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  1. captain720

    Your thoughts on my reliability problems

    Currently my choices for a daily at the moment are a 1987 F250 6.9 4x4 or the 1997 F250 7.3 OBS PSD 4x4. Both are high mileage worked hard trucks and I love them both. The 6.9 is likely my favorite but it started off in the ground and the last owner took it skydiving twice. I use them both...
  2. captain720

    Pulled a 1987 out of a hole

    It’s my in laws and I can use it only on weekends so last weekend was a 25+ work hour marathon to get it done. It is very nice and I am very thankful for getting to use it but sometimes I get in way over my head on weekend projects.
  3. captain720

    Pulled a 1987 out of a hole

    I got it done last night and it works fine, although I have a pesky hose clamp that’s leaking. That always happens to me.
  4. captain720

    Pulled a 1987 out of a hole

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    Pulled a 1987 out of a hole

  6. captain720

    Pulled a 1987 out of a hole

    Some minty reinforcements
  7. captain720

    So what did you do with your truck today?

    I disassembled mine.
  8. captain720

    Pulled a 1987 out of a hole

    I need to make it to work on Monday so cutting and welding are the way it will go.
  9. captain720

    Pulled a 1987 out of a hole

    I have decided to make the multi radiator cores support, works for AC or non AC radiators. Here is a mock-up
  10. captain720

    Pulled a 1987 out of a hole

    I am not planning to spend money to buy a new radiator for the ac brick nose and I will stick with what I have. That would be nice but that’s a lot of bucks.
  11. captain720

    Pulled a 1987 out of a hole

    I might already be running a 460 radiator.
  12. captain720

    Pulled a 1987 out of a hole

    Does the core support on the right look like a bull or brick nose? The one on the left is what came out and the one on the right is what I got to replace it but it’s much different.
  13. captain720

    Pulled a 1987 out of a hole

    This is my ride to work Monday morning.
  14. captain720

    back prime the fuel system?

    I always get a little confused by the whole priming the fuel system thing, I can change my filter, change my lines, change my manual lift pump, and still fire off in a few cranks with fuel only in the tanks and maybe a little hanging around inside the IP. What’s the need for it? Maybe I have...
  15. captain720

    Pulled a 1987 out of a hole

    So for $200 I was expecting a pretty nice core support but that was not exactly the case, it’s quite cancered out below the battery trays so it will be a fabrication operation.
  16. captain720

    96 First Powerstroke

    I think I will likely use normal green coolant and Napa Kool nitrate based sca as that’s what I am running in my other truck and I’m happy with it plus I already have the stuff.
  17. captain720

    Jesus Freak's WMO IP thread

    I think the main challenge is as far as I know no one has bought two brand new IDIs and ran one on WMO and one in diesel through the exact same use cases and seen how they compared. Most of us are running high/unknown mileage components until they pop and nobody really knows anything for sure...
  18. captain720

    96 First Powerstroke

    I finally actually drove the thing to work without any major huge issues! Although I have discovered that the “coolant” that’s in the thing is quite nasty.
  19. captain720

    Pulled a 1987 out of a hole

    It has been wrecked at some point, not a major deal but I can tell the last owner did weird things to put it back together and the whole core support is bent and it messes up the hood alignment and the headlight mounts so a new part is on order. Should I reinforce the new one before putting it in?
  20. captain720

    Another lift pump lets me down.

    What you need is a system that lets you switch to e pump when the psi on your manual gets low. Gets you home with redundancy. Every system will be unreliable what you need is redundancy, manuals fail and electrics fail.
  21. captain720

    Pulled a 1987 out of a hole

    When I got the truck the radiator core support was sketchily welded back together by a previous owner, well it finally let go yesterday. I quickly glued it back together so I could get home from work yesterday without my radiator hitting my fan but I ordered a new one from wrecking yard. The...
  22. captain720

    Pulled a 1987 out of a hole

    Sometimes I get thrown out of second gear and the 4 speed does tend to make creative noises. Is there a reputable source for entire new transmission or is a rebuild myself in the future? I am mostly looking to price things out as I know it’s a repair I need to be saving for.
  23. captain720

    96 First Powerstroke

    It actually starts now! The new glow plugs were the last thing I needed to make it start without extreme effort. Now it fired right off. Now I just need a rack I like, 4wd, and a toolbox
  24. captain720

    Looking for a GPS Vehicle tracker.

    Maybe you need an air tag and a tile.
  25. captain720

    96 First Powerstroke

    I replaced the glow plugs, valve cover gaskets with doorman ones, and one of the truck side wiring plugs. It only had 2 functional glow plugs. Now it is closer to being a functional vehicle.

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