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    Vent about PO of my truck

    Some of you might remember that my engine went south a few month ago. And I had said that I would post up picture of the carnage. Well I had some tough fiance issues and then some health issues, but I'm back on track now. I'm working on it slowly but surely. When I pulled the motor/tranny...
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    gneck hitch

    While I have my truck down and I'm completely broke. I'm thinking of putting a gooseneck hitch on and I want some thought from everybody with something to contribute. I can get a 1/2 inch plate with ball for $75 or I can get a piece of channel iron to bolt to the frame with a 1/2 plate welded...
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    new injector tester

    I ran across this and thought somebody might be interested. http://militarytrucks.com/in-tester.html
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    thermostats

    What is the purpose of the rubber band around the body of the thermostat?
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    tail gate

    will and 02 F350 tail gate fit my truck 93 F350
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    disturbing noise

    I drove to town to help a friend that had a water pump lock up on him this morning and on my way there I notice that every now and then my truck seem to loose a little power and then regain it. About a 1/2 mile before I got there I started hearing a whop, whop, whop coming from the engine and...
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    rear tank capacity

    On my 93 F350, what is the capacity of my rear tank? I filled it to the top with wmo and ran it till it sputtered. Total miles 294 and I'm wondering what my mileage is. I'm thinking my mileage is better than I thought.
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    clutch woe's

    I went to town this morning to get a tire for my tractor. As I pressed my clutch peddle to pull into the tire store parking lot I heard a bam and the peddle went to the floor. I coasted to a stop out of the way and crawled under the truck to see what had happened. My clutch slave was dangling...
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    Tank selector

    Am I dense, I worked on an 88 F 150 today. My Son in Law is swapping our had work for a MAVERICK. One of the problems was that it would start and run, then sputter and die, then not restart . It's a 5.0. We worked our way back though the fuel system, filter pump and then the tank selector...
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    At last something new!

    I would put one in my truck if they can make them as tough as what we have now. http://www.engineeringtv.com/video/Opposed-Piston-Opposed-Cylinder
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    help with water seperator bowl on fuel filter

    I haven't taken much time to work on my truck sense my wife got home from her hospital visit. But this afternoon I started it and pulled off my tractor, it was acting like it was wanting to run out of fuel but it ran and I put out hay. Later a friend called me and asked if I wanted some fire...
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    Top Gear America

    Did anybody see Top Gear America? We were robbed! $3000 to get a truck site unseen and not 1 IDI! Then put them in the hands of three guys that don't have a clue and let them drive them into the ground. Then blame the truck for not making it. At least Top Gear out of England has a support...
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    Some times you have to make people smile

    I know this isn't the place but I wanted to hit as many with this as I could! Later. Why we shoot deer in the wild (A letter from someone who wants to remain anonymous, who farms, writes well and actually tried this) I had this idea that I could rope a deer, put it in a stall...
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    Brought my wife home today

    I know this isn't the place for this but I just wanted to thank everybody for their prayer and well wishes. Thank you again.
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    fan clutch

    How do you lock a fan clutch. More to the point. What is the best way to lock a fan clutch?
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    What 4X4 front end?

    I may go look at an 85 f250 4X4 that a guy told me about. What did Ford put under them?came in them?
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    one more time before I take drastic measures

    I may have a couple of problems or I may have one that could be one of a couple of different things! I drove my truck to town the other day and it blue white smoked and ran rough all the way there. It was a 15 mile drive went into wal-mart and back out 20 minutes later and drove home, no smoke...
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    My truck must be mad at me!

    You would think that my truck would be happy that I have spent a lot of time with her today. We cut wood for the smoker and drove through thee pasture together to check on the cows, we even pull started the tractor so I could put out hay for the stud horses and the cows. Then when we come back...
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    public self a$$ kicking

    Last week I had to replace my fuel filter (see signature). The new one stopped up within 25 miles, so it was time to drop the tanks and clean them out. What I found was over whelming, the fuel pick ups were in a variety of very small pieces. I strained the fuel though a T shirt and put a...
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    Thoughts on ether.

    I was at the hardware store today getting what I needed to make a new fuel pick-up for my tanks. While I was talking to the clerk in the plumbing section he told me that he also had a 86 F250 6.9. As we were talking He told me that when his glow plugs went out that he started mixing liquid...
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    anybody remember drip gas

    or am I just showing my age? When I was a young man I would get a 55 gal drum of drip gas from a pipe line inspector when ever he would fill one. For those that don't know what I'm talking about. natural gas pipe lines have loops in them every little ways and drip gas is what condenses at...
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    What's wrong w/my clutch?

    I had the opportunity to drive a friends 1996 CC 5 speed power stroke yesterday. The clutch was firm at the top and 1/4 of the way down it would break over and was easy to hold. Mine is firm at the top and gets harder on the way down and is tough to hold at the bottom. Is something wrong...
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    How do you name your truck?

    I've been telling my wife now for the past few months that I need to find a good name for my truck. She just rolls her eyes and says, "Why?" I tell her that it just needs a name! Well yesterday my 4 year old grand daughter was telling my daughter about my truck can drag monsters. I was only...
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    DRW to SRW questions

    I may be picking up a SRW parts truck with 3.55 gears and I have been giving some thought to converting to SRW, My question is how can I continue to use DRW rims? I like the look of the front rims and think that look would look good on the back. Has any body done this? And what kind of off...
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    6.9 and 7.3 adapters

    I became interested in what other transmission options we had. When I found out that IH used Allison AT 545 auto's in some of there applications I wondered how. What I uncovered was that the back of the IH v8's that we have is a SAE2 when you remove the adapter on them. All you have do is get...

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