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    coolant bypass hose

    I'm assuming the smaller hose in the top front of the engine that looks like it goes into the water pump is the bypass hose. Wouldn't it be easiest to put an espar coolant heater inline with this? The top to the espar, and the espar to the bottom / water pump? Wouldn't this put heated coolant...
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    fuel hose size

    So I discovered that the hose between the metal line to the mechanical lift pump is cracked and leaking. It leaks when I try to start. Also stalls randomly and is hard to start. I noticed two rubber hoses, one from the metal line and the other from the pump that meet with a two inch long...
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    turns but won't start.

    1985 K10 Silverado 6.2L Diesel. so I drove yesterday morning, afternoon wouldn't start. Cranking fine, glow plugs cycled (wipers came on!), turned on manual glow switch, nothing. Pink wire to IP solenoid makes noise when dis/re-connected. Fuel squirts out of the square fuel filter bleed...
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    wiper arm removal

    I never removed the wiper arms on my 1985 k10 silverado 6.2L diesel before so I was pretty much on my own figuring out how to do it without breaking anything. I figured I'd post this for posterity. Once they're turned off in the bottom position (or wherever you want to mark them with tape on...
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    How does the coolant flow?

    Because it's the middle of winter, my diesel is hard to start. I've dealt with that for years by plugging in the freeze plug block heater that came standard, battery blankets, watching pairs of batteries die, etc. I've even driven downhill in winter and watched the engine get so cold it...

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