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So investigate this! On startup turn the key on observe the pistion on the VGT ! Is the vgt doing its self check? Is it going full stroke ? If it does not stroke out both directions it may be that the vanes are sticking and not allowing the turbo to regulate properly!

That filter is for the VGT actuator. I have seen them restrict or stop air flow many times.

Does the little spin on air filter on the left side of the engine have anything to do with the turbo? If so has it been changed?

That was very interesting thanks for that … don’t get the so called 25 billion spent so far ,,, military already paid and ready equipment already owned … but I expect they probably had to buy more high priced fighters that adds up quickly

My god you said it… that’s absolutely horrible… Bob

Did you look inside the speed sensor hole while turning the propellar to look for damage, or soot? I havent been in one of these is many years. I have the V-MAC III book, so later on I can look at the flow chart for a 6-2 code.

The New York Times Editorial Board / April 30, 2026 On paper, the war in Iran should not be much of a contest. The United States spends around $1 trillion a year on its military, more than 100 times as much as Iran. That money buys a vastly larger Air Force and Navy, as well as advanced weapons technologies that Iranian generals can only dream about. In the war’s early days, the mismatch played out as one might expect. American forces destroyed much of the Iranian military. Now, however, the contest looks less one-sided. Iran has taken control of the Strait of Hormuz, and its missiles and drones still threaten America’s allies in the region. While President Trump seems eager for a negotiated truce, Iran’s leaders do not. Somehow, the weaker nation is in the stronger negotiating position. That reality exposes the vulnerabilities in the American way of war. Tactical success has not yielded victory. Mr. Trump’s recklessness in conducting the war is one reason. But the problem is bigger than any single commander in chief. The United States has left itself unprepared for modern war. America has spent hundreds of billions of dollars on ships and planes that are good at defeating competitors’ ships and planes but ineffective against cheaper, mass-produced weapons. The American economy does not have the industrial capacity to produce enough of the weapons and equipment it does need. And the country has struggled to fix these problems because of a sclerotic government and a consolidated defense industry that resists change. Three months before Mr. Trump attacked Iran, we warned that the United States was at risk of being overmatched in the wars of the future. The last two months have shown that alarm was justified. The war in Iran, unwise as it is, should serve as a warning about the rising threats to American security and an incentive to fix them. “Never in recorded history has a nation’s military been so quickly and effectively neutralized,” Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth claimed on March 26. The next day, Iran launched a drone and missile attack on an American base in Saudi Arabia that wounded more than a dozen service members, destroyed a radar surveillance plane and damaged at least two refueling tankers. The immediate debunking of Mr. Hegseth’s bombast points to the reform agenda that America’s military needs. There are four main priorities. First, the United States needs to invest in counter-drone technologies, like those that Ukraine has developed in its war against Russia. The lack of such defenses is one reason that the vaunted U.S. Navy has been unable to prevent the closing of a vital waterway, the Strait of Hormuz. Second, the United States needs more of its own cheap, disposable weapons like one-way attack drones and unmanned ships. Although much of the war in Ukraine has been fought by mass-produced drones, the Pentagon is pouring money into much more complex equipment, including pilotless “wingmen” that can fly alongside a piloted plane. Third, the country needs larger and more flexible industrial capacity. Until recently, a single factory made all of America’s Tomahawk cruise missiles, and there is a constant shortage of Patriot missile interceptors. Congress should pass laws that help the private sector build up its manufacturing capacity. The Pentagon, for its part, needs to stop buying so many of its weapons from just five big weapons makers and start betting on dynamic tech companies that can quickly adapt. Lastly, the United States needs to collaborate with other industrialized democracies. Mr. Trump’s pleas for help in reopening the Strait of Hormuz from the very allies he spurned at the start of the war is just the latest proof that America can’t go it alone. In the years ahead, keeping pace with China’s economic and military expansion will require collaborating with like-minded democracies. All of these steps are not merely about winning the next war. They also can help prevent it — by making our enemies believe they would lose any war they start. Instead, the war in Iran has provided a road map for any country that wants to resist the United States in the future, including Russia and North Korea. For China, the country with the greatest potential to challenge American military might, the war validates its focus on new forms of warfare such as drones, cyberweapons and space power. The picture for the American military is not entirely grim. The Iran war has shown that it has an astonishing ability to find and destroy enemy targets. In the conflict’s first six weeks, the U.S. military hit over 13,000 military and industrial targets. American losses in the war, while tragic, have been limited, considering the scale of the attack and Iran’s resources: at least 13 service members killed and more than 300 wounded. The Trump administration has taken several steps to break the hold of major contractors on the supply of weapons to the Pentagon and has pressured some of them to increase production of much-needed missiles. The Army secretary, Daniel P. Driscoll, has moved to cancel outdated and failing programs. Congress, the administration and the Pentagon can all now see our military shortcomings. The bad news is that our adversaries can see them too. Washington can no longer just talk about reforming the military. It has to do it, or risk making the disappointments in the Iran war become a preview of far worse.

Thats nasty.I hope your recovery is still progressing. Paul

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I have a 2005 Mack ch600 truck with a e7 that has the air operated vgt turbo. Truck came in with egr codes and turbo speed code. Flash code 6-2 egr got deleted but still can’t get rid of turbo code. Replace speed sensor and checked wiring and replaced ecm still not working. Any ideas would help a bunch

Bugger, things go wrong pretty quick sometimes Paul

Oh My God !!!

My excuse for slowing down other than my age is in 2022 a pickup pulled out right in front of me when I was riding my spider motorcycle I was doing about 40 mph. after two weeks in intensive care and two weeks in physical therapy I was able to come home in a wheel chair I had a fractured skull, bleeding on the brain, broken nose, broken jaw, knocked out a good share of my teeth, broken shoulder, broke all my ribs on the left side they stuck them back together with a mesh and screws, punctured lung, broken hip, broken a lower bone in my back I was told when the medics got to me I was more dead than alive I can't lay down I have to sleep setting up

True no one knows how long is left.My best friend passed away at just 46 of brain cancer 18 years ago leaving a beautiful wife and 3 great children behind.On his death bed he made me promise Id live life to the full.So if its tomorrow or 20 years time thats what I intend to do...... Paul

i bet watching soap operas has a lot to do with it!! 🤣

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Paul, I would agree with that! What we don't know is how long we have left. My Aunt is 99 and sharp as a tack, and still active. My friends father worked 3rd shift until he was forced to retire at 65 and was dead before 66. Genetics has a place in it, but is not the total picture.

Well, I’ve made a lot of mistakes of my time if I could go back and do it all over and pick the right routes I would be signing up for it now I used to hear older fellows when I was a real young guy saying the same thing. I wish we could start over and know what we know now didn’t quite know if they were talking about now that I’m old. I see what they were talking about. sorry Larry it seems to keep going off rail ha ha ha I know you probably don’t care that’s all interesting conversation.

Also flogged from Facelessbook Credit to Greyhemi and Gordon Dahm down town Tokoroa ..rogee Paul

I saw something recently, it really struck a cord with me, or maybe a reality check It was youtube video, this fella is a retirement planner for people in the US Anyway the guts of the video was, he asked his 80 year old clients what the regretted not doing or doing at different times in their lives The biggest regret by far was (as I understood it) was people not seeing that in their 50's they, by and large have it all, let me explain From the time we start work as a young bloke we can work 20 hours a day 7 days a week and never get tired This is very handy as we are generally struggling to get a foot hold in life In this time frame we can make good money by working long hours, we have our health but we don't have enough spare time to enjoy the fruits of our labour's Most of us apparently find that by our 50's we are now smart enough and capable enough that we don't still need to work these long hours, yet apparently by this stage, that is what we know works so we keep on working Our health is generally really good still, we can make good money and still work long hours What we don't seem to see coming is that this good health only lasts maybe another 10 years and starts to slowly go down hill before accelerating until we pop our clogs and the journey is over These 80 year olds, by and large regret working to hard, for to long and not winding back on the work front and winding up on the enjoying of life and enjoying the fruits of labour's Our health and the ability to just do and enjoy things apparently goes pretty quickly and catches unaware I say to people When I was a kid at school hours took days days took weeks weeks took months months took years I think we all remember those summers that went on for ever These days years are gone in months months are gone in a week weeks are gone days Anyway Larry we have completely ran this thread off into the side cut But reading comments above, it sort of confirms what this video was saying Enjoy every moment as best as we can Paul

I can still get motivated, but the motivation is tempered by the cost to my body. I can still torque the main bearings on a 855 Cummins, but have to question if it is worth it for ME to torque the main bearings on an 855 Cummins? Last year I completely rebuilt a light tower, including a block change, stripping the old diesel and building back up. Motivation is there, but not the speed. Before that it was a Saab 900. Each project taking most of a summer to complete. When the costs out weigh the enjoyment/satisfaction of the completed job, motivation wains.

I struggle with motivation these days got lots of ideas but getting motivated to do them is two different things! Unless it has to be done it probably won’t get done!