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  1. Randy Bush

    Swapping pushrods with a different motor?

    I would have to disagree with that. Certain engines where bad for rocker wear , 350 chev, 300 fords with cast rockers. They all wear a certain amount just the nature of the style. IMO really has very little to do with being run low on oil. Bearing being worn and not allowing enough oil to be...
  2. Randy Bush

    So what did you do with your truck today?

    Must of did something right for it to last that long LOL
  3. Randy Bush

    Swapping pushrods with a different motor?

    If the current rockers on the engine are not abnormally worn there is no reason to change for the replacement pushrods.
  4. Randy Bush

    Swapping pushrods with a different motor?

    You want to make sure the pushrod end is nice and round not wore pointed, they don't oil right if so.
  5. Randy Bush

    Rebuilt Heads Intake won't line up.

    Yes they did, actually the intake in a sense was part of the head, pretty good engine really, it was such a strong engine that Nascar made rules to prohibit it.
  6. Randy Bush

    Rebuilt Heads Intake won't line up.

    Back a lot of years ago when I was doing engine rebuilding always ran into weird stuff like this. 350 chevs had a special tool for spreading the exhaust manifold to get the bolts to line up. and like on Ford FE engines, 352- 390, always left the head bolts loose until the intake was on and...
  7. Randy Bush

    Compression reduced pistons

    Why are you wanting to lower the compression?
  8. Randy Bush

    Best 7.3 idi build.

    Just going by the information have gotten from a rebuilder source, where they claim the main webs are .100 thicker . Being I have only rebuild what can out of the trucks , I have never put a mic to things like that. IDIBronco the webs could be thicker on a turbo and same bearings fit by where...
  9. Randy Bush

    Best 7.3 idi build.

    First to do is find a turbo block, stronger then a NA one.
  10. Randy Bush

    Dually wheels 2wd vs 4wd

    I know on my 93 dually you can't run 235s, Mine had those on when I bought it, used. Was hard to chain up and the fronts where to close to fender and rubbed too if I remember right when max turning. Went back to 215s now things are fine. I guess never know there was two different set of rims.
  11. Randy Bush

    Air pump delete

    HVAC system uses vacuum too.
  12. Randy Bush

    Temporary replacement of a DT466 with 7.3

    Seems like a lot of work to go through for a temp situation.
  13. Randy Bush

    Will loose Torque converter bolts cause bad noises?

    Also want to check that the flexplate holes are not egged out from being loose.
  14. Randy Bush

    Truck Hard to start when cold

    Have you confirmed that your batteries are good , sounds like that may not be up to par. A slow cranking engine will not start, or start very hard.
  15. Randy Bush

    I want to double check my driver side motor mount

    You have a bracket that is bolted to the engine then bolted to it is the insulator, motor mount , bolts to the frame mount. The mount is a one piece unit . Non repairable, if rubber part is bad then the mount needs replacing.
  16. Randy Bush

    So what did you do with your truck today?

    Did you know Wes, CDD, on here just a couple of posts up sells a very nicely made on at a fair price.
  17. Randy Bush

    1990 Ford 7.3 idi

    You also want to make sure your batteries are good and fully charged. These engine have to spin over good in order to start. Welcome to Oil Burners.
  18. Randy Bush

    So what did you do with your truck today?

    Auction find?
  19. Randy Bush

    OBS Low brakes

    The dumb plastic line going to the A/C box like to brake / crack with age. If you have a vacuum pump can find the leak too.
  20. Randy Bush

    OBS Low brakes

    If the brake pedal feels the same as with the engine off then I would agree to that you are losing to much vacuum for the booster to operate correctly. Might need to put a vacuum gauge on to see what you do have when pushing the pedal down. It will drop , but should come right back up, vacuum...
  21. Randy Bush

    Heavy towing scheduled for the AM

    Should handle that pretty easy.
  22. Randy Bush

    Has anybody Bushed turbo con-rods

    After looking more my Ford factory turbo engine manual has both the N/A and turbo size listed , weird, typo error guess.
  23. Randy Bush

    Has anybody Bushed turbo con-rods

    Information I looked was wrong then . Don't have the IDI information so had to look it up . But still no way would I remove .200 thousands out of the piston. By the time you have a machinist do the work would be into it for the cost of new pistons.
  24. Randy Bush

    Has anybody Bushed turbo con-rods

    IDIT annd PSD are 33 mm and IDI are 30 mm , 3 mm is .118 thousands .You still have to machine for the snap ring. IMO it is not worth the hassle. Sent from my KYOCERA-E6790 using Tapatalk
  25. Randy Bush

    Has anybody Bushed turbo con-rods

    That is something I would not recommend doing. You are talk about a pin that is held in place with snap rings and roughly .100 larger.

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