govener springs help asap thanks

[chubs]

having a guy do some work on my truck we talked about the govener springs because i may do some pump work valves and a plate

he wants to charge me 200 for springs and install i looked up springs and there like 15$ what is he charging so much for labor?? or is it a 10 min job

was thinking 3200 or 3500 springs
trucks a 5 speed so i think it has higher rev point around 3000 now has a hx40 with 4" pipe


thanks
guys

[khaoskustoms]

You are most likely looking at the wrong gov spring. Here's a link to PDR's 3000rpm gov spring.

PDR Diesel Performance: 3000 RPM Governor Spring Kit

Time wise, it can take from 1-2 hours.

[chubs]

talked with him again he said 150 for springs and 200$ labor to them and the plate and dilvery valves
what do u guys think???

says a number 8 plate is what i want

[chubs]

o yea

told me the plate is 230$ #8
and valves are 260$ p pump one not profesional

seem right

[Box5]

Well, you can get the 3gsk for $96 bucks here Governor Spring Kit - 3K RPM City Diesel - Diesel Performance

Grind your plate to a # 10 for free, install the gsk yourself. Unless you're seriously uncomfortable doing it. You'll save lots of bucks, and its not hard at all, plenty of people here to help. You're gonna get ALOT more bang for the buck buying and install your own parts, for what its worth.

[chubs]

how do i grind the plate to a #10
and how hard is it to install the valves?

[FlaCracker]

Be aware, it is not always easy. Each truck is different, and the default adjustment they recommend is for reference only. If you do this, make sure you make take accurate measurements of the current spring-retainers to stud height, before starting; hence, settign the new springs to the previous recorded setting. If you don't, you will be starting from scratch when putting the new ones in, with no refernce.
Not a fun situation either! This happened to me. Previous owner put new 4K GSK in, but did not adjust them. It took me 4 tries, about 6 hrs, to finally get them tuned correctly.

[Farmram]

Just get get a plate on eBay and put it in yourself. Plates are like 30 bucks and doing it yourself saves you a ton of money plus you can say it really is your truck and not someting someone else built.

[chubs]

yea i bought a number 8 plate on ebay 30$ to my door
10 seems to much 4 me and what i do
found 4000 govener springs for 16$ new the doubel up your factory spring creating 4000 rpm springs
now just delivery valves

[Box5]

Isn't a 8 more fuel than a 10?

With a 4gsk be careful you don't rev above about 3400, thats when you can float the valves. Installing them is pretty easy, theres some good tutorials on here and dtr for it. Just count each 1/4 turn of the hold down screw, and install it the same amount and your idle will be pretty darn close again.

[colin91]

$16 for governor springs? doesn't sound like a good quality spring kit, who makes them. I paid $115 for mine

delivery valves can be put in pretty easily, the DV socket helps. GSk can be done in 1-2 hours easily. I'd just do it yourself rather than pay someone else. Thats always been my thinking on it

[chubs]

heres a link to the kit it uses your stock ones also just doubels them up

Pure Cummins Diesel Performance - GSK Inner Spring Kit, Converts a 3k GSK to a 4k GSK 94-98 12 Val from PDR Diesel #pdr2010740_x2

i just found that out tonight about the valve springs what pound springs will i need to replace them with and i dont know if that 15 kit is any good talked to guy on the phone said they work great???