Recent content by Jay Krout

  1. Jay Krout

    free to a good home

    Fan clutch works fine....the damn radiator the sent woukdnt work to keep the motor cooled down, the water wouldnt stay in the radiator log enough i guess. Whatever caused it im not sure but the one i put in works fine its a 2 core with wider tubes...the aluminum one is a 3 core but has smaller...
  2. Jay Krout

    free to a good home

    I had some leaky radiator troubles on my 1990 F Super duty with a 7.3 IDI. The radiator was an aftermarket thing from Advance Auto with plastic tanks..it aint the first time this has happened...Ive had 3 of these radiators go bad the same thing...the cause is the lousy roads where I live and...
  3. Jay Krout

    single seat

    I dont know if this woukd be the place to ask this question but the truck is a 1990 with a 7.3 IDI. What I would like to do is take the bench seat out and put a single driver side bucket seat and a console from a Bronco in its place. Ive been told a Bronco seat and console will fit. Is this...
  4. Jay Krout

    Glow plug troubles

    So I finally figured this out and what the trouble was back in October....I been bowed up workin for months and forgot all about this. After hookin all this up 6 or 7 maybe even 8 or 9 different ways i got to trackin down wires and such and remembered something. What i remembered was that one...
  5. Jay Krout

    Military-type tire tread

    They wear good and do good for off road use and in snow...worst thing ever on ice
  6. Jay Krout

    EPA Sheriff, Nosy Karens and my truck

    I wondered myself about this "Karen" stuff. I known of a few of them. However I know of one lady actually named Karen who is probably one of the nicest folks you would ever have the chance to meet. Im sure this new thing they got goin about Karen drives her batty
  7. Jay Krout

    Air induction 7.3 idi

    There is a small check valve type thing on the head of the filter mount housing..Its either the one in the middle or the one towards the back im not sure and its pouring down rain right now so Im not gonna go out and look. Thinkin im pretty sure its the one in the middle, if you take it out and...
  8. Jay Krout

    Conestoga Diesel (in PA) = Moose Diesel (in SC)?

    I talked to the young lady a few weeks ago, I think her name was suzy, probly the same lady I asked her why the move...biggest reason is taxes in Pennsylvania are out this world, not oinly that highest fuel taxes and prices and the roads aint worth a puddle of p$%s. We have one of the most...
  9. Jay Krout

    Glow plug troubles

    Just gonna run 2 wires from either the positive of one of the bateriies or the starter relay with an inline fuse in each wire to one side of the switch in the dash and a wire from the other side of the switch, cut the 2 wires to each side of the glow plug wires and connect them up. Just by pass...
  10. Jay Krout

    Glow plug troubles

    Nahhhh...its not goin back to stock the way it was...it wasnt workin then either....only difference with this by pass there is no power at the end of the glow plug wires...didnt get into it any deeper than that...i been too busy workin at the mine to get into it.
  11. Jay Krout

    Glow plug troubles

    I tried this with some #2 weld lead and connecters a few weeks ago, it didnt work either. I figured since I had the weld lead I would try it this way before i spent the money for a fuse and battery cables So now what Im thinkin is why not run a wire from the hot side (incoming side) of the...
  12. Jay Krout

    Glow plug troubles

    I did the deed yesterday...hooked it up like that wiring diagram...the wait to start light works as it should...the relay clicks once as it should...apparently the glow plugs arent heating up...the volt gauge dont go down at all and the interior light dont get dimmer and it cranks like crazy...
  13. Jay Krout

    Glow plug troubles

    I saw that video before, pretty much what I figured. I did find thisThere is a pretty detailed article with it. It includes hookin up the wait to start light wire with it. Questions #1 what size wire should i use for this? Im thinkin 10 gauge (Im the guy that thinks bigger is always better)...
  14. Jay Krout

    Glow plug troubles

    Thanks fellas, I appreciate all the help, I dont know if its going to happen this weekend or not, I heard earlier this morning I might be having a very long weekend doin some work at a breaker, a lot of demo work a bunch of bullriggin and a bunch of weldin to get them up and runnin again for...
  15. Jay Krout

    Glow plug troubles

    I never did no tig welding, I had the chance to learn it when I was a kid but bein the macho fella that I was if I wasnt gettin sparks in my belly button I wasnt weldin. I burnt maybe a million tons of 7018 rods from 3/32 all the way up to 1/4 with my old Lincoln pipeliners rebuilding buckets...
See more

Latest posts

Forum statistics

Threads
91,306
Posts
1,130,054
Members
24,117
Latest member
olsen726

Members online

Total: 728 (members: 13, guests: 715)

Share this page

Top