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  1. Oldfrogdiving

    So What Did You Do With Your PSD Today?

    Well today is.. was the day we where gonna take BGT (Big Green Truck) a 96 F350 4x4 box truck PO ARCO in Fairbanks Ak) over to my GF house and load it up for 1200 mile drive to Arkansas. Got in gave her some GP love and the GP prayer she fired right up. Went to move it and heard a whooshing...
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    89 IDI NA, Clatter on occasion at start or coming off throttle?

    OK I know this is probably fuel related but here goes and I did search for this. I have been OCONUS for about 3 months (none use of any vehicles). Started the 89 IDI really no issue starting (2 GP cycles) but it had a "clatter", I bipped the throttle it settled down and chugged contentedly at...
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    11 Year 75 Crew Cab 7.3 Build

    Sweet setup, I reluctantly sold my 78 F250 4x4 to a guy who begged me for months for it, then one Saturday morning he came over with 6K cash, I sold it too him :( at the time i just picked up my 71 W200 for 300 bucks, and had an old Dodge raider (free) as well as my 89 IDI. My insurance bill was...
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    Hello IDI people

    Nice id be interested in hearing how that swap goes!
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    Deciding on new tires

    IDK about those brands but im running Nexen MTR 235/85/16s on my f250 in fact I have had such good luck with em and they where so inexpensive I bought em in different sizes for all my rigs, they last pretty long, pretty sticky and not to Noisy simple tires has em on sale regularly and free...
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    New T The Lifestyle

    Nice!
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    obd reader

    I just bought one of these code readers, man im struggling with it, I had to have this kid that's living temporarily in my yard in his van help me get sorted but for the PSD it seems needed. I have the "PIDS" loaded mostly interested in ICP readings as I have a lope, changed out my EBPS thought...
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    62 ranchero with an OM617

    Sweet! I have an OM617 sitting on a 50 something Ford f1 truck frame with front cab of a 2000 ranger, back bed of a s10, its a long-term project but I traded a 22 rifle for it! I really want to put that OM617 in my 71 W200 but not sure about mating the bellhousing to the tranny to the engine.
  9. Oldfrogdiving

    New member in Florida

    Ok I looked thru the forms, here are a couple of my rigs, wasn't really sure where to post it. So the first pic is a 96 F350 box truck 4x4 PSD (Big Green Truck) 109K miles gonna use it too move my GF stuff to Arkansas then remove the box set it up as a tool shop and have a PSD rolling work...
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    New to Diesels and IDIs

    Nice!
  11. Oldfrogdiving

    So what did you do with your truck today?

    Im trying to find pics, my computer dumps all my phone pics when I transfer em im not a high speed guy haha...
  12. Oldfrogdiving

    What diesel??

    Just scour CL, MY 89 F250 was listed for 3500 or trade 117miles north of me , I drove up too look at it, it was a NewYork truck with some rust issues, but I ended up trading a beater 78 CJ7 I had bought from a guy for 800 ish dollars he couldn't get it running right and wasn't a mechanic. I...
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    What diesel??

    I have a 87 Dodge Raider AKA Mitsubishi Montero got it for free, mine is the gas 2.8 or 2.4 cant remember with about a million miles of vacuum hose, but I have been told by multiple mechanics overseas that the Mitsubishi 4D55 (non turbo) or 4D56 (turbo) mates right up no mods too bell housing or...
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    So what did you do with your truck today?

    I just used my 89 f250 IDI to salvage a hurricane beached sailboat that was getting crushed. The fellah that has the contract calls me, Often to dive for him I got about 400ft of 5/8 chain, a Bauer dive compressor, some SS tackle, some good sail line, was bunches more stuff but he uses a...
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    New member in Florida

    It was on the way to the scrap yard got it for 300 bucks! I drive it regularly, but im starting to have an issue with the NP435 syncros, when i got it home started to check all the fluids the tranny and the front diff full of water, flushed both of em multiple times. The 318-3 now runs good it...
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    New member in Florida

    New member here, I have been tinkering with diesels off n on for years, no expert but learning so I mostly just come by to read something. I have a 1989 F250 2WD IDI, low miles runs fine did typical PMP to it including fuel return lines, GP, GPR, Coolant flush and additives, Filter changes...
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