The big "O" Rings have to snap into their new home. You will know when they do, guess kind of like pushing on the Injector Return caps. They snap into place. Just takes more force to get these seated.
When I did mine, one end went right on. the other end seemed to take more force, then...Bang it seated.
Used my 20 ton Press. Used a little pressure, tapped around with a dead blow, lil more pressure etc...
You bought a new OC from Ford, right?
Not a Dorman?
I painted mine so it wouldn`t rust. It`s JD Yellow.
Goat
You caught me, it’s a dorman. Found it on Amazon for $250 and I figured my luck could be different.
Tell you what, though. My buddy sent me a Row52 link to an “1989 7.3idi turbodiesel”that hit the u pick u pull yard this morning.
I did a double take.
The site posted the VIN# and everything.
I grabbed of the tools that I could on short notice and then I scooted up there to see if it still had a factory & complete turbo kit on it. Given that it hit the yard day off, *there is a chance*.
I told myself that even if “7.3idi turbodiesel” was an accidental misnaming, then I could still grab the radiator and all the other odds and ends like the valley pan gasket, and hey maybe a working oil cooler.
I find the truck in the yard and it looks good. I’m still thinking *there’s a chance*. My chest has butterflies.
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I walked up to it and the turbo was gone. Alas, it was not a turbodiesel. And had I zoomed in on the row52 photo at the beginning first place, I would’ve likely seen that it wasn’t before going there.
Turns out it had the CDR valve in the non turbo config and nothing about it was a turbo
My $600ish complete factory turbo lucky sonofagun find eludes me, for now.
