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  1. Thewespaul

    Brake woes

    What front pads are you using? Is it possible the shoes got mixed up- long side flipped with short side would cause lockup’s like that.
  2. Thewespaul

    Big radiator in place of small?

    Sorry to hear that, the short wide rads and tall narrow rads have different core supports and do not swap. Being as they are both bricknose trucks you could swap the core supports and run the larger radiator that way.
  3. Thewespaul

    6.9 engine teardown

    There’s also the part where you have to pull the engine out too!
  4. Thewespaul

    Can I swap my Dana 80 5 1.3 with a dana 110s

    Summit, rock auto, us gear will all have what you need. I would buy a manual on the Dana 80 and do as much research as you can before starting the job.
  5. Thewespaul

    Can I swap my Dana 80 5 1.3 with a dana 110s

    They will not swap, the Dana 80 won’t be bad to rebuild I would go up to 4.55s while you have it apart.
  6. Thewespaul

    Project Big Blue

    That would probably work but it would need the torque converter lockup switch as well otherwise it’s going to unlock the converter to try and bring the rpms up to where it wants it, but I don’t want to try and experiment on this $$$ trans to find out. I’ve got some projects I’m working on that...
  7. Thewespaul

    New injectors and glow plugs

    Glad to hear it!
  8. Thewespaul

    Small port hole under GP controller 7.3 IDI

    It’s a drain, it needs to be clear
  9. Thewespaul

    Project Big Blue

    Hmm, I don’t recall there being one but I do know on the gas trucks they did.
  10. Thewespaul

    Project Big Blue

    For the converter, just an interruptor signal from a manual switch, torque converter is locking up no problem it’s the downshifting that’s keeps it from loading at lower rpms with this trans.
  11. Thewespaul

    Project Big Blue

    I wish, the psds run the trans via the ecm where our trucks have a separate tcm. Only way I could see to do it without a manual valve body is to have the fipl output on a switch to fool the trans, and manual override for the lockup pin on the tcm.
  12. Thewespaul

    Project Big Blue

    The real world performance doesn’t match the numbers at all, boost was even down to 22 psi at peak on the dyno the engine just wasn’t loading well, I wish everyone could ride in the truck and feel how this thing moves out and just grunts trailers up hills so well. I’ve got an 02 7.3 that’s got...
  13. Thewespaul

    Hub Kit?

    Gave up on the in frame stud install on the IDI?
  14. Thewespaul

    Injector Cap Leak/Damaged Injector 6.9 IDI

    Can you take a picture of the top of the injector?
  15. Thewespaul

    Project Big Blue

    Here’s the new housing that went on, hot out of the ovens. Swapping the housing really improved the response from the turbo, picked up a couple psi and really changed the tone of the turbo, it’s singing at any rpms now. Today we got it on the dyno to see what it would do. Right away was...
  16. Thewespaul

    Coolant suddenly sucked into the oil

    Oil cooler won’t do that, head gasket, head issue or cavitation.
  17. Thewespaul

    Injector Cap Leak/Damaged Injector 6.9 IDI

    Typically the injectors will mushroom before the lines since the lines are harder, if it’s leaking from above the nut then it’s the line, if it’s not leaking above the nut then the plastic cap is leaking and you need to repair the gouges or replace the injectors.
  18. Thewespaul

    GP controller

    You can mount it anywhere you like, I usually mount them on the inner fender close to the starter relay so it keeps the wiring neat.
  19. Thewespaul

    Head Bolts

    Factory turbo engines have different head bolts and were torqued to 110 ft lbs.
  20. Thewespaul

    Hello! - Fuel delivery issue with 7.3 IDI

    The white smoke is probably due to retarded timing from the low fuel pressure. Replace the pump with a mr gasket 105p or a Holley red and you should be good.
  21. Thewespaul

    Governor adjustment

    Do you want stock or hotrodded?
  22. Thewespaul

    Project Black Stallion

    I would do a high temp cerakote coating on the intake manifold and clear over that. That’s what I did on a set of my breather valve covers and they clean up great, it’s similar to the coating on the bottom of a frying pan, it cleans up really easy and handles the heat really well.
  23. Thewespaul

    Bullnose Intercooler?

    Hard to complain when it makes 500ft lbs on a stock engine though!
  24. Thewespaul

    Bullnose Intercooler?

    Hey this one has a hood see!
  25. Thewespaul

    Bullnose Intercooler?

    With a modified factory grille or custom grille a 33x12x3” intercooler fits fine in a bullnose. This isn’t a great picture or example, but it shows where to place it to keep the hood latch functional. This truck is using a modified gasser core support as well, swapping to serpentine belts helps...

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