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    So what did you do with your truck today?

    Hmm....I got an idea...(sometimes that is not good...dangerous, even...) Lets pitch the idea of using that spot to film a movie...a sort of dystopian...post-apocayptic ...with midget mutant humans and apes battling each other....( I can see it now...'Planet of the Vertically-Challenged...
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    So what did you do with your truck today?

    Cupholders, too...we are hitting on all eight cylinders... and...I love to see a real shifter for the transfer case...when it is only a switch to shift into 4X4... I feel a collossal letdown...like I am somehow being cheated or worse yet...cheating... It's a primal thing...city folks just...
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    How to remove upper brake hose from bracket

    Ok, time for a personal vignette...and all of the above comments is what prompted me... I used to have a shop...I did mostly transmissions... On the kickdown linkage on most earlier Fords (before they went to a cable with a socket) the linkage was held to the throttle lever with an...
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    So what did you do with your truck today?

    If I had to back outta that building I would pray that I would have the presence of mind to not stab the gas pedal and then cut the wheel without reminding myself of that tree back there...and...also pray that the pedal and linkage not stick in the WFO position.... I mean...shade is good and...
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    So what did you do with your truck today?

    I know it isn't because of the coffee part....you don't like coffee, I understand...
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    So what did you do with your truck today?

    I know it isn't because of the coffee part...you don't like coffee....
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    What's this in the oil pan?

    I believe that it looks supiciously like the famous 'nibbling pin'... If you can somehow locate the 'wobbling shaft'...you will see where it fits in.... Stuff like that I put in the ashtray...and look at it every now and again... otherwise it will collect in the spare change tray... Sorry...
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    Slight pull to driver side, more so when loaded

    Have you compared the ride height with the factory specs...on all four corners...? And...have you had someone follow you and watch your truck go down the road...to see if it looks like it is 'crabbing'....?
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    Leaking fuel tank selector valve?

    I had one of those, too...can't remember how I got it...think it was abandoned because of a bad transmission....I fixed it and kept it next to the shop for a number of months...until someone came along that 'just had to have it'... One of the guys that worked with me used it as a 'my...
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    Stumped with soft brakes

    Can you post a picture of the front calipers installed on the vehicle...? And....have you tried adjusting the rear shoes with the rear lifted so that you can turn the wheels by hand...but just a slight drag...? He is suggesting that the shoes and pads need to be bedded in and...
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    Leaking fuel tank selector valve?

    More than likely they were all given a good bonus and retired... It is my fantasy to take all of those engineers that fixed it for us that you have to 'lift the cab' to do any work to the engine and have them all....**** !!!???!!! Well...at least make them 'run the gauntlet' with a whole...
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    Part ID help

    I'll bet a few parts that I ordered wrong and some good used brake hoses that we won't hear from her until she is baffled on something else.... I'll bet good money that will never happen on that bus... I'll bet good money on that will be the solution...but we will never know....
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    Rebuilding a 7.3 IDI Turbo

    https://www.anglo-agriparts.com/anglo-news/piston-ring-types-compression-ring https://www.wellfarengineparts.com/info/a-comprehensive-guide-to-the-classification-of-79460437.html I just threw this up there so I could study it as well.... HTH
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    So what did you do with your truck today?

    That is an excellent job....I really like the color on the engine... If you were not so far away I would ask you to do mine...and pay whatever you wanted for the job. Looks great...and how you fixed up the paint booth is super nifty... American engine-nuity...
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    6.9 stalling for no reason?

    How much fuel do you have in the fuel tanks..? If they are full...or nearly so.... On the IP...I would turn that fuel screw back to where it was and try it again... But that is just what I would do...not knowing anything else about the truck...
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    Part ID help

    Mary, whatever happened with the transmission issue last year..? We were all left hanging when you dropped off the radar...after investing so much time and energy trying to help you...it would have been good to at least let everyone move on instead of wondering if you were dessicating out in...
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    Accurate Diesel - ‘86 6.9 Glow Plug Controller Upgrade

    yes, they did....works ok from my experience...as long as you keep mice out from behind the instrument panel... I have had to repair a few tractors that had their wires chewed up...it helped that I could get my hands on some wiring diagrams... In a hurry or just conditioned to have an...
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    Leaking fuel tank selector valve?

    Aw, C'mon...I was told that 'Pain and misery was good for the soul...' You are already halfway there, aren't you..? Just tell me when you get started...and I'll start praying for you...or start doing a rain or snow dance...or something....burnt offering..?
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    Fresh engine build follow up checks

    Is it possible that the extra heat shed from the intercooler at the higher engine speeds influenced the coolant temps...? The turbo would be spinning faster and more boost, I would imagine...so...more heat that the radiator has to deal with....? Also...is it possible that the air circulation...
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    Flickering headlights

    Check the alternator for AC ripple. Does this occur on a smooth highway or a washboard gravel road...? Does it occur right away as soon as you turn on the lights or does it take awhile to manifest itself...? Is this a consistent problem or does it come and go..?
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    How to remove upper brake hose from bracket

    This project will go better if you have soaked the brake line and fitting with some good penetrating oil a couple of days ahead of time... Do you have a small torch..? I have found that heating the fitting to loosen it from the hard line and then using some PB Blaster or equivalent and then...
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    Leaking fuel tank selector valve?

    That should be considered a misdemeanor and punishable by at least a weekend in the can and fed just bread and water.... There has to be some kind of shopworn lesson here...but I am too old to remember it... Do we need to file an environmental impact statement..? That kind of stuff is normal...
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    Electrical Help and FIPL question

    I second that and also the referral to Dirtlegs methods.... As far as the... That is a computer strategy calibration question, but probably yes... You are increasing the engine load signal to the TCM and it responds with commanding more mainline hydraulic pressure and stretching out the...
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    Rat chewed under dash wiring

    I'll have to find that book...did not know it existed...thank you for that. Josey Wales is a doggone good movie...the book oughta be better... In the first 'True Grit' movie...the 'writ for a rat' scene is pretty funny... so is the 'winged Pegasus' scene... (sigh)... looks like another...
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    Rat chewed under dash wiring

    Sorry to hear about your less-than-good luck on your wiring...but...the flip side is it gives you an opportunity to get up-close-and-personal with your truck....a lot of us have been there... I had my interior out...pulled down to the bulkhead...I know what I have now and it was a lot of...

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