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  1. ocnorb

    Dreaded ATS OEM Turbo Up-pipe slip joint leak has killed my boost 2022 edition.

    On my last camping trip I was loaded up with the cabover and had our enclosed car hauler trailer filled with toys and gear. Truck seemed to be running ok until I started up the first of a series of canyon passes. Up the first canyon I was only seeing about 4.5psi of boost where I normally get...
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    So what did you do with your truck today?

    i'M Sure GM figured it out, because I saw KITT go full submarine on several oCcasions and David hasselhoff never got wet! ;burnout
  3. ocnorb

    DT466 realities...

    It’s beast of a swap. I made a few big mistakes along the way. I still have the motor and transmission and it may find its way into my dump truck at some point. The DT466 into a Travellette that is in PA is still moving along slowly… he is almost done with it from what I saw in a video he...
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    So what did you do with your truck today?

    Took the old girl out for a tow and some camping down south for a week. She did good over the passes pulling this loaded up. I just added 4awg wire back to a marine style power junction under the bed. Anderson connectors from there to connect a Redarc DC to DC charger. Worked great. Now I...
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    New from Alabama

    Wow. 5.13 in an IDI! That’s like 40 mph top speed? Unless it’s running very tall tires. Welcome to the best place for IDI info.
  6. ocnorb

    Poll: Sleeved and Non-Sleeved IDI Engines

    My current truck has 153k miles on the original IDIT motor that came in it. My old ‘86 had well over 300k on it, but I have no idea if any work was done to it prior to when I bought it.
  7. ocnorb

    Isuzu 6bd1 dying under load

    I happen to have one of those motors, but it’s not been installed yet. Such a dead simple motor. Is it possible that the fuel shut-off (solenoid or manual?) is letting go after it gets warm?? I’m scratching my head because you have really covered your bases on the fuel system. I have seen a...
  8. ocnorb

    Ford Factory E-Locker Teardown (and some discussion)

    Thanks for spilling the guts on these! I have one in my shop ready to be installed. I already installed the Eaton dash switch and wiring to the rear axle. Very insightful. The locking mechanism reminds me of the “lunchbox” lockers. Only with an actuator.
  9. ocnorb

    Bilstiens...not liking them.

    I can change the ride height. But it’s like they don’t stretch out as far as the shocks do and this limit their down travel. Maybe they make a taller bag and the previous owner used the wrong ones.?!
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    Bilstiens...not liking them.

    I have air bags and it seems like they limit wheel travel when the bed is empty. It seems to make the unloaded ride harsher even when i pull the schraeder valves out completely.
  11. ocnorb

    Bilstiens...not liking them.

    I put 7100 Series adjustable Bilsteins on our Willys (1948) and it really made a difference. Ordered them with the lowest stock valving they offered. I was planning to tear them down and adjust as needed, but they work great as is. These are tunable similar to a dirt bike shock. It’s nice that...
  12. ocnorb

    Worried about my 7.3 IDIT's health

    Sounds exactly like my ‘94 factory turbo… I’ve always had the little knock sound too. It drives me crazy sometimes as it’s just enough to cause concern, but never loud enough to find. I’ve often wondered if it was some combination of frequencies combining to sound worse than it really is… but I...
  13. ocnorb

    So what did you do with your truck today?

    Yes. It's a new trailer with 7-pin. If it started working after I move it, then it seems the ground path on the truck may be bad?? And there new path ends up going through the ball from the trailer?? I crawled under it and wiggled all the connections, wiring from bumper to cab with zero...
  14. ocnorb

    So what did you do with your truck today?

    Picked up my new trailer. For some reason the lights wouldn't work. Checked all the fuses. No issues. Trailer guy plugged in his diagnostic tool and nothing worked. Frustrating, as I just used the truck a few days ago to pull my flatbed and the brakes and lights were functioning. I called my...
  15. ocnorb

    So what did you do with your truck today?

    Mine are slotted: Do you think the hoses just get old and collapse inward causing the issue? My plan was to address this when I pull the bed off to get rid of the crappy home built goose hitch and airbag mounts. Clean up the frame, install larger rear tank, maybe new hoses while I’m in there.
  16. ocnorb

    So what did you do with your truck today?

    Great explanation! Best I've seen. Mine is a '94 and I've tried every nozzle position known to geometry and physics! I'll take a look at my vent holes and see what I've got. I can't even get to the first flow notch on most fuel nozzles so I have to hold the damn thing at partial flow the...
  17. ocnorb

    So what did you do with your truck today?

    I've never felt so jealous!!
  18. ocnorb

    So what did you do with your truck today?

    I’ve had to use heat and an air hammer to get some leaf bushings out. Just ran across this video the other day, but I have not tried it myself:
  19. ocnorb

    Bilstiens...not liking them.

    It was the first year off the aluminum body on the F-350. They stiffened the frames so Chevy couldn't make more bed twist videos, but then said "screw it"; just use there olds springs and shocks. To fix it requires some additional investment in aftermarket parts and shocks. I was told this by...
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    Bilstiens...not liking them.

    Interesting. My '94 F-350 4x4 has Bilsteins installed by the previous owner. I've been impressed with them. It rides and handles quite good. It is night and day better than the '17 F-350 "FX4" I had on rutted dirt roads. That truck was the worst handling POS I've ever owned.
  21. ocnorb

    Show us a pic of your brake controller!

    I bought an installed a Redarc Pro-Tow Elite. It uses a cat5 type cable to the control button/knob. Because of this I was able to mount the controller under the dash. (Can be mounted in any position and it learns the correct direction to brake as you make your first few stops ; without a trailer...
  22. ocnorb

    Car's and SUV's don't make great tow vehicles.

    I just recently removed my old brake controller and installed the Redarc Tow-Pro Elite. It’s nice little form factor- button and dial that allows me to push it for just trailer brakes when I want. Mounts about anywhere so I put it in the kick panel under the right side vent to make it very...
  23. ocnorb

    So what did you do with your truck today?

    Oops double post! So here’s picture of what I did with my truck last weekend.
  24. ocnorb

    So what did you do with your truck today?

    I don’t speak S***bucks and don’t want to. I’m happy with the coffee at the local gas station! In fact I hate when I can only get S***bucks at the airport because they have the exclusive contract. I’ll ask for a large cup of coffee and they stare at me and blink as if they don’t understand what...
  25. ocnorb

    So what did you do with your truck today?

    Hmmm? I just happen to have a 466 mated to an RTO6610 in the shed.

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