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    IDI marine engine questions

    I reached out to the guy and if all goes well I’ll go pick it up this weekend. I’ll check any part number I find to see how they cross reference.
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    IDI marine engine questions

    That’s what I’m thinking too. This is a really good point, I will try to find out. Thanks for the good points guys, I’m leaning towards picking it up.
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    IDI marine engine questions

    I came across a 7.3 IDI boat engine locally for $250. The guy is selling it because the water-cooled exhaust manifold cracked and apparently they are impossible to find. I’m interested in building an engine to drop in my truck, but I want to ask the group whether it would be a mistake to pick a...
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    “Need help using my DTI 3300s timing meter on my 6.9 IDI.”

    The only way I got the probe to work was to jam it all the way in until it touched the balancer. When I let go it sprung back a tiny bit so it wasn’t actually touching, but ended up as close as possible.
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    Return line question

    I forgot to add that there are other olive seals in the fuel system, so you might as well replace them all. Russ (Russrepair.com) includes them in his return line kit, but I can’t remember if he sells them separately as well. I bought viton ones when I did it instead of standard rubber. Look up...
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    Return line question

    That fitting is different depending on the year of your truck. If it has a steel hard line leading from the IP return to that fitting, you will have a rubber “olive” seal that is supposed to seal the connection. There’s a good chance that olive seal is cracked and old (mine was hard as a rock...
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    Power Steering Pump

    Here’s the thread about brake shoes: https://www.oilburners.net/threads/the-problem-with-new-brake-shoes-and-the-parking-brake.86722/
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    Power Steering Pump

    Gandalf, have you checked to make sure that your rear brake shoes are working correctly? There was a thread a while back about how many of them were cast incorrectly, causing them to only slightly expand and not grab the drum with enough force to provide stopping power. I ask because I swapped...
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    Oil change for ZF-5 Transmission

    I dug up Redline’s technical information sheet, which has some good info for those curious. Here’s the link: https://www.redlineoil.com/Content/files/tech/Manual_Transmission_Tech_6.20_.pdf Here’s a quote about MTL’s similarity/differences to Dexron 4: “In transmissions which recommend...
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    Oil change for ZF-5 Transmission

    I used to advocate sticking with ATF since that’s what Ford recommends, until I found out that ZF-5 transmissions are actually used in many other vehicles all over the world. They’re even in Chevy trucks down in south america. ZF recommends their own fluid called “ZF Ecofluid M” which is a...
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    Oil Pressure Gauge reading way low

    I have the auto gage by autometer set in my truck. The oil pressure gauge sticks at zero when I start the truck until I tap the gauge to “wake it up”.
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    e locker 10.25

    Nice! This is something I definitely want to do someday.
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    Water leaking into cab

    The duck bill is at the bottom of the hole behind that plate, if you stick a camera in there and look down you’ll see it 5-6 inches straight down. If you point the camera upwards in that hole you’ll see the cowl opening. The cowl area slopes downwards so water can drain, and it flows right over...
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    Water leaking into cab

    Well I took a closer look at this today. I pulled that cover and looked around with an inspection camera, and there was some stuff at the bottom but not too much. I didn’t think it was enough to keep water from draining and make that hole fill up. I sucked it all out with a small shop vac, but...
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    Another good reason to stay out of Calif.

    Have you guys heard of Edison motors? I saw some videos of them converting old peterbilts to a diesel electric power plant, and lately I saw them promoting what looked like a brand new rig. The guy seemed really knowledgeable and focused on trucks that can do real work.
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