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  1. Shadetreemechanic

    Project Big Red

    I want to reiterate an earlier post about your steering. Have you checked the alignment? That could cause it to wander, not return to center, and could give you fits with sway towing. and Heath is right on. When they come back on the road after this much work there are always bugs to work...
  2. Shadetreemechanic

    Project Big Red

    paint I mean
  3. Shadetreemechanic

    Project Big Red

    Are you going to spray that bed, or are you waiting to find another one?
  4. Shadetreemechanic

    Failing brake booster?

    Your description sounds just like my truck when my booster was bad. Final check would be to isolate the booster and try to draw a vaccum on it. it should hold until the pedal is pushed if good.
  5. Shadetreemechanic

    Sloooow crank, tried everything!

    These guys pointing at the starter........listen to them.
  6. Shadetreemechanic

    Project Big Red

    This build is really fun to watch come together. Thanks for posting so much. Tip for next time you do window motor rebuild, the door is dimpled for drilling so that you can drill one (or maybe two can't remember) holes in the inner panel and get at all three bolts that bolt the regulator to the...
  7. Shadetreemechanic

    speedo drive gear?

    The speedo gears are dirt cheap. I just bought several and experimented until my speedo matched my gps. If memory serves me there are 4 or 5 gear options from 14 or so to 21 teeth. The others are in the toolbox for future projects. If your speedo is running low get one with fewer teeth, if...
  8. Shadetreemechanic

    Take off in 4-low when pulling heavy?

    I use 4 low to get going when heavy often, but have never tried to shift out of it on the fly. Remember you can roll through all your gears in low range. I just find a spot where it is level or down hill, put it in high range and off you go. I have 3.55s, a zf-42 and have many times had WAAYYY...
  9. Shadetreemechanic

    In need of new back glass

    Took the easy way out. $500 cash got new windshield and sliding back glass installed in my driveway. Its amazing the difference a new windshield makes. Mine had been broken for 10 years and was delaminating. Now suddenly I can't "see" my windshield anymore. Its just the road.
  10. Shadetreemechanic

    Temperature gauge is out of control

    I believe you actually have two senders in this model, one for the guage and an overtemp sender. The overtemp is an on off sender that should turn on the engine light and max out the temp guage when it hits a preset temp. You might look for that sender and disconnect it and see if that helps. I...
  11. Shadetreemechanic

    Project Big Red

    That is very well done.:hail
  12. Shadetreemechanic

    In need of new back glass

    It didn't occur to me that the winshield guys do back glass. DUH! That will finally get me off dead center on the windshield. It has been cracked from one side to the other for 10 years and I have never gotten around to replacing it. Truck deserves some new glass.
  13. Shadetreemechanic

    In need of new back glass

    My wife managed to put the handle of a waste pump through the back glass today. Does anyone have a brand they love? It seems like there is a lot out there and I am interested in something that is good quality but not outrageous. Thanks
  14. Shadetreemechanic

    Hauling an IDI

    What towcat said, you need 6 lug 5000 pound axles. Remember you haul the truck plus the weight of the trailer. 3500 pound axles would be light for that.
  15. Shadetreemechanic

    Delphi Glow Plugs???

    This does not seem like good advice to me. The glow plug controller senses resistance in the glow plug circuit as a whole. Mixing brands increases the likelyhood of different resistances among glowplugs which will lead to premature failure in whichever one has greatest resistance. I have never...
  16. Shadetreemechanic

    Delphi Glow Plugs???

    I had a set of delphi in one of mine. Lasted 2 years and when I pulled them three were swelled and broke off. Saga here: http://www.oilburners.net/threads/a-tale-of-delphi-glow-plugs-with-happy-ending.78075/#post-923797
  17. Shadetreemechanic

    Wrecked my truck today :(

    Only ways to stop that sway once it starts is applying trailer brakes only, or hold wheel steady and slowly accelerate. The latter option works, but only if you have room in front of you and often the swaying starts when you start to slow down for a reason.
  18. Shadetreemechanic

    Water in intake

    Bet that feels good. congratulations.
  19. Shadetreemechanic

    New Glow Plug Time...

    The noise you hear is the fender mounted relay turning off. Not possible to say whether your fender relay is getting intermittent signal from the controller, or whether its going bad. It is cheap and easy to get to though, so replacing it first would be relatively painless. I don't know the...
  20. Shadetreemechanic

    New Glow Plug Time...

    Factoids for your decision, nothing scientific, just what happened to me. One of my 7.3 controllers crapped out last month and took out all 8 motorcraft glowplugs with it. My only 6.9 controller crapped out about a year ago, but all the glowplugs in it are fine.
  21. Shadetreemechanic

    Rusty but Trusty

    Also, phosphoric acid will work well on that rust.
  22. Shadetreemechanic

    Rusty but Trusty

    If it were mine, I would remove the trim. Throw it behind the seat in case the full restoration bug bites you at some later date.
  23. Shadetreemechanic

    Need help with id on auxillary transmission

    Good ideal with the picture of the shift button. The person I talked to earlier had no idea what transmission it was.
  24. Shadetreemechanic

    Need help with id on auxillary transmission

    this truck is listed as having a two speed transmission. Must be a gearvendors or a DNE2. Can yall read or recognize the emblem under the diesel emblem? I am trying to figure out which it is before driving all the way over there. http://tricities.craigslist.org/cto/5967389411.html
  25. Shadetreemechanic

    check out this blast from the past

    84 f250 4x4 supercab factory paint and low miles.

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