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    Long road trip...new problem-white smoke

    How long is it that youve owned that thing? does the fuel tank go down to E or does it poop out at 1/4 tank? Have you ever drained the tanks completely? Do you run fuel additive regularly , if so , what?
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    Need Help Fast, Got To Have My Truck Up Tomorrow

    I would suspect cowl drains as well. To eleminate the cooling system as suspect, go to the parts store and get 2 small bottles or UV dye for cooling system and a UV light and glasses same as used for testing for leaks in AC system , pour dye in cooling system, place cardboard over rad so you...
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    Picked up a winch bumper today....F R E E....yaha!

    You are right wanting 3/8 on those brackets . I have no idea why so many winch bumpers have 1.4" brackets. Mine came that way, so when I had to modify it to fit my truck, I made them in 1.4 and those suckers bent like wet bread in a little bump Ive been in a bit of the same boat. I havent been...
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    Oil leak from drain plug

    I never liked the Fumoto. Theres always teh chance of that valve getting snagged by some errant tumbleweeds and oops I went ahead and put one of those Aeroquip quick drain setups on mine . Granted it certainly is not as fast as a fumoto, there is basically no chance of a failure unless you...
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    Cheap friggin china crap!! TOB

    I hate to ask a stupid question, but did the throwout bearing in question have a partially open area on the back side and if so did you grease it before installing it ?
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    Ford Brake Spring Tool

    Aw those retainer springs are much more fun with a big honkin' screwdriver and a selection of creative language :eek::backoff
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    Factory tow hitch setup?

    THese are words to LIVE by! I gross out over 18k with my 5er and over 22k with my carhauler, but I rarely touch my brakes in the mountains when towing. These engines have great compression braking if you keep your speed down and ride it where it should be, everything will stay easy to control...
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    US Gear Decellerator

    Hey Rob, I d bet money that circuit is identical to the manual OD solenoid switching circuit that came factory with the laycock OD units on the cars. In other words, Ive most likely got a few of those laying around here. I'ts a basic momentary push button and a standard 30 amp bosch relay I...
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    transfer case shifter

    after lubng up Make sure your hubs are unlocked and drive it on dirt while turning and trying to shift the t case Used to have to do this at the jeep dealership all the time with stuck transfer cases sometimes you have to lock the hubs in and try it to jostle the blamed things loose. They just...
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    Darn CDR Valve....

    Another thing you may wish to consider, even though your engine is low milage, is to run a couple of treatments of Auto Rx low mileage means it hasnt been driven much and likely has sat a lot. Sticky rings will contribute a lot to excess blow by and older diesels are notorious for this. You...
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    Darn CDR Valve....

    Not at all true. The CDR functions in a much more complex manner than just by vacuum alone. It also operates by the pressure being built up inside the crankcase by the blowby pressure. Have you ever noticed how small the outlet is for teh CDR? Much too small for a true functional RDT for a...
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    Has anybody here had a 1984 Mercedes 300D?

    With the manual box, those things are downright peppy. Its nice not being stuck with that factory shifting arrangement on the slushboxes, they did that on the slushboxes really for 2 reasons, for smoothness, and for safety driving in snow, its really hard to break the tires loose and they track...
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    Has anybody here had a 1984 Mercedes 300D?

    Ive had to go deep into a number of those things on mine and a bunch of customer cars, , those older critters were zf. , a lot of times the parts when purchased from MB would come out of an MB box and be in a ZF bag inside. A lot of the zf slushbozes were cable shift activated, but the MB had...
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    Towing mirrors

    Check out this post
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    Towing mirrors

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    Towing mirrors

    THis is completely normal . I drove a big truck for years, and I can poke my 32ft carhauler in next to the house off a narrow road blideside in 2 shots, but when I have to to back up my little 8 ft utility flat, it's downright embarrassing. At the scrap metal yard last week, I could SEE the...
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    Towing mirrors

    THis is completely normal . I drove a big truck for years, and I can poke my 32ft carhauler in next to the house off a narrow road blideside in 2 shots, but when I have to to back up my little 8 ft utility flat, it's downright embarrassing. At the scrap metal yard last week, I could SEE the...
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    eBay "Timing Adapter" made by Fox Valley???

    STOP< DONT DO IT! a bunch of guys bought those things the first time around when the guy was trying to unload them and so far as I know, nobody ever figured out how to make teh darn things work correctly. There is something missing that these things need to work along with., and I dont think...
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    Has anybody here had a 1984 Mercedes 300D?

    That zf slushbox used on european diesels can have issues that can fake you out and seem like engine power issues, and it makes zero sense, but before you beat your head against a wall, grab a can of the high end Trans X and dump it in the tranny. THe things suffer from sluggish valve bodies...
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    So I went in for an alignment and....

    I should think your truck has well over a 4200 lb gross vehicle weight rating ( they weight more than that empty ), they normally list the thread size along with that makes me think you have an incorrect listing. That sounds like a mini truck spec
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    New addition to the stable

    As for teh white haze, first make sure you arent loosing any coolant, if thats good, got a nice big jug of fuel additive like Howes meaner power cleaner and and new fuel filter, change teh fuel filter and full it with the additive, and put some in the tank( always put 3 times the listed dose...
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    What could be next!

    iironically, the Auto Rx works best when it doesnt have to compete with other cleaners. Chemicals have a habit of performig at their best as designed when they are allowed to work as close to by themselves as they can, this is why they are very insistant to NOT use synthetics when using auto Rx...
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    Two different u joint sizes on rear drive shaft?

    they should be 1350 joints all around if someone swapped teh rear end it mway have a different yoke and joint or it may have a conversion joint with say a 1350 on the shaft and a 1440 on the diff side. If its different, you are going to have to bring the old one in to a driveshaft place and...
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    7.3 heads in Ca

    as long as they didnt replace teh freeze plugs its a pretty good deal.If they did, theres a handful, thats youd have to go back and replace with teh factory stainless ( the ones that face teh intake manifold ) or they'll get condensation in there and rust through. and youd probably want to...
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    whats it worth? 7.3 idi f250

    I wouldnt give a cent over $500 for it. Thats about what teh scrap is worth, and if theres extensive rust, price goes down. If you saw what trucks like that go for at dealer /salvage auctions, you would crap yourself. Something in that shape wouldnt go for more than $150 These guys try to sell...

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