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Big Bart

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Just picked up this ‘87. Getting her ready to put a camper on and travel 49 of the 50 states over the next 12-18 months.

Nice ride, I wish I had a crew cab, kids are now to big to fit in back. Enjoy your trip!
 

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My 1993 F350 that my dad bought new in 1994. I inherited it when he bought a 97 super duty.

It started its life as a SRW 4x4 and sat behind the barn for about 15 years when I moved away for work.
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Put it inside the garage 3 years ago and did a DRW swap and replaced the engine with a reman from promar.
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I still consider it a project truck but it has come a long way in 3 years.
 

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This is my 89 F-Super Duty, Big Al. I bought it a couple years ago for $800. The previous owner had a no-start, so of course he took the Banks kit off first, and lost the parts. After 10+ years of sitting, and 2 years under my ownership looking for time and money for it, I finally got a rebuilt pump and new injectors installed and had first start today, July 4th! It idles perfect, and now I can at least move it around while I do everything else it needs to get legal and reliable. I love getting old diesels running again!
 

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New here, this is “Earl” he’s a 1986 F-350 ex Oklahoma cow poke. I bought him with an overheated 6.9 and found a good running 7.3 to drop in until I go through the 6.9. I’d like to go back original one day, but wanted to drive it in the meantime. My plans are to use it around my house and have fun.
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New here. Just picked up this 86 350. 6.9
 

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My 86 "Blue" day i got it before the swap and after the swap. Probly going to do a thread for this truck too
 

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I got the truck out of southern Oregon, one of the it just needs a little TLC you need to understand one person’s idea and yours may differ greatly
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I think your bull ose is the color my faded ass truck is supposed to be looks great
 

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I've been lurking for a month or so. Here's my 1993 E350 Club Wagon XLT. This is an ex-DOE Sandia Labs ****** / Communications van. It has 254,000 miles, original engine, rebuilt E40D transmission. Being a New Mexico vehicle, the body is in excellent shape, no rust, there's still some shine to the pain. The fiberglass bubble top has faded gelcoat, but so do my boats. The interior is in very good shape except for the dash (got a carpet cover), and the drivers seat (corner is torn / chewed up a bit). I bought it to carry musical instruments, and because I've always wanted to mess around with a diesel. This is my first.

So far, I have adjusted the FIPL (harsh shifts). I have a new FIPL since my check with an analog meter showed some dead spots in resistance. Brake MC leaks a little out the back onto the booster. I have the new MC. I have a new filter. These are the two big ticket items left to make the van reliable. I had some voltage issues, or so I thought. I have a local mechanic who has workred on the 7.3's extensively. He told me to check, clean, and tighten every ground I could find. Good advice. I found 11 ground straps. I treated about 8 of the 22 connections. Most were OK. I thought I had a GP relay or controller problem or maybe a bad battery or alternator. They all checked OK. After cleaning up the ground connections and the battery clamps, things are much better. I have a factory block heater. The factory steel roof is still in place, I guess like all of the DOE vans. There are some disconnected Muffin fans on the sides and back of the top. There are several cable feed-throughs from the interior to the roof space for power and some left-over COAX cables. There are slots and plugged threaded holes in the interior, along with 3 or 4 plates in the overhead. I was told they were for the radio equipment and hidden antennas above the van steel roof. I guess this was confirmed, looking at the posts from cant-write, DOE-SST, and others. I think this is cool, since I'm a Ham Radio operator (KD5HVO). My rear HVAC blower still works, but I have to top off the freon to see if the AC core still functions. The heater hoses were clamped off for the rear heater core.

The biggest problem I've fixed was the thermostat. The van ran "cold". No matter what I did, the temp would not climb past the gauge mark near the "C". Heater wouldn't put out warm air. When I pulled the alternator for testing, I pulled the thermostat. When I pulled the tube, the thermstat self-destructed before my eyes. Luckily, no bits got down into the cooling jacket. The thermostat was definitely stuck fully open. I had asked the PO if he had pulled the thermostat, but he said no. He ran the van mostly in the warmer months and the cold temps didn't bother him. I replaced the radiator hoses. But, on my 2nd test ride, the upper hose pulled loose from the thermostat tube. I lost 2.5 gallons of coolant, all over the top of the engine. I was less than 1/4 mkile from home so I basically coasted home. Engine temp never got over half way. Thank the Lord that there's almost 9 gallons of coolant in this beast. Topped it off with what the PO had in it (Xerex G05 extended life coolant). It now runs cool, but warms up to about the O in Normal. Heat's OK now. I plan on a flush / replacement in the spring. Brakes and Fuel filter first.

In the photo, you can see my blue and white beast. The old Dodge B250 is what was replaced by the E350. I'm an electrical engineer at Los Alamos National Laboratory. I'm also a part-time musician for several local community music groups. I play orchestral percussion. The van carries my entire percussion section: 4 timpani (kettle drums), bass drum, cymbals, xylophone, bells, drumset, chimes, etc. I though the Dodge 3/4 ton had room (it was an ex Conversion VAn). The 1-ton E350 gives me even more room.

So, I bought the van to be a "musical groupie van". It has now done that for two Christmas Concerts here in town. But, the van is in such good shape otherwise, I'm having evil thoughts about making it an RV like some others have in this Forum. I would have to make removable frames for doing the double duty. We'll see.

Thanks for this group. I've learned so much already. Here are some pix of my E350 along with the retired Dodge B250 just after I got it. I have more questions, and I've gotten some good replies already.

Stu
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This here’s my 92 7.3 idi, n/a. Big thanks to this forum for helping me get it to where it is now. Got screwed on the deal initially, a laundry list of hidden issues that came to fruition too late, but i’ve grown to love it in the process and I honestly wouldn’t give it up for anything now.
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New here, picked up my Tonka truck in a trade for my 04 diesel excursion.

She's a 1988 Internarional S1654. Started life as a dump truck, now a 19,500 GVWR pickup according to the title heh, still has the dump function, air system, etc. Air brakes removed and frame shortened to make it a "pickup truck" and she turns heads everywhere I go. Love it!

Just put straight pipes in, now she really sounds like a beast!

Edit: I think I put this in the wrong forum, can't find a delete function though.
 
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