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    Rebuilt Engine Manufacturer Recommendations?

    I wont touch a anything jasper puts out... buddy grenaded a powerstroke 7.3 built transmission after 5k miles. they werent going to warranty it but finally did, he sold the truck because the warranty trans kept having issues after only 2000 miles on it. engines are a big crap shoot with them as...
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    Oil in valley pan

    no its not in the valley pan area. its behind the flange right near the bellhousing/block interface. your grommet for your turbo drain is probably shot going into the valley pan. compound not having the extra holes in it and your getting excess oil back up in the valley pan.
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    Take off in 4-low when pulling heavy?

    my take on the subject is, i would rather slip the clutch (a wear item) then take the chance of grenading the transfer case and possible hurting the transmission as well. if your truck isnt setup to haul that heavy then dont do it. get the proper gear to do it the right way.
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    WTH.!!!!!!!!!!!

    Man i feel you on this... my stock dp on the truck is dented all to hell from rubbing and falling out multiply times during the PO ownership. i tried everything to get it to fit then finally put some exhaust puddy on it shoved it in with the help of my hammer. made up the bent plate and finally...
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    Looking at an 7.3 IDI, need some opinions...

    sounds like it could need a lot of attention. 431k is quite a bit of mileage. but not uncommon for the old idi world. questions to ask are: is he original owner? is it original engine? transmission? when it doesnt start is it because it wont crank (turn over)? turns over but wont fire off? i...
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    So what did you do with your truck today?

    did the clutch pedal rod end fix last night... in all the frustrations of the install put the lever arm back on to far forward, so very little clutch travel. looks like its round two tonight haha UGH!
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    So what did you do with your truck today?

    this weekend, replaced driver side window motor (finally can roll down window). wired in relays for low and high beam headlights. created a pvc air intake pipe with cone filter and redid the CDR to use the front gear housing and driver side valve cover
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    Glow plugs left out

    i would pull the other glow plugs out. squirt some oil in the each of the glow plug holes and turn it over with by hand once, then squirt some more oil and turn over with starter. then put everything together and drive it. shouldnt be an issue. since it was covered. definitely dont be near...
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    Carrier Pump Group Buy

    everything i have seen on the 40222 pump tells me its the right one. i have seen the other lower pressure pump cause some funky issues were it seems like its starving out on fuel. you can actually watch the fuel bowl level suck down on the low psi pump but not on the higher one. just my .02 cents
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    So what did you do with your truck today?

    boost and egt gauges function correctly now. turned up pump and capped the return line from the filter due to some air intrusion issues. hit 12 psi and 900 degrees rapidly so i need to turn it down a little. thinking air intake might be the main issue for the rapid and high egts thou.
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    Oil in valley pan

    yep its all one piece, Intake manifold gasket and valleypan.
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    Zerex G-05

    http://content.valvoline.com/pdf/Zerex_Extended_Life_AFC_Technical_Bulletin.pdf the VALVOLINE™ ZEREX™ EXTENDED LIFE ANTIFREEZE DIESEL READY fits all the above stuff if your wanting to know. it doesnt have the 2-EHA. and is compliant with cummins and cat specs.
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    Turbo motor build

    best advice i have is if your doing a full tear down is to hot tank all the old crap off the engine. nothing better than to start with a clean fresh canvas. definitely get either a known (i mean really known) good used low mileage or brand new pump and brand new good injectors. these are not...
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    Oil in valley pan

    you have an 088 so it could be oil mist coming from valve cover cdr port into turbo. mine leaks at the oil ring from turbo to ats 088 air box. the cdr is right over that spot assuming you havent done something different for air intake or cdr valve
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    Identify that plug game

    parking brake lamp work???
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    Zerex G-05

    I just swapped everything out to the zerex ELC diesel ready coolant. its bright red. get the concentrate bottles they are a lil more per bottle i think 16.99 vs 11.99 but just 50/50 with distilled and you save a bunch of money. no issues as of yet and everything i read on this stuff said it was...
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    Seeking taller final gear ratio

    with zf5, stock tires and 4.1 gears i get around 2500 rpms at 65 to 70 mph. so your not far off. i always hated my c6 in the crew cab with 4.1 i was at 3000 rpms at 65 mph. after a ton of research last year for my c6 i decided to just get a truck with zf5 and swap everything over to my crew...
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    Seeking taller final gear ratio

    Whats your rpms at 65 now?
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    Can somebody identify this knock?

    i would pull the line fitting your talking about and clean it up and seal up the threads good so it stops leaking. then once you get the glow plugs, install them and start it up. see what she sounds like then and refresh this thread. its super hard to chase stuff fuel related when truck isnt...
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    catch can - CDR delete

    i have just used heater hose/general purpose hose. it seems the vapor isnt super hot and not caustic at all to eat the hose. the clear braided hose didnt work for me thou but i know some have luck with it. i had issues with it building condensation on the exterior of the hose.
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    Can somebody identify this knock?

    another way to test for air is to crack an injector line while someone turns the key to crank the engine. you will see air bubbles around the nut/injector
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    Can somebody identify this knock?

    motorcraft, beru or i even consider dieselrx glowplugs are all good and should be the only plugs used. all the others will swell or crap out quick. so your plugs might actually be shot and you dont know it. i have seen autolite plugs last one week in a buddies truck so you just never know. air...
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    catch can - CDR delete

    whatever you use it needs a least 1" hose unrestricted flow. i found out the hard way and used 3/4" on an old idi engine and had some valve cover leaks almost right away. upped the size to 1" and the problem went away for most part. i was just going to build something out of pvc for my next one...
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    What all to include

    same... i just gave basic info. that way you can take the information they give you and run with it. on mine i couldnt get the oil when warm so that was mentioned.
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    Can somebody identify this knock?

    so the truck wont turnover (crank)? or cranks a bunch but wont fire off and start? these are two different terms. and to answer your question about 1 bad injector. no it should be able to fire off if acouple cylinders are operating correctly but wont run nice. i had acouple bad glowplugs and...

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