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  1. BrianX128

    GRRRR! Pick up mods that should be illegal

    Wire giant LED's into your reverse lights. Put a toggle switch in the cab that turns them on with a relay as well. Legal in the reverse lights. Maybe not that switch, but who says it has to be easy to find?
  2. BrianX128

    Stiff Clutch - Now No Clutch?

    There should be a kit that has everything in it.. LUK 07225 I believe. That first video is your dual mass section of the flywheel and it's super broke. 1/4 to 3/8 of an inch of play is all that's acceptable if I remember correctly. Also something is very weird with your clutch. Nothing moves...
  3. BrianX128

    Stiff Clutch - Now No Clutch?

    Before you do, you could always remove the fork and see if it broke. I can't tell for sure but something just looks off when you press the clutch. Someone who has done this more than me may chime in..
  4. BrianX128

    Stiff Clutch - Now No Clutch?

    Either your input shaft sheared off or dual mass flywheel is literally dual masses now and isn't spinning on the flywheel side. You can take the inspection plate off and sit a phone under for a video that will tell us more. LUK single mass flywheel and clutch kits are great and not expensive.
  5. BrianX128

    Good 3 way ball valve

    Well I got one from McMaster's carr [brass] and it still leaks. Same port as on the old valve. Leaks less but it's still wet under it. Doesn't make sense. Ready to just throw it all away. Gonna try and tighten everything one more turn. Hopefully it was residual coolant that was getting on the...
  6. BrianX128

    Good 3 way ball valve

    Where do you actually get one of these that doesn't suck? I've gotten two different ones from amazon as literally 0 of my local hardware stores have anything and look at you like a god damn alien when you ask about such a thing. I of course was cutting the flow of coolant off to my heater core...
  7. BrianX128

    Best AC parts for a 7.3 idi

    It doesn't hurt anything for a push fan to run all of the time though. I use mine off a toggle switch when towing just for extra air flow through the radiator. Pushes more heat at the fan clutch in town to keep it locked up so temps don't spike in stop and go traffic.
  8. BrianX128

    Best AC parts for a 7.3 idi

    Every idi I've messed with that had the "cool but not cold" symptoms could be fixed for 50$. The orifice tube was clogged, high side pressure was too high, and after replacing that, recharging the system, making sure the re-circulation door operates, and putting ball valves in to re-route the...
  9. BrianX128

    Starter Solenoids

    This wasn't on my idi but it's the same parts on my 1990 F150 so I figured I'd bring it up here. My starter was sounding wonky and slow lately in that truck, first three rotations it would stop between each revolution and then it would spin consistently but not fast. Battery good, grounds good...
  10. BrianX128

    I hate TTB axles

    The shop that did it is one my uncle worked at for 30 years before he passed, I know they had to order something for it but it was just a little over 100, they're pretty good to me. They were honest when I had brought my old winter beater gas truck to them a few years back and just said they did...
  11. BrianX128

    I hate TTB axles

    My alignment sheet had the camber spec on it after they did it. They did my 150 as well granted the straight 6 isn't as heavy and it wore out tires too but nowhere near this level. They wore evenly horizontally across the tire too, unlike these that wore out worse closer to the engine on both sides.
  12. BrianX128

    I hate TTB axles

    30k miles on these tires and there toast. Bfg ko2 265 75 16s. Back look brand new. Aligned 5k after putting the tires on the truck because I could feel them wearing odd but didn't matter. Any good fix to this or just doomed no matter what?
  13. BrianX128

    Well that was really stupid

    So a couple of days ago I noticed my overflow bottle for coolant in my 6.9 had a crack in it and leaked out. Annoying but I had another one laying in stock and some coolant so I filled the radiator the 1/2 an inch it was down, filled the new overflow and moved on. Didn't drive the truck for a...
  14. BrianX128

    Questions about Facet pump conversion

    I have a stock turbo IP turned up 3-4 flats from stock setting on my 7.3 and I can make my facet pump sit at 0 psi on my electric gauge pretty easy flooring the truck, but I can't hold it at 0. I'll eventually be moving pretty good or melt a piston. My 6.9 with a moose junior pump is the same...
  15. BrianX128

    Helping with a no start issue

    Yeah, we thought about pull starting it but we want to wait and try again with good glow plugs and see if we can get it to fire that way. I've always had these start with ether if the glow plugs were bad and you were for sure getting fuel, but even with all of the cranking I'm not going to...
  16. BrianX128

    Helping with a no start issue

    So we got to work on this tonight. It does have the screwed into the head thing still there but it isn't hooked up. The controller works but was short cycling real bad. It turns out either 4/8 or 5/8 plugs weren't actively working. We ended up pulling them all out and one of them wasn't too...
  17. BrianX128

    Helping with a no start issue

    Ok cool. I'm going to look at it either tomorrow or Thursday so I'll be more useful then but I'm trying to lob him some ideas to look at before I get there just for the heck of it. This is what we're reviving. I bet if I disable the glow plugs and give it a sniff it would start but I want to fix...
  18. BrianX128

    Helping with a no start issue

    I would say throwing parts at it, but mostly because I think once he replaced the glow plugs he assumed he had a fuel issue since it wasn't starting. Originally I don't believe he had fuel but the truck was sitting for a bit. At least once we get it to fire he won't have 32 things leaking now...
  19. BrianX128

    Helping with a no start issue

    So I have a friend who picked up an 87 F250 4x4, I haven't seen it in person yet but he's been going over things and can't get it to start. He's so far put on a facet pump, @Thewespaul 's feed line and fuel pressure gauge, pulled injectors and put in new copper washers, cleaned injector bores...
  20. BrianX128

    Non AC dash control question

    Ok so I plug my existing hose to the recirculation door, and splice right into vacuum that is always on when the engine is on and use the valve off a switch. Gotcha.
  21. BrianX128

    Non AC dash control question

    Interesting. Found a similar one on Amazon prime for 18$ might have to order one and wire that into the same wire as the low pressure switch so if the compressor is on I'm recirculating. Curious why there is two hoses and if one is an inlet and outlet for the vacuum.
  22. BrianX128

    Non AC dash control question

    I'm just trying to think how I can use this since my truck has ac now with the wrong controls. Maybe if I turn it backwards so if I have the air on in any capacity even heat its recirculating but when its truley off it would be a vent? Disconnect it entirely and use a throttle cable? Haha
  23. BrianX128

    Non AC dash control question

    So in my 1990 F150 that was non ac, I added ac a while back. One of the curious parts I chose not to mess with was the dash controls because the donor truck had the ugliest destroyed hvac panels ever, so I put a toggle switch to send power to the low pressure switch on the drier to give power to...
  24. BrianX128

    AC Advise

    Forgot the picture and stuff. I got all of this from amazon, it felt like good quality.. The wires for some of my senders are a bit everywhere, too much stuff in the engine bay. That being said the stuff leaked slightly around the threads until I put pipe tape on it. Not sure if I didn't...
  25. BrianX128

    AC Advise

    I'll send you a picture here in a minute, I got them all from Amazon. Pretty good quality too. Except the 6 pack of 3/4 npt to 5/8 hose barb has 5 not 6

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