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    Trans Temp too cold?

    https://www.powerstroke.org/attachments/trans-life-expectancy-jpg.34996/ Could not help myself....this is relative but does not tell the whole story... Kind of over-simplified...actually
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    Trans Temp too cold?

    Well...I am really tempted to offer an opinion on all of this...but first I want to know if you guys really want to know what I might have to say on this topic... You know what 'they' say about opinions.......in addition to other things...everybody's got one... When it comes to...
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    Block Serial ID

    This is why I tap into the 'Brain Trust' that is available on here...a good answer..!! Thanks for explaining all of that.... Not to derail the thread...but the wiring thing reminded me of the first task a tractor dealer gave me as a fresh hire...I suppose it was a 'sink or swim' job to see if I...
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    Block Serial ID

    Gentlemen, gentlemen.... if...that block had been decked and/or the heads had been surfaced...it would have changed their location in relationship to one another...and on a 'V' engine...the intake ports and bolt holes are not going to line up like an untouched factory block, heads, and intake...
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    70 MPH at lower RPM

    I second that...very nice looking truck...!!
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    KansasIDI’s 1986 Ford F250HD 7.3L IDI

    I can see that. The 4R100 is a modified E4OD...and both of those units are a C-6 design with an overdrive in the front. Big, beautiful units....when you have the computer strategy calibrated for strictly durability and not comfort you have a good, strong unit. I would run one if I didn't...
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    Bla bla bla

    I just know that I am working up a good, stern talking to from Cheap Bronco... Can't wait to get that tangent worked up again...
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    Bla bla bla

    I liked him as the bad guy in 'Last Action Hero'....not so much in Galaxy Quest... I guess it depends on whether you want to be told what to do by some verdamnt englander who thinks they are more clever than most or some other voice that is looking to distract you so they can pick your pocket...
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    Bla bla bla

    You just reminded me that I need to fix the switch that lights up the red BRAKE light on mine....I bought a safety switch to adapt to it...but have not gotten to it...too busy with other stuff... Now I gotta find where I put that switch... But I appreciate the nice picture of the E-brake assy...
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    Bla bla bla

    That could be why that escape tool was marketed....the one that will supposedly cut the belts..? Maybe it was intended for more usage than just escaping from a wreck...? Might have to get one and check how good the metal is and see if it holds an edge... ttman4....you are brilliant...you...
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    How to Adjust Injection Pump Side Lines Without Removing Other Lines

    Another nifty idea from the crafty guy in PA... If I lived near there I would be hanging around outside your shop hoping you would let me in and teach me a few things...you might even get me to clean up any spills and take out the trash....and I don't take out the trash for just anyone...just...
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    Bla bla bla

    I hated those sons-a-beech's...I was always getting myself caught up in them when I put a car on the lift and tried to get out...(asymetric lift) Generally I dislike a car or truck doing anything for me automatically... I want to decide when and how to do something...not some clueless and...
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    Tachometer

    That probably did not allow the torque convertor clutch to lock up and you heated up the fluid in the unit as a result...then the temp sensor in the trans told the TCM that the fluid was too hot and it went to a fail-safe mode to try to save itself. Check the fluid level and condition and fix...
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    “The 6.9” project thread

    That is some dang good torch cutting...It takes a very steady and disciplined hand to cut that nice with a torch...something that I wish that I had... I got a small, older model Hobart plasma cutter with a small mig welder as a package deal from a guy a coupla-three years ago and used it...
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    “The 6.9” project thread

    I am glad to see that you are using authentic Vise-Grip pliers... I like your tool for guiding the plasma cutter torch... Crafty..that firewall re-inforcement ain't goin' to flex anywhere...
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    Random surging while driving

    That is a nifty idea....!!! You sure are a crafty sonuvagun... Never thought of that....years ago a guy wanted to give me an antique lathe...not too tall of a swing...just right for a small garage... If I had a good place to keep it at the time I would have taken it...but I did not have the...
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    80-91 stripped steering wheel nut threads options

    I have a decent collection of 5-gallon buckets just for that purpose... I have stood on them occaisionally to reach back over the air cleaner to attach the water dam on the cowling...then the b1t2# flipped over and I got intimate with my air cleaner...it was a bonding experience.... My Girl...
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    Doomsday Dually Project

    Have you figured in the possibility that the road will be clogged up with all of those new boat anchors, dog houses, and metal-and-plastic people cages...? I would get something bigger with a beefed-up snowplow to push everything outta your way...
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    So what did you do with your truck today?

    Ok...first off...I don't know 'nuthin...not compared to all of the other guys on here that work with this stuff every day... But....I did read Smokey Yunick's book...'Power Secrets'... And...I have picked up a lot of good stuff from being on this site for a few months...so...I welcome others...
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    So what did you do with your truck today?

    I didn't go through your whole thread on your build...I will, eventually because I want to do the same thing with mine......just hit bits and pieces of it...but the first thing that comes to mind on is this...... How did you time your IP..? And...what kind of engine temps are you seeing...
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    Low vacuum pressure switch work around help please

    Welcome on board... Can you tell us year, make, and model...? And...can you give us a picture to see how bad it really is..? If it were me...I would take a dremel and expose enough contact metal to solder wires to the affected area and connect it up that way... Tedious...yes...but possibly...
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    California Diesel Conversion Tale of Woe

    Good story....I'll bet you had a lot of fun running that truck... My old '74 C10 had a stock built 350 and I put a 700 in and it had a 3.42 rear gear...I liked to drive it but Lord it was rusty... On your 6.2 ....you are going to need a reliable vacuum regulator valve to run your 350...just...
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    So what did you do with your truck today?

    Or maybe Rankine...?
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    California Diesel Conversion Tale of Woe

    Just thought of another possibility...the 2004R transmission was offered in a diesel calibration...the first gear ratio is not quite as steep as the one in a 700R4 but it is better than the 350 first gear...and you have overdrive and lockup convertor, too. Also...the input shaft is more...
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    California Diesel Conversion Tale of Woe

    I just can't help myself, here....gearing is one of my favorite subjects... You might get the fuel mileage you want with that tall rear end gear....but I think...( I could be wrong...) that it will not have a nice amount of pull off the line...(takeoff from a stop) Also...the diesel...

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