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Trailered home a 1989 F350 dump truck that looks great on the outside, but the 7.3 IDI is something else
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Good catch. Yep, its there. Got the new heads in today. They look nice I think: Precups have minor cracking, but nowhere near...
Thursday at 4:34 PM
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I can see it. The lines aren't centered. It's just to the left of the line on the right side of the "U" shape.
Thursday at 4:30 PM
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Trailered home a 1989 F350 dump truck that looks great on the outside, but the 7.3 IDI is something else
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Picked up the cores. Other head: Crack is clear on the first head, but I don't really see it on the 2nd one, but I guess they...
Wednesday at 9:16 AM
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crazydane
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Trailered home a 1989 F350 dump truck that looks great on the outside, but the 7.3 IDI is something else
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I'm swinging by the local machine shop tomorrow to pick up one set of the cracked heads. I'll see if he can point out where they are...
Tuesday at 3:56 PM
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crazydane
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Trailered home a 1989 F350 dump truck that looks great on the outside, but the 7.3 IDI is something else
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Called up CHI and they do have a set of rebuild heads in stock. They will accept a pair of the cracked ones as cores. $1,150 total...
Monday at 10:23 AM
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crazydane
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Trailered home a 1989 F350 dump truck that looks great on the outside, but the 7.3 IDI is something else
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I believe they magnafluxed the castings themselves, but let me verify with them. Good point! EDIT: Yeah, they magnafluxed the...
Monday at 10:15 AM
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crazydane
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Trailered home a 1989 F350 dump truck that looks great on the outside, but the 7.3 IDI is something else
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Machine shop called me back this morning and said that all 4 heads were cracked and no good to use. Any suggestions on where to pick up...
Monday at 9:15 AM
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crazydane
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Trailered home a 1989 F350 dump truck that looks great on the outside, but the 7.3 IDI is something else
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Good point about bypassing one of the tanks. That said, I would like to take the truck back to stock as much as possible. Accurate...
Apr 22, 2024
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That is great you are going the extra mile and doing the engine right, cutting corners can come back and bite you in the .... Pay now or...
Apr 22, 2024
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crazydane
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Trailered home a 1989 F350 dump truck that looks great on the outside, but the 7.3 IDI is something else
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After noodling it over and speaking to the shop, I'm going to have them order the pistons and rings for me that are .020 over. Here's...
Apr 18, 2024
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Trailered home a 1989 F350 dump truck that looks great on the outside, but the 7.3 IDI is something else
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I took a closer look at both my oem STD pistons and the .020 Mahle ones and I don't know that I would want to be drilling into any of...
Apr 15, 2024
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7.3 New in box MAHLE Pistons
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Do you still have them?
Apr 15, 2024
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crazydane
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Trailered home a 1989 F350 dump truck that looks great on the outside, but the 7.3 IDI is something else
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Great idea about just getting a gauge with the proper range. The Amazon reseller is giving me a hard time about getting a replacement...
Apr 15, 2024
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I was going to suggest replacing that pop-tester gauge anyway since it's about 4x the scale we need. If you can find one for 2500psi...
Apr 14, 2024
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Trailered home a 1989 F350 dump truck that looks great on the outside, but the 7.3 IDI is something else
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I'll see if the machine shop would be willing to trade working on my '92 block in exchange for the '89 block. Doesn't hurt to ask and I...
Apr 13, 2024
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