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    Engine oil for 7.3 idi?

    This is affordable oil that seems to be good quality.
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    Headlights flickered off last night

    Good to know, thank you! Will make my job easier, I figured I’d doom the whole project by connecting my 12g wire to the 16g pigtails on the headlights.
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    Headlights flickered off last night

    Definitely
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    Headlights flickered off last night

    Ill check the switch to, glad it’s worked out good for you. Got the dimmer switch in yesterday without tearing the floor up, and there was no rust underneath there which was nice to see. Greased below the switch for good measure. I’m using 12g wire from the relay to the lights and will be...
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    Headlights flickered off last night

    Will do!
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    Headlights flickered off last night

    Right on! I enjoy improving the ol girl even when it’s not broken, going to grab the relays and wire right now.
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    Headlights flickered off last night

    That seems to be the general consensus, I’ll do the relay mod to just for the brighter lights and peace of mind
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    Headlights flickered off last night

    The headlights only turned off once for about a second, so today I’m gonna tackle the headlights relay mod. While I’m at it I figured I should replace and the dimmer switch on the floor and I’m not sure if it’s necessary to do the actual headlight switch to. Would you guys do the headlight...
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    Bench seats

    Sounds like a great deal to me
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    My 1st Blackstone-Labs report,

    I’ve read that about some additives to. Overall happy with the 1st report, thankfully no antifreeze or diesel fuel in the oil! Time will tell what’s normal for my engine, it runs great and sounds good to. Initially I was overly concerned when I first reviewed the report, after reading a...
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    Gelled lines

    Rent an indirect fired diesel heater with a trunk and throw some heat at it
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    My 1st Blackstone-Labs report,

    I realize after searching the hell out of this forum and bobistheoilguy that there’s no need to get overly concerned. This forum is a literal goldmine of information and I don’t want to be “that guy” who posts redundant threads when they should have simply invested more time researching...
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    My 1st Blackstone-Labs report,

    I was comparing it to the “Universal Averages” column on the right of the report.
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    My 1st Blackstone-Labs report,

    Good point, he towed his boat and travel trailer with it before he got sick and it sat for a while. I’ve put about 7k miles on it over the last 1 1/2 years.
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    My 1st Blackstone-Labs report,

    Will do, I’ll search the forum more tonight and read up on it. Thanks for posting, I was a bit alarmed when I saw the lead reading. Original engine with 103,000 miles on it. It was my grandad’s truck.
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    My 1st Blackstone-Labs report,

    not sure why the lead was higher than average, it’s a lower mileage engine. Any of y’all ever see lead values this high. Since this report I had switched oil from Chevron 15w-40 SDE CK4 to Motorcraft oil and had always used a Motorcraft Filter. before?
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    Bad idea?

    Get it, especially if he’s throwing in that golf club that’s across the grill. Tires look like they’re wearing evenly too, looks like a great rig
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    So what did you do with your truck today?

    Finally installed an oil and water gauge. Took my time and did it right because I hate doing something twice. Was pleased with the readings and I did keep the factory gauges working just because 2 sets of gauges beats 1 set. Although I expected the oil line to immediately fill up with oil...
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    Different ways to check SCA's in coolant

    Wix sells little film sized canisters of the test strips. https://www.oreillyauto.com/detail/wix-5291/belts-hoses-16454/antifreeze-flush-kit-test-17481/coolant-test-kit/24107/4831929
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    Weird noise from behind the dash?

    Ok, I’m thinking it’s just the plastic dash trim over the instrument panel that’s making that squeaking and rattling noise intermittently. Now that I have finally have a matched set of Delphi BB code injectors that truck has an entirely new type of vibration...way smoother!
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    Weird noise from behind the dash?

    Have never heard this noise before, doesn’t sound like engine or drivetrain noise. Anybody ever hear anything like this? I had replaced the speedo cable about 6 months back and wondering if it might be related to the noise as it’s coming from that area. Around 20seconds and 28seconds it first...
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    Fell in love all over again. No more new Truck thoughts!

    Makes all the difference, doing it by ear is a crapshoot
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    Seat belt extension

    That seat cover works alright now after my wife added some more straps to keep the back portion of it from sliding down...kept sliding down because of the cardboard on the backside of the seat
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    Seat belt extension

    This was my grandparents truck and is like a time machine inside, the belt extension just adds to the uniqueness of their old truck.
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    Seat belt extension

    That’s interesting, wasn’t sure if it was something you had to buy from the service department or if they were included in with the truck back then.

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