Amen to that, the first diesel I had ever driven was my dads '91 F350, Red with black fiberglass replacement fenders... Reminds me of the Georgia Bulldogs :D
Not quite sure on that, when i got my truck ('94 ZF5 W/Cruise) a few weeks ago, the ABS light was constantly flashing but my cruise worked, then after the light stopped flashing i suddenly had no cruise:dunno
Hello everyone, finally got bored and started looking over the injectors and come to find out this truck has all 8 factory G code injectors. still IH grey.... :puke:
Fixed all of my fuel leaks, Certain i have absolutely no air intrusion. Still HORRIBLE to start, and stumbles over and over...
yeah i sure do econoline, im also looking into a return line kit from Typ4 to seal any other leaks. Everyone is so helpful on here!
And homelessduck yeah, i mean it wasnt wide open for 45 miles straight.... but atleast 45 miles i had driven were wide open through the gears, up to 85mph then...
UPDATE: installed the lift pump from lindstromjd, ran it for a while but still smoked badly,
So I did the ATF & Lucas mix (what I had available to me) in the fuel filter, cranked then let set for 24 min
Cranked up it and low&behold not a single bit of smoke!;Really
So I took her for a test...
Thanks hydro,
And I am the 4th owner of this truck. The 3rd owner traded some septic tank work out work $60 and got the truck as payment. He put 2 hot batteries in it after sitting all those years and off he went. He said its smoked pretty badly like it does now but usually cleared up after a...
Hahaha okay, will do! Would it be okay to put a bottle of seafoam in it and top it off with some ATF? Better yet, I even thought about a mix between ATF, LUCAS fuel additive (always done wonders on dads diesels for mileage, and easier starts!), and seafoam in the filter. Or would that just serve...
Thank you all for the support, and a EXTRA special thanks to lindstromjd for sending me a lift pump and a CDR.:sly
They should be here on Friday, and if so I might have the truck running that afternoon when I get home! :D
I've also read about dropping the fuel filter, filling half...
Oh okay, if everything checks out good, I'm probably going to lift the truck about 5 inches and run '35s if they'll fit. But thats a project later down the road
Talk about lucky.... haha
I have a '66 Impala that I was wanting to trade for a FX4 with the 6.0 and i spent months researching all the problems hearing "oh $500 hereee, a couple thousand thereeee" things and ended up deciding that i didnt want to sink about $4K in bulletproofing it and backed...
Thanks for the quick reply,
Yeah I sure have, and after 3 days of PMing people and commenting in threads, no one has responded to me. :dunno
Most importantly, the diaphragm is torn in my lift pump filling my crankcase with diesel... (PO let the truck sit 5 years, Doesn't people understand...
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