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    Voltage regulator output numbers

    Does anyone know the numbers for voltage coming out of each terminal from the voltage regulator. Should they all be the same voltage coming off the battery?. My yellow cable matches the battery voltage. My white cables that attached to the alternator only have 7 volts. The black cable which...
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    Electrical help. No power when key is turned.

    Working on a 1989 7.3 IDI 4 door crew cab. 3 days ago I turned the key and had rapid clicking of the glow plug controller but was able to get the truck to still start for a few days. When it would start the clicking would continue and pulse all the gauges and then stop. Assuming this was the...
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    Hydraulic trailer brake controller causing brake issue?

    Hey y'all. I've been having a heck of a time trying to figure out my brakes on a 1984 6.9 IDI f250 2 wheel drive. I've replaced brake booster three times, thinking I was getting faulty boosters. I've replaced the master cylinder and bled the brakes two times now. The symptoms I'm getting are all...
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    New IP and injectors still wont start

    1986 f250 with 250k miles. I have put new return lines, caps, injectors, injection pump, lift pump and it wont start. It cranks and blows white smoke out the exhaust meaning fuel is getting to cylinders. There are no leaks on the caps or lines l. I have retarded and advanced the IP to no avail...
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    Truck shut off after start up with electrical smoke

    I can't seem to win one right now! My other 6.9, 1986, I started up this morning after about 10 seconds of idling it died like somebody hit a kill switch or turn the key off. I pop the hood because smoke was pouring out from behind the air intake right near the glow plug controller. I'm assuming...
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    No brakes!

    Hi i have lost brakes recently. I push the peddle and it bottoms out and then is harder to push, it does stop the truck but with a lot of pressure. I have been hearing a hissing coming from the driver side engine compartment for a month + so I am assuming I must have a vacuum leak in the...
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    6.9 idi coolant drain

    I live in colorado its about to freeze in 48 hours and currently cant get my 6.9 running and I have only water in the coolant system. How to I fully flush the block from all water/coolant? Ive read there is a plug near the starter and one near the oil cooler. Any recommendations to make sure I...
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    6.9 what the heck is going on!

    So I bought a 6.9 off of Craigslist last night drove it home for about an hour and immediately started overheating to L on the dummy gauge, Dash gauge. The truck never actually went to full red line and showed no signs of steam or smoke so I continue to drive it home. I got it home that night...

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