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  1. Dane Rickford

    Timing my 7.3 N/a IDI

    I’ll be pulling some loads with my truck later today. I can get a short video of it idling and post it so that you have a close idea to what noises these engines make. Granted I haven’t got mine timed with a meter yet, but I did play with the timing for about a month until I found the spot with...
  2. Dane Rickford

    Timing my 7.3 N/a IDI

    I meant more experience than me. I’m still not entirely used to using a “smart” phone:joker:
  3. Dane Rickford

    Timing my 7.3 N/a IDI

    That’s interesting. I’ve never seen dual timing marks like that before. You could line up the two marks on the side and see how that runs. Although that would retard the timing, and you engine seems to already have the signs of retarded timing. Personally, if it was my truck, I would advance the...
  4. Dane Rickford

    Timing my 7.3 N/a IDI

    The entire pump rotated when adjusted the timing. For the amount of movement needed to get the timing marks lined up, you may have to loosen the injector lines a bit to move the pump
  5. Dane Rickford

    Promise... the build

    This is just a thought I had, but the added power you are feeling from the dual lift pumps could be a combination of the fact that the Ip is getting plenty of fuel, and possibly because the Ip timing got slightly advanced because of higher transfer psi. Either way though, that’s awesome that...
  6. Dane Rickford

    a project i call, THEE WEE BASTARD

    Our rigs are just gassers, but our crawling buddy has an old international scout with a 12 valve in it. That thing is unstoppable
  7. Dane Rickford

    a project i call, THEE WEE BASTARD

    Good ole Soup Bowl! We usually run the Rubicon 2-4 times a year. I’d love to see an idi out there
  8. Dane Rickford

    So what did you do with your truck today?

    Today I hauled another couple loads of greenwaste with my truck and trailer. I’m making around $400 a week, and probably a total of 6-8 is all the time i spending hauling each week. Not bad for a side job :Thumbs Up:joker:
  9. Dane Rickford

    Coolant suddenly sucked into the oil

    If your cooler failed, I would expect to see oil in the coolant, not coolant in the oil. This is because there’s around 50 psi for the oil, and only around 8-12 psi for the coolant in the cooler, therefore the oil would go into the coolant because it’s at a much higher pressure. At least that’s...
  10. Dane Rickford

    Injector Cap Leak/Damaged Injector 6.9 IDI

    One way of telling if the injector line has been over torqued is by simply examining the cone tip of it. Here is an example: It is kinda hard to see, but the line on the left is damaged to the point it leaks pretty bad, while the line on the right is in decent shape and probably wouldn’t leak at...
  11. Dane Rickford

    Alaska red crewcab build thread

    My grandparents live on Wrangle island. I’ve got to say, even though I’m a cow country guy, Alaska is one of my all time favorite places
  12. Dane Rickford

    Head Bolts

    :joker:Whoops, I meant how many psi of boost in the previous post
  13. Dane Rickford

    Head Bolts

    How much psi are factory turbo head bolts good for?
  14. Dane Rickford

    Head Bolts

    That’s for the 7.3. And I did mine oiled just for a more accurate reading, but I don’t know if it’s supposed to be done oiled
  15. Dane Rickford

    Injector Cap Leak/Damaged Injector 6.9 IDI

    It’s possible that you’re leak is coming from the clamp seal where the injector line meets the injector. If the 5/8 cap on the injector line gets torqued down too hard, it can damage the clamp seal and compromise the seal of the line to the injector because the extra torque deforms the cone part...
  16. Dane Rickford

    Head Bolts

    How many ft-lbs are stock head bolts good to? I torqued mine to 105, but are they good for higher torque?
  17. Dane Rickford

    Hello! - Fuel delivery issue with 7.3 IDI

    Another sign of a failing lift pump is that at high rpms under heavy load the fuel filter light will come on until you back off a little on the rpms
  18. Dane Rickford

    Hello! - Fuel delivery issue with 7.3 IDI

    That is rather a mystery. The rich smelling white smoke would imply that the injection pump is getting plenty of fuel, and yet the fact that the engine dies after a few seconds tells me, just from my personal experience, that the injection pump isn’t getting fed fuel and is just consuming the...
  19. Dane Rickford

    Muffler removal

    I have to agree with this. I’m running 3inch from the turbo back, and it’s actually pretty quiet. I’m about to got to a full 5 inch straight pipe after the downpipe. This should make the sound in the cab quieter, and it will make the exhaust throatier and have a lower note
  20. Dane Rickford

    Hello! - Fuel delivery issue with 7.3 IDI

    Welcome to the Forum! To me it sounds kinda like your electric fuel pump is on its way out. What brand of electric pump did you use? My truck came to me with a Mr. Gasket 5-7 psi electric pump, and I had the exact same issue until the pump finally just quit working period
  21. Dane Rickford

    So what did you do with your truck today?

    They do have some issues with tires with certain tread patterns. Also, maybe I just got lucky with the quality of my set:dunno also, we do run them on all our snowplow rigs and all but one of our tow rigs. But I do have to agree with you @chillman88. It is good to keep in mind they are remolded...
  22. Dane Rickford

    So what did you do with your truck today?

    I vote you keep the 35s, although for city driving you might get better mileage with 33’s. my favorite tire brand is Treadwright. They offer free shipping on all their tires, they are unbeatable in the snow and mud, they have a super good warranty system, and the tires are only $169 each, that...
  23. Dane Rickford

    So what did you do with your truck today?

    That’s more than I didLOL my truck just got to work today, and the only thing I did to it was “fix” the ac/heater selector by slipping the cable back onto the blend door leverLOL
  24. Dane Rickford

    Injector torque

    I think Wes did a write up on injector installation. I’m pretty sure it was right around 35 ft-lbs as well. Although, I must admit, I most certainly am a hoodlum and just tightened mine down :joker:
  25. Dane Rickford

    So what did you do with your truck today?

    My radiator came new with the nipple as a fitting that just threads in, so I would imagine your fitting will work perfect

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