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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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 :)
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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    6.9 in a '90 F-250?

    Yeah, I did this with my old 6.9. Blew a piston. Threw another in there, nothing else, and ran it for almost 3 more years, and sold it with the truck still runnin' (but sucked down almost a quart of oil per 300mi!) fine... Zigg :)
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    6.9 in a '90 F-250?

    I swapped an '87 6.9 into my current '93 that had a blown 7.3. It was essentially a drop in like has been said. The 6.9 came with v-belts and so I had to swap pulleys over to the serp belt setup, and I used the newer electrical system(more reliable) and the original 6.9 was mated to a T-19...
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    I did it!

    Hooh boy, I'd be careful turning that pump up without a pyro. My last engine had the pump turned up(I dunno how much) when i bought it. They had removed the turbo, and didn't tell me, so i just drove it. Lasted a couple months till it split a piston in half!! On my current 6.9, the pump is...
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    How much can I safely tow with an NA 7.3?

    The N/A truck will pull 7k all day. The pyro is only important if the pump has been played with. If you turn up the fuel on an N/A you can easily put in more fuel than the engine can handle and overheat it. I've blown one up this way. However, if the pump hasn't been messed with, and is set from...
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    E4OD T/C manual lock switch

    Seems to me that was what the engineers were doing when the figured out the "Auto" setting for the computer. Towcat. I hear what you're saying. I'm not familiar at all with the guts of an E4DOA. I'm going strictly on what others have told me. Oldmisterbill has done this mod to his truck...
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    oil drain back

    Yep, and it can drain back down around the pushtubes as well(they go through the valley area) zigg
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    E4OD T/C manual lock switch

    DOH!!! You are absolutely correct. M.L.S.C. I dunno where I came up with that from. The 12v is supplied to the trans to all the solenoids in the trans commonly, and then the Computer provides ground as needed to activate each individual solenoid for each shift and then lockup. I have...
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    E4OD T/C manual lock switch

    I think you're right Bill, but that there unit cost over $500 bones, mine cost a total of about $10. You can always move the shifter from 1,2,D,OD if you really want. The manual switch on mine also allows you to manually lock the T/C anytime wether in Auto or Man setting, this is very handy...
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    E4OD T/C manual lock switch

    I finally got around to finishing up my E4OD manual override switch. I put in 2 switches. One is a single pole double throw ,and the other is just an on/off. Originally, when I put this in, and had the computer out of the loop, the OD switch would start to blink as soon as the trans went...
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    cocaine for the engine

    Like everything, you gotta find balance and moderation. You pretty much have to have a pyro to run this stuff, or you risk meltdown like others have mentioned. you get a modest increase in power, and the only downside is increased temps. On a N/A, I found it smokes less while the lpg is...

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