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    7.3 IdI honing cylinders

    What are the second seal rings?
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    7.3 IdI honing cylinders

    I have never done the soapy water. I have washed the cylinders down with parts cleaner and then do a wipe in each cylinder with engine oil before installing the pistons.
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    7.3 IdI honing cylinders

    if I go back with standard rings do they need to be gaped or will they be set properly already?
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    7.3 IdI honing cylinders

    You install the bearing dry correct? and then use the assembly lube on the bearing surface right?
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    7.3 IdI honing cylinders

    After further investigation i see that the cap is help to the rod with a nut not a bolt . so I assume the nut is safe to reuse provided nothing is wrong with it?
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    7.3 IdI honing cylinders

    Okay so after further inspection of the cylinder walls... the crosshatch is non existent. So I ordered the ball hone and rings and lower rod bearings. What else do I need and are the connecting rod bolts reusable?
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    7.3 push rods

    I will check for flow through the centers, most of the copper color is gone on the rods where they contact but they all looked very round and i didn't see any that looked out of shape.
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    7.3 push rods

    When I pulled the push rods on this donor engine they were not all installed the proper direction (copper colored end up) should I put them back the way they came out or should I turn the the proper way when I put it back together?
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    7.3 head gasket prep

    I ended up using the brass wire wheel i had. I tried the roloc pad (medium) and even with light pressure it was scratching the cast iron surface. So I abandoned that method for the wire wheel and it came out perfect. I pluged the oil drain back ports with ear plugs and just went at it. Vacuumed...
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    7.3 head gasket prep

    You have to use 6.9 head gaskets for the cooling mod right? I have the 7.3 gasket kit already.
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    7.3 head gasket prep

    So the holes with the blue tape pointing to them are the oil drain back passages? I have the valley covered. Anything else to cover before I make a mess?
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    7.3 head gasket prep

    I can flush the coolant side to remove debris but I'm worried about the oil side. The outer two small holes just below the outer (or rather front and back ) head bolts are the oil ports correct? I want to plug them before using the pads to clean the deck.
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    7.3 head gasket prep

    All I have are medium (brown scotch bright) pads. Will that be to course?
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    7.3 head gasket prep

    I normally do too. But I'm in a location where I don't have access to a compressor that can run my angle grinder. I guess I could try to run the Rolex disk in the drill.
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    7.3 head gasket prep

    I have the old gasket scraped off and used a gasket stripper. But after two applications of the stripper there is still old graphite gasket material on the block and heads. Is it safe to use a brass wire wheel at low speed to clean the rest of the graphite off? The brass should be soft enough...
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    Reviving a 1990 F250

    So I'm not against new bolts. Especially with the rust and knowing that these head bolts have been reused before. With the BMW engines I have done (1990's) you had to re torque the head bolts after 50-100 miles if installing new head bolts. Is that the case with these bolts? Also when the last...
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    Reviving a 1990 F250

    Pulled the heads last night and doesn't look to bad to me. Dirty and a little buildup in some places but no cracks or anything I can see so far. The rusted head bolts concern me a little because I was planning on reusing them. Do you think clean and reuse or order new? Or steal 3 from the other...
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    Reviving a 1990 F250

    Pulled the exhaust manifolds off tonight and found two ports wet with what appears to be oil. Doesn't smell like diesel. I am assuming this is a indicator of the valve seals being bad?
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    7.3 IDI engine heating options

    Rotella has a T6 0w40 and Amsoil has one too. Not sure of others but I have used those with good success in a few engine's.
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    Reviving a 1990 F250

    Well I decided to do head gaskets while I have the engine on a stand. Can the head bolts be reused? They look new, in fact the everything under the valve covers looks like it has been rebuilt. I got the felpro gaskets set for the engine. Are the felpro head gaskets good?
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    Reviving a 1990 F250

    This Is the 1500 lbs rated engine stand from pep boys, while putting it together I was surprised at how light duty it looked. But the mounting arms that connect to the block don't spread wide enough to get to the lowest trans bolts so I have the two upper bolts and then the mid bolts have the...
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    Reviving a 1990 F250

    Here is the picture. I still have the engine supported by the engine lift.
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    Reviving a 1990 F250

    So I don't like how the engine was sitting on the stand so I added a leg from the stand to the bottom of the crank pulley. What are the possibilities that the leg could cause a problem... bent pully or damage the crank or bearings. I will get a picture tomorrow.
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    Reviving a 1990 F250

    I feel the same way. I even did the compression test two times to make sure my numbers were correct. This engine is only supposed to have 140,000 miles on it, Under normal conditions I wouldn't assume this engine had been rebuilt. It is out of a 1989 but the navstar tag on the pass valve cover...
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    How much is my truck worth?

    Now as far as value... I have gotten all my receipts together for vehicles in the past and used that as a value for a custom insurance policy so the actual replacement value of the vehicle is covered should it be destroyed.

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