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Many dealerships charge four hours labor and $100-plus for the re-seal kit, potentially putting the out-of-pocket repair costs between $400-$500. However, repairing a leaking vacuum pump is one of the simpler of Cummins repair tasks for 1991.5-2002 trucks. It just takes time and a little patience. In this TDR article, automotive writer Bruce W. Smith walks us through the process.
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Given the importance of using high quality filters in your truck, and with so many cheap (scary) knockoff filters sold online, here is our quick OEM FILTERS BUYER’S GUIDE…
Tire Construction All the recent talk about mysterious tire defects suggests it’s time for some background on how tires have developed to their present technological level, how tires are made, and how they respond to their conditions of use. Progress in tires has always dealt with the twin problems of strength and temperature management. A tire is basically a flexible rubber-impregnated fabric structure, given rigidity by the tensioning of its carcass of cord fabric by inflation pressure. Applied over this carcass is the part that rolls on the road—the rubber…
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