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    1987 E-350 changed out fuel / water seperator

    If you have a tilt column, you may have broken the actuator inside the column. Very common problem. When that happens, you turn the key, everything on the dash lights up and works, but it will not crank over.
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    7.3 idi crank but no start

    Here is it's supposed location under the hood. It should be a blue rubber thing in the wiring.
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    7.3 idi crank but no start

    Ok, I found out this is fuse link "X". Shown in the diagram below.
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    7.3 idi crank but no start

    P.S. You can see the fusible link in the diagram above, to the left of the "engine connector". It's a 20 gauge fusible link.
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    7.3 idi crank but no start

    I would get a meter or testlight and verify you do not have power at the fuel shut off on the injection pump. From your description it sounds like you don't. That is powered from a red/lightgreen wire. You can see the fuel shut off solenoid in the upper right corner of the diagram. You will...
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    A tip: using old GM in line fuel filter on IDIs

    We are working on a IDI diesel lift pump system correct? About 5 psi or so pressure?
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    A tip: using old GM in line fuel filter on IDIs

    Or, just buy one of these type and forget the fancy adapter lines? https://www.amazon.com/Trans-Dapt-9177-Chrome-Fuel-Filter/dp/B000CQ6G8M?gQT=1
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    ZF5 Lubricant

    That is a pretty lame video. I didn't hear anything but thumping music. You will get the noise also if the engine is lugged. As the rpms go higher it will quickly go away. Ford put the dual mass flywheel in for a reason. I would imagine it was very expensive for them to add it to the...
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    ZF5 Lubricant

    Mercon Besides turning the radio up, if you increase the idle speed just a little bit, it sometimes helps the noise go away. Don't mess with it while it's warming up, but if you have the truck fully warmed up, and are sitting at a stoplight with the trans in neutral and the clutch out...
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    Convert ZF5 2WD to 4WD---Is it Possible?

    zf6 is not a bolt in. And also requires a different transfer case. The gears are the same as the zf5 on the extremes(1st and 5th), they just added another gear in the middle. Not necessarily a bad thing with our engines, but the modifications I don't think are worth it to make it fit.
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    Convert ZF5 2WD to 4WD---Is it Possible?

    No one has mentioned yet, besides the cost of the parts, you have to tear the transmission completely apart to convert it. Look a little bit more, and see if you can find a 2wd superduty. One of the early superduties before year 1999. While these were 2wd, they used a 4x4 transmission from...
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    Tail light voltage drop

    You have to do something like that. They ran the big grounds from the batteries to the engine block, but the engine, transmission, and even the leaf springs are mounted in rubber mounts.
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    Removing trailer brake/bleeding brakes

    If you put the testlight on the red/blue wire at the solenoid, you should get a light with the clutch pushed in AND the ignition switch sprung over to start. If you can find the two red/blue wires under the dash going to the clutch switch, I really would consider cutting them and tying them...
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    Tail light voltage drop

    Nothing wrong with adding grounds. As long as you scrape the paint off. You could add one to the frame in the back, but don't count on the frame being a good ground unless you go up front and put a jumper from the frame to the battery negative. The factory purposely grounded the frame...
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    Tail light voltage drop

    In 1992, the main ground for the rear lighting is called G100. It's location G100 (Except 4.9L/6-300): LH Front Of Engine Compartment, On Upper Radiator Support
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    Manual Fuel valves with stock gauge

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    Removing trailer brake/bleeding brakes

    The small terminal that has a red wire with a blue stripe. Does that sound familiar? Yes, that is the same red/with blue stripe that will be at the clutch switch. Jump it with a small wire, 16 gauge or whatever will do. Here is a picture of the clutch switch for 1986.
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    Removing trailer brake/bleeding brakes

    P.S. This would be a coincidence. But if you have a tilt column, there is a piece in there that commonly breaks, called the ignition switch actuator. If it breaks, the key will turn enough to activate everything, but not far enough to kick the ignition switch into start. Common problem, but...
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    Removing trailer brake/bleeding brakes

    If this truck was originally manual, then you have a clutch switch. You have to push the clutch in for it to crank? This switch is down under the dash, maybe you knocked it loose or a wire to it loose. If you want a sanity check, MAKE SURE YOU ARE IN NEUTRAL, go out and short the small...
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    Cleaning out Fuel Tanks

    The tanks for these trucks, if you have the standard pickup bed, are not expensive. Just get new ones, especially if there is rust outside and inside. You can try one of these from Harbor Freight to get most of the fuel out. The tank is pretty heavy with a lot of fuel in it. If you can get...
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    Rear Brakes on the 86 F-250, blew the R/R Hub Seal. Whada mess.

    Lots of things people try to keep varmints out, but they say one thing that does work, if you have a place to store it where it will not get rained on, is store it with the hood up. They will go everywhere else in the vehicle, but they do not like being out in the open for very long.
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    Removing trailer brake/bleeding brakes

    It is a brake controller. It is controlling electric brakes on trailers. The wire to the rear, whatever color they used, leaves the brake controller and runs along the frame to the trailer plug to supply the electric brakes on the trailer. They had their act together in the old days with...
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    Removing trailer brake/bleeding brakes

    Blue is the standard color for the trailer brakes. See if that blue wire runs back along the frame to the rear bumper area. As far as the proportioning valve hurting your ability to bleed, I have never on any of these trucks ever had that problem.
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    7.3 CA smog equipment

    Atlanta Georgia is cracking down on the Montana plates also. They buy those high dollar exotic vehicles, and do not want to pay all the taxes. There is a bunch of people doing it, enough to where they are doing something to stop it. Other notable crackdowns include one in late 2018, when the...
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    Batteries cca

    ALL stores that sell batteries have to take them off the shelf when they are on the shelf too long. These are brand new batteries that never sold. All you have to do is ask them. Some will deny they do such a thing, note to self, never buy batteries from that store. Autozone, Advance, the...

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