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Buy a diesel they said
Hang in there and strap yourself in for an interesting journey of diesel education... You will feel accomplished when you overcome this little speed bump and then go on to become diesel-savvy... Sometimes you may question your sanity...but I assure you...later on you will thank yourself for...- XOLATEM
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- Forum: Introduction
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C6 Detent Question
Good call...that part of disassembly is un-necessary... What you have there is most likely a reprint from a 'factory' manual... There is going to be some stuff in there that can safely be ignored and/or modified as time and experience with the unit passes.... Yep...the transmission...- XOLATEM
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- Forum: 6.9L IH & 7.3L IDI Diesels
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Best location for E4OD temp sensor?
I like that idea...if I can find a good used guage...I just might do that... I would like to find a home-made way to keep my coffee hot... Let's see...a 12VDC heating element and a thermocouple... ...incorporated with a steel cup fabbed up to fit a common coffee cup... ...or...a ceramic cup...- XOLATEM
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- Forum: 6.9L IH & 7.3L IDI Diesels
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Best location for E4OD temp sensor?
I am in the TC out line camp....I want to know how hot I am getting the fluid in the torque convertor... That way I can adjust my driving immediately instead of cooking my fluid and TC internals before I notice what is happening...ATF, even synthetic, only has a certain amount of time at...- XOLATEM
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- Forum: 6.9L IH & 7.3L IDI Diesels
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92 7.3 Driveshaft keeps sliding back out of carrier bearing
True...and...I would like to add....in my experience...manually shifting the TFC works better if you allow the driveline to relax...that is...not be in a bind or any kind of load...before you attempt to move the lever... additionally...I would pull the driveshaft to make sure that there is not...- XOLATEM
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- Forum: 6.9L IH & 7.3L IDI Diesels
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C6 Detent Question
On your second picture...I am not liking the amount of gap you have from the rooster comb to the case...best I can remember...it should be closer to the case to keep the detent peaks and valleys centered on the detent spring roller. Are you certain that you indexed the rooster comb to the lever...- XOLATEM
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C6 Detent Question
I am wondering why the neutral switch is not bolted to the case..? Something is not quite right...and I would like to help you...but I can't get past that...and the fact that I have to turn my monitor 090* to see what the heck is going on... One other thing...the detent spring bolted to the...- XOLATEM
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- Forum: 6.9L IH & 7.3L IDI Diesels
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C6 Lock up torque converter.
It works with a combination of mechanical, hydraulic, and electronic systems all operating in concert...when things are actually 'working'... Mechanical lock-up hydraulically operated with electrical and electronic assistance and strategy... Lock-up function has been achieved in the past...- XOLATEM
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- Forum: 6.9L IH & 7.3L IDI Diesels
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92 7.3 Driveshaft keeps sliding back out of carrier bearing
AH...HAH....!!! I THOUGHT that it was kind of unusual for a post-1989 truck to have anything other than an E4OD.... Everybody loves a mystery to solve...- XOLATEM
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- Forum: 6.9L IH & 7.3L IDI Diesels
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92 7.3 Driveshaft keeps sliding back out of carrier bearing
Well...it's not because of the presence of running boards.... We can rule that out... I have never, ever seen that before...but...I was not in an area that a lot of truck modifications were running around on the streets...at least not that I noticed... Can you find the build sheet...- XOLATEM
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- Forum: 6.9L IH & 7.3L IDI Diesels
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C6 Lock up torque converter.
Maybe...back in the day before that screwball Brit that the Ford family put in charge 'fixed' it so we have to have a lift and AC machine to work on our stuff...but that is another story... Let's say that Ford did decide to add a lockup to the C-6...well...they took the C-4 and added a...- XOLATEM
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- Forum: 6.9L IH & 7.3L IDI Diesels
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92 7.3 Driveshaft keeps sliding back out of carrier bearing
I just looked on wikipedia...of all things...I had stopped seeing C-6's after the 1988-89 model year in trucks...but...according to them the C-6 was used in 'F' series and Econoline all the way up to 1996..!! So...if I had followed my first impulse...I would have been...- XOLATEM
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- Forum: 6.9L IH & 7.3L IDI Diesels
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C6 Lock up torque converter.
Damifino....for me to answer that truthfully we would need a test vehicle with a C-6, a super-accurate tach, an input speed sensor and a meter that would measure the sensor pulses and translate that to RPM... Actually...come to think of it....if we had a manual valve body to take off in 3rd...- XOLATEM
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- Forum: 6.9L IH & 7.3L IDI Diesels
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C6 Lock up torque converter.
Funny you would mention that...I was thinking recently about finding an old pinball machine to fix up... A phenomenal score would be one that is just like the machine I used (on my time off...sure...) when I worked at a gas station. There was a gambling pinball machine in the back room and it...- XOLATEM
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- Forum: 6.9L IH & 7.3L IDI Diesels
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C6 Lock up torque converter.
I intend to say this in the nicest way possible...but I always have been blunt... and...that tendency has always got me into trouble...but...honesty is the best policy... I am going to say that I am sorry to bust your bubble right now before I shoot my mouth off... Here goes...and like Larry...- XOLATEM
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Cheap ZD-9 Motorcraft plugs on Flea-Bay? Legit or sketchy?
It seems a shame to me that we even have to have this kind of discussion... Someone selling counterfeit parts should be outed, arrested, charged, and jailed....for life... Ok...maybe not 'for life'...but you get the idea...there should be a punishment for this kind of fraud...a punishment...- XOLATEM
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So what did you do with your truck today?
https://www.harborfreight.com/fuel-pump-and-vacuum-tester-62637.html?utm_source=bing&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=425671834&campaignid=425671834&utm_content=1170980910157327&adsetid=1170980910157327&product=62637&store=3055&msclkid=5e7e828cfd9218a3fda5e46e107bd833 This might work for...- XOLATEM
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- Forum: 6.9L IH & 7.3L IDI Diesels
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So what did you do with your truck today?
I'd give it a shot on repairing....if you post a pic of the pieces we all can offer up our ideas on what to do.... It would be a good exercise in SHTF creativity.... I, myself am anxious to see what I could do to get it going again... Short story....a buddy of mine has a 2003 Ford dually, 6.0...- XOLATEM
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So what did you do with your truck today?
I second that emotion...if you have the C-6 and have low vacuum consistently...not only will it shift late but will go into gear hard from 'P' to 'R' and 'P' to 'D'....that will bang things up internally...(same thing for 'N' to---) Also...running low vacuum on a trans that uses a vacuum...- XOLATEM
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What would you get?
Poor thing caught a cold or something from all of the strain....continuously out-witting Mr. Wile E. Coyote... I always marveled on how the Coyote managed to lift an anvil on so many of his traps.... Entertaining little show... Didja ever try to find out if there really is an 'ACME' company...- XOLATEM
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So what did you do with your truck today?
Oh, thank the Lord...I was starting to think he was trying to tell people to 'F' off.....- XOLATEM
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What would you get?
That is an excellent idea...this is one of those that I wish that I had thought of it...now I have this in my mental toolbox... Thank you very much, @KansasIDI ...you are a sharp cookie... I like this one equally well....years ago I knew a guy that had a new rollback that worked up a good...- XOLATEM
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What would you get?
I have a rear camera because I can't see out of the back window... How about a cylinder head temp guage..? Amp guage...? Analog BS meter...? White noise calming meter to combat potential road rage..? Old Chryslers had turn signal operation confirmation lights on the hood (or fender...can't...- XOLATEM
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Rear exhaust hanger
I have some leftover rubber hangers from my Ranger exhaust adventure...my old ones were fine... If you post a pic with a size reference maybe one will work...? I rarely toss anything that I can re-purpose... Drives my Girl nuts...but...well...always been that way...- XOLATEM
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- Forum: 6.9L IH & 7.3L IDI Diesels
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Rear exhaust hanger
Aren't those supposed to be used to braze transmission cooler lines that have a hole rubbed in them..?- XOLATEM
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- Forum: 6.9L IH & 7.3L IDI Diesels
