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    High pyrometer readings on 6.9L IDIT

    With this info...( the differences in rods and etc. between NA and 93-94 turbo 7.3...) Since I am thinking about getting a turbo kit and putting it on my 6.9... What would be the safe limits that I can run as far as boost, pump output, and RPM assuming that my '85 engine is original...?? I...
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    Head Gasket Debris in Cylinder

    how 'bout speading a thin film of STP on the top 1/3 of the cylinders and rolling the engine over a few times while you wipe out what the oil catches and pulls off the rings...? That and some compressed air blowing...after you cover everything up...might just do it.... I hope you put the crank...
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    What is this bracket for?

    I'm catching myself thinking about what other use I can make out of that bracket... JF...I need you to talk me off the ledge before I take the plunge into another 'project'...I gotta focus on the really, really important stuff right now...but it has been raining...so..I have had time to...
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    What is this bracket for?

    I don't know what I have...or don't have...probably none of the above... I'll look in the morning... I do know that I had to buy a 4-ton floor jack to lift mine in the back to do the brakes, brake lines and hoses, parking brake cables, shocks, U-clamps for the lower shock mounts, and re-wire...
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    How much voltage drop do/should the glow plugs cause?

    I just learned something...even though I probably will '('never')' own a PSD...but it is good to have a little insight into how they work... I worked at a place that had an early 6.0 and we had to keep the block warmer plugged in all of the time... So...thank you guys in retrospect for the...
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    Wiring harness and thinking about selling

    sometimes the pitman arm is different, too...
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    C6 fluid change advice?

    I knew a torque convertor rebuilder that would weld up the holes...less chance for a leak... I still like to be able to drain 'em, though... If they came from the factory without drain plugs...I never saw one... if I had just bought a convertor...and it did not have a drain plug...I would...
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    7.3 idi overheated and the c6 started to drip.

    That part is the intermediate servo housing...if you were to unbolt it...it should pop out from spring pressure and it has a piston sitting in it with a spring. There are at least six different configurations of those...depending on the model...and they all affect the shifting into second and...
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    7.3 idi overheated and the c6 started to drip.

    IDIBRONCO nailed it...you are looking at the vent...and I second that notion...
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    So what did you do with your truck today?

    not so sure on that...unless it has a crank trigger...(no dist. in the back...) My bet is that it is a Dodge big block... That would have a good amount of torque...and sound pretty good starting up... Could also be a Caddy engine...
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    3.07 diffs & np435?

    I have a chevy C-10 2wd (1974) that I drove from Jan. '90 to somewhere about 2014. It must have been an 'ordered' truck because I could see that it had a few options...the best of which I liked was a 3.42 12-bolt and the heaviest suspension I have ever seen on a half-ton. It came my way...
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    parallel turbos

    B...B...but...but...JF... . ..isn't that what I suggested...?
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    parallel turbos

    Let's see what they look like...all fitted up... Let's have a grinder exhibition on the 'tools' thread...whydon'twe...?? No cleaning up or taping up the cords...just like you are using them... Some wives just would not understand...they are just not oriented with metal creativity necessities...
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    parallel turbos

    I know the feeling...but it was a task that just needed to be done because your mother-in-law missed her best friend... I was like that with my Lincoln 125+...and I went crazy on getting grinders so I would not have to change what was on them so often... They look a lot better than what I...
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    U joint troubles

    I'm with the stress fatigue crowd on this one... Those U-clamps can take only so much before they will yield...although it is surprising how much they WILL take...and not give you any indication they are stretched...unless you measure them before and after... And...it is possible to crack a...
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    parallel turbos

    I would be proud to be a rock clunker...it takes some stones to strap on PPE and a helmet for most people... I know you can't relate...and I would not either...but consider this... Do you know how many people there are out there that...to them...to actually WELD something...much less get close...
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    parallel turbos

    I know the feeling, Brother-Man...but I also feel so capable...anything I can dream up...I can make. I like to 'save' stuff from the crusher, landfill, or china...it is my way of being 'green'...and conserving the energy that was spent making things in the first place... I am going to make a...
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    parallel turbos

    I'm busted...you got me fingered out... I am certain that there are others with a much more impressive collection...I am just small potatoes... Yeah...I wish I could stop...but the farther I go with this stuff...the more capability I want...Inside work, outside work, thin metal, thick metal...
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    parallel turbos

    I picked up a Sears Colormatic in the middle 80's and learned to run a bead with it as soon as I got it hooked up to 220VAC. Didn't have any earthly idea what I was doing, but I managed to build a special tool with it and save 700 bucks instead of spending it with the Snap-On guy. In the...
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    3.07 diffs & np435?

    Thanks for the input @u2slow...it was good to see the spec sheet on that trans...I liked that unit so much that I bought a core unit from someplace near you and rebuilt it, found a shifter from a 'yard...and I had planned on putting it in an '86 chevy with a 305 and a 3.73...one day... That one...
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    3.07 diffs & np435?

    I remember fixing up a chevy truck for a customer one time about...oh...twelve years ago...had a bad clutch and a broken front retainer on the 3sp w/OD...(New Process unit adapted to a chevy bell from the factory)....the front retainer-to my surprise- was unobtainium... I sent it off to a...
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    This Merc ain't FROZEN!!!

    You can disassemble the smog pump and loosen it up...it is just a huge, simple vane air pump....you will be surprised with how primitive it looks...I was... Without it and the rest of the system working...it would wind up taking you down a road where one thing would lead to another and another...
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    1994 7.3 IDI Swap out

    Front and rear crankshaft seals are always a good thing to do when you have easy access...how about the oil cooler seals and gaskets...? The crankcase vent grommet should be looked at to see if it is still in good shape...and cleaning out the vent housing...I would look into... Thermostat and...
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    Speed control amplifier

    What is 'everything' that you checked...and what is the year of the truck...? As far as bench testing the amplifier....do you have a wiring diagram for it...?...if so...let's see it.... If you can get your hands on a break-out box...that would go a long way to helping you see if the inputs and...
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    So what did you do with your truck today?

    I know a genuine fairly-fresh-off-the-boat german that will fess up and agree with you 100% on that one...and not bat an eye in embarrassment... I had a welding instuctor that had a problem with tree rats in his garden...he fabbed up a squirrel launcher out of an old clay target thrower and a...

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