So what did you do with your truck today?

That's awful about the oil slick. I can understand the feeling, but I'd never do anything like that. Those types of people (the ones who always want to race around) are the ones who get OHV trails shut down. We have a OHV park an hour from where I grew up. I still consider it my home riding area even though it's more like a 3.5 hour drive to get there. Back in the late 90s and early 00s, it used to be great. It was state owned, but they did next to nothing there. There was a small club that had 2 or 3 work days per year out there doing trail maintenance, etc. We could camp in the parking areas and one was right on the lake. Everyone was there to have a good time and we all got along. Then people started using it as a party place. That's when things started to go downhill. Eventually the state took over. There's no camping allowed. There's a gate now that gets shut down every day No trail maintenance gets done anymore. It's still fun, but it's sure not what it used to be. It's mostly just good for dirt bikes. The trails are pretty overgrown to be riding ATVs there.
As for the Wile E Coyote people, just look at the types of people who do that. That kind of thing is their M.O.

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“What did I do on my truck today”

Wished I could have worked on it

Unnecessary yes, do I love it yes
Quick one for ya, those who have swapped to 6.9 to 7.3 style returns what do you do for the line that goes to the tank? I’d assume 6.9 is 3/16 line. Just but a 3/16 to 1/4” adapter or is there a way I can make it 1/4” line easily

I started trying to find a squeak in the dash a couple days ago an got carried away

Just kidding. I bought a rebuilt tilt column to replace the worn out wobbler
The old one had a lot of turning over it lifetime this retainer on the spring is now a cresent instead of a ring.



And since I was in there I installed a new dash besel. It actually has all the clips and I can attach the tank selector switch and the wait to start panel. The old one i could not and I half a$$ed were the 2 screws were because that was all broke too

Austin86250 said:

Unnecessary yes, do I love it yes
Quick one for ya, those who have swapped to 6.9 to 7.3 style returns what do you do for the line that goes to the tank? I’d assume 6.9 is 3/16 line. Just but a 3/16 to 1/4” adapter or is there a way I can make it 1/4” line easily

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The 1/4" return lines don't use the hard line from the top of the IP back. They have a 1/4" rubber line that goes from the top of the IP over to the #2 injector. Yes they are still 1/4" at the back where they go to the tank. It looks a little like this.

I decided that it was time to take the fire wood that I had at the house and put it back at my garage. I had already taken one load that I didn't like very well and gave it to someone else. By rights, I should have either given him a little more or used more than one trip for the rest, but that's not my style. I can honestly say that I've never had this much volume of wood in this trailer before. I got that all stacked up and it was just about lunch time so I started a cooking fire and ate lunch. Then, for some extremely stupid reason, I decided to split some of the locust that's been curing for 2.5 years by hand. I learned a couple of important lessons while I was doing that. 1) I'm too old, fat, and out of shape to do that kind of thing very much. 2) I REALLY need to get the hydraulic lines on my power splitter fixed. That kind of thing is for the birds! I did end up splitting more than I realized. I also could have laid down on the ground and slept for at least 3 hours without an issue so I guess I'll sleep pretty good tonight! I also have a newfound respect for the people who used to do that all of the time 150 years or so ago. Naturally, I hadn't abused myself enough so, after I got home, I picked up the rest of the bark and hauled it down to our city burn pit. I'm now officially done for the day!

Well my my another 60$ hydroboost set up out of an f superduty

Austin86250 said:

Well my my another 60$ hydroboost set up out of an f superduty

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I neeeeeeed to do this upgrade!!!

I've been hard at it for the last month doing all kinds of fixes and upgrades on my 93 turbo.

Mine had the wrong linkage for the 4x4 selector and I needed to make a new one that is for the ZF5. It turns out the E40D uses a linkage that is about 3/8" longer and mine would only go partway into 4H and had to hold the shift lever back to keep it from popping out. Now it all sits right there perfect. Will have to re-time the selector lights on the dash as it only says 4x4 when it's in 4H, but that's not such a big deal.

Also put in a new rear fuel tank and sender to replace the dinged and rusted old one that was leaking fuel around a bent pick up line. That worked straight away first try with no leaks !!!

Now I have most of the truck running nicely and started on my gooseneck pocket in the flat bed. Got that done today and it's looking pretty good too.

Hard to believe how much crap an old truck can take to truly get back in order. This one is trying my perseverance big time, but I can finally see some light at the end of the tunnel.

On to the next flatbed rails and who knows what else. Do these things ever end ???

Cheers, Pete

offroad-anarchy said:

Do these things ever end ???

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Only when you want them to. One way or another.

offroad-anarchy said:

I've been hard at it for the last month doing all kinds of fixes and upgrades on my 93 turbo.

Mine had the wrong linkage for the 4x4 selector and I needed to make a new one that is for the ZF5. It turns out the E40D uses a linkage that is about 3/8" longer and mine would only go partway into 4H and had to hold the shift lever back to keep it from popping out. Now it all sits right there perfect. Will have to re-time the selector lights on the dash as it only says 4x4 when it's in 4H, but that's not such a big deal.

Also put in a new rear fuel tank and sender to replace the dinged and rusted old one that was leaking fuel around a bent pick up line. That worked straight away first try with no leaks !!!

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How was changing the tank? did you do it from below or remove the bed? I just bought 2 new tanks for mine , dreading the work to change.

Ole BlackBetty said:

How was changing the tank? did you do it from below or remove the bed? I just bought 2 new tanks for mine , dreading the work to change.

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I pulled the rear tank from below. Mine was just two steel plates holding it up against the straps on top. The hardest part is getting in to disconnect and connect the fuel lines.

I have the advantage of a fork lift to raise the frame relative to the axle. Also a flatbed rather than the standard box. This gave me alot more room to work in there.

Another suggestion would be to cut the nylon lines and the sender wires to get the tank out. You'd then cut off the rest of the nylon lines to the quick release ends and hard lines on the frame rail. The new sender will have a new connector that you'll have to splice in as well.

The new soft lines will be hose clamped to the quick connects and refit onto the sender ends at the tank first before you put the tank back in. Also put the new connector on the sender before hand. Then as you go to put the new tank all wired up back in, you'll have room to slide the soft lines and wires over the cross member and just hanging there until the tank is secure and bolted back in place.

This way you can fish the soft lines and wires over to where you can easily get at them with them already perfectly connected to the tank. Cut them to smoothly bend over the cross member and hose clamp to the hard lines on the frame rail. Use some waterproof wire splice connectors for the yellow and black sender wires and you're good to go.

I didn't replace my nylon return line as it was fine, but it was a nightmare to get hooked back up. If I had to do it all over again, I surely just cut those nylon lines and as you have to splice in a new connector for the sender wires anyway, just get it done and save yourself the hassle when putting the new tank back in.

Just my $0.02

Cheers, Pete

Ok. Got the front side tank pulled today, was not really as bad of a job as I thought. It still had about five gallons in it but I pulled the filler loose from the bed and luckily it had enough slack to reach the ground . Lines were a little hard to get disconnected, but some on blaster and working them around a bit got them broke loose for the tool. When I got the tank out and removed the severely rusted pickup tube assembly, I could not believe the amount said rust and debris in the tank. I now have a new pickup assembly on order before I can put the tank back on see.