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    Most HP and TQ a 10.25 can take?

    I'll try to remember to crawl under there tomorrow and measure those suckers. They look like they belong on a dang semi :eek: ( the front shaft was basically at maximum length for a single shaft.... for a car, but there was no way in hell he was going to build it like a standard shaft for teh...
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    Most HP and TQ a 10.25 can take?

    If you try for that combination, then you had better plan on investing in some serious driveshafts, and a custom output yoke a bit heavier than a 1350. Id want at least 1440 ujoints with that kind of power, especially with tall gears and you would need shafts built all to heck to hold up to...
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    Most HP and TQ a 10.25 can take?

    I'd be inclined to agree with Towcat and go with the Dana 80, but dont try to go with higher gears. stick with whats in the thing, go with the 4.56 or 5.13 setup If you are planning on putting that much power into a rear, if you try to drive a tall set of gears, you are only going to twist...
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    Duralift on its way out

    Not exactly . Kero is close to number 1 diesel, that is always blended for winter use with number 2, but never used straight because it will kill the fuel system, and even number 1 diesel has some added lubrication, although not as much since that is one of the things that leads to gelling...
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    Vegas idi meet up

    WOW, that beast brings back nightmares...errr, memories LOL You could figure out the problems with just about anything on a point ignition system with those things, even some fuel related problems, except see that big cabinet under it??? thats for storing the mounds of manuals needed to operate...
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    Duralift on its way out

    You can pretty much bet money on it. Big truck tanks are shaped round for a reason and it's not to look cool. THey set the pickup tubes a good inch or two above the bottom depending on the size of the tank and you never draw off the bottom so you dont pickup the crud that settles down there...
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    Injection pump wrench

    Ive tried the open and offset open wrenches, I have all kinds, but there's always that ONE nut in that ONE spot that just wont play nice. and I finally broke down and bought the factory wrench off the snappy truck,and he saw me coming on that one. I think I got hit about $85 on that critter, but...
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    Duralift on its way out

    spmetimes algae can appear as a brownish l skim layer that forms over the screen. if you look at the bowl itself, it looks like theres nothing in there, but you actually have a hard restriction forming over the screen. The problem with a screen instead of a filter element is it will skin over...
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    Duralift on its way out

    . How dirty is the fuel in the bowl? What does the residue in the bottom look like? THat kind of behavior in an e pump is what you normally find in one that has had some junk like algae get into it that is jamming it up While I agree a failure is eventually going to happen in anything, so far ...
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    Vegas idi meet up

    Hey Calvin, When I was running through there a few years ago , I stopped through there to time Kenny's truck and spent a day there and My kids had a blast. WE were dragging teh 5er and they have a campground at Circus Circus ( a rather costy one, but a campground, none the less, and they have a...
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    Looking for a higher volume and pressure lift pump

    This has been gone over ad nauseum ,,. but to refresh, you only need more pressure fed into the blamed thing if it's a MODERN HIGH PRESSURE computer controlled diesel. For our old relics, the only thing that the lift pump is there for is to aid in bringing fuel up TO the injection pump when the...
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    088 fitment questions

    If you have installed a new valley pan gasket any time recently, then the whole hole punching bit is not really needed. THey came out with those instructions with the turbo kits before they made the factory turbo engines. After the factory turbo engines came out, the valley pans were modified to...
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    Has anybody here had a 1984 Mercedes 300D?

    If I remember , that engine is hydraulic lifter, but the car still has the vacuum actuators Mercedes liked those as they are quieter than electric motors. , but that engine, if considering one of those cars, make sure the head has been replaced, or dont get it. THe factory heads ALL had...
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    Has anybody here had a 1984 Mercedes 300D?

    I had an 84 300 sd and loved that car to pieces. Comfortable as can be and would out corner most so called sports cars. Hard to beat factory Bilsteins ;Sweet Just make sure its in good shape. There's nothing more expensive than a cheap mercedes :eek: Where there would be one in most cars...
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    Timing meter

    The ferret adapter is a great tool, as far as timing lights, they are not all the same. Most cars time at or near idle and it doesnt make a difference, but for our purposes, quality of timing lights makes a HUGE difference. MSD had a test comissioned a few years ago and found that most timing...
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    Upgraded steering shaft?

    Ive got a borgeson, love teh thing, its like night and day compared to the rag joint, and no more worries, and you will love that red head box, 've got one of those too, nice and tight. I just cant wait to do my next mod... have to wait till i get another spare vehicle back on the road first...
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    088 fitment questions

    THe mounting setup at the downpipe is different, but then again, the one that ATS would sell a person to go with a zf doesnt fit either and you have to cobble something together, so I guess it doesnt make much difference either way :dunno Make sure to get a new grommet for the valley pan and...
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    Battery cables / clamps on a '93 7.3L

    x2 Ive never seen anything but problems from cables made up with solder over long term If you want some seriously good cables, just invest about $40-48 in a good hammer type cable crimper and get some 3/0 cable and make them up yourself, saturate teh cable strands with conductive grease...
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    1994 7.3 non turbo

    My uncle bought one of the first IDIs built and had a Banks turbo put on it as soon as that critter came around. and he was pulling a very large gooseneck horse trailer all over the western US before and after the turbo, and it never let him down. He's still got the truck ( although if he EVER...
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    Maxcool tranny cooler fittings

    WOW, they aren't trying very hard... and I thought I lived in dirtwater nowhere. THat piece should be a simple find. Sounds like they just dont want to be bothered.. although if you aren't totally committed to the thing yet, it might not be too late to swap it for a cooler with JIC/ AN fittings...
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    Maxcool tranny cooler fittings

    Look in the yellow pages under hose, You should be able to find a hose specialty shop that will have the required adapters that you need. Royal brass and hose is a nationwide chain, they have shops in most major cities that make up every kind of imaginable hose assembly . and there are others...
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    replacing valve stem seals?

    I really hate to say this . now that the head is back on, but it would have been a very good tome to check the guides. If you are trying to hold teh valves in with air, it's near impossible. If you run the piston up to tdc to where you wont drop a valve after you have the keeper off, you can...
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    Smoke Puff Limiter

    2 mgg increase , excellent!. Its amazing what happens when you arent just blowing unburnt fuel out the exhaust pipe ( and that's all that black smoke is) One little interesting factoid, VW made one *fuel saver* model that did NOT come with an aneroid on the pump... but what they did was...
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    Clutch slipping? How to tell?

    If you clutch was worn, It would slip all the time when put under load , same with oil saturated, except oil saturated would chatter so it kind of sounds like you have a completely worn flywheel, clutch, and whole works there, if it's original. Definately good time for the switch.
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    Cleaning gasket surfaces....

    If cleaning aluminum , USE THE CHEMICAL GASKET REMOVER AND PLASTIC SCRAPER OR RAGS ! yes Im yelling. If you use metal scrapers or wire wheels on aluminum you can kiss any proper sealing goodby, that stuff gouges only too easily, thankfully it lets go of things fairly well, so it's generaly not...

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