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Why & How Did You Get Here.
Like a lot of members I moved over from the other Fod website. It went downhill fairly quickly from what I remember and a number of people mentioned this site, so over I cometh and have not looked back. Yes Warden worked with either the Sea cadets or the Coast Guard on boats. Ziggster did engine...- zigg
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- Forum: 6.9L IH & 7.3L IDI Diesels
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Firing an engine...with out IP or gear cover
Verifying compression stroke on #1 can be done easily by just loosening the glow plug on #1 (front pass side) . As the piston comes up on compression(bar it over) there will be hissing of air coming out. If it is on exhaust, there won't. If it is indeed compression, just have to stop with the...- zigg
- Post #19
- Forum: 6.9L IH & 7.3L IDI Diesels
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Firing an engine...with out IP or gear cover
Surprise! Ha ha ha, I still lurk occasionally!!! Don't forget you need to make sure the engine is at TDC first! This makes sure that all the marks on the crank/cam and injection pump gear are properly aligned. Keep in mind that #1 piston is at the top of it's travel on both exhaust and...- zigg
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- Forum: 6.9L IH & 7.3L IDI Diesels
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I love this place....
Well, some of you old boys may remember me, I used to come here a lot. Not so much lately, it's a long story... Anyway, I still lurk from time to time, still got the old idi, and everyonce in a while I still have a problem... This time, I changed the injection pump out, no problem, but...- zigg
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A special thanks, to a fellow oil burner!
Mel As for a forum for thanking people, I think this is it. Personally, I don't want to be inducted into anything, although I appreciate the sentiment. People who do what they do because it's in their nature, and like to be helpfull don't want to be made an example of, and the occasional...- zigg
- Post #27
- Forum: 6.9L IH & 7.3L IDI Diesels
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Thrown belt
Man 'o man.... Well, mine has thrown the belt 3 times now. First time, it took out the tranny lines, and dumped the tranny fluid all over the ground, second time, the wires to the fuel pump (sigh). 3rd time, the tensioner was leaned over and tapping the fan:eek:, so it was obvious there was an...- zigg
- Post #25
- Forum: 6.9L IH & 7.3L IDI Diesels
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Ford factory turbo for sale...
Not sold so-far. Shooting for $1,000, but no-one's quite close enough... Zigg :)- zigg
- Post #5
- Forum: Marketplace
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ok school me on autos
ok, I'll add one little tidbit here... I've put in a manual wire/switch to be able to override the computer for the TC lockup. Basically when I want the TC to lock and stay locked, I throw the switch. It will stay locked till the engine stalls if I come to a stop!! Now, if you take your...- zigg
- Post #31
- Forum: 6.9L IH & 7.3L IDI Diesels
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Ford factory turbo for sale...
I've got a Ford factory wastegated turbo for sale... It's off a '93, F350 crewcab, which had 120,000mi when the engine cavitated and hydrolocked. I now have a 6.9 in there, but don't want the turbo on it. No obvious shaft play, that I can tell. I was going to put it in originally, and...- zigg
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TORQUE CONVERTER LOCK UP
Torque converter lockup has been done by lots of guys(myself included) It works well, but do not lock it up under 1,000rpm, or under 25 mph, 'cause the pressures aren't enough to hold the clutch locked in, and you'll wear it out in no-time. you may find that when in the off position, the...- zigg
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- Forum: 6.9L IH & 7.3L IDI Diesels
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What about a Ranger O/D unit?
I had the ranger. I loved it for towing, but it was a pig to drive around town. Unless you can do a bit of fabbing, it's not too easy to put in. You have to move the T-19 back 7" to accommodate the Ranger unit, and cut into the floor pan. you have to shorten the rear driveshaft, and lengthen...- zigg
- Post #58
- Forum: 6.9L IH & 7.3L IDI Diesels
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Liquid Gasket on Intake Manifold?
Don't be too worried about the timing. There are a couple of methods of getting the timing correct again without too much fuss, and I've personally found that it's much easier to pull the inj. pump with the inj. pump gear housing all at once. You cannot replace the valley pan gasket without...- zigg
- Post #12
- Forum: 6.9L IH & 7.3L IDI Diesels
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Frickin' ATS are idiots!!
Yeah I figured I'm not the only one.... The pieces fit together almost kinda easily, but I guess once it's on there, it'll fill in nicely with carbon and seal up fine. I'm thinking I might drill and tap a hole and just put one small bolt in there to hold it in place... Anyway, we got a...- zigg
- Post #16
- Forum: 6.9L IH & 7.3L IDI Diesels
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Frickin' ATS are idiots!!
I've got the factory turbo from '93 for my truck, but with the flattened downpipe. So I bite the bullet and order the new 3" downpipe, only to find that when it gets here, it doesn't fit, and you have to order the 3" exhaust outlet upgrade to use the new downpipe(you'd think maybe they'd hint at...- zigg
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Caster and camber on TTB
Just remember, that by the physics of how the TTB works. the camber will only be accurate when the truck is sitting absolutely still. Since the Tires pivot around the mounting point of the TTB arm, they are always positive or negative when in motion. That's the reason these things eat tires so...- zigg
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