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    E4OD electric gremlins

    I feel your pain. Mine ('89 idi) had/has the same issue with the tach. Tach reading 0, tranny won't work. Tach reading, tranny shifts great. I replaced the ECM with a rebuilt one. Not much better until one day the wife hit the dash console hard ( on purpose while she was cleaning ) and the tach...
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    Has anyone converted their R12 AC to 134a?

    Thanks, guys! Great info...I appreciate it.
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    Has anyone converted their R12 AC to 134a?

    The shops want big bucks to convert my air conditioner from R12. How do you get all the old oil out of the system? How much do you put back in? How much vacuum do you pull on the system? Etc. Any information or experience would be appreciated. Thanks!
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    So what did you do with your truck today?

    I filled mine up. That almost doubled the value of mine.
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    So what did you do with your truck today?

    I love to pay with cash. What really throws them for a loop is when you round up for them, so they can give you back a whole dollar or so. My total was like $12.07. I gave them $22.07. They gave me back the $2.07 and THEN gave me back $8!!! No wonder this country is the way it is. That was at a...
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    So what did you do with your truck today?

    Is that a SIX door pickup truck? I don't think I've ever seen one like that! Badass. I bet it's like turning a locomotive. So much for the Starbuck's drive thru!!! What year is the Ranchero? Looks like an '62 or maybe a little later. Nice score!
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    Quick Alternator Question 1988 7.3

    My 1989 has an external regulator and rectifier. I assume due to the fact that it's a 200 amp alternator. It is the ambulance package so it used t run a boat load of stuff that I don't neeed anymore. When I got the ambulance I had to rebuild the alternator. Now, I'm thinking of downsizing to...
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    Recommendation for refurbished EEC

    Sorry for the confusion, the ORIGINAL problem was the tach not working and the tranny not working. I learned that the problems were connected. I knew absolutely nothing about this system when I started. Truth be told, I still don't know 1/10th. I had tried cleaning, torqueing and then replacing...
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    Recommendation for refurbished EEC

    SUCCESS!!! I got the new (rebuilt) TECA installed today. It worked like a champ first time I turned the key. I tried it a few more times and it worked so. I took Black Betty out for a drive to make sure she shifted ok. I never had any issues with the transmission that I noticed. Just that...
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    Recommendation for refurbished EEC

    Thanks! I pulled to old one out and got the part number off of it. I found one on Ebay. I bought the extra warranty in case it's junk, but the seller seemed to be in business for a while. My wife located a place called Transmission exchange in Portland. I had already ordered the Ebay one...
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    Recommendation for refurbished EEC

    Does anyone know where I can get a refurbished EEC for my 1989 7.3 IDI with E4OD?
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    So what did you do with your truck today?

    Did it start out with: "Hold my beer!" or, "Hey Y'all, watch this!"? I have a similar picture of my brother after his 260Z went airborne and landed on it's side in a field and slid about 20 yards. Good times have a price....usually it's worth it. Glad you are OK, bro!
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    Truck won't start with new starter/starter solenoid

    Man, I'm glad it wasn't the engine locked up!!! I replaced my positive cable, too. I found that the clamp was cracked almost in two. I also found a LARGE positive cable running to the ambulance box that had been routed to lay on the exhaust pipe. It had burnt through about 50%. I was able to...
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    Tachometer works, tranny works. Tach doesn't work, tranny slips bad

    Right on, bro, on all counts. I will track it down. I will have some time over the weekend to stick my head under the hood and poke around. It's amazing that the older I get the more patience I have. It's counter to reality. I have fewer days ahead than behind so. you would think I would be in...
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    Where to measure to make sure voltage regulator isn’t killing batteries?

    Hmmmm...I wonder if that E4OD power relay could be a common denominator in my rigs' intermittent problem of the tach reading zero causing the tranny not to work AND, be the cause of the parasitic draw on my batteries. If that relay is bad could it cause my tach to not work? Is that relay...
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