It would take care of the problem of having to stop and take a crap too. I remember when we first got the meal heaters, it was awesome. The tobasco sauce was necessary too. Sounds like a fun trip, looking forward to reading about it and seeing the pictures. Drive safe.
Did Jasper do some improvements on the engine when they rebuilt it? Like head studs, upgraded egr cooler, and upgraded oil cooler? If not do it before you leave the states.
Look into a transfer tank that goes in the bed, I see them on craigslist from time to time. Its lower than a 55 gallon drum so trailer will handle better, it will be easier to hide with shell on, and they are usually DOT legal.
I have done stuff like that before but it was in the back of a 26' Uhaul so no one could see it and it was in the US so no international borders to cross. You might have a problem crossing borders too with that much fuel in 55 gallon drums. You will also be a bigger target for fuel thieves in...
This might work for an 02. I swapped a two speed case into a 00 Astrovan, took a bit of work for the speed sensors to work and the AWD light is on all the time now.
If your lift pump and VP44 are bad now then yes it was a sign of things to come, sure sounds like you will be doing an upgraded lift pump, fuel filter and VP44. I actually check the lift pump on VP44 engines now before I change the fuel filter.:)
In that case crack one of the injector lines at the head and have someone crank it while you watch, it should be spurting diesel pretty good with a good IP, no spurts or just a dribble then your IP is bad. Of course this is with a good lift pump. Another thing I have noticed on some failed...
APPS (accelerator pedal position sensor) being bad can make it have no throttle response but it should still run fine. Check your codes, P0216 and/or P1688 mean new VP44 time.
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