Thanks for the picture Kelly.
Where can you buy Marty's setup? I tried looking for the website and nothing?
Call me 410.392.3262
Ok well do you have any idea what the price maybe on one of those? Iam thinking about ditching my ADII i have had good luck since the sump but still!
For the 6.4's the kits are $1400 shipped.
For the 7.3 and 6.0 the kits are 1450 shipped.
This includes everything from pickup tube, pump, filtration, return, etc... You will need to use your own zip-ties and a few#6 hose clamps of your choice as well as your own mechanical ability to install it.
Marty's setup is nice, but I like TSD's better....seems to be just a bit more compact I think. Here's another pic of the TSD setup mounted
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?...015.-2207520000.1368139209.&type=3&permPage=1
The overall width is nearly the same, without the looping lines. Personally I don't like the look of the looping lines and that is exactly why my kit does not have them. The kit pictured above is for a 6.4L and the regulator is on the frame rail instead of on the engine. The Regulator can be mounted either place on all of my kits. It's just easy and compact to have the regulator right there.
To each their own...everyone has different taste. They all use the same size hose tho..-10(5/8). Personally I don't like the regulator with the gauge where it is on Marty's setup. I just don't think that's a good place for it. Plus if you wanted to check fuel pressure you gotta look under the truck...just not practical for me. But like I said...to each their own....they're all nice. Just.pick one that suits your taste...or build your own. And actually...its not that hard to build something they did...pretty easy if you have the time. And also...I'd would mount everything on the inner frame....not on the outside of it. This way less road debris will come in contact with the pump system.
My kit does not use -10 at all for the 6.4L trucks.
The regulator on the 6.4L (or any commonrail truck) is put with the pump for ease. It can be installed further up on the engine if requested but at the end of the day every one of my customers have been interested in getting stuff out of the engine bay, not putting more stuff in it. Also, the gauge is just for people to set/check their fuel pressure. Most people run an electrical gauge into the cab anyway. Checking fuel pressure on the outside of the framerail seems easier to me then having to pop the hood and check it :shrug:
I don't know how many pump setups I have on the outside of the framerail vs inside, but I have had 0 failures to date from that scenario. In fact, I have one A-1000 failure period and that is with Danny (woodduck97) truck. I have had one Walbro failure as well, from fuel contamination.
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Meh I don't like the reg there personally. My setup uses the same components but the reg is in the engine compartment and it's got larger cat filters. Having larger filters I had to tuck them up way high almost hitting the cab. These seem kinda low but it could be the angle. Good components tho.
If I could do it again I'd probly use a fuelab pump instead but I'm not gonna complain about the A-1000
For what it's worth, you can mount my bracket upside down on top of the framerail and it works just the same. Using the filters I supply, it will be 3" above the transmission cross member. In fact on 2wd trucks you can mount the system where the front drive shaft would be and the entire system is inside the transmission cross member.
It does look likes its mounted a little low, I was looking at that, but its just the way he mounted it so it didn't bother me because I could mount it higher like what you said you did. I like the reg in the engine compartment idea!
I honestly don't trust myself to build my own. Haha.
Now with the deal with it getting dirty on the outside frame rail. Here is an idea, I wonder if you could make a small aluminum box, or sheet metal box and tig weld it up to mount to the frame. Then mount the fuel pump to the frame inside the box with enough room under the filters to remove them. Then with the seperator drain, you could cut a hole in the bottom below it and put wire mesh over it. Then have you a small door that folds and mounts.
Its just an idea, maybe to big, or to complicated or something. Again, just an idea.
That idea is great, but not economical or needed by 99% of the population. I've toyed with the idea of making a box to go around everything but it just isn't needed. I have over 60k miles on my personal A-1000 setup that has been going strong for ~4 years or so now? And it was used/2 years old when I bought it.
Just for everyone's reference... my fuel system can be mounted inside the framerail on all 2wd trucks, and all 4wd eclb, ccsb, cclb trucks. It can be mounted on the bottom of the framerail or on top. It can be mounted on 100% of the trucks on the outside of the frame rail. Also my kit includes all stainless steel hardware and parker fittings. The only part not stainless is the vibration isolators. Your kit will look the same way it does on the day you install it for many years to come.
For 6.4L owners who want to add cooling to their fuel systems a simple cooler mounted on the inside of the frame rail works. Also, splicing in a fuel temperature gauge is not an issue. I can supply a fitting for a gauge port on the return line that you can send into the cab as needed with an electrical temperature gauge.
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