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  1. catbird7

    Road Trips

    Possibly another tread category for us could be stories of road trips in our idi's? Good place to discuss fuel mileage, towing, or even places to vacation. I'll start with our July 4th drive from central PA to northern Maine (Allagash). Nearly 1800 miles round-trip, we averaged 17.1 mpg with AC...
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    Ford Part Numbers

    Try Dennis Carpenter.
  3. catbird7

    Fuel Switch valve

    Fragments of a deteriorated showerhead can cause various problems with the selector valve.
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    Roof rack options?

    I've been eyeballing some tripod designs for our crewcab that would allow carrying one or two canoes above the cab while towing a 5th wheel camper. Look to be an easy welding project. Two legs incorporated into a headache rack and the third leg connects to a front mount trailer hitch. If you're...
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    can't get pipe plug out of front axle

    Definitely suggest replacing female plug style with a new male. Available at most any hardware store, Lowe's, home Depot, etc.
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    So what did you do with your truck today?

    Here you go!
  7. catbird7

    So what did you do with your truck today?

    Casually walking thru local salvage yard and looky there! Rare as hens teeth, a real honest to goodness brick diesel badge! I brought it home with me.
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    Batteries

    Bought the same thing. Hopefully they provide the same service life as the first one's.
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    Batteries

    I'm still window shopping, however after looking at numerous battery specs the only group 65 numbers I found that are superior are those $300 AGM batteries.
  10. catbird7

    Pressure washing

    I'm long time idi owner and pressure washed it many times however I'm new to the powerstrokes. A lot more electrical stuff on the powerstrokes and I didn't want to damage anything. Agree on the super clean & simple green good stuff.. This truck was used as a plow truck since new. Last two...
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    Pressure washing

    Thanks for the info!
  12. catbird7

    Batteries

    Lots of good info here! Thanks to everyone, I'll report back with what I buy.
  13. catbird7

    Pressure washing

    Are there any concerns about pressure washing the engine and engine bay? Obviously I wouldn't hose down a hot engine, however are there any concerns of water damaging electrical components? Truck is a 2000 F250 PSD 6spd.
  14. catbird7

    Batteries

    Did some "Google"searching and found many saying odyssey 65-PC1750T batteries are exceptionally good in cold weather. Any Oil Burner's out there using these with good or bad experiences?
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    Batteries

    Looking for advice on best batteries for cold weather starting. My batteries are on their way out therefore new ones are in the not so distant future. Current batteries are Auto Craft Gold group 65-2 cca @ 0 degrees 850, cca @ 32 degrees 1000, reserve cap 150. One battery is date coded 2-11 and...
  16. catbird7

    75 F350 w/390 swap to 7.3

    I have a 74 highboy 4x4 with big block & 4spd, also have a good 7.3 idi with banks turbo sitting in corner of garage. And I"ve consumed more than a few beers pondering this swap. Since idi's were also mated to the old granny gear 4spds and those bellhousings are bolt-on, I'm guessing you could...
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    Crewcab Project

    Yeah, she"s pretty toasty under the hood!! I'm not sure if any of the engine is worth saving.
  18. catbird7

    Crewcab Project

    Bought these two late last year. Crewcab with underhood electrical meltdown and standard cab with terrible snowplow rust. Both trucks are 4 x 4 7.3 powerstrokes and both have 6 spds. Standard cab only has 128,000 miles! Plan is to swap dash and all electrical wiring out of std cab into cc...
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    So what did you do with your truck today?

  20. catbird7

    Oil Burner website

    The message says "tunnel connection failed", or something very similar to this.
  21. catbird7

    So what did you do with your truck today?

    I bought a small diesel backhoe down in VA, used the old black brick to haul it home. Approximately 240 miles, it did OK, certainly wasn't over powered for the job. Some of the hills I had to pay attention to the pyro. Pleasantly surprised at fuel prices in WV were $1.89!
  22. catbird7

    So what did you do with your truck today?

    Often you can buy directly from the insurance company.
  23. catbird7

    Electric fuel pump part number

    Holley Red on frame rail just forward of selector valve.
  24. catbird7

    painting fuel tanks

    I replaced both of my tanks years ago and purchased plastic replacements specifically to avoid rust.
  25. catbird7

    Project Black Stallion

    Yes, clear powder coat is available. I had several cast aluminum diff covers coated with it. Make sure they preheat (gas off) the parts prior to applying powder. Oil & grease clean up is easy and it also eliminates oxidation.
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