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  1. aggiediesel01

    Need Suggestions/Advice on Rebuild

    +2 on all the above stuff. If you choose to add the camshaft you should decide before taking your heads to the machine shop so you can have them do the extra work to make sure valve recession is within spec especially since it's likely they'll deck the heads to flatten them. I would request to...
  2. aggiediesel01

    Fuel gauge slosh module has any one change one of these in a super duty

    I'm not sure how the resistor modules look after '97 but this is what's in both of my trucks and a link to order them off ebay for ~ $20. I suspect the SD ones are slightly different if you have a low fuel light. I'm pretty sure they'll have an extra wire connected to part of the resistor. That...
  3. aggiediesel01

    electric fuel pump conversion

    Yep, it was done recently. Reports are it works pretty well though he lets them run in parallel all the time. He describes the components he used here: https://www.oilburners.net/posts/1047333/ and discusses the installation further in the thread. I don't know if he discussed his plan earlier...
  4. aggiediesel01

    oil type

    I've seen that one, I like his wear testing machine. I wish he'd do some more wear testing with both the used oil (to kind of see how the wear additives hold up) and other oils with different additive packages.
  5. aggiediesel01

    1992 7.3 IDI Wont Start.

    He describes the components he used here: https://www.oilburners.net/posts/1047333/ and discusses the installation further in the thread. I don't know if he discussed his plan earlier in the thread.
  6. aggiediesel01

    question regarding multi weight motor oil

    Thanks for the chart, that's good to know as well. I agree that more is not always better. I guess my point is that PDD states on their oil info page that their oil is based on the CI4+ formulation which is closer to the formulation that was spec'd back when these engines newer but even CI4 was...
  7. aggiediesel01

    question regarding multi weight motor oil

    I don't think the degradation of shear strength isn't much of a concern in the IDIs with normal oil change intervals. It's pretty good in all the oils and there really isn't a process inside that tears it up like the HPOPs and HEUI injectors do in the newer PS. I don't know enough on the...
  8. aggiediesel01

    question regarding multi weight motor oil

    As Wes has mentioned on here before the oil sold by PDD is custom blended to the older specs. The IDI platform probably isn't as sensitive to the "problems" with the newer additives like the 7.3 PS and 6.0 are with the HEUI injection but if you watch his video he explains the chemistry he is...
  9. aggiediesel01

    JC whitney sending unit

    If you just need to fix the sending unit and the rest of it is good, get this unit and just swap it to your bracket using your original arm and float. The resister board and housing are the same. https://ebay.us/aBJLPa If your brass float is bad then you can get one of those off amazon or ebay...
  10. aggiediesel01

    Tach Sensor Broke In Half...

    Once the top is broken off like you've got, the tension on the threads should be pretty much gone. I'd try a sharp chisel tapping gently on the interior of what's left trying to spin it out far enough to get a pair channel locks on to take it the rest of the way.
  11. aggiediesel01

    Hard starting issues still - air intrusion

    The way you describe the situation with your fuel filter I would be leaning toward a weak lift pump as a possible contributor to your problem as well. You may want to put a fuel pressure gauge on the shrader valve and see what it is while it idling and at 2500 RPM to make sure delivery is ok...
  12. aggiediesel01

    Can we talk suspension parts?

    So this thread mostly discussed the wear items on the front end like tierods and ball joints ect but since it's titled Suspension Parts and I had a good experience recently I thought I'd share. Beattie Spring up in Flint MI. They sent me some front shackles for our '91 and they are quality...
  13. aggiediesel01

    oil type

    I found it interesting that the Ford Supplemental Service manual posted up in the Tech Section a month or so ago has some line drawings of the engine with callouts of oil galley ports for specific add ons like bypass filtration and air compressors. I wonder if there's any engineering behind...
  14. aggiediesel01

    OBS Overheat!!!!

    If you didn't bugger up the water pump mating surface when you took the old one off then there isn't much to worry about. The engine rotation will keep driving the water pump into the fan clutch. I usually just spin it down until just before it touches and then give it one last hard spin to give...
  15. aggiediesel01

    Turbo rods and pistons

    Part numbers are in the "coffee table" book. From this post here:
  16. aggiediesel01

    Front tank sending unit.

    If your pickup and return lines are good an you only need to repair the sending unit you can buy this one much cheaper and just use the resistor and wiper assembly off it to install in yours. I've used them for front and rear even though the rear resistor is slightly different in length, you can...
  17. aggiediesel01

    My truck will never see 400000 Km

    So 500k in ~15 yrs. That’s a lot of seat time. Close to 100 miles every single day for 15yrs. And he got a cool state issue license plate too. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
  18. aggiediesel01

    3G Alternator Question

    I stopped buying them from the parts stores and use either a local shop that is willing to tell me the bearings and regulator they'll install or I rebuilt a couple using kits from these guys. Takes about an hour and I know good bearings, rectifier, and VR are inside. This is their high current...
  19. aggiediesel01

    electric fuel pump conversion

    Lots of info in this thread as well. The subject "truck" is a van configuration so it might have some helpful details about van applications as well. https://www.oilburners.net/threads/biting-the-bullet-converting-to-electric-fuel-pump.87176/
  20. aggiediesel01

    Ditching the factory filter head

    The factory fuel line fittings are called called Bundy fittings. You can find them in brass and plastic on amazon or eBay and several of the sellers offer adapters to get out of bundy to npt or AN.
  21. aggiediesel01

    New to the forum and need a fuel filter change

    Is that substance a kind of thick grainy substance? If so I believe you've got some algae growing in your fuel. Not unusual but you should give the tanks a dose of algaecide. When you do, you might want to keep a spare fuel filter in the truck for a few weeks and keep an eye on the filter light...
  22. aggiediesel01

    A/C System

    I swapped to R134 in our '91 in 2000 right after I bought it and was always disppointed with it's performance especially around town. Probably around '04 I put a condenser from a '95 power stroke on our '91. I had my local Napa make up 2 new hoses for me that had the '91 ends on one side and the...
  23. aggiediesel01

    Dead truck... please help!

    If you check that bundle of fusible links on the hot side of the starter solenoid (the same group you just worked on for the GP system) I bet you'll find another one that has broken internally. Probably got fractured when you were flexing that bundle while fixing the GP wires and then when you...
  24. aggiediesel01

    Factory Manuals

    Nice, get them digitized via scan or photo and OCR'd and they'll be an invaluable tool for you and others. As much as I used to hate pdf catalogs and manuals, the search ability for keywords and part numbers makes them really useful. Icant count the times I've found relevant reference...
  25. aggiediesel01

    A/C System

    Is your system in working order now? Maybe just low on refrigerant? Has it not already been converted to r134? If your system is in original working order with reminants of r12 you might even have trouble finding a shop willing to work on it. By now most places don't have a recovery tank or...

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