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    Electric lift pump for p-pump

    Sure its the lift pump? It maybe the overflow valve or whatever they used to regulate fuel pressure.
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    7.3 IDI Turbo Conversion Shopping List

    Without a donor truck.. This project would probably be very expensive? I found a super clean motor home with 6.9 IDI
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    looking for advise. blown 6bta/E350

    Thanks.. Machinist said head had not been machined for seals. But he thought top hat's were stock. Valves 5/16" Im in $750 so far with no parts.. Block, head (minus seals) and crank ready. Here's the parts list Iv made so far.. I need to get this list accurate before I annoy Jeff with my...
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    looking for advise. blown 6bta/E350

    Gear driven 1990. I thought a crack may produce more vacuum like a vacuum leak which can cause blow by since the pumps discharge goes to the crank case. Either way it needed rebuilt. Still don't understand what caused the main bearings to start to fail though.
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    looking for advise. blown 6bta/E350

    Neither do I.. #4 which had allot of oil coming out the exhaust. Could this crack in my vacuum pump housing cause the blow-by? And what should I do about this? Replace the entire vacuum pump? This has me concerned because if the repair doesn't work the engine might have to come...
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    looking for advise. blown 6bta/E350

    I just got a call from my machinist.. He said #1 cylinder had been re sleeved. A hone job was all that was needed to get the bores in good shape. Pistons are stock and in reusable condition! Head needed decked and now only needs valve stem seals to be ready. Last three crank main bearing...
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    looking for advise. blown 6bta/E350

    Not sure.. But it wont happen again. My Machinist mentioned the cylinders didn't look so bad, but still no word yet. I spoke with Zach Hamilton about his 178-208 cam. But after I explained what I wanted from my tow vehicle he said.. ""If it were mine, I would get a htbg 57mm s-300 with...
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    Suggestions for my 1990 tow engine build.

    After disassembling my VE pump 12 valve, looks like it needs a new cam/tappets, pistons/rings and injectors rebuilt or replaced (I might have marine) , but my machinist will tell me more soon. Maybe a 12 cm waste-gated exhaust housing added to my existing H1C turbo, or a different turbo? Maybe...
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    looking for advise. blown 6bta/E350

    Timing was stock, but I was told I might have been running marine injectors with the wrong spray angle. The smoke crew cap was missing. I'm surprised at the cam and crank damage, as the cylinders didn't looks to bad. I'm on the fence about this engine as this is adding up fast for a 95 van..
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    looking for advise. blown 6bta/E350

    The pyro probe is to far back and I really never know what the post (more important) temps were. Bad news.. Massive blowby. I haven't capped the inlet of the vacuum pump but the tubing to it looks newer. its kaput. I cracked the injector lines and got a lower rougher idle each cylinder. Not...
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    looking for advise. blown 6bta/E350

    VE pump Its not a DD. I drive it once in a while to keep the cobwebs out but its purpose is to haul me and my toys to Colorado and back to Iowa once or twice a year. I wouldn't mind spanking my coworker with a 06 6 leaker who's always talking trash on my cummins Well, obviously...
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    looking for advise. blown 6bta/E350

    Hi new here. Iv got a 95 E350 with a IC 12v swapped in. NV4500 3.54 gears. Ran great (29 mpg unloaded) until I tried to tow my 8000 lb toyhauler to Colorado. Fuel was at the pedal but my egt's were to high for me to use it. Short story is I started blowing white start up smoke in the...

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