My 98 6.5TD was having intermittent issues of stalling, and after extensive research seemed like it might be the injection pump. Purchased a rebuilt one, began tearing the engine down and noticed there were no nuts holding the pump in place, that it was being held in place by the three bolts on the gear and the eight injection lines on the back, just resting on the studs.
Next, I went to unbolt the bolts from the gear through the oil fill tube, and the gear turned.
So, fearing the worst, I pulled the water pump plate (there is a special place in a hot pit for whoever engineered this mess), and found the bolt on the camshaft was loose, as in I could spin it with my fingers, and it can still be tightened.
My question is this: where do I go from here?