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  1. BrianX128

    Interesting Oil Leak

    I've had a drip here and there from the old 7.3, I was initially expecting it to be valve cover on the passenger side or possibly oil pan seeping. Turns out, I don't know what it is. First this random bolt isnt in if you look between the alternator and water pump. I had the entire front of this...
  2. BrianX128

    Mechanical Water Temp Gauge Failure

    I've had a mechanical water temp gauge in my IDI for going on a decade now. I put it in the overtemp port, I drove the truck yesterday morning and it only read 120. I wondered if my thermostat stuck open, I couldn't check my heat because I have two three way ball valves installed to isolate the...
  3. BrianX128

    Where to cut

    Exhaust on dad's idi is all but rusted off in several spots. We're just going to rig something 3" back as I have a ton of 3" pipe laying around from a buddies exhaust system he didn't need and gave me that we can at worst make a side exit in front of passenger tire and depending on muffler might...
  4. BrianX128

    Glow Plug Controller Melting

    So I've had manual glow plugs since I bought this truck. None of them worked, relay was bad, 4 of them were stuck, all the fun. I replaced all the plugs with motorcraft ones, new controller and relay, new battery + cable to relay with a mega fuse, etc. Kept wait to start light and even added a...
  5. BrianX128

    Verify my AC Pressure

    Haven't touched ac in most of my trucks in years. Done some interesting things in the past like stealing a working ac from a 300 straight 6 to put it in my non ac truck, etc. I know the basics and have a good vacuum pump but I'm not up on this stuff. So my 90 7.3 was all original stuff. I...
  6. BrianX128

    Found A New Crew Cab

    It was beer. I'll probably regret it in the am about as much as buying another old truck lol.. all jokes aside it's really good beer. I haven't been around here much lately, but can't lie it's mostly in part to my old rigs just rolling along. Changed the oil in my idi that has the bypass...
  7. BrianX128

    Forward facing car seat

    I've never been as irritated in all my workings on these trucks as I am today trying to install a forward facing car seat in my 1990 crew cab. Our infant seat had a belt clamp so we put the seat in the middle in the back, yanked the lap belt and clamped it with the belt lock and life was good...
  8. BrianX128

    Block Serial ID

    A buddy is looking at a replacement engine on fb near us, his truck is a turbo but that engine is cooked. Newer rebuilt turbo. We found a guy with this block but it doesn't have a turbo. Claims the turbo was bad so he got the engine and just tossed it in a n/a truck. I was looking at serial...
  9. BrianX128

    Squealing rear drums

    Anyone ever had their rear drums squeak when braking no matter what you try? E brake isn't on, drums don't look glazed or burnt, no deep scratches or anything. Shoes have plenty of life left. Brake cleaned everything, adjusted them for a little drag and drove the truck. Fine for a few hundred...
  10. BrianX128

    School me on 2wd Front Brakes

    I've somehow never had to do front brakes / rotors / bearings on a 2wd F-series anything, just wasn't sure if there was anything crazy I'm going to run into here. I found some youtube videos of people going through this, but never on on an 87-91, and never on a single rear wheel vehicle. I've...
  11. BrianX128

    Tightening up Steering

    Anyone ever break the big nut loose on the steering box and turn the threaded part in a half a turn and lock it back down? My 90 f350 [2wd] is going to need new tires and I figured I'd get it aligned as the outer edge or the passenger tire is wearing more than the rest up front. I then noticed I...
  12. BrianX128

    Power window fiasco

    So this makes no sense but I've given up on finding the root of the problem for now. In my 92, the window doesn't go up from the passenger side only the drivers side. I tried a new switch but that did nothing, and verified the switch worked. It's almost like the window can only ground the signal...
  13. BrianX128

    Floor mats

    Anyone have any weather tech or "fitted" style floor mats that fit and conform to the front seats on brick nose or obs trucks? All the generic ones are bad in all the wrong places. Don't cover areas you want or too thick near the gas petal etc.
  14. BrianX128

    AC Experts, Weird Issue

    So this is actually in my 90 F150 with a straight six but it's the same components short of the compressor being a different type of mount so I'm asking here anyways as it should be the same if this was on an IDI. My one truck (Fred in sig) sits all winter, it was my grandpas truck and I won't...
  15. BrianX128

    Tired Steering

    The big truck seems to have some tired steering going on these days. (1990 F350 Quad Cab / 2wd). I know the belt isn't slipping, nothing is leaking, but the symptoms don't line up with anything I've dealt with before. It's fine if the truck is moving at anything more than like 1 mile an hour...
  16. BrianX128

    Infant car seats in these dinosaurs..

    Anyone have any good experience with the newer style car seats with bases in these old trucks? Our son is being born this week one way or another [wife gets induced tonight] and though our two newer daily drivers have the mounting points for the little side tethers obviously my old crew cab does...
  17. BrianX128

    Trailer Brake Controllers

    What's the easiest way to add a decent one of these to a brick nose? I used to use my 6.9 for my towing as it had an old manual brake controller with a brake line into the cab for pressure. My 7.3 has a port on the rear bumper but it only has turn signals and lights wired in, no feed for the...
  18. BrianX128

    AC Condenser as Trans Cooler

    I've seen this done on several vehicles online, just wondering if anyone here has ever done this or heard of it. Not IDI specific in that I'm looking to add a trans cooler to my gasser that has an E4OD but only the radiator plummed cooler, on a 90+ degree day driving in hills I can tell my trans...
  19. BrianX128

    85 6.9 4x4 T19 Bad Engine

    It's time I get this out of my driveway. Supposedly 145k on the engine / truck, #8 will only make 250 pounds of compression and it has a miss / clank noise. I have the valve covers off, and the rocker and push rods out of #8 while I was investigating the issue. Glow plugs are out also to do...
  20. BrianX128

    92 Factory Stereo Removal

    I'm going to destroy my dash in a minute. Factory stereo won't come out of my 92, nothing works on it anyways most of the time. It has the 4 holes on it to release it, left side I can release every time. Passenger side holes do nothing. How do I get this out of here without destroying the dash?
  21. BrianX128

    "Good" 92-97 Headlights

    My new 92 has the usual garbage headlight output of factory lights of this era. My two brick noses Iegit cut the headlights apart to mount projector style bixenon / led 4x6's inside the usual mount because there was no aftermarket support at the time. This model year however has stuff on Amazon...
  22. BrianX128

    Air stuck in heater core

    I made the mistake of getting some air in the system taking the radiator cap off a wee bit hot the other night, now when I go down hill for a bit I have air traveling to my heater core and sounding like someone is running water when I accelerate for 3 seconds until the air moves on. I've tried...
  23. BrianX128

    Cannot have a single good day

    Went to go to work this morning, 6.9 already dead in driveway with likely bent connecting rod. Get in my considerably nicer 7.3 and push my glow plugs and nothing. I have them wired manually with the ground method to a push button, my wts light flashes so I know the relay is getting the signal...
  24. BrianX128

    A Post I Don't Want To Make

    Got up for work today and fired up the 6.9 and was greeted by horrid clacking. I'm guessing that I've somehow dropped a valve, between the smoke and clatter which is constant with rpm, engine shakes like 1 is missing. I've done a lot more than I ever thought I would with these trucks, hell...
  25. BrianX128

    What in gods name

    I've never really had to mess with the fuse box on my 85 F350, however my radio died and I crawled down there and saw a mess of jumper wires going various places from my previous owner. What fuses "should" be key on 12v sources? I'm wondering what sort of disaster some of these wires shoved in...

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