Recent content by ramon f350
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motor is toast
I tore it down today and the head is cracked the piston has been hamered on pretty bad. I'm now trying to get prices on the new parts to see what the plan is. The insurance agent saw me under the hood and came over to shoot the breeze ( the insurance office is next door to my shop). I told...- ramon f350
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- Forum: 6.9L IH & 7.3L IDI Diesels
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motor is toast
I dont know for sure if Im gonna sell her. If I do I will certainly let you know. There is no way it would make it to Hamilton but, That is easily solved I happen to have acess to several wreckers. I can throw it on a car carrier pretty easy. Im waiting on my buddy that works for the...- ramon f350
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- Forum: 6.9L IH & 7.3L IDI Diesels
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motor is toast
Thats the problem that I am wrestling with... I hate to get rid of something I cant replace. I hate to say this but I may have to start looking at powerstrokes or cummins. The parts for these motors are getting harder to find. When I redid the top end last year it took me a month to find a...- ramon f350
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- Forum: 6.9L IH & 7.3L IDI Diesels
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motor is toast
so since we have had 12 inches of white death on the ground here in the DFW area there are now huge puddles of water and large pot holes on the roads. Yesterday we were headed over to the inlaws house when I hit one of the said puddles/potholes and threw water up over the hood and windshield...- ramon f350
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Hard starting I need help
well I Guess thats what im looking at doing but it will have to wait until I get back from the trip I just dont have enough hours in the day to get it done.... I use lucas fuel treatment everytime i get fuel so im good on the additive i know that I got the money's worth out of the pump I just...- ramon f350
- Post #10
- Forum: 6.9L IH & 7.3L IDI Diesels
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Hard starting I need help
ok guys I changed out the fuel selector valve for the tanks last night and still no dice. The truck will not start if it is hot and you kill it and leave it for say 30 mins or so when you go to start it you will crank and crank on it and sometimes you get lucky sometimes not. I had another...- ramon f350
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- Forum: 6.9L IH & 7.3L IDI Diesels
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Hard starting I need help
yeah the needle works for the rear tank just not the front tank. the injectors are probably stock i have had the truck two years and havent changed them same with the IP if they are stock then they have 227k miles on them I was leaning toward the IP but I was hoping for some other suggestions...- ramon f350
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- Forum: 6.9L IH & 7.3L IDI Diesels
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Hard starting I need help
Ok heres the deal I have a brand new lift pump because it would only occasinaly be hard to start and you would have to crank on it for about 30 seconds to 1 min. to get the truck to start. It acted as if it was getting fuel so i replaced the obvious. i got the new lift pump in and now the...- ramon f350
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Lift for 2wd
The thing is with 2" spring spacers you probably wont be able to get the truck to align right due to the geometry of the front end being all jacked up. I hope you like my highly technical explanantion of that.... The most I could put on my truck was 1" spacers before it would not align...- ramon f350
- Post #12
- Forum: 6.9L IH & 7.3L IDI Diesels
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Front end
the i beam bushings and radius armbushings ( the one tha goes toward the back)should have very little effect if any at all on the camber. the only way to align a truck with kingpins and twin I beam is to bend the I beams. I saw your in oklahoma I dont know exactly where you are of if a trip...- ramon f350
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- Forum: 6.9L IH & 7.3L IDI Diesels
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truck died
well I did nt see anything on the natoinal news about an Army guy going crazy and blowing up his Ford truck so is it safe to assume that it ran good enough to get it to the stealership to be timed...... if that is the case are you all good now? Ramon- ramon f350
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- Forum: 6.9L IH & 7.3L IDI Diesels
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Fuel filter HELP!!!!
Sorry it took so long for me to get back too many irons in the fire right now. what i was saying is that the sensor port is where the water in fuel light plug goes you take the sensor out of the bottom piece on the OEM setup and screw it into the bottom so the dummy light still works. Both of...- ramon f350
- Post #8
- Forum: 6.9L IH & 7.3L IDI Diesels
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Fuel filter HELP!!!!
if you need the sensor port you can use the wix #33617 or if you dont need it use wix #33417 I am running a baldwin filter right now but plan on switching over to the wix next filter change because the baldwin filters are a pain to get I have to drive all the wasy across town to a...- ramon f350
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- Forum: 6.9L IH & 7.3L IDI Diesels
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Straight pipes
I know your in Ky but you need to remember that if it is not turboed there are laws against straight pipes. I know that in my county the jp court will hit you for about $700.00 in fines for the non turbo straight pipe. not saying i wouldnt do it but I also have a badge that gets me a little...- ramon f350
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- Forum: 6.9L IH & 7.3L IDI Diesels
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Tires
I had the generals pn my truck for about a year and could not stand them. they wore really weird in the middle it was very uneven. maybe I got a bad set I have heard other guys swear by them. good luck Ramon- ramon f350
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