D150 Wont Fire

From : tsam1

Q: tsam1 wrote recently replaced the head gasket replaced on my 90 pu. i have spark compression fuel no broken wires... it just wont fire. prior to this the truck ran strong just got too hot. ive bypassed the fuel system even shot starter fluid into it. any tips or tricks it turns over strong - it just wont fire. any advice is greatly apreciated. please reply to tsam1@hotmail.com make sure your distributer is installed correctly. -- ken .

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From : nosey

on sun 2 sep 2007 215752 -0600 amt tech tech@hqeplaw.com wrote does anyone know what the optimal speed is to obtain the best fuel eceonomy with the 2001 dodge ram 2500 4x4 diesel cummins 5.9 i have had many discussions with people who tell me one speed and others who tell me another. my truck has a 5 speed tranny. i am aware of the fact that diesels do not like higher rpms.... thoughts anyone simply put depend on load on engine any engine be it gas or diesel preoduces the most amout of work for fuel consumed when it is operating at or near its torque peak. this peak is where engine reaches its peak vi volumetric efficency and is its most efficent under load. the varible here is the amount of load because you do not want to load it to point of lugging and in which case a higher rpm with a reduced throttle setting will produce better mpg. even still you want to keep rpm below 2300 if max mpg is your goal. that engine does its brest work at that rpm an below for amount of fuel consumed. sure it can rev a bit higher but efficency goes out the window as rpm climbs as big cylinder bore long stroke diesel engines number of cyclinders vs total displacemen do best at lower rpms. ----------------- thesnoman.com .