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    Freeze plug Tool Plans.

    What Gary mentions about using ONLY freeze plugs from Ford ( OK you can get them from IH too ) is CRITICAL, not a maybe as I mentioned in this artical I compared the ford plugs against ones from Napa ( and they get the same plugs that everyone else does for the most part ) and the plugs were...
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    Freeze plug Tool Plans.

    Sent ;Sweet
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    Freeze plug Tool Plans.

    I ll have to check on that, but if you just happen to be rebuilding an engine, just holler aand I'll come over and give ya a hand popping those suckers in
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    Anyone run synthetic or 10w30 in the winter?

    I run the PSD size filter and a bypass, and Amsoil 15w 40 synthetic year round. with a quality synthetic, you really make the cold start thing a moot point as pour point gets dpwn lower than what the thing is going to fire at without a block heater plugged in at anyway most get down around -40...
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    Freeze plug Tool Plans.

    OK folks, I know that a bunch of you have been waiting patientnly for these , and I wish I could have got them to you a couple of weeks sooner, but my internet has been down aside from maybe a minute access at a time, but my cousin, who is a retired prototype machinist with massive amounts of...
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    Advice-PROPER way to service rear diff

    Or get one of these puppies and then you'll never have to pull the stinking cover to change fluid and take a nasty diff fluid bath again and have to scrape all that crud off the gasket surface to get it ready to mount back up. Just open the drain plug and drop it ;Sweet When you consider how...
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    Lower compression and Gasket Choice

    You can find gapless rings from total seal they run about $400 a set, Its a set with a standard top ring and a gapless second ring
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    Help! Major Diesel Leaks

    I noticed recently when doing some work and we had remnants of one of Russ's kits, he uses the good German braid hose, and lots of kits use the 'merican hose, there is a HUGE difference in quality here. The German stuff will remain pliable and hold it's seal throughout it's expected lifespan...
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    Penetrating oils, what do u use?

    I recognize that can. I bought some of that out on the road at a small truckstop once. It was fairly effective. Still not as good as Kroil, but Infinitely more effective than Pblaster. I'd buy the stuff in a heartbeat for lighter duty jobs. There's a lot of smaller manufacture penetrating...
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    Penetrating oils, what do u use?

    Aw, don't worry, we aren't fixin' to render ya down any time soon :D
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    What is this noise?

    Here's a hint... you shouldnt be in gear under load under 1k rpms, actually you shouldnt be in gear under load under 1700 rpms aside from first gear take off which should be VERY gradual until you get to the 1700 point. lugging a mid range or high rpm diesel is one of the fastest ways to kill...
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    Penetrating oils, what do u use?

    I'd be inclined to believe them. It looks like some serious stuff,, most likely a modern candidate for wd 40 replacement for commercial production and aerospace rust prevention but anything like that is going to want to stay in place to do its job, it's not going have the properties needed to...
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    eBay turbos

    in other words , intentional destructive end.
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    where to get fuel filters?

    if it had warmed up by then ( which it usually does in your area) then that sure sounds like gelling. Chances are the pump fuel in your area is not winter fuel so it is not treated in any way out of the pumps, same as here ( since our mid winter temps are about the same as the mid summer temps...
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    What is this noise?

    You say noise goes away with a little throttle and it's hard to start. I'm inclined to think there may be a leaking injector involved here as well . Its a little harder to tell with a slushbox, but does it make the rattle at no to light load at no to partial throttle then go away as you get on...
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    CDR Valve Failure?

    THe rubber diaphram will tear eventually causing failure and if the thing is gunked up it wont function. THey were supposed to be cleaned at each oil change but none ever were. It's not an open close device, it is a crankcase depression REGULATOR . operative word *regulator* the thing does...
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    Penetrating oils, what do u use?

    That's not exactly true. The original Aero Kroil has no lubricant and it straight penetrating oil, but they also sell another version, Sili- Kroil that has a silicone based lubricant in it. I usually keep both on hand depending on the use. As far as only being available mail order, I've...
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    price estimate? head gaskets

    Car Quest carries them, Any quality parts house that carries Dana product lines can get them. a few vendors on ebay do as well
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    E4OD Dipstick

    use a paper towel..one of those heavy blue shop towels. Wipe it off once to get road splash off, then dip it and then carefully dab across the reading area with the paper holding it in a way that you can keep it lined up with the stick, the fluid will show up clearly on the paper, even if its...
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    Bed, meet cab corner.....

    Enjoy the flex. I have a nice big heavy Western Hauler bed, and that sucker is rigid mounted to the frame to where the whole tail end of the truck becomes one piece with the bed and the gooseneck hitch is intertwined with the whole works It's solid as can be and will pull ANYTHING but on...
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    Inquiry about fuel additives

    Doesnt damage rings, helps add to the soot buildup. Have to remember a iddy biddy 2 stroke engine has ZERO null strokes, it fires on every stroke which keeps the oil fuel burning , but even then the little rings pack up and if you were to relate it to a comparable time to road miles it is a...
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    Thought it was a wheel bearing, help?

    if that doesnt take care of it, you may be loosing a front tire. Mine do that when they get worn downI cant rotate because I run mud treads on the rear sp the twin i beams eat the edges up and get them beyond balance after a while to where they will hit a groove in a curve and go into a hop...
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    Inquiry about fuel additives

    I'll stick with running Howes in mine, and the tests didnt take into account that in a pickup or car that you are SUPPOSED to run THREE TIMES the listed amount on the lable ( as you are with most additives because those ratios were figures with big trucks and heavy marine diesels in mind that...
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    Cooling system question

    if thats a 2 row copper, that would be the same as a factory rad that was 50% clogged and would describe your heat behaviour perfectly, if its a large 2 row aluminum , then thats another story
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    Refigerant vs. Oil ??

    I would assume that you are getting a variable orifice valve, and yes, I install them exclusively in everything I work on here in Arkansas, but when using them you kind of have to use the charge amounts and pressure charts as a basic guide and go by the duct temps because those things will make...

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