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  1. towcat

    Gas tank for Diesel?

    the biggest issue with using gasser tanks is the in tank electric fuel pump but more importantly, the plating that is supposedly done to many tanks. I've cleaned out many ford factory steel tanks over the years and never found the said plating. just clean steel or slightly rusty steel. I do know...
  2. towcat

    WTB: Complete Turbo for 89 7.3 NA IDI

    get a hold of "riotwarrior" he has a line on a less painful way on getting stuff through the border.
  3. towcat

    Hypothetically speaking..... power level?

    dyno sheets tell you only one part of the story. the other part is you just have to load her up and take her out on a cross country run and see how she leaves you at the end of the day. My '92 CC dually 4x2 gives me a very relaxed feel. nothing is being pushed to the limits, and at the end of a...
  4. towcat

    Wheel spacers to remove dogtrack

    100% certain. even though they use cone seating, the weight transfer is at the hub ring, not at the studs. bottom line, it's your truck, do what you want to do. when something goes wrong and the accident investigator hangs it onto you, deal with it then.
  5. towcat

    Wheel spacers to remove dogtrack

    86 and up wheels are hub centered. as long as you get spacers that have the hub centering feature, you're good. another thing you can do to push out your rear wheels is to put in a pickup dually rear axle and run singles.
  6. towcat

    A blast from the past......literally.

    it wan't literally a firehose nozzle, but when you go through 15 gallons of windshield washer fluid in an hour, that nozzle better be pretty good sized. :o
  7. towcat

    A blast from the past......literally.

    OMB provided the transport service for the "E" to the new owner in Alabama
  8. towcat

    A blast from the past......literally.

    Before the new kids start chucking rocks at the old timers here again, I came across this post while doing research tonite..... https://www.oilburners.net/threads/i-picked-up-one-of-these-new-220psi-water-injection-pumps.49130/ pull up a chair and enjoy the read :D
  9. towcat

    Not a diesel but still down! Toyota help!

    i'm trying to determine if you busted a timing or not. if you did break a belt, the motor will spin almost twice as fast since there is no compression.
  10. towcat

    Not a diesel but still down! Toyota help!

    miles? does it sound different when cranking over?
  11. towcat

    Flywheel Fiasco

    i have that much play in mime and still go cross country round trip at least once a year.
  12. towcat

    Flywheel Fiasco

    years ago, I used to clean up on good used dual mass flywheels due to misdiagnosis. unless you are missing springs on your dual mass flywheel, be absolutely sure your injection system is in top shape before condemming a flywheel. often a lazy injector will cause a flywheel to go apeshit due to...
  13. towcat

    What sensors are these?

    one of the sensors is for the gauge. the other sensor is for the overheat indicator. "normally" the fat one is for the gauge and the small skinny one is the overtemp.
  14. towcat

    need wiring harness asap

    This post is over two years old.
  15. towcat

    FS 1986 F-250 6.9 Diesel 4x4 $8,500

    From what I see, you got yourself a very nicely preserved truck. As long as you can stay ahead of DPT and have some patience, you'll rope in an out of state buyer looking for a bullnose is that remarkable state of preservation. At least you're away from the salt air of the outer sunset. GLWS. :D
  16. towcat

    1989 F-250 7.3 Project

    if you really like you sanity, i'd save up for a unbutchered OEM harness. having been around towtrucks for the last 30 years, yours has to be the worst i've seen. if you are handy with wiring, i'd build three systems new and eliminate what you currently have. one. lighting circuit. aka. constant...
  17. towcat

    FS 1986 F-250 6.9 Diesel 4x4 $8,500

    all I'm doing in reporting what he posted.
  18. towcat

    FS 1986 F-250 6.9 Diesel 4x4 $8,500

    you're gettin' old. his price is in the title. $9k.
  19. towcat

    7.3 IDI '92 E350

    no-can-do. freeze plug heater only goes into one specially machined corner of the block, the rest are machined where they require the "special" freeze plugs.
  20. towcat

    New to me 94 IDIT rescue.

    it's amazing no matter what you cram under the hood, it's still a tight fit.
  21. towcat

    So mines not supposed to do this?

    V8 diesels are built to spin. IH idi's make usable HP from 2k rpm and up. the stock governors were set to start defueling around 3300 rpm. Anybody who's owned a F450 idi will tell you that running pinned to the governor is a every day all day affair. as long as there is a load thrown on it...
  22. towcat

    What the.....

    don't knock it. Jap powered cars and trucks are all over the rest of the world outside of the USA
  23. towcat

    What the.....

    that would have really fucked up your day. btw. thanks for the vote of confidence on the transmission and transfercase work :D
  24. towcat

    What the.....

    that is a harmonic balancer pulley bolt for a japanese built motor.
  25. towcat

    So what did you do with your truck today?

    i'm not saying that. no brakes 1.5k/lb max, surge singles 4.5k/lb max, dual axle surge 7.5k/lb surge max. electrics from there and up.

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