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  1. Ethan Smith

    6.9 idi doing funny things

    It's just crazy to me that diesel does the same thing.
  2. Ethan Smith

    6.9 idi doing funny things

    Alright, no doubt about the air intrusion. But.im telling you guys it runs really well when that air starts intruding. It's running well enough as it is but it's like a drag car when it's running lean. I understand two strokes running lean and rippin about to burn the piston. But with less...
  3. Ethan Smith

    6.9 idi doing funny things

    So my idi does this crazy thing. It starts really getting torquey and rips hard right before it runs outta fuel. As if there's a fuel restriction and when the tank starts to pull air its either running proper. (I've got a racor prefilter before the stock filter) or something crazy. Seriously...
  4. Ethan Smith

    Burnt out starter

    So my old man, bless his soul, just HAD to move my truck, because well, he had to move it. I told him the key sticks so pull it back when it fires or the starter wont disengage. Well.....he didnt.... So the starter was smoking when tried turning it over, oh well, 200 bucks, what the hell else...
  5. Ethan Smith

    Ch as nge the oil or just the filter?

    So I'm burning around a quart every few hundred miles. Runs great just didnt replace the valve stem seals when I 'rebuilt' the motor. Figure that's where the oils going. Think I can just swap the oil filter out and not drain the oil? Its gonna burn that shit anyways.
  6. Ethan Smith

    Racor fuel filters/water separators

    i got one. jus make sure your micron of the filters more than the stock filter on the block. otherwise....why?
  7. Ethan Smith

    What else? When replacing oil pan and head gaskets

    Ive heard from old timers to always replace the oil pump if your going that deep in there i.e. bearings. I did my thermostat and water pump when i did the head gaskets. The heads prolly need work at that milage. The volumetric efficiency could be down. Better check rings too. If your replacing...
  8. Ethan Smith

    15 second crank before it starts

    honestly bud just pull the whole block and go through the entire fuel system. It’s be quicker and more painless than tinkering with it for months and never finding the problem
  9. Ethan Smith

    How did you get into an IDI?

    I bought my old broke down atmospheric converter having no idea the kind of addiction it had started. Hours of bloody knuckles and curses turned into days, turned into months. I needed to externalize what I had become. So I crafted my truck into myself. Rugged, dependable, cheap, and bad at...
  10. Ethan Smith

    A great loss.

    Well I guarantee you he’s somewhere in the afterlife fixing on an idi. Guys like that don’t die, his spirits gonna live on and on just like the trucks he loved.
  11. Ethan Smith

    Guess the source of my Knock

    Shit that sounds like me hitting my head into the wall when the wifes bitching at me
  12. Ethan Smith

    Use the right glowplugs

    I hate you bosch
  13. Ethan Smith

    Use the right glowplugs

    Just a friendly reminder to use the proper glowplugs in your oilburner. Lucky for me only two got in the cylinder and only did minor damage to the pistons.
  14. Ethan Smith

    Ok, Old School Guys, C6 Torque Converter question,..

    So where do i get one of them fancy torque converters?
  15. Ethan Smith

    Bent torque converter

    Ive got a good junkyard tranny i was thinking of putting in, but i dunno if i want to risk it. Either of you guys know how much it costs a shop to rebuild a c6?
  16. Ethan Smith

    Bent torque converter

    So i didnt unbolt the torque converter from the flywheel and bent the outward shaft on the torque converter a degree or two. Anybody reckon i could bang it back with a hamber and save a few hundred bucks? The welds still look good. How much is a new one anyhow? 2nd gear was going out so i figure...
  17. Ethan Smith

    Another CIA tracker device

    Shoot. I knew youd all be in on it. So its going back in so they can know where im at. Im onto your game there bigfoot. Once this engines rebuilt youl never catch me.
  18. Ethan Smith

    Penny pinchin backyard rebuild

    Ive got it tore down pretty good right now. Reckon im gonna buy a new radiator for it. Old ones leaking and scaled and i just figured what the heck. Could save the money amd get injectors but i figure a new ones gonna cool the engine better seeing as how this ones over 30 years old and full of shit.
  19. Ethan Smith

    Another CIA tracker device

    So sure enough when im tearing down my motor to pull it apart i come across this guy. Hidden in the lower radiator hose. Knew they were spying on me still. Anybody got any clue what its doing in there? Reckon the aliens coulda been in on this.
  20. Ethan Smith

    Checking rid and main bearings

    Dang man im sorry to hear that. Im tearing down an engine myself and hoping to see hood news rather than bad. Its never easy to find out youve got to spend money. -cuss
  21. Ethan Smith

    Penny pinchin backyard rebuild

    Shoot man, you mean an old LS block my old womerns using as a planter dont count? Dang and here i thought i was hillbilly. Better set the swing up for my boy then. Yeah i can wait on the injectors, i reckon i autta get a pump along with them. Studs is prolly the best bet there chief. But shoot...
  22. Ethan Smith

    need auto trans part

    Shoot is it a c6? A guy out in central oregon does a full build on those for under a grand. And running without the kickdown bar isnt gonna hurt it, it just wont pop to 2nd when you floor it going down the highway
  23. Ethan Smith

    Penny pinchin backyard rebuild

    Howdy boys, turns out bosch is a great glowplug if you like to tear engines apart. Two broke off already inside and im not even pulling the rest until the heads are off. Question is while the engines out ive got the money to put about one or two new things besideshead gaskets in her before i...
  24. Ethan Smith

    Strange glow plugs

    Well its warming up right now to pull the rest of them. The tip coulda shot out when i was turning it with the gp hole open, i fished around for the better part of an hour with some neodymium magnets and some saw files and wires and whatnot to poke around playing wheres the tip, but i didnt find...
  25. Ethan Smith

    Strange glow plugs

    Shoot. Hell ima turn it over in the am tommorow. I hope it shits that thing out otherwise not only am i out a work truck when everybody needs hauling but im out money time and patience. I really appreciate the help you guys, if your ever in springfield oregon come find chainsaw smith and youve...

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