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    Interesting Situation with a 6.9 liter IDI, seeking advice

    Can't open the links, but a real, numbered temp gauge should be your next step. The fan coming on at all?
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    timing a new IP

    An IP wrench makes things really easy, too, as you can snug things down a bit and make small adjustments. You can get one here, which is run by Freebird01 on this board, iirc. That plus the above took me about 15 minutes when I did it.
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    Tru-Cool Max Transmission Cooler

    Thanks for the info. Ordered mine last night. Probably overkill for what I need, but what's on there now is nuthin' but roadkill.
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    Interesting Situation with a 6.9 liter IDI, seeking advice

    I run Rotella and notice it takes significantly longer for the truck to burn quart #2 than it does quart #1, i.e. I don't worry about getting the level back up to the "Full" mark. I've read posts from others who have experienced the same thing. I tried Delo once and seemed like it leaked more...
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    T-case just exploded....great.

    Everything on car-part.com that shows anything shows 1356 for 88. You should be in business.
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    T-case just exploded....great.

    I thought by 88 they were 1356s but could be wrong. At any rate, the tail housings are longer on the pickup 1356s (i replaced the 1345 in mine with a 1356 from a bronco) and have slip yokes, so unless you can somehow splice the 2 together, you're in for some driveline work. The 56 is generally...
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    Fuel Tank Design

    They have both, but the midship is way more expensive. http://www.aerotanks.com/vehicles/ford.html
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    Oil Cooler Pressure Valve

    Good ol' Windows Paint has gotten me out of a jam or 20, if not in the prettiest fashion. Ships with every Windows PC. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E_xOwE_1grY
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    Trans Discussion

    On the C6, you'd have to stumble into a helluva deal to get the trans plus an aux box for anything less than an e40d rebuild. I like my setup okay but would have just done the ZF if I had to do it over. Even with a rebuilt GV unit, all the money and time spent gathering up odds and ends could...
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    body panels

    I'd just do the whole side unless it's maybe just a small area over the wheel well. Even then you want to make sure there's nothing coming behind it. Any major repair is also hard to make really straight in my admittedly limited experience. The LMC panel I got for my 70s truck is definitely...
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    Fuel Milage

    Lots of things can play into it. Like Green said, also timing, and a good cool source of air. I removed the Banks box setup and just stuck a filter right off my turbo, over the engine as a temporary rig. My mileage puttering around went from 13-14 to 10.5-11.5. I'll find out if it's a...
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    1 of a kind F350 6 x 6 on ebay ....

    LOL none taken thanks.
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    BIG DYNO DAYS #'s

    Search icanfixall - he has good overview in post #3 here but he's got a longer one somewhere.
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    1 of a kind F350 6 x 6 on ebay ....

    Had to be some car audio vendor's show truck or something originally. $65k, oy.
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    How much do beds go for up north?

    In eastern MA, where I lived until this past summer, there were really no 80-86 trucks left to use the beds, '87-ups were around and could be cheap, but they were far from nice, esp. compared to what you would find in TX. It was over a grand to get a nice '87-'96 bed from a vendor that stocked...
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