Recent content by sublime8396

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    charging help

    More interested in any charging lol and the gm 1 wire is easy to hook up and never had one let me down so far the ford charging system has been nothing but trouble and a money pit that only charges at 1500rpm and up.
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    charging help

    Nope never figured it out i just try not to sit at idle long. Thinking about a gm one wire now....
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    First significant use of the truck

    Awesome i cant wait to work mine lol and that 58 is a good looking truck im jealous too haha
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    everyone

    I will be donating as soon as i can afford it for sure lol you guys have saved me a ton of work and given me hope when there was none thats priceless
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    everyone

    So i wanted to say thank you to everyone ive had my truck for a few months and done a ton of work to it based on threads ive read here been able to get it pretty reliable. You guys are all awesome and have been very patient with me as i learn everything i can about my idi and im proud to show...
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    help save my truck

    Right!! Wow who woulda thought it would sound so bad and smoke like that. Scared me i thought my truck was a gonner
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    help save my truck

    Ok new filter and trucks running ok ill pick up another filter to keep in the box asap. I poured the diesel out of the old filter into a jar it did have alot of debris in it so looks like ill be changing filters for awhile
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    help save my truck

    Well today drove it again and running like hell missing and blowing grey smoke and no power. Havent been able to pick up a filter yet really hope itll help when i do.
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    help save my truck

    Theres a couple of them in pick n pull maybe ill go grab all the injectors and build a pop tester. Its running great now im kinda afraid to mess with it haha
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    help save my truck

    Thanks so much guys i love this truck but really freaked me out hearing that knock. I put 30 miles on it today and not a sound still driving perfect. Can i take apart my injectors and clean them?
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    help save my truck

    I did just fill both tanks.....possibly bad fuel? What should i look for? I would hate to change filters and it just plug them up
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    help save my truck

    Ok so been working on this damn thing for months finally ready to use it for its purpose to haul my Rock Crawler around so two full tanks of diesel fresh oil change new ps filter flushed coolant and filled with fleetgaurd everything's been working great untill i actually need it. So im on...
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    charging help

    Awesome ill give that a shot tomorrow. Got a rock crawling trip coming up and im excited to use my new truck to haul my cab over and crawler on a trailer.
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    AC compressor to compress air?

    Ive done 4 of these now on random trucks and never had a problem. They are internal oiled so some kind of air filter and your good
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    AC compressor to compress air?

    I pulled out my ac pump and put in a york style pump then mounted a 5gallon tank under the driver side of my bed with a quick connect air fitting. I havent had money to get a pressure switch yet so its just run off a toggle switch but it do have a 125psi pop off valve if i let it get that high...
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