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Trailered home a 1989 F350 dump truck that looks great on the outside, but the 7.3 IDI is something else
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Good point about bypassing one of the tanks. That said, I would like to take the truck back to stock as much as possible. Accurate...
Monday at 7:46 AM
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That is great you are going the extra mile and doing the engine right, cutting corners can come back and bite you in the .... Pay now or...
Monday at 6:31 AM
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Trailered home a 1989 F350 dump truck that looks great on the outside, but the 7.3 IDI is something else
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After noodling it over and speaking to the shop, I'm going to have them order the pistons and rings for me that are .020 over. Here's...
Apr 18, 2024
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Trailered home a 1989 F350 dump truck that looks great on the outside, but the 7.3 IDI is something else
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I took a closer look at both my oem STD pistons and the .020 Mahle ones and I don't know that I would want to be drilling into any of...
Apr 15, 2024
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7.3 New in box MAHLE Pistons
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Do you still have them?
Apr 15, 2024
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Trailered home a 1989 F350 dump truck that looks great on the outside, but the 7.3 IDI is something else
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Great idea about just getting a gauge with the proper range. The Amazon reseller is giving me a hard time about getting a replacement...
Apr 15, 2024
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I was going to suggest replacing that pop-tester gauge anyway since it's about 4x the scale we need. If you can find one for 2500psi...
Apr 14, 2024
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Trailered home a 1989 F350 dump truck that looks great on the outside, but the 7.3 IDI is something else
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I'll see if the machine shop would be willing to trade working on my '92 block in exchange for the '89 block. Doesn't hurt to ask and I...
Apr 13, 2024
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It looks like it to me as well. I'm sure that you can save it that way.
Apr 13, 2024
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crazydane
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Trailered home a 1989 F350 dump truck that looks great on the outside, but the 7.3 IDI is something else
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Tore the original '89 block the rest of the way down. Here's the #8 piston that caused the damage to the cylinder wall: Not sure...
Apr 13, 2024
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Trailered home a 1989 F350 dump truck that looks great on the outside, but the 7.3 IDI is something else
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As I was cleaning up and re-arranging engine parts to prepare to start tearing down the original '89 engine, I moved the heads and the...
Apr 13, 2024
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Trailered home a 1989 F350 dump truck that looks great on the outside, but the 7.3 IDI is something else
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I'll definitely do that when I receive the replacement. Its the Vevor brand I went with. Have some of their other stuff and it seems...
Apr 12, 2024
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There was a thread not too far back, where someone bought one of these off shore Pop Testers. It was not cleaned before being assembled...
Apr 12, 2024
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Trailered home a 1989 F350 dump truck that looks great on the outside, but the 7.3 IDI is something else
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I got the injection tester today, but the pressure gauge doesn't register anything: Started an advanced replacement. Should have it...
Apr 11, 2024
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crazydane
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Trailered home a 1989 F350 dump truck that looks great on the outside, but the 7.3 IDI is something else
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Very good point about tearing down the original engine and pull the pistons to measure to see that they fall within .020 spec. I...
Apr 9, 2024
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