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    Began the 6.9 upgrade

    Thank you gentlemen.
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    Began the 6.9 upgrade

    Well, after November being the most interruption prone, inefficient, annoying month of 2015 for me I finally got back to the 6.9. Quick question about valve seals: The old valve seals had a double seal on the intake side. Basically, the small little exhaust seal was under the meaty rubber one...
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    I DROPPED THE BALL!

    What a wonderful coincidence! I was going to make a thread about this tonight anyway. The woman was insistent on helping me today so I told her she could clean the two coolant pipes, and scrape the old hardened gasket material off. The upper one (thermostat housing) she was working on while I...
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    Began the 6.9 upgrade

    SWEEEET thanks!
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    Began the 6.9 upgrade

    I can't view the attached image all I see is a paperclip. I'll have to try on my laptop. Also my cell phone does not bring up the "manage attachments" options. Again I'll have to try on my laptop but I don't know how to put pictures on my laptop from my smart phone. I'll try and get this figured...
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    Began the 6.9 upgrade

    icanfixall I finally got back to the project today and I see the aluminum bridge piece you speak of. I pulled everything off the top except for the injection pump which is still attached to the drive housing. Since I'll be yanking the entire front anyway to re seal everything, can I just...
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    Starter shenanigans...

    There ya go! I'm not completely crazy. Thanks LCAM-O1XA!
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    Starter shenanigans...

    Eeeeeevil Shenanigans! I guess no one here ever seen Super Troopers? No matter. Glad to know all this starter information.
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    6.9 Found!

    brandon: Thank you for the generous offer, however at this point I'm going to just rock the 1st gen. The ticking 7.3 in the truck is getting louder and I feel it's only a matter of time. That's what's on tap for this week gentlemen. Studded heads, all new seals and I'll grab the bullet glow...
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    Starter shenanigans...

    These kind of shenanigans sound cruel and tragic. Which wouldn't make them shenanigans, at all, really.
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    6.9 Found!

    What a absolute hideous waste of time!!! The truck was a 87, but the engine is a February of 84 with a serial # in the low 84'000's! Obviously swapped in. That's it, I'm done! Soon as I get to the garage I'm tearing the heads off the 1st gen 6.9 currently on the engine stand, putting in the...
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    6.9 Found!

    I'm sold. I'm getting it. Only down side is I have to wait until Sunday, the seller cannot meet until then. 3 more days of lost time. At least when this is all said and done I'll have peace of mind. This just sucks I want to tear into this project so bad especially now that I have all the parts...
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    6.9 Found!

    I REALLY gotta stay off Craig's list! I just found a 87 6.9 for dirt cheap that has about 10,000 less miles on it than my first generation currently on my engine stand! It runs! Farmers truck! Now either way I don't have time for a complete tear down for the monster build BUT what does the...
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    Began the 6.9 upgrade

    Cool. Back to the 7.3 rockers, are they roller rockers from factory or is that a performance upgrade? What specifically is wrong with the stock 6.9's vs 7.3's?
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    Began the 6.9 upgrade

    Thanks for the info thus far. While on the topic of gaskets, how about the oil cooler, thermostat housing, water pump housing, and Injection pump gear housing. (the one I keep hearing do not remove to remove injection pump) are these silicone procedure as well or gasket?
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    To all whom own a Bull Moose

    Just curious as to what equipment you need to support it. Turbo size, bottom end upgrades, timing, piston coating, etc. In a nut shell, is this pump streetable without rolling coal to horribly?
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    Began the 6.9 upgrade

    79jasper: I was not aware of the RTV. Is there no gasket available or just not a good idea. riotwarrior: I completely forgot about the rockers. Can I flip flop the ones I have in that 7.3 that will be getting yanked? Would new ones be advisable?
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    88 idi voltage problems

    I had almost the exact same problem. Bought a "new" rebuild. Junk out of the box. Took it back and got another new rebuild. This one charges, but it is slow to move the gauge. I still need to put a volt meter on the batteries and see exactly what is going on but for now the gauge never gets...
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    Began the 6.9 upgrade

    Well I hauled the 1st gen 6.9 into the garage today and set her up on the engine stand with the skid steer loader. I'll mention that as I lowered the loader arms and the stand began to hold the weight I believe heard a WHY!? I placed a 20 ton bottle jack under the front of the oil pan and gave a...
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    ARP thread chasers

    Thank you everyone! Looking forward to the weekend.
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    ARP thread chasers

    In preparation for this weekends 6.9 head stud project, I was wondering about this thread chaser kit I seen for $118.00. It looks like 5 regular plain Jane thread taps but I'm just curious if they are something special I should purchase for that ridiculous price or if I should just get one from...
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    6.9 head gasket

    Ok stupid question will 7.3 gaskets work on a 6.9?
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    6.9 head gasket

    Excellent! I'll take it :-)
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    Power is Power, Right?

    Wow! Very awesome gentlemen thank you for the plethora of info. Ok, so next question. If I had a seriously built IDI with say maybe a Omega Moose pump and dt466/Powerstroke sized turbo that was absolutely jacked, and you placed that next to a evenly matched similar powered inline 6...I would...
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    Power is Power, Right?

    Ok. If you have a 400hp IDI/Powerstroke/Duramax/3208Cat...( V block ) and you then you have a 400hp Cummins/DT360/C7Cat ( inline 6 ), would they not perform the same? I've been involved in a few conversations with different people with very different opinions and I'm curious to what everyones...

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