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  1. jrisingmoon

    and you thought working on IDI's was not fun...

    cookoo
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    and you thought working on IDI's was not fun...

    Really? Is that any different than a big rig with the flip-top hoods?
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    and you thought working on IDI's was not fun...

    I second that.
  4. jrisingmoon

    and you thought working on IDI's was not fun...

    Probably most of it. For a while there I couldn't find the second battery. Thought it might have been in the glove box but I found it. Mechanics 10 years from now, if/when bio goes mainstream, will be filled with dread if a 6.4 rolls into the garage. If/when bio goes mainstream, all of...
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    vans and intercoolers

    Is it a matter of having enough room to route the hoses from the turbo to the IC?
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    Pics of my 4x4 van

    Must admit, pretty cool van.
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    Matco Leakdown tester

    Nevermind. Checked Matco's website.... It said that it's supposed to come with an M14 and an M18 adapter. I'll check it out tomorrow.
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    Matco Leakdown tester

    There's a matco leakdown tester for $50 in a local pawn shop. Is there anything I need to look for to make sure it has everything I need? Adapters or anything else you can think of? Thanks.
  9. jrisingmoon

    possible 6.9 transportation issue

    To officially close this thread, it doesn't look like my wife and I are going to be buying a house in Pensacola after all. A rash of medical bills has shot any chance we had at buying a house so it looks like the van's going into storage until there is a somewhere else to move it to, hopefully...
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    Spongy Brakes

    The rear wheel cylinders might be going, too.
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    vans and intercoolers

    What's the propane used for? The IP?
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    vans and intercoolers

    will I have to reposition the grille or something similar to that in order to get it to fit?
  13. jrisingmoon

    vans and intercoolers

    I've read several intercooler threads recently about intercoolers and was wondering how possible an intercooler is on a van? I've heard that space is a problem but I'm not entirely sure how. Are there ways to create more space or are we talking alot of work to accomodate an intercooler on to a...
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    possible 6.9 transportation issue

    Where in Florida would we meet? It looks like Jacksonville or where I-10 meets I-75 would be the most likely places.
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    possible 6.9 transportation issue

    I'm thinking sometime in October but this is just a guess. It largely depends on if we get a place of our own with a place to park it. We're temporarily living in my wife's cousin's house for free for the time being. The parent's of her cousin own the house, though, and plan on charging us...
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    possible 6.9 transportation issue

    It does start and it does run, just not very fast. The throttle REALLY has to be pressed down to get it anywhere. I think the timing might be off for one thing, but beyond that, I'm not sure.
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    possible 6.9 transportation issue

    It's a pretty nice van. Other than the engine needing to be rebuilt, I can't really complain about it. Interior is clean, plenty of room, RV hookup, loft storage, can't complain about it. One of my "friends" suggested pulling out the diesel and putting in a gasser but if I'm going to pull out...
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    possible 6.9 transportation issue

    Just so I know, why is unhooking the drive shaft important and how do I keep the steering unlocked?
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    possible 6.9 transportation issue

    How much weight do you think the half-ton could handle without problems?
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    possible 6.9 transportation issue

    Ideally, I need to move it from Atlanta to Pensacola, but I think the more realistic option will be to move it to a storage facility. I won't have a problem moving the van with a car trailer on the f150 for a short distance, it's the long haul that bothers me. Blown head gaskets is the...
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    possible 6.9 transportation issue

    Um, it's a pretty big van. That's the primary reason I haven't considered renting a uhaul car trailer. I'm not entirely sure how much it weighs but it's enough to concern me. I had a hard enough time with the 5x8 trailer from Atlanta to Pensacola so anything more than that I'm hesistant to...
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    possible 6.9 transportation issue

    Okay, here's the deal: My wife and I partially moved from Atlanta to Pensacola and left the van in Atlanta. In the next few months, we hope to move the rest of our stuff to Pensacola. My father-in-law agreed to store our stuff, including the dead van, at his house until we can come pick it...
  23. jrisingmoon

    head gasket repair sealant-does it work?

    I'm not entirely sure how much it was leaking before I went rdt. I knew that there was a substantial amount of smoke passing through the cdr and into the intake. I went rdt to bypass the smoke coming through the cdr. I think it was after that I started noticing oil leaking from around the...
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    head gasket repair sealant-does it work?

    This is the Bar's stuff I was talking about just to be sure we're on the same page: Bar's Leak I know that Bar's makes radiator stop leak. I didn't know if it was any different than that stuff though.
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    head gasket repair sealant-does it work?

    There isn't any coolant leaking that I can see, but I do see substantial oil leaking where the heads meet the block on the left and right bank. Lots of black smoke, too. The timing could be off but I don't think an off-timed engine would cause THAT much black smoke. I put in an RDT to bypass...

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