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  1. G. Mann

    Hood struts

    Pretty sure I've seen complete new hinges from L & M Truck.com. Should totally solve your issue.
  2. G. Mann

    Transmission extension housing question

    Quick question: Does the ZF 5 speed have the emergency brake on the transmission tail shaft? If it does, the tail shaft has it's own bearings and oil supply. It is common the oil doesn't ever get changed and the bearings seize and crack the tail shaft on 2 wheel drive. I have no experience...
  3. G. Mann

    Steering boxes

    Call up your local parts guy and have him check it against his books but I think Ford used the same box over a wide range of years and models. I just replaced mine [92] with a rebuild and recall the listing said it fit several years.
  4. G. Mann

    SD Fuel Tank

    I have a F 450 IDI 7.3 setting in the drive. Which tank do you need dimensions on.. Front or rear? Which dimensions do you need.. Length, width, depth? or all of them? More info please.. once I'm on the creeper looking up.. I'll get what you need.. My truck has metal tank front.. plastic...
  5. G. Mann

    Someone jump on this please

    This just came up on the Phoenix CraigsList. It just screams for a 6.9 and a straight axle 4x4. Pictures look like a typical Phoenix no rust/low rust truck... http://phoenix.craigslist.org/wvl/pts/4423418963.html I have a spare 6.9 with trans in Phoenix... to many projects to take this...
  6. G. Mann

    Newbie to Bio-diesel, and I have some questions.

    I have more than a little experience in the biodiesel world. In 2007 I designed, built, and certified the largest biodiesel plant [at that time] in USA.. Plant design capacity was 20,000,000 gallons per month. Here is where I would suggest you start your education. These folks will steer you...
  7. G. Mann

    Oil coming out tailpipe

    It could be... the blown turbo dumped a load of oil into the exhaust pipe and it's still blowing it out. Or the new turbo seal is leaking and blowing more oil in.. Question: Are you losing oil now? If not, seems likely it's left over oil from the previous turbo wreck. Bring it a little...
  8. G. Mann

    7k Joke

    Yep... pretty sure it's the elusive "cab sensor" the one that sets just behind the steering wheel and is missing the brain connect plug that goes bad so often.
  9. G. Mann

    $20k idi for sale hahaha

    What was dealer list price in 1993? Anyone know? .. I'm betting it was less than what's being ask for this one.. I've been wrong before.. just a bet.
  10. G. Mann

    Store cylinder heads?

    I would tape off and paint the parts of the heads that are "outside" and then take a dollar store brush and a tub of cheap grease and paint the rest with a thick coat of grease, then wrap them tightly [to keep out as much air as possible] in thick plastic. When you are ready to use them, wipe...
  11. G. Mann

    Stuck caliper

    I would guess your problem is the slides are stuck not the caliper piston is stuck. Pretty common after a brake job by some brake shop that doesn't really know these trucks. The caliper slides need to be driven out, the "V" the slides set in needs to be wire brushed and the "V" of the caliper...
  12. G. Mann

    paint job help

    Try your local Sherman Williams paint store and ask them about a product they carry called DTM ... Direct To Metal. It's a paint formulated for things like heavy equipment, water tanks, things that work hard and live outside. It's a "mix to your desired color" and starts as a white base they...
  13. G. Mann

    can I prevent coking with WMO?

    Coking is the result of incomplete combustion, which means one or more of the following is happening: 1. Fuel not atomized correctly, droplets to large to burn completely enough to be exhausted as vapor. 2. Combustion chamber temperature is below the flash point of the fuel being used, so...
  14. G. Mann

    Power steering box seal at Pittman arm blown

    The issue: Power steering box lower seal at the Pittman arm is raining power steering fluid. Blew out about 1 qt. of fluid per 3 miles , so it's a bad leak. Truck: 92 F 450 Superduty with Hydroboost brakes. So when power steering fluid and pressure is lost, I lost steering AND brakes. [It...
  15. G. Mann

    Steering column parts

    Have a look at these guys for tilt steering column parts. I have not tried to rebuild one with LMC parts yet.. but I have one in the schedule soon. http://www.lmctruck.com/icatalog/fd/full.aspx?Page=119 This link should take you to their "tilt steering column page" ... there may be...
  16. G. Mann

    cleaning radiator

    If it is indeed calcium try a strong dose of household vinegar. A gallon sells for maybe $3 and it doesn't kill anything when you dump it out. Vinegar puts calcium back in solution so it flushes clean. Shower nozzle starting to clog up with water deposits, put it in a cup of vinegar.. same...
  17. G. Mann

    I cant keep up with my Alcoas.

    Aluminum is a very reactive metal with oxygen ... it "rusts" quickly. One reason aluminum is so hard to weld is the metal forms a skim coat of corrosion over the surface within moments of being cleaned to bright finish. When you polish bare aluminum it must have some kind of protective...
  18. G. Mann

    does cold thick fuel=more power?

    To build a fire you need a fuel source [liquid diesel in our case] and and oxygen source. To make a bigger fire, add more oxygen until the fuel source is completely consumed [fanning a camp fire, for example, same fuel, more oxygen being fanned into the flame]. In our diesel engines, in cold...
  19. G. Mann

    just wondering

    The people who control manufacturing and sales have whole departments that study how to guide, steer, and force people to buy new and throw away what they bought. Cars and trucks, Ipods, computers, home appliances, you name it.. it's part of the industry that supplies us, and controls us.. I...
  20. G. Mann

    Trying to bleed the clutch

    Looks like I need to get out more often.. just went to O'riley automotive and had them pull up everything they have for slave cylinders so I could get a look.. no bleed screws and a design change that makes my system damn near impossible. I'll check with Napa tomorrow. I bought the last one I...
  21. G. Mann

    Trying to bleed the clutch

    To answer that. I've never tried just putting a hole in the new style plug mess... What I've done with them is screw out the "stupid plug with no bleed nipple" and replace that with a regular bleed nipple off the rack at the self help isle at FLAPS. The bottom of the "stupid plug" is cone...
  22. G. Mann

    Trying to bleed the clutch

    How to bleed a clutch system first time every time. Ok guys. This is what works for me, every time. I've been using it for over 25 years [learned it while working only on foreign cars which are a real pain to bleed]. Required: 1. Your clutch slave must have a nipple style bleed screw. [Some...
  23. G. Mann

    Lifting locations on a engine block with no heads

    You want to pull the pan? Heads and intake are off?.. I'm guessing the IP is off also? Why not lift the engine from the front enough to slide a used tire under it. [engine hoist lift of course] set the rear of engine on one side of the tire and tip it on it's back as you let it down using...
  24. G. Mann

    What did everyone else do with their tax return

    I'm working on a new business venture. I hope to get the contract to supply IRS and other government agencies Vaseline with Sand since I have acres of sand anyway. I figure that since IRS is now the collection agency for Obamacare, I should be in a growth industry. Perhaps, with a...
  25. G. Mann

    Bleeding the brakes

    I completely removed the self adjusters on my 87 F250 4x4.... When the brake peddle starts to get low, I know it's time to adjust the rear brakes... With a floor jack and a brake spoon, takes all of 10 minutes and I'm in control.. instead of forgetting about it, relying on the self adjusters...

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