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    So I sold the truck and I still have it 5 months later

    Located in Hillsboro Oregon area. Sold a 93(?) F350 dually 7.3 iDi (Garret Turbo), 5 speed trans, clutch and Brake pedal are frozen together. Came to me with salvage papers from a sheriffs dept. I picked it up for the 5 speed trans and front seat, $1200. Sold the front seat and now that the...
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    '89 7.3 T Wait to Start light not turning off. New to me, Property Of Shop.

    "Wait to Start" light not turning off. New to me Property Of Shop. Read POS. '89 7.3T Crew cab dually that came to me as a non runner, Steering column pulled apart because PO unable to make engine crank with the key. I found a cut out hidden switch and the solenoid signal wire with a broken butt...
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    1995 Powerstroke Cold Start // No fast idle & MORE!!!

    1995 Powerstroke Cold Start // No fast idle. 7.3 Turbo // Automatic E4OD F-Superduty. New to me money hole in the asphalt. This one has a flat bed with dump on it so it has a purpose. Tail lights blown fuse and I have no doubt the lights/wiring are shorted out. I have the parts to fix that just...
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    Hollow exhaust sound

    Greetings one and all. Playing with the '94 F350 7.3 factory idi T and it appears to have developed a nice "Hollow sound" from out of the engine exhaust. Sounds like a good "Whoofing" air pump. Acceleration now produces a trail of black smoke and a very fast one time only, so far, appears to be...
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    So I bought a '95 F450 Power stroke. . .

    So I bought a '95 F450 Power stroke. 248K miles. 8 inch tall frame rails and 10 lug wheels make this a bit larger toy.Especially with a tilt flat bad that will get the sides replaced on. The ICP sensor was bad and while replacing that I also replaced he pigtail connector to it. Steering box is...
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    Late to the party. '95 PSD CEL/Rough idle/Excessive engine noise

    Late to the party. '95 PSD CEL/Rough idle/Excessive engine noise. I am on my 3rd idi, and my fist PSD. This is in a F450 with a hyd tilt bed on it. It hasn't come home yet, but should be this Sunday late afternoon. I have not driven it and no idea what it does at road speed. Hard to pass up at...
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    Happy Birthday to me. Show me the pic's of your dually.

    Happy Birthday to me. Show me the pic's of your dually. Or any good looking flat bed. Yep. Since the kid wiped out the bed, I might as well convert this toy to a dually flat bed with dump. I have the hyd lift sitting on a pallet that was going to go onto another truck but plans have changed...
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    So I loaned the truck. .. .

    The 34 year old son said he found a free case 580CK Backhoe. I gave him the keys to the White '94 7.3 idiT CC Dually. I said "Go have fun". Finances have been snug and no Haggerty insurance. He called me. Oops. Apparently the free machine had no brakes. He became acutely aware of this as it ran...
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    Well, Fu-udge.

    So there I was Playing with Facebook marketplace. A dangerous place for a mentally challenged person such as I. There I was looking for a dump trailer and ran across a '93 F350 dually with the 7.3 for $1,000 I contacted the owner who didn't quite speak the best English. (He was Samoan) He sent...
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    I Bent It. idit me

    Oh fudge. So the truck sat for about 5 weeks and I went to start it. Crank, crank, oh shtge! Let the glow plugs cool off about 20 minutes and give the intake a shot of ether. It started up and runs. Now it restarts with no problem because I have not let it sit another 5 weeks. Low speed has this...
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    Fender mounted starter solenoid

    Oh Joy. 3 post solenoid, fender mount with Motorcraft P/N 9TF F1150 -A P3M3 B1 Now the second one in too soon a time. Contemplating adding a second in line solenoid, one just for glow plugs and the next one just for...
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    '87 6.9 needs to go away.

    Time to let the '87 F250 4X4 6.9/C-6 find a new home. $2205. It's not a beauty queen but for the money, Not that the transmission taking it's time to go into gear first thing in the morning was bothering me, or the slight water intrusion into the cab area from a body seam up front somewhere...
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    Steering Stabilizer or Sway Bar with RFS?

    '94 7.3 idiT CC Dually * After doing the 4X4 mod and installing the Dana 60 on a Reverse Front Shackle set up, Going down the road is pretty stable. Until. I hit a rough patch in the road on the left side and about a foot later, a rough patch in the road with the right side. * It is a fun...
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    $745 Driveshaft games

    So. . . the asphalt queen with the Allison trans and the adapter connecting the transfer case required shortening the original driveshaft. Shouldn't be a problem. Going from a 2WD toy to the 4x4 had me playing with the carrier bearing drop. The 2WD frame carrier bracket drop is about 2 inches...
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    Bigger parts coming

    ('94 CC Dually 7.3idiT) So I finally got the Allison in (From CAConversion in Florida) along with a reverse front shackle on a Dana 60. Then with a coil to leaf spring change over in addition to a 4x4 conversion. Add the Eaton Truetrac rear diff and an Elocker front diff along with the Promar...
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    STATIC TIMING 7.3

    Greetings one and All. Static timing set Looking down at the IP from the front of the truck. I have a scribed line on the Timing Gear Cover I have a second scribed line on the Injection pump. As you are looking down, from the front, Does the scribed line on the pump go to the right OR Left Of...
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    Turbo / snail / Hat fitment

    Took a pic and before I smack the (JB WELD?) glued on turbo hat with a hammer to dislodge and potentially destroy the snail, Should it be closer to the turbo? Looking at this tells me I have a larger problem of the turbo sitting back too far and not plugging into the hat correctly. What say you...
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    Major Setback

    That title is a bit misleading but it got your attention. I have been plugging away at this truck for some time. It was the wife's idea that I just expanded upon. Well, she moved to Heaven without me on the 19th of April at 11.25 PM. Good people, leave your spouse a list of everything you own...
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    6.0 (?) Intercooler on the '94 7.3 idiT

    Here I am about to get the project on the road, next week or so, Looking at things and considering the future, short and long term and more ways to dump money in this cash cow. . . INTERCOOLER. I did a fast search for a 6.0 kit and found one, I believe, at roughly $15/1600. This would require...
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    I created a monster '94 idiT CC Dually

    Oops. The Allsion behind that 7.3 idiT just wants to go. I finally fired the B*ch off after 19 months of delay, loss of interest, weather conditions, family matters, etc and it leaked. Sunny Beach. Crawl under and looking at the cross over exh pipe and it is pouring out all over the pipe...
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    Pillar Post Gauge pod // survey

    Well the wife took a nap on me today or else I would have fired off this 19 month project. 20 months? This also accommodates the periodic loss of interest. So. . . Around here somewhere in my collection I have a 4 gauge pod to stuff into the left corner. I figured, Oil Pressure, Water Temp...
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    '94 F350 Carrier Bearing Drop Spacer / 3" lift

    Getting close to done. . . In the final stages of initial assembly and I finally got the 2 piece drive line in and it is in dire need to drop about 3 inches at the center carrier bearing I suspect. I say three inches due to the 3 inch OEM spacers I installed...
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    Pressure Chamber/Turbo Hat to Turbo 'O' Ring source?

    Greeting fellow Oil Burners, Looking for the "O" ring above. Naturally the hat is 'glued' (?) down to the manifold by the PO and I hope I can knock it loose with a hammer stick and not break it. It is not squarely seated on the turbo exhaust and I suspect it will in fact suffer a pressure loss...
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    More engine power "research"

    Well, after about 19 months of one problem after another, including, but not limited to a loss of interest, combined with laziness, the Allison '94 CC Dually F350 7.43 idiT might be on the road next Friday. Now that Allison trans is rated to tow 32,500 pounds. The engine, maybe not so much. So...
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    Dead horse subject RABS // Parts availability?

    Okay. My turn. And I apologize in advance. Back when I first got this '94 CC Dually, 7.3 idiT, The brakes worked. Not the best, but the truck did stop effectively enough. Lock up? No way. You are going to hit whatever your aimed at. Add a camper, etc and you better plan ahead. The PO...

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