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  1. Ferdy Mint

    No wait to start light when hot

    We run manual glow plug control. No sense heating up the GPs here in Texas, 95% of the days it's not cold enough. Just pull the ground wire off the GPR and run it to a momentary switch on the dash somewhere.
  2. Ferdy Mint

    Who are our resident expert parts vendors?

    We have 4 guys, if I got it right: Justin from R&D IDI, who just moved to Montana or something like that Russ who runs this site, but what's his business called? Joe from Classic Diesel Design of San Antonio TX Tim from Accurate Diesel, big help for stock parts, but he's not on the forum Am I...
  3. Ferdy Mint

    Looking for Advice on a 7.3 IDI Turbo Build

    I searched for R&D IDI on goolagtube but only found this Justin Anderson channel. Is that it? https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCIjB8dpA5Y3-EnzFO2qJKCw
  4. Ferdy Mint

    Looking for Advice on a 7.3 IDI Turbo Build

    I have owned two IDIs over the years that suffered offset core cavitation failure. The latest was at 108k miles! You never know if the PO ran the right coolant. Or if the cores were centered at the factory. So rather than boring, think about sleeving the block back to standard bore then using...
  5. Ferdy Mint

    Building a TIDI from a couple motors plus new parts

    Do you mean the oil port at the back of the IDI block on top, that's often also used for an oil pressure gauge? That's suitable for a turbo oil feed? Cool. Sure is a *pita* to get at once the motor is in the truck.
  6. Ferdy Mint

    Building a TIDI from a couple motors plus new parts

    Howdy guys, We bought a 93 TIDI parts F350. PO ran straight water and it froze in the big Texas Freeze. Visible cracks, freeze plugs blown clean out like lungs with Biden's 9 mil. The cab is already gone, off to a son who's putting it on his 97 F350 cclb with 86 Bully front clip. I swapped him...
  7. Ferdy Mint

    Re-plumbing the fuel connect to FSS

    Last time we replaced the FSS, we lost the little fat rubber ring that goes in there. Lived with the leak for a few months, dumb as voters, then called up Tim at Accurate to ask what it might be. Tim made me aware of the existence of that little fat black ring, which surely falls out unseen on a...
  8. Ferdy Mint

    Modify OBS PCM to run SD tunes?

    96-97 would be the same. But OBS to SD are different. Furd/Navistar revised the PCM entirely for the E99 and later. Not interchangeable.
  9. Ferdy Mint

    S&B CAI ineffective on an 03 7.3 Lariat FX4

    We have several 7.3 psd in the family, and most have an S&B cold air intake (CAI). It’s been our experience that intake air temperature (IAT) as measured on the Edge console will trend down to ambient air temp after a few miles of road at highway speed. That’s handy. And it shows that your $300...
  10. Ferdy Mint

    Modify OBS PCM to run SD tunes?

    We have a 1996 OBS F250 with a 2000 SD motor and intercooler transplanted into it. Right now a NAW6 PCM controls the motor and the E4OD. We got a Hydra and tunes from RiffRaff and found that it won't allow the 60 or 80hp tunes, because it's an OBS PCM. We have a spare OBS TDE1 PCM on the shelf...
  11. Ferdy Mint

    Lunk head PO was running water

    Yep, out in the country there are still good deals. The further you get away from big cities, folks are nicer too. Need a driveshaft for your Bricky IDI? How about $1700 from NAPA, with a wait of many weeks, if you're lucky. Or....find a rural tractor driveshaft shop, drive a few hours, and...
  12. Ferdy Mint

    Lunk head PO was running water

    It's always a pleasure to deal with Southerners. Thanks for the offer, but we're flush with blocks, just low on time. As luck would have it, we now own two IDI blocks and this TIDI one. Sleeving is only $60/cylinder in Llano TX. I rebuilt my first motor at 16 so I'm going to teach my boys how...
  13. Ferdy Mint

    Lunk head PO was running water

    I hate facts that I don't like. Lol. You guys are right. Cold welding is what he described as very slowly welding a crack a 14/" at a time, letting it cool fully every time. I've welded my grandpa's cast iron vice before where I got it all real hot first, weld, then cool it down real slow. I...
  14. Ferdy Mint

    Lunk head PO was running water

    We just picked up a 93 TIDI with an ice-damaged block. We see one crack by the oil filter. My machine shop nearby says no way Jose. He can only repair cracked cylinders, by sleeving. Has anyone managed to repair a cracked IDI block? My local weld shop says "cold welding" might work and told me...
  15. Ferdy Mint

    Can 9v 7.3 GPs handle 12v if used carefully?

    After discussing options with Tim at Accurate Diesel, we installed 12v 6.9 GPs in our latest 7.3 build. Ground on the GPR is wired directly to a pushbutton on the dash, GP controller and Z resistor are bypassed. Had to replace the bullet connectors on the GP wires with spades, but we had some...
  16. Ferdy Mint

    Where to get an original starter rebuilt?

    Yes, that is my hero Slick Willy. lol. Hitlary did that to him. Billings is a great place, been there, and I enjoyed Montana. But Texas is closer.
  17. Ferdy Mint

    Where to get an original starter rebuilt?

    Lost this thread because I didn't click watch when I posted it. Doh. Thanks for all the info, gentlemen. Thanks for the tip in Bryan, we have a daughter who lives there so it's convenient in that she can bring it back for Christmas, and they are Aggies to boot. I just spoke with Billy at BCS...
  18. Ferdy Mint

    Starter upgrade?

    Thanks for the tip in Bryan. I just spoke with Billy at BCS Alternator & Starter Services (979)775-9470 and struck a deal to send him the rebuilt starter that came in my E99, so he can check it out and see if it's worth rebuilding. If it's chinesium then I'll give it to him for a core, if he...
  19. Ferdy Mint

    Manual glow plug control

    Looks like I only need to interrupt the small ground wire on the GPR, and run that to a momentary switch that I can reach from the driver seat.
  20. Ferdy Mint

    Here I sit all broken hearted ...

    Tim is the guy who always answers the phone when I call Accurate Diesel. I think he's the owner. JC Whitney was one of a kind. I bought a lot of their stuff back in the day.
  21. Ferdy Mint

    Here I sit all broken hearted ...

    Tim at Accurate Diesel has helped me out even on a Sunday afternoon before when I had trouble installing. I'm giving him first shot at my IDI business. His injector lines are a smokin' deal if you ask me. Been working fine for 4 years in our 6.9.
  22. Ferdy Mint

    Manual glow plug control

    First chilly morning, my 03 was crank no start, lots of smoke. No voltage drop from the GPM, so that's the cause. I know how to fix that. We have spare snowmobile GPRs on the shelf. But this truck started fine for months till we got down into the 40s. I dislike seeing the GPR cycle when it's...
  23. Ferdy Mint

    Here I sit all broken hearted ...

    I'm gonna try some ATF in the tank. Thanks
  24. Ferdy Mint

    Here I sit all broken hearted ...

    We spent about 6 months locating a suitable donor truck to replace the motor and tranny in our 89 F250 7.3 with a C6. It has coolant in the combustion chamber, probably offset core and PO didn't use ELC or additive. We found a 93 F350 with 200k on it and a ZF5. It had not run in 18 years, after...
  25. Ferdy Mint

    Will a GTP38R lower my towing EGTs?

    OK guys, I just pulled the trigger on a KC300x Stage 2 Turbo (63/73) .84 and I'm looking forward to getting that puppy installed. KC had send me a discount code POWERSTOKED but it didn't work when I ordered. My OE turbo in the 550 is guzzling a quart of oil a week now. Time to junk it.

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