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    6.4 Liter front bumper retrofit on 1993 F350

    I went looking for more pictures of this conversion, and I found another bracket kit for this swap: https://sinisterdiesel.com/i-24083680-sinister-diesel-obs-to-2010-6-4l-bumper-conversion-brackets-for-1991-1998-ford-superduty.html Found a few more pics of trucks that have the 2010 bumper in...
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    What does this do ?

    My '92 with the E4ONO has that drain tube. When your transmission front pump seal fails, you can watch it pump out all it's ATF out through that tube. I know this one from experience:Thumbs Up Whenever I cross a grade, when I get to the other side I always stop as soon as I can and look...
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    Water Pouring out of bell housing.

    Just to throw my two cents in, I drove my truck around for a month with no fan at all. I didn't notice any gain in power compared to before w/ the old 300k mile fan clutch. However, once the fan was put back on with a NEW clutch, my butt-dyno noticed a significant drop in power as soon as I left...
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    Tools needed?

    I changed my belts out twice before someone pointed that hole out to me, it was a complete pain in the rear to do until I learned that (I once put tension on the PS belt by hand, because I didn't know). Now, with a 1/2" breaker bar for the PS pump and a pry bar for the alternator (I did that by...
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    Cold Starts

    Recorded this yesterday morning. Hardly a "cold" start, it was only 45*F outside so the truck didn't sound like it was running on marbles. It's been 3 weeks since it was last driven so the batteries might have been a bit low, but regardless of that I think my starter is weak, so I'll probably be...
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    Serpentine swap...yay or nay?

    The first time I lost my power brakes, there were no parts stores in my town and it was right when school was getting out, so a lot of traffic and kids. I didn't think it would be a smart idea at the time to try and drive my truck back across town with no brakes, I'd rather burn a AAA tow and...
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    Serpentine swap...yay or nay?

    I think V-belt vs serpentine is more "What set of problems do you want" than anything. You can have one easy-to-change belt, but if it breaks and you don't have a spare you'll need to be towed; or you can have many belts, but the inner-most one likes to break frequently and when it goes, you...
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    This is why we don't like TTB's

    I haven't checked it personally with a tape measure or anything, but I had a shop do an alignment when I got the tie rods replaced. All he did was adjust the tie rods until the machine said everything was good, he didn't adjust anything else on the truck (which, I've been told, is the wrong way...
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    This is why we don't like TTB's

    Because even when it looks aligned straight, drives arrow-straight, and generally rides fine, these pieces of junk just LOVE to eat tires. I have less than 20K miles on these tires, all pavement, I've rotated them every 3K miles, and this is what they look like: I'm planning to "fix it"...
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    1990 f250 brighter headlight bulbs?

    Alrighty, this is my setup. The headlights are IPCW CWS-530's, here is an Amazon link, and here is an Ebay link. I've had them for 3 years and they still look good, no clouding, cracking, or moisture (I sealed them up GOOD before putting them on though, just to give it the best chance I could)...
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    1990 f250 brighter headlight bulbs?

    I do, when I get home from work I'll dig them up and post them.
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    1990 f250 brighter headlight bulbs?

    I replaced my OEM housings with clear housings, then added some silverstar ultras and a relay kit. I'm sure i could improve things more, but i'm quite happy with this setup, much better than stock.
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    Shocks and springs

    I'm loving my bilsteins. I cheaped out the first time around and bought the yellow Monroes, and I killed both of the front shocks in under 5K miles, i think they were only designed to fit, not designed to deal with a heavy diesel engine. Learned my lesson, replaced the monroes with bilsteins and...
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    Newb water pump questions

    When I did my water pump, I initially ran it fanless for a while like you are now. I didn't notice any difference in power going from my old fan / clutch to fanless, but a few weeks later when I got the fan put back on with a new clutch, I noticed the sharp drop in power instantly. And it got a...
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    So what did you do with your truck today?

    I broke my blend door today trying to turn on the heater. It's been a fighter over the last few years but usually some gentle persuasion would get it to switch from hot to cold, but today it finally snapped. I've heard the legends about how hard these OBS dashboards are to remove, now it looks...
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    Newb water pump questions

    The alternator is the easiest thing to deal with, after you the take off the two bolts holding the alternator bracket on to the pump, you can loosen the next bolt up on the alternator bracket and the whole lower half can be conveniently swung aside. The alternator doesn't need to be moved, other...
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    Newb water pump questions

    If it's not leaking, overheating, or making angry noises, I wouldn't worry about driving it for a while before you get a new pump on it. I had to replace my water pump a few months ago and mine had a LOT of play in it, I'll put the video showing it below. The day before I recorded the video I...
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    Glow Plug Replacement Suggestions

    You hear more about Autolite plugs than Bosch / Wellman / etc because they're the worst of the worst, Bosch isn't the worst (if you're lucky, they died without swelling) but they are still the absolutely wrong choice for our engines. Some people do run the Bosch plugs without issues, just like...
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    Hydroboost brakes?

    For me, the best perk of hydroboost is not having to rely on the alternator belt for your brakes. The belt driving the power steering pump doesn't fall off every other week like the alternator belt. The second big perk is the stopping power. The stock vacuum brakes are a joke, whoever thought...
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    So what did you do with your truck today?

    Finally got around to swapping out the engine bracket I stripped. I learned my lesson, this time I ran every single bolt down finger-tight before touching it with a tool. Nothing broke, stripped out, or demanded a blood sacrifice from me, so I think I win this round :D
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    So what did you do with your truck today?

    Picked up some replacement bolts so i can get my AC and power steering bolted in correctly, it's been ghetto-rigged for a while now. Also picked up 4 cans of R12, so maybe i'll have working AC soon :D
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    Oil Consumption Debacle

    I must have the only IDI engine that likes Rotella. I've got 3500 miles on my current oil (500 miles overdue for a change, I know, I'm a monster), I added one quart at about 2800 miles and that's all it wanted. 315k miles on the engine, zero blowby, and the PO had no idea what a CDR is so that...
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    OFFICIAL Red Head Steering Box Group Buy Thread

    I'm still loving mine, I've had it on for over two years now and haven't had a single problem.
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    How much does cold advance change timing?

    I'm curious to know this too. I have mine unplugged because it makes my engine run really rough between 700-900 RPM (like a gas engine with a bad vacuum leak), I've always wondered how much extra timing it takes to make that happen.
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    gauging interest for a SF Bay Area GTG.

    Around what time is this gtg getting started?

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