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    2000 mile trip in 1990 F250 with 2,400 lbs in bed?

    Later this year I need to make a trip from the East Coast to Phoenix Arizona and bring back a 100 year-old 15 hp Fairbanks Morse flywheel engine. The engine weighs approximately 2,400 lb and physically will fit into the bed of my truck. My problem lies in the fact that 2,400 lbs is greater than...
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    If you wanted to rebuild a 7.3 idi, increase it's performance w/o a turbo, what would you do?

    At some point I'm probably going to rebuild my 1990 vintage 7.3 idi. It has a little under 190K miles on it. I'm well versed with rebuilding gasoline engines but don't have much experience with non-turbo diesels. What upgrades are available to increase hp / torque w/o adding a turbo...
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    1990 clutch master cylinder rod removal

    I've been having some problems with the clutch in my 1990 F250 7.3 idi project truck. When I got the truck back on the road after it sat for 7 years on a local farm, the clutch worked fine. It had just been replaced when the truck's oil cooler went out 8 years ago, which was why it the truck...
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    Met Oilburners member @ChevellRCR tonight

    This evening Oilburners member @ChevellRCR and his lovely wife stopped by my farm and Sawmill to pick up some drums of methanol that I had for sale. These were left over from a bio Diesel project that I was involved with about 15 years ago and I finally got tired of looking at them stored in one...
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    Shoutout to Bronco Graveyard

    I've been having some problems with the clutch in my 1990 F250, and after replacing the clutch master and slave cylinders the problem did not go away. Further diagnosis revealed some movement at the clutch master cylinder, so after researching the issue I discovered the Ford TSB about the...
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    Anybody near Raleigh NC interested in some methanol for biodiesel production?

    I have around 70 gallons of methanol left over from a biodiesel project. It's clean and unused, in sealed drums and has been stored inside. Would like to sell it for a reasonable price. Near Raleigh, NC. Pls send a PM if interested. Thx. Scott
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    Add-on overdrive options for a '90 F250 2wd 7.3 idi with ZF5?

    I have a '90 F250 2wd 7.3 idi project truck that I'm bringing back to life (been sitting in a barn for several years with a bad oil cooler), and ultimately intend to mate it's front half to the rear half of an '82 F350 dually with flatbed dump that I have. Truck will be used here on the farm...
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    New here - NC farmer / sawmill owner

    An acquaintance from a milling and forestry forum recommended this forum to me. I recently acquired a 1990 F250 2wd project with a 7.3 idi and 5 speed. The truck has 168K miles on it and has been parked for several years due to a leaky oil cooler. I'm in the process of bringing it back to...

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