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  1. crash-harris

    Self Timing IP After Long Trip?

    That's was my plan LOL But the driver's side of the can was resting on the frame and it was going to cost $3K to repair, so I picked up Thumper for $4K :cool:
  2. crash-harris

    Self Timing IP After Long Trip?

    I have a fuel pressure gauge in the Enterprise, but haven't been able to get around to swapping it over yet either, and it's been a number of years. I think gauges are getting bumped up the priority list though. Water across the old IP is how I diagnosed the hot start issue with that one. Both...
  3. crash-harris

    Self Timing IP After Long Trip?

    I've been contemplating that and will probably do so when time allows (hard to come by with produce harvest and festival season approaching). The problem is, I'm fairly certain the other pump I have has a hot start issue, and I have no other pumps and need to replace the roof on the house before...
  4. crash-harris

    Self Timing IP After Long Trip?

    Tried to get a short video showing the amount of throttle shaft rotate in this "dead spot", but of course the servers still can't handle processing a 30 second clip :rolleyes: I thought that maybe the allen screw at the end of the timing arm had backed out or something. It just seems like the IP...
  5. crash-harris

    Self Timing IP After Long Trip?

    I was referring to the advance plunger on the IP itself (that actually retards timing as fuel/throttle is increased). I have no idea how old the injection pump is. It came off the Enterprise and looked like it was pulled off a van before that, but the nicer looking rebuilt IP that was on Thumper...
  6. crash-harris

    Self Timing IP After Long Trip?

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  7. crash-harris

    Self Timing IP After Long Trip?

    This is a new one for me! Edit: I don't see my signature showing up, so I'll put it here. Truck is 1989 F350 7.3L IDI with wastegated Banks Sidewinder. Backstory; Made a 400+ miles trip from OH to NC with Thumper. Fresh oil/filter change and new fuel filter the week before leaving. Fuel...
  8. crash-harris

    Oh...that smell...

    I've already reamed the tube with a 5/16" bit. Banks states that 1150-1200* at the exhaust port is 1050* at the turbo pedestal thermocouple location, but I was only ever able to touch on 850* once, and just barely. Even at higher elevation after rough bumping the timing, I could barely touch on...
  9. crash-harris

    Oh...that smell...

    I can't get the my mag probe into the tube on my timing marks (tech-time), but after checking the correct thread regarding these prices, I'll be taking the spring clip off when I try next. I had the crew cab set at about 9.5*, but EGT's would climb pretty fast, so I don't know how the fueling...
  10. crash-harris

    Oh...that smell...

    For those that know what hot cast iron smells like, and also have a wastegated Banks Sidewinder... Have you ever smelled that super hot cast iron smell while on long trips? This is now the second time Thumper has made the 400+ mile run over the mountains to the in-laws, and it's the second time...
  11. crash-harris

    Intake manifold bolt won't thread back in

    Yes, I'm removing an old thread, because this seems to be the only other instance of this in the great wide web... I'm in the same boat. Pulled this same bolt (#5 intake, closest to #7) to do glow plugs a month or so ago and got it back in with a crowbar and some pressure on the Banks...
  12. crash-harris

    Tapping the FSS Wire

    Thank you both. I looked over some more schematics last night and there are actually multiple red/lt green wires on the IDI equipped trucks, only just the one for the charging circuit on the gassers.
  13. crash-harris

    Tapping the FSS Wire

    I noticed that. I was not able to get my filter head heater to seal on this truck for some reason (never had issues with the crew cab), but it's like to find one at the rear of the engine (#7 cylinder area). Whenever I install an electric lift pump, I also install a 3-pole oil pressure switch to...
  14. crash-harris

    Tapping the FSS Wire

    Thanks Trike! Isn't the red/green stripe the alternator trigger? I've converted to a 3G alternator (actually swapped/robbed my conversation from the crew cab). I thought all the FSS wires are solid red 10 gauge? It's been a long time since I dug the one on the crew cab out to tap it, but it's...
  15. crash-harris

    Tapping the FSS Wire

    Somehow, every form of search had failed me, so here I am again, trying to find a good spot on the FSS wire to tap into for my fuel pump relay (electric lift pump install on Thumper). Instead of cutting the terminal off on the IP side and crimping on a new one with yet another wire jammed in it...
  16. crash-harris

    New Clutch Doesn't Work *NEW ISSUE*

    Some is, yes. I was just alarmed at how loud this one is. I'm going to attribute it to the transition internals just being in so much better shape than the ZF5 in the crew cab. Both trucks are running N/A 7.3L blocks, but this one has a wastegated sidewinder on it. Even with it's sticky...
  17. crash-harris

    New Clutch Doesn't Work *NEW ISSUE*

    My crew cab has much more fork wobble/vibration than this one, and that was with a brand new fork. I thought gear rollover could be in neutral too? There are still gears meshing in neutral. I actually get less grown if lugging this truck than the crew cab, but I've attributed that to this truck...
  18. crash-harris

    New Clutch Doesn't Work *NEW ISSUE*

    That's so strange. At idle, you can hear it louder than anything from a distance away from the truck, but the crew cab with the same clutch kit is quiet. Perhaps the jars in this one aren't as worn? Both transmissions were rebuilt before I bought the trucks, but the ZF5 in the crew cab has never...
  19. crash-harris

    New Clutch Doesn't Work *NEW ISSUE*

    I made sure that thing was tight when I was under there. The crew cab never had one. That cover can rattle when speed but not when moving? It's worth a shot I guess.
  20. crash-harris

    New Clutch Doesn't Work *NEW ISSUE*

    Noticed something since I've been driving it and it really has me scratching my head. When coasting I'm neutral, the clutch doesn't rattle at all, until I get under about 15 mph. It's at its loudest when I'm stopped. So loud in fact, that I can hear it over the engine and exhaust when I'm...
  21. crash-harris

    Rear Slider Replacement?

    Still attending to some things on the new truck (Thumper in signature) and one of them is replacing the thin plexi Sunshine rear window patch with glass. The big question... Can I replace just the one slider without removing the whole rear window assembly? The plexi was done well enough that...
  22. crash-harris

    New Clutch Doesn't Work *NEW ISSUE*

    Possibly new TOB on worn clutch fork? I noticed the fork bouncing in time with the rattling today.
  23. crash-harris

    New Clutch Doesn't Work *NEW ISSUE*

    Do you mean by lugging it? There's no noise as long as the clutch pedal is depressed (disengaged), regardless of gear selection.
  24. crash-harris

    New Clutch Doesn't Work *NEW ISSUE*

    Bumping for the AM crowd. Hoping this is just the first time in experiencing this rattling until it wears in. It wasn't doing it when I left for work this morning, but it was by the time I got to work, so only when it's warm, and only at idle. With the Banks muffler on it, it's almost...
  25. crash-harris

    New Clutch Doesn't Work *NEW ISSUE*

    I'm hoping someone has some insight into that. With any luck, it's just the slight wear in the clutch fork (old TOB was squeaking pretty bad). Transmission does have a full gallon of Maxlife ATF in it to help with great rollover noise.

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