Well I spent the big bucks and got to know my truck a lot better....
Well I spent the big bucks and got to know my truck a lot better....
Total spent was below $2000 after I got my core money back. I replaced all 8 injectors with Bosch Remans from Lincoln Diesel (thanks Brent they are working great!) and what I thought was new lines from Injector warehouse. ( $200 + $100 core) These are the Bostech lines I was asking about. It turns out that these are refurbished lines. I'm sure they are still much better than putting the crapfilled lines back on. (I can confirm that the stock lines, when removed and mine looked really nice, are full of rusty crap) I sprayed WD-40 in the line the day before I removed them to prevent the dusty rust from ending up in my heads and they were pretty bad. Anyhow, back to the Bostech... The first set I ended up with wasn't a complete set, I had 8 lines but not the right ones. Since my injector fun was taking place over the weekend, I couldn’t finish the job until the line set was replaced, or at least the wrong ones. (I had a few *&$#@ words when I discovered my situation) Another set was promptly sent but it was a few days later before I was back at it and got the job done.
The issue I have with these lines is there was quite a bit of pitting on some where they were cleaned up but they looked ok where they sealed on the rail and injector. The other problem is most of them appeared to have been removed with a pair of vice-grips. (Come on you guys, buy the 19mm crows foot) I can't imagine how someone would torque these otherwise.
Anyhow, 15 hours and $2000 has my LB7 running like a champ. Thank you guys for the help and the awesome write up on changing the injectors. I would have never considered it without it.
One note or addition, somewhere else someone suggested pre-lubing the line seals with diesel fuel. This helps keep the seal from twisting when it is torqued.
