in order to speed up this process. It is really neat though and I took my time and put the computer into the glovebox. I finished the install at 630pm and broke from the project for 1 hour for lunch. So 6.5 hours of labor put this unit in and made me a very happy camper.

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Chris Timochko
AUTO WURKS DIESEL R&D TEAM
1997 5sp 4X4, Espar Heater, A.W.D. HX40 turbo, ATS 3pc Manifold, BD 4" Brake, Marine Compression, A.W.D. Custom Tuned Injection Pump, A.W.D. Intercooler, A.W.D. 370B Injection Nozzles, Delivery Valves, Governor & AFC Spring Kit, Psychotty Air, A.W.D. Water Injection, NOS Diesel Kit, A.W.D. 6" Chrome Exhaust System, BD No Smoke Valet Switch, McLeod Dual Disc Clutch, Mag-Hytec Rear Cover, Cummins Chrome Kit, Optima Red Tops, Hadley Bully Horns, Hurst Line Loc, Goodyear Wrangler AT/S 305/70/16s.