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  1. BrianX128

    Strange Front Speaker Issue

    So in Ernest, (90 Crew Cab), I had made a box for three 6x9 rockford fosgate speakers behind my rear seat, but when I got my amp I noticed I had enough channels to wire in my front speakers so I got everything hooked up and it works perfectly but the small metal covering that goes over the...
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    What am I even doing sometimes

    They were sylvania brand at Walmart on clearance for 3$ each
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    What am I even doing sometimes

    Yep they're dimmable LEDs
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    What am I even doing sometimes

    So the red is actually pretty awesome the way the needles and warning areas of the gauges stand out but the greenish backing of the other areas doesnt let much light through so they are dimmer. It's pretty cool.
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    What am I even doing sometimes

    If you are doing your pedal box and ever wanted your dash lights to be brighter while you have the cluster out sitting on the tailgate, its a great time to put in some little 194 led wedge lights. I have always seen people use blue or white led's, and so to be different I tried red led's in...
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    What am I even doing sometimes

    I've been trying to get a good bit of work done this winter on the 7.3 while I drive the 6.9, and I've had some comical screw ups along the way I just have to mention.. I put my 3G alternator in, worked great but the belts always screeched. I took a suggestion from someone on here to use my old...
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    So what did you do with your truck today?

    I finished putting in my new clutch pedal assembly in Ernest today. It's amazing what it feels like to press the clutch pedal without worn bushings and a destroyed pushrod swing arm. Going to be hard to learn to drive the truck again, between my clutch now grabbing in a totally different area...
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    So what did you do with your truck today?

    At least it looks like your wires are saggy. That actually should help lol. I put my gauges under the ash tray in my truck and so all of my wires are right where yours are in that picture. Nice and hidden until you look under there and sigh. Even worse mine are all zip tied together ..
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    So what did you do with your truck today?

    Yeah, it's not a bad job if you can get the steering column out but if you cant it's really hard to yank on the thing in the cab and not break stuff. I was just removing it from a parts truck so I wasn't that careful and broke the ignition box thing on the top of the steering column clean off. I...
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    So what did you do with your truck today?

    The steering column removal and having space to actually remove it once it is unhooked is infuriating. The little screws on the dash come out to get the gauge cluster out so you can get your hands in there to unhook all of the electrical connections on the column to remove it which isn't too...
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    7.3 IDI NA White smoke and misfiring on cold start and under load

    Yeah but if your only getting some bubbles of air that effects it at wide open throttle it will be hard to tell without replacing a portion of fuel line with clear line to see the bubbles. Do you still have a stock fuel system ie mechanical fuel pump on side of engine pumping fuel up to the...
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    7.3 IDI NA White smoke and misfiring on cold start and under load

    Where did you get the parts you have replaced? mainly the injectors. Timing could be off, you could have air getting in the system pre-ip causing some of the "misfiring" issues hence what you said with it running ok until you punch it and it runs out of fuel and the air starts getting in.
  13. BrianX128

    So what did you do with your truck today?

    Pulled another clutch pedal assembly and dash from an 87-91 parts truck. Nothing ever prepares you for how awful pulling these clutch pedal assemblies are.
  14. BrianX128

    e250 Vacuum Canister and vacuum issues

    I got an old one from wes, but literally anything you can seal off will work so as long as you can adapt a universal one to the plugs and hoses you'll be fine
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    Never before seen mess

    Well my plastic sight glass thing at the bottom was able to comfortably be turned an entire revolution. Cant get any air to go in it now nor can I get it to leak. I still think I'm going to order a spare in case anything happens to either of them on both my idis. Now I have a spare 100' of...
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    Never before seen mess

    Saw bubbles while making sure the new fuel filter wasn't leaking after I put it on
  17. BrianX128

    Never before seen mess

    So my 7.3 just came back from getting its dmf to smf swap, put my new pedal assembly, just a lot of winter time things that needed addressed. I was having an issue with the truck stumbling off wot 1/50 times and thought my pump may be shot at 80k. Tried the atf trick and while doing this and a...
  18. BrianX128

    Alternator help

    I think you just fixed my squealing belt. Not because of this belt- I have it, but that means the only thing driving my alternator is my water pump, and my other two belts from the crank to water pump [and ps pump / ac compressor] aren't as tight as they need to be and so my water pump is...
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    Alternator help

    Just be careful going 3g if you are still on vbelt system still if you hate screeching and have a large electrical load. Large draws don't get along with your vbelt system. At least mine doesn't until the batteries recover from starting. Immediately turning on the ac and lights makes that more fun.
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    So what did you do with your truck today?

    I put the old pulley from my regular alternator on my 3g alternator and the thing squeaks less now but still can be rough the first minute after the truck starts. I think it's trying to tell me my batteries are shot and its gotta stay in full charge mode for up to 2 minutes to make itself happy...
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    Another "Why can't it be closer to me"

    https://washingtondc.craigslist.org/nva/cto/d/ashburn-1986-ford-f250-diesel-pickup/6810210095.html Meh I've been looking for an auto (so fiance could drive it if need be), extended cab not 4 door (so it's not stupid long but could still be a grocery getter / have a back seat should we ever...
  22. BrianX128

    So what did you do with your truck today?

    Got my 6.9 back last night, @FarmerFrank did an awesome job with my clutch and throwout bearing, which was so locked up it wouldn't spin. Ordered some felpro valve cover gaskets so I can seal the drivers side back up. Gonna pull the good clutch pedal assembly I have in a parts truck out tomorrow...
  23. BrianX128

    i cant get my IDI to run!!!

    Squirt all your fuel out of that thing on the fuel filter?
  24. BrianX128

    Moving Forward In Better Shape

    I've had some major surgery / upgrades this winter with my IDI's, "Ernest" in my sig ('90 7.3 CCLB ZF5) got a SMF Conversion in my other thread lots of details of what happened along the way there. Anyways, some things I still want to do to it this winter/spring I'm gonna put in this thread...
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    So what did you do with your truck today?

    I'll be looking on craigslist here in Pennsylvania for an auto just like that so my fiance could drive one of my trucks if she had to, but crying at the prices and conditions the entire time.

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