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    Foolproof method for luminosity probe timing

    people using piezo clamps to time usually say to time it around 9 degrees btdc, so that means theres around 14 degrees of rotation between the piezo pulse and the flash
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    TIMING SERVICE REGISTRY

    State: South Dakota City: Sioux Falls Capability - Luminosity Equipment - Fox Valley Contact Info - [email protected] Cost - case of beer
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    Foolproof method for luminosity probe timing

    So a while ago I bought a Fox Valley luminosity timing probe secondhand from a forum member, and I finally got around to using it, and in my research, I found that it seems like nobody either on here or on fordtrucks.com knows the proper way to use it, or at least they havent shared their...
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    “Dadiesel” Rare Video

    With a concrete filled block, that things not going any further than a quarter mile.
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    Rebuilding ZF5, looking for preload shims

    Finding the shims was the hardest part. Between the service manual and a few youtube videos I found, it was pretty easy, but I still took my time doing it. The only special tool I found I really needed was a special collet for pulling one of the synchro rings off, the rotunda T87T-7025-MH-NH-OH...
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    Rebuilding ZF5, looking for preload shims

    just a quick update for anyone curious, I finally got the truck off the jankstands and tried out the transmission, it seems to work fine. A bit of rollover noise when lugging the gears, but none in neutral. Time for a victory beer.
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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

    these are the ones I bought https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0D55QJMXS https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0D9S1NGF4 On the 5/16 one I had some trouble getting the fittings onto the smaller line, but I made it work between the two. I also needed less fittings because I got rid of the switcher altogether and...
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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

    you can buy rolls of the nylon line with the connectors that you put on yourself online for pretty cheap, thats what I just did. you dip the hoses in boiling water to soften them, then jam them onto the fittings.
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    2025 i.p. builder discussion

    wait, so... you think well established businesses are "fly by night" because their owners dont regularly post on your forum?
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    Pre-sidewinder banks up pipe with zf5 swap

    I got the new uppipe made and built a box around the hole in the tunnel for clearance, and got it all installed and ready to go. I put a V-band between the uppipe and ypipe to replace that accursed slipjoint. Unless this thing leaks, I hope to never touch it again, God willing.
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    Pre-sidewinder banks up pipe with zf5 swap

    Well, since now I know that A: I have the wrong pedestal, and B: buying the right pedestal and all new Y pipe/uppipe would probably put me back between $600 and $1200, not to mention time wasted trying to find them, Ive gone ahead with my plan to make a custom up pipe and modify the firewall to...
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    Pre-sidewinder banks up pipe with zf5 swap

    I think what happened is that the guy I bought the kit from didnt know what it was, and it turns out this was the kit for the automatic trannies all along, and it just so happened to barely fit around the T19, so I didnt ask any questions at the time. Anyways, I just ordered a pile of mandrel...
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    Pre-sidewinder banks up pipe with zf5 swap

    well, the problem with that is, thats only half the problem. the other half is that even just the flared end of the uppipe with the flange on it doesnt fit between the tranny and tunnel, even with the crossmember out and the trans at full droop.
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    Pre-sidewinder banks up pipe with zf5 swap

    Hey Guys, I was afraid I might run into something like this, but here goes: I am swapping a zf5 into my 87 F250, with a 7.3 and a pre-sidewinder banks nonwastegated turbo, and now that Ive got my tranny bolted on and crossmember modified to fit it, I can see now that the up pipe for the turbo...
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    NEED HELP SHOULD I BUY ? TURBO QUESTIONS

    I wouldnt have had to rebuilt the turbo, weld up the crotch of the Y pipe with cut strips of steel, re-bend the up pipe, cut out graphite donuts to seal the headers, and try 3 different ways of sealing the stupid bent up slip joint with a new kit. Thats what most of the hours were.
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