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  1. raydav

    Starting without glow plugs.

    I am an electronic engineer. On good days I built spacecraft, now I just redesign old cars. Theory is great and necessary. But until you "smoke check", you cannot prove your idea. Welcome to the club. .
  2. raydav

    When Should An EOD4 Shift Into OD

    The simple answer to "when should an E4OD shift into OD", Is, whenever the controller tells it to. And that leads to the question, at any given moment, what is the controller telling the trans? For well over a decade, I have found knowing what the controller is telling the trans to be very...
  3. raydav

    rotary fuel pump

    My 84 van came stock with an electric pump. At least three times I have driven several miles, at up to 50 MPH, with the IP pulling fuel thru a frame mounted Racor filter, and an electric pump that was not running.
  4. raydav

    rotary fuel pump

    Carter has been my choice for low pressure pumps for several years; my IDI and a few 460s. If you look near the top of this album you will see the pumps I have used. https://goo.gl/photos/LJNV4esgmYmSzKdL8
  5. raydav

    Remote Fuel Filter Recommendation?

    I got rid of the on-engine fuel filter on both my 7.3 IDI, and 7.3 2001 PSD. Both are E350s. In both I have a RACOR on the frame. The pic is a RACOR that is from Ford. They are available down to two micron. I have six vehicles that run. The E350s came stock with electric pumps. The other...
  6. raydav

    C6 Lock up torque converter.

    Regarding how much slip is eliminated with a locking convertor. My IDI is in a 9K# E350. The E4OD has a low stall, triple disk, billet convertor. The trans is controlled be a first gen Baumman controller. I built the trans a decade or so ago. It is my daily driver and primary cross country...
  7. raydav

    New IP

    What are "olives". On the van and my cars supply lines are 3/8, return are 5/16, and all the hard connections are brass compression.
  8. raydav

    New IP

    I got rid of the filter on the engine. On the frame, about about halfway between tank and IP, I have a Racor 2 micron filter, then a supply pump. I have the original vacuum switch after the supply pump. Several times I have had the supply pump turned off, and driven three miles at fifty MPH...
  9. raydav

    Electric fuel pump wiring

    In my was 460 now IDI van, I have had a "faucet" on the frame and a hose under the seat for a few decades. I have used it to provide gasoline to someones car. I have not had the opportunity to rescue anyone with a diesel.
  10. raydav

    Electric fuel pump wiring

    A crash will typically stall the engine. The oil pressure switch avoids a fuel puddle under the vehicle. I have a 2001 PSD where I have an aftermarket, electronic oil pressure gauge monitoring fuel supply pressure. When mounted hard to the chassis, the pressure transducer could now handle...
  11. raydav

    Electric fuel pump wiring

    I control fuel pumps with a three position - on-off-on - toggle switch. I can run the pump only when there is oil pressure, whenever I want - good for maintenance - or never - also good for maintenance. There is an oil pressure switch that has the usual close-to-ground when there is NOT oil...
  12. raydav

    G injectors or not

    I have a Classic Diesel Designs 90cc IP. I have had it a while and am now installing it as preventive maintenance. The engine is a 93 turbo. The vehicle is an 84 E350 van, so the turbo is on the frame at about the back of the trans. It gets a few pounds of boost, especially in third gear up...
  13. raydav

    80-91 tilt column rebuild

    I spent most of three days trying to reduce free play. It does have a real U joint. I am guessing it is something they stuffed in a non tilt unit, and that was the best they could do with the space that was available. There are are four balls. They are not all the same size. How they are...
  14. raydav

    2001 E350 brakes

    Are you sure? My 84 cracked both rotors but had no issues with the drums.
  15. raydav

    2001 E350 brakes

    Ah yes, the parking brake. I am guessing a spring broke. I was on the other side of the country. I have since removed all the parking brake parts. I have a 4R100 with a drive shaft brake that I need to check/rebuild and install. No thank you.
  16. raydav

    2001 E350 brakes

    I have two E350s; one is a 1984 that I modified with a dual wheel rear and a 94 IDI turbo engine. It weighs 9K#. The other is a 2001 PSD. It weighs 12K#. It used to be a bus, is now RV. Both have disk front brakes, and the same DANA 70, dual wheel rear. The 9K rear has drums and the 12K...
  17. raydav

    Fluid change or rebuild?

    I currently have six Fords that run, two more in work, and two waiting. I stopped using in-radiator coolers decades ago. I found they are often trans heaters, not coolers. I now get triple pass radiators that do not even have a trans cooler. The pic is my current favorite trans cooler. The...
  18. raydav

    Fluid change or rebuild?

    I did build the trans. It has an F5 pump with a metal drain back valve - I melted a plastic one once. I used a Transgo Tugger kit, with the selective hole size the smaller of the three suggestions. It has a 6 planet somewhere, I forget where. The convertor is a triple disk billet. The pan...
  19. raydav

    Fluid change or rebuild?

    I have an E4OD that I built eleven years and 95K miles ago. I have never changed the fluid. It was red, it is now brown, which I assume is friction material. Is it fluid change or rebuild time?
  20. raydav

    Looking for a rust bucket IDI truck

  21. raydav

    Looking for a rust bucket IDI truck

    I found an engine near home. It is a 93, is serpentine, and seems to have all the accessory brackets, and a flexplate and block/trans spacer.
  22. raydav

    Looking for a rust bucket IDI truck

    I have apparently been too busy to think. We have my 63 F100 stripped to the shell. We have been to car shows the last two weekends. Hot Rod Power Tour is coming up. And I seem to had forgotten there is an 89 E350 in my back yard. It is what I bought for it's 7.3 IDI for my 84 E350. It is...
  23. raydav

    Looking for a rust bucket IDI truck

    I am looking for a 7.3 IDI truck. I need a title, a good frame, and would like a ten foot wheel base. I don't actually need anything else. I would rather not pay for a good body because the whole point of this is to use a body I already have. I have a 76 Mercury Montego wagon. CA is...
  24. raydav

    Supply/Lift pumps

    But I also carry: Belts Water pump IP and line stuff Two alternators Brake pads Air filter Fuel filter Electric kit Baumann transmission controller Plumbing kit A couple hundred # of tools There are two batteries for the engine, four batteries for accessories, an inverter, and sometimes solar...
  25. raydav

    Supply/Lift pumps

    I would hope you would understand, that my point is, if I can move 9K#, 60 MPH, up a rather steep hill, with no supply pump at all, it should not take much of a supply pump to run properly.

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