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  1. mopwrd340

    Mack question

    Those doors are all the same on r model and dms from the 70s till they stopped making that cab in early 2000 something . ive replaced and fixed enough of them i would ask $200 apiece,
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    Two issues with Big Red after engine rebuild

    When we had a turbo go where i worked at we would always wash them out with cascade or spray nine. didnt matter about cold or hot water but spray nine worked best also forgot to add we were washing out the charge air cooler,
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    Diesel Runaway Description:

    I have seen a cummins 350 run away one of the mechanics at the shop i worked at was playing with the linkage on the pt pump and started it with it unhooked . it took off we finally got it to shut off stuffing dirty uniforms around the air cleaner the eng was okay . at one of our other yards...
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    Crazy Starter Issue

    sounds like some melted toghther wires around the steering column.
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    GLOW PLUG QUESTION

    it has new glo plugs in it but im gonna check it all when i can hurt my back the other day. its 4 am now and icant sleep.it makes me mad when i cant do anything to the truck,
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    GLOW PLUG QUESTION

    thats what i was thibking of doing for right now was hooking a push utton to the relay for now.
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    GLOW PLUG QUESTION

    I have a good battery charge i guess i will get a new controller for it at least i can start it now without using ether . i will just un hook the small wire off the relay once it starts . thank you
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    GLOW PLUG QUESTION

    My glow plugs stopped working so i jumped the relay and the light came on .while it was running the relay was clicking every 10/15 seconds i assume this is a timer how important is this timer except for startup .:dunno
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    Got you jeep thing, RIGHT HERE!

    I like the cherokees ive had 3 of them all 4.0 with aw4 they are good 4 wheelers and tough little boogers.i traded my 88 comanche 4wd with 69,000miles on it for my 85 idi i liked both trucks but i wanted a bigger truck and this is the only one i liked ,so i made a even trade and havent regretted...
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    another "whats this guy smokin!"

    The only thing bad about sinking way to much money in a veichle is if it ever gets totaled you wont recoup all the money put into it . but its your veichle and if you fix it up the way you like and it makes you happy more power to you.
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    new guy from va

    im sure it will help i used to be able to take it pretty good worked outside my whole life but as you get older you dont take it so well , isweat alot topeople always asked me at work if i was allright till they got used to me ,
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    New guy in Riverside CA

    welcome i traded my jeep comanche for my truck
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    new guy from va

    yours probaly looks better than mine the hood and roof are flat black. it looks like the top part was repainted sometime in its life fords peeling paint back then . put the truck back together tonight blows a little harder and colder want to work on it some more tomm but its gonna be 102 with a...
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    new guy from va

    waiting till this evening to do it its 95 deg with heat index of 111 . im pretty sure that was what i was smelling .
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    new guy from va

    checked the motor today its a6.9 it has 7/16 head bolts .pulled the blower out looks like a field mouse was in there a while back ago even had it packed around the resistor. also had oily film on all of it cleaned it all out and sprayed brake kleen the best i could gonna take and blow it out...
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    new guy from va

    i took some pictures today didnt work on it storms were coming. and this is my other project
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    new guy from va

    no its a moldy stink even though it the a/c condensation still drains out the bottom . i will look and see if it was but i didnt see a sticker on the window saying it was.thats funny a guy i used to work with worked there till it closed .
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    new guy from va

    i will start working on this small stuff tommorow i will pull the blower tommorow and clean it out noticed thats the stink ive been smelling coming from there . the thermostat i will do soon i usually buy failsafe thermo stats any way. i will hopefully remember to take pics tommorow the truck...
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    new guy from va

    thanks for all the welcomes and ideas i will leave the truck the way it is runs to good to mess with it i dont go far with it so it should be all right. ibelieve it is still a 6.9 that was put in also has a new radiator w/p and clutch fan the a/f is new ill get the charge stuff to put in it .it...
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    new guy from va

    I just traded for a 85 f 250 ec 6.9 / c6 4wd and it runs pretty good dosent smoke at all and drives down the road good.it has had a replacement motor put in it pretty recently and hasnt used any oil yet . the fuel sending units are brand new on this truck and neither of them work right the rear...

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