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  1. rreegg

    Intermittent crank + start switch Again? + push button

    Happened to repro the no-crank condition again just now. Just a click. Likely narrowed this down to the starter motor so considering rebuild etc
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    Fixing RABS ground connection

    Yahtzee fixed the light haha. Yep @Nero was spot on it was the plain black wire on the passenger side between battery and fender. Was able to check continuity between candidate wires at the firewall and at the RABS harness. What’s odd is the wire switches from black/white tracer to plain black...
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    Fixing RABS ground connection

    The “rear antilock” light has been on in the truck since I got it. The brakes should be bled but the pedal is still soft. My thinking is the RABS May be responsible for the soft pedal. Got the error code from the RABS unit and it’s fault #2 - Open Isolate Circuit. I’ve found a rabs diagnostic...
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    Front differential drip

    That's awesome love precision fixes like this :rock:
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    Front differential drip

    I have a slow drip from potentially the same bolt - 4ish o’clock - on a D50. Nice to see it being discussed and some repair steps, was planning to do a full rebuild eventually with u joints et al. But also considered just rebedding a couple bolts. No safety inspection in my state though so it’s...
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    Intermittent crank + start switch Again? + push button

    Have had a difficult time reproducing this no-crank issue the past week or so. It’s come up a few times but with no obvious pattern - replaced the starter solenoid with a Napa unit and we’ll see how things are from now on. If the issue persists will look into the starter motor now and more...
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    86 F-250 E-Bay, What they looked like when new

    oh wait i see an oil leak under the pan haha
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    86 F-250 E-Bay, What they looked like when new

    Dang it's immaculate almost tough to believe it has 111k miles
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    Cold timing advance problem

    to make sure I understand: this happens at ~2k rpms while the engine is still warming up - 130-140*f coolant temp range around when the timing advance turns off. Have been geting similar shakiness around these conditions for maybe 10seconds. would not say it “surges like crazy” but some...
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    Ac newb questions

    I respect the hustle. Passed through Oregon a few months ago and was considering getting freon to charge up my systems and then just said “naah”
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    Intermittent crank + start switch Again? + push button

    Thanks for all the suggestions, I wonder now if the loose ignition switch nuts were a red herring since the intermittent crank seems to be present when warm restart. A few times the past couple days I’d turn to “start” when engine warm and it wouldn’t click at all, but sometimes it would click...
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    Engine Running Cold

    Dang that puts “mile high” to shame a bit. I’ve always lived at sea level and get really tired and short of breath visiting places above 6k’ - a non turbo idi probably feels even worse
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    Intermittent crank + start switch Again? + push button

    Yeah there is definitely something funky going on when doing a warm/hot restart that’s the only time it will intermittent fail to crank, it’s fine for a cold start. Isn’t that some sort of IP failure mode? Okay so I guess the push button start is just a jumper between the two poles on the...
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    Fresh build, smoke, stumped

    Dang gonna be a long weekend! Glad to hear it got sorted basically asap though Camper? Barely knew’er!
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    Intermittent crank + start switch Again? + push button

    Sure, in my case the truck usually operates as expected: turn the key to “start” and the engine will crank and fire up. Getting intermittent times where I’ll turn to “start” and hear a click and the engine won’t crank at all
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    Intermittent crank + start switch Again? + push button

    Had some intermittent no-cranks last week and realized the starter switch nuts were a bit loose. Tightened em up and all was good. Was hauling chit around today and it was warm, engine temp around 200* and had to shut off the engine a few times for various things. Started getting the same...
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    So what did you do with your truck today?

    But but but… :joker:
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    HF Trailer Wheel Bearing temps

    Thanks guys I'll just torque by feel rather than spec
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    HF Trailer Wheel Bearing temps

    Typically just try to follow whatever spec for the axle. Think Dana 50 states to rotate during tightening and the mk4 vw has a 180* rotation - this trailer just listed a torque spec. I used the red n tacky grease and rotated a bit during tightening. The castle nut doesn’t allow for much...
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    HF Trailer Wheel Bearing temps

    Put together a new harbor freight trailer and am getting wheel bearing temps around 200-210f after going about 15 mins on the freeway - both empty and with like 400#. Outside temps were cool like 45f does this sound a little hot? Retorked to ~85 ft/lbs as stated in specs and added more grease...
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    So what did you do with your truck today?

    Had a bit of sporadic no start issues yhe past couple days but just turned out to be a loose ignition switch… bolts mustve lossened up a bit since servicing the clutch bracket recently. Its really good to start with "did any of these parts get touched recently" when beginning any...
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    Cleaning fluid related tools

    Getting the Mityvac brake bleeder from HF and hope it’ll last more than one bleed. For transfer pumps and bleeder tools anyone have a good way of cleaning out the fluid after use? Putting here since gotta bleed the IDI again Assuming isopropyl would work fine but not sure if there are any...
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    Inverted the polarization on the odometer

    The whole dash looks so clean! Do you wear polarized glasses ever? Always trips me out a bit to scratch my head or something and turn a bit and have a screen disappear all of a sudden
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    Another good reason to stay out of Calif.

    Lmao didn’t Cali ban 2 stroke engines and mandate all leaf blowers be electric?
  25. rreegg

    So what did you do with your truck today?

    Driving (the tdi) through Oregon for a few day and saw this beefy blacked out obs, no badging but would be cool if idi

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