Recent content by WMO4IDI
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So what did you do with your truck today?
Today I finally finished installing my new homemade heated mirrors with fancy flashers on 'em. The truck had flimsy "west coast style" Amazon mirrors when I bought it so I made new 18ga housings. I used a 6.5ft heating wire instead of the original 3ft & installed 3 wire LEDs on the front. I...- WMO4IDI
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- Forum: 6.9L IH & 7.3L IDI Diesels
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'89 F350 - ABS junk system and safety inspections
Regarding the GVWR, they changed the laws a few years ago in Quebec and I'm in a grey zone, controllers on the road apply the definitions one way and the lady at the DMV interprets it differently... typical of this communist hell hole. I just don't want to start getting harassed by the...- WMO4IDI
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- Forum: 6.9L IH & 7.3L IDI Diesels
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'89 F350 - ABS junk system and safety inspections
I hear ya but I'll take a proportioning valve over an unreliable electronic system anyday, it's not like cars were crashing and burning everywhere befors ABS was invented. Doing a propper diagnostic is on my to-do list for the weekend.- WMO4IDI
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- Forum: 6.9L IH & 7.3L IDI Diesels
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'89 F350 - ABS junk system and safety inspections
I finally received my fresh & Ford certified Vin Label sticker from Marti Auto Works (4 months wait time...) and discovered that someone at the DMV along with a previous owner falsified the GVWR numbers on my truck's registration. Registered as 4499KG (9919lbs) which meant it didn't require an...- WMO4IDI
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- Forum: 6.9L IH & 7.3L IDI Diesels
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Electrical adventures thread - I blew or burned out something...
Good idea, keep it simple & accessible!- WMO4IDI
- Post #9
- Forum: 6.9L IH & 7.3L IDI Diesels
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Electrical adventures thread - I blew or burned out something...
Fair enough, when I encountered burnt spade connectors & wires I just decided to not have all that power snaking through the dash & keep everything easily accessible.- WMO4IDI
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- Forum: 6.9L IH & 7.3L IDI Diesels
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Electrical adventures thread - I blew or burned out something...
That's definitely on the list of things to check out. The wiring diagrams don't shows 3 or 4 from the solenoid, I got to that part after writing the post. Do they age? Should I swap them all out as preventive maintenance?- WMO4IDI
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- Forum: 6.9L IH & 7.3L IDI Diesels
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Electrical adventures thread - I blew or burned out something...
Luckily I didn't have too much excess clogging everything up, just a bunch of splices with wires going everywhere so everything's tightly tangled up inside the dash.- WMO4IDI
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- Forum: 6.9L IH & 7.3L IDI Diesels
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Electrical adventures thread - I blew or burned out something...
Well, what started out as a fun electrical project turned to crap. My '89 F350 has had lots of mods done to it, mainly a big rig sleeper cab installed & lots of lights... so many unholy electrical splices done under the dash by POs and it bit me in the ****. The two main projects I was working...- WMO4IDI
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Tachometer wiring from sensor to instrument cluster question.
Thanks for the lead, I'm going to resolder all the pins on the pcb first, it could just be cold cracks.- WMO4IDI
- Post #5
- Forum: 6.9L IH & 7.3L IDI Diesels
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Tachometer wiring from sensor to instrument cluster question.
...but it seems I don't have that wire in my connector, simply the tach wire. Tach is wired directly to a battery ground & then straight to the cluster, the needle only jumped a few times so that means it's due for a new gauge I guess :(- WMO4IDI
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- Forum: 6.9L IH & 7.3L IDI Diesels
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Tachometer wiring from sensor to instrument cluster question.
Found the answer here: https://www.ford-trucks.com/forums/1399471-help-wiring-aftermarket-tach.html V8 is just a regular ground shared with the sensor's grounded wire.- WMO4IDI
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- Forum: 6.9L IH & 7.3L IDI Diesels
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Tachometer wiring from sensor to instrument cluster question.
I've been hunting a tachometer issue since I bought my truck, it's basically dead now. It used to work on and off, changed the sensor on the IP to no avail, a good slap on the dash sometimes helped it give a reading. Before I go looking for a newly used tach on Ebay, I want to fully rewire it...- WMO4IDI
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Best location for a fuel CHECK VALVE???
My truck's previous owner put one between the lift pump & filter housing which just seems odd. I was thinking of putting one directly on the 1/4 (?) npt inlet of the lift pump and then just like you suggested before the IP.- WMO4IDI
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- Forum: 6.9L IH & 7.3L IDI Diesels
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Priming/bleeding after fuel tank & line overall, can't seem to prime injector lines.
It's alive! It simply took forever to purge the injector lines. It's nice to have it running after having it parked for 3 months.- WMO4IDI
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- Forum: 6.9L IH & 7.3L IDI Diesels
