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    ABS Problems

    You mean that there is air in my brake lines somewhere? Is the anti-lock light supposed to come on when ABS activates? If so, it doesn't.
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    ABS Problems

    Hey, 1990 7.3L F350. Yes both "rear anti-lock" and "(!) BRAKE" lights WERE on until I filled the brake fluid, then they went out. No lights stay on when I'm driving out of those 2.
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    ABS Problems

    Lately I've noticed my ABS has stopped working. When I slam on the brakes, the rear wheels lock up and I skid. Any idea what the culprit of my problem is?
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    Glow plugs in this truck really have it in for me

    So some of you may have seen my many posts on my truck so far. First: The glow plug controller died in my truck. I replaced it. Second: I thought the GPC died again, but in fact after replacing the GPC + all 8 glow plugs (motocrafts) earlier this month, it turned out my ground cable for...
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    Battery Woes?

    Problem is solved. My aftermarket fuel filter with hand pump was leaking at the pump. The model I have has been discontinued, so they are upgrading it to the new model.
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    Battery Woes?

    Hm. Now that I think of it, on the top of my engine there are always 2 small pools of liquid in the pits where the glow plugs sit, on the 2 top most on the passenger side. I'm not sure if it's fuel, or oil from the turbo since the turbo sits right above there.
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    What would cause my door solenoid to seize?

    Yeah definitely. The only reason I think it's water is because I'm prett ysure on the last one I replaced there was rust on the metal! Man, now I have to find a leak...
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    Battery Woes?

    That's not a bad idea though I've never had problems even a bit below zero (-6?) and that's not even using my block heater.
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    Battery Woes?

    SOB. I did the lift pump in my truck a year or two ago... if there's one thing I remember for sure, it's that my lift pump was a HUGE PAI to install. There were a couple nuts or bolts or something that were really hard to get a ratchet onto properly so I had to use crescent wrenches and even...
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    Battery Woes?

    Okay, I've decided I'm taking my truck to NW Fuel Injection for them to take a look at it. I got her started tonight in order to drop her off, and while doing this I found that fuel bleed valve above the fuel filter, and used my second fuel filters handy pump to pull the fuel up. There was a...
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    What would cause my door solenoid to seize?

    My passenger door lock, I've replaced it twice in the 3 years I've owned my truck. It seizes up and refuses to budge. It was on the fritz a few weeks ago (power lock switch pressed, then it struggles to move). Today I opened it by hand, and it took my key outside my door AND my hand on the...
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    Battery Woes?

    So while the truck is running, or while I'm cranking it, I somehow have to hear hissing over the noise of that loud ass motor!?
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    Battery Woes?

    Know what? Come to think of it I've had a very slow leak from somewhere under the hood for quite some time. I was never able to trace it's source. I'm pretty sure it's just oil though. Unless the diesel is mixing with some grime on the way down, I don't think that's what the leak is. So I...
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    Battery Woes?

    Air intrusion had crossed my mind last year, but why only during cold weather? How would I check for air intrusion are there any tests for this I can do?
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    Battery Woes?

    Hey Guys, Winter is here again where I live (nothing too serious, at night between -6 to 6 Celsius) and my '90 F350 7.3L seems to have issues starting. Here is what happens from a cold start: The engine starts, it glugs for a little bit like it's struggling to run, then it dies. After...
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    Do these trucks have a problem with glow plug relays?

    I think I measured backwards, I tried jumping a wire to the battery and still the same problem Edit: problem solved! There was a wire along the way that grounded the glow plug controller, it was at a connector and the plastic was broken and melted. I broke apart the crud and butt connected...
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    Do these trucks have a problem with glow plug relays?

    Okay, I'm officially confused. I replaced all 8 glow plugs with motocraft ones I bought from Ford. I attached all the caps to them. I removed the old glow plug relay/controller and replaced it with a new one. The exact same thing happens! There goes $270 to nothing :(. edit: Did some test...
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    Do these trucks have a problem with glow plug relays?

    That's what I thought... it just didn't make any sense. I will just assume that's how their computers work when thy search for part numbers. LOL No kidding, I did my plugs earlier this year and that is *definitely* not something I'm looking forward too. With good tools it was still some...
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    Do these trucks have a problem with glow plug relays?

    Okay guys... I just talked to Ford. I decided that I am going to replace both my relay/controller AND my glow plugs, just to do it all at once and so I can use motocraft plugs instead of my autolite ones (as per recommendation by many IDI 7.3L owners). The guy asked me if my truck was turbo...
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    Cruise Control Dead

    Hey guys, on my '90 F350 7.3L 5 spd, I had to replace my signal light switch. I took everything apart and put it all together. Cruise stopped working. I'm sure I connected it all properly when I put it back together, and I checked the fuse. Instead of smashing out my ignition switch I...
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    Do these trucks have a problem with glow plug relays?

    I'm getting more and more confused. Should I install the new controller when I get it? All my plugs show 11.84v or something close to that number (.94? I can't remember). I was testing voltage, should I re-test with resistance? What resistance should I expect from good plugs?
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    Do these trucks have a problem with glow plug relays?

    Is that different than testing them from the top? Cause I used the multimeter on the top of the plugs
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    Do these trucks have a problem with glow plug relays?

    Okay it's me again... After rereading bits of this thread my joy has come to a close. I just tested all 8 plus with a multimeter and every single plug hit 11.98v (shouldn't it be like.. 12.5?). I guess I now need to pull all the plugs and test them as someone else in this thread said(can't...
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    Do these trucks have a problem with glow plug relays?

    Bingo! Autolight! That's the ones I have..... Well I'll jsut replace all 8 and the GPC anyways. I'm selling the truck soon so I just want to get it working first :P.
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    Do these trucks have a problem with glow plug relays?

    Really? So... I should probably do new plugs at the same time? What's the cost on 8 motocraft plugs? about a hundred? What a crappy design flaw.
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