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  1. FrozenMerc

    So what did you do with your truck today?

    I got the truck all back together and back on the road this weekend.
  2. FrozenMerc

    So what did you do with your truck today?

    That is a hard No, there Big Shooter.
  3. FrozenMerc

    So what did you do with your truck today?

    Plugged some coolant ports and started throwing the engine back together last night.
  4. FrozenMerc

    So what did you do with your truck today?

    Old Goat, The engine has been running a bit longer than that. The 6.9 cracked the main web at the end of July 2021. It took me until May of 2022 to get it rebuilt and back in the truck. About 20,000 miles on it since then. Time flies when you are having fun. JF, I did retorque, and it may...
  5. FrozenMerc

    So what did you do with your truck today?

    Kansas, I feel your pain. Monday morning, I walk out of the house, hop in the truck, cycle the glow plugs, and hit the starter. It turns the engine less than a full revolution and stops, HARD!. I touch the starter a couple more times for good measure, but the engine doesn't budge. Awe F$%^...
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    ARP lube on stock head bolts

    Here is a bit of info about fasteners and torqueing them. When you torque a standard bolt (non torque-to-yield), ideally you are stretching that bolt enough to generate a clamp load equal to 85% of the bolts proof strength. Proof Strength on a 1/2" grade 8 bolt would be about 17,000 lbs...
  7. FrozenMerc

    Someone go get it!!!

    1994 IDIT Centurion Conversion. All the 90's graphics. It needs proper tow mirrors. Hopefully it stayed dry during Harvey... https://www.dieselofhouston.com/details/used-1994-ford-f-350/91951316
  8. FrozenMerc

    Glow plug amp draw

    I have never measured it, but it is a simple circuit with 8 resistors in parrallel. Using Ohm's Law, the total amperage would be equal to (8)*12.5/2 or 50 amps, assuming 2 ohms at each glow plug, and 12.5 V at the battery. If the resistance is closer to 1 ohm per plug, than the amp draw...
  9. FrozenMerc

    Someone go get it!!!

    Pretty Clean flatbed. ZF 5spd. Hose out interior. https://www.purplewave.com/auction/240228/item/NN9437/1992-Ford-F350-Pickups_and_Vans-3/4_or_1_Ton_Pickup_or_Van-Kansas
  10. FrozenMerc

    Someone go get it!!!

    I would never put a Ford NP435 behind a IDI. That 6.68:1 first gear would be beyond worthless behind a diesel in a street driven application. Dodge and GM NP435's had a 4.56:1 first gear that is much more useable. I had one in a pickup behind a 351W and still never used 1st gear, always took...
  11. FrozenMerc

    3.07 diffs & np435?

    When I first built my '51 Ford F1, I used a 351W, NP435 and 3.08 Dana 44 rear axle. Not a 4x4, but there was plenty of grunt in that lightweight little pickup. In fact, the NP435 had that ridiculous 6.68:1 1st gear, which only ever got used for parade duty. Took off in 2nd gear for regular...
  12. FrozenMerc

    Could you Sleeve down an old crusty 7.3 to run 6.9 pistons???

    Mahle may have discontinued 6.9 pistons, but you should be able to still get them from Speed-Pro or Silv-O-Lite. What was the content level on the reman 7.3 IDI? If it includes fuel, $10K is a pretty good price. The remanufacturer I work for sells 6.7 Fords and DirtyMax long blocks (no fuel...
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    Could you Sleeve down an old crusty 7.3 to run 6.9 pistons???

    Not that I am aware of. 6.9 pistons should still be available. If not, custom pistons are very doable and have gotten much, much cheaper over the years do to the advances in CNC technology. The advantage to going the custom route is you can spec pin height, compression ratio, ring groove...
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    Could you Sleeve down an old crusty 7.3 to run 6.9 pistons???

    No reason you can't do it, and there are lots of good reasons to do it for an all out build like R&D's. The biggest hurdle will be coming up with a sleeve. I doubt there are readily available aftermarket sleeve's with the right wall thickness, so you will likely have to modify something or...
  15. FrozenMerc

    engine swap

    Looks like you wouldn't be the first. Link below is to a thread by someone dropping one into a '95 F350. https://www.dieselbombers.com/diesel-engine-conversions/135414-6-6-brazilian-swap.html
  16. FrozenMerc

    engine swap

    If that is not a typo, and you are referring to the Ford / New Holland 6.6L "Brazilian" inline 6, then the answer is a hard no. It may possibly physically fit in the engine bay, but everything will have to be modified, fabricated, or changed. Exhaust, fuel, transmission, engine mounts...
  17. FrozenMerc

    So what did you do with your truck today?

    Engineers work for the OEM, not the service center. If it makes sense (cents) to do something that saves 2 minutes of assembly time on the line, but adds 2 hours to the service time, they (we) will do it every single time. That said, I had fun this weekend. Walked out of the house Saturday...
  18. FrozenMerc

    6.9 sudden NO power and smoking

    Does it start smoking right away, or after things warm up? I am thinking of a possible bad oil seal on the turbine side of the turbo. Putting oil into the exhaust stream that is burning off causing the smoke. Turbine is coked up and not generating enough / any air flow on the compressor side...
  19. FrozenMerc

    Buying a spare engine?

    Treat any engine you purchase as a core, running or not, and pay accordingly. I have seen many a running engine that is in worse shape internally than a non-runner. I have a NA 7.3 core engine sitting on a cart that I paid $200 for off of craigslist. It exists to provide parts and as a just...
  20. FrozenMerc

    6.9 sudden NO power and smoking

    If it is heavy black smoke that you are describing, you are either getting too much fuel (broken injector tip for example) or too little air. I would lean towards the too little air side of things and start looking for a restriction. Mouse nest in the air filter box for example. The injection...
  21. FrozenMerc

    So what did you do with your truck today?

    JF, Your exactly right. I stuck a 351W and AOD into a '57 Ranchero a number of years ago. If I recall, the Crown Vic was the only application that used the AOD behind a 351W. A C6 or C4 flex plate will not work. I almost smoked the pump before I figured that one out.
  22. FrozenMerc

    interior screws, original or not? and where to get them?

    McMaster-Carr The only problem is you need to know what you are looking for. https://www.mcmaster.com/products/screws/
  23. FrozenMerc

    So what did you do with your truck today?

    I also don't darken Walmart's doors, even though being this close to Bentonville, they are hard to avoid. I swapped gears in the rear axle this weekend. It didn't go nearly as well as I had planned.... The rebuild kit I bought was for a standard Dana 70. Apparently this truck was built with...
  24. FrozenMerc

    So what did you do with your truck today?

    Ordered both from Gas Tank Depot. https://www.gastankdepot.com/
  25. FrozenMerc

    Someone go get it!!!

    4WD IDIT with all the 90's graphics.... And probably a bit more rust than advertised...

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