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  1. Ryan Cowper

    Is this Zf5 trans compatible?

    I have a 89 f250 7.3idi with the 4x4 zf5 transmission. I have a buddy with an 89 f250 v8 parts truck that has a recently rebuilt flywheel, transfer case and zf5 trans. Anyone know off hand if the gas flywheel, transmission and transfer case bolt straight in to my diesel?
  2. Ryan Cowper

    Acting like it's out of fuel

    I drove my truck up to 8000' on Mount Lassen in northern California yesterday. When I reached a parking lot near the summit and stopped to look at my map, the truck hesitated a couple of times at idle, exactly the way it does just before it runs out of fuel. My gas gauge don't work and I know I...
  3. Ryan Cowper

    Ball joint replacement blues

    1989 f250 idi 4x4 I started replacing my ball joints today and I just realized that I need an axle spindle nut socket. Can anyone explain to me which socket I need to get? Autozone said they have 6 point and 12 point spindle nut socket sets that "should work". I can't find any information as to...
  4. Ryan Cowper

    Alternator swivel bolt and nut trouble

    Hey everybody, I went to replace my alternator yesterday and found that the alternator swivel bolt (the one that passes through the fuel filter bracket and into a nut) was spinning but not loosening. I eventually pulled off the alternator/fuel filter bracket as one and discovered my problem! The...
  5. Ryan Cowper

    Fuel return line to tank

    I noticed the fuel line that runs from the rear of the engine compartment (near the glow plug relay) and back toward the fuel tanks is leaking all over the frame of my 1989 idi. It looks as if there's several different types and sizes of tubing that have been spliced together over the years by...
  6. Ryan Cowper

    Clutch problems?

    Hey everybody, I assume it's time to replace my clutch but I thought I'd ask yall if there's any possibility of my issue being related to something else. I'm moving to a new home and I just used the bed of my truck to haul a fairly decent load through the mountains. This was the first time I've...
  7. Ryan Cowper

    This old truck is giving me a hard time.

    Hey folks, I just replaced all of my glow plugs and installed a fuel return line kit at the same time. I have been experiencing a rough start situation since purchasing the truck. On cold start it turns over, runs a second or two and dies. Then it takes a lot of cranking to get it to turn over...
  8. Ryan Cowper

    return lines left me stranded

    I have seen a lot of negative posts regarding the fuel return line kits sold at the box stores. I'm in a pinch here. I drove out of town to buy some tires from a Craigslist guy. When I got there my truck wouldn't start. Lucky for me, I am parked at a buddies place. I knew I needed to replace the...
  9. Ryan Cowper

    Old truck - New owner. It needs some love.

    I just burned through my first tank of fuel on my 1989 f250 7.3 N\A M\T. So long as the Oracle is correct in suggesting that I have a 18.2 galon auxiliary tank - I'm gettin less than 9 mpg unloaded. 3\4 of this tank of fuel was highway miles @ 60 mph. Good lord I hope it gets better as I fix...
  10. Ryan Cowper

    Newbie intro and radiator questions

    Hey yall, I've been looking around for an inexpensive running project IDI for a while now and I finally took the plunge! Picked up a 1989 F250 7.3 IDI/NA with a 5 speed manual trans. 170,000 farm truck. For better or worse, over the last 10 years, it was only used to get hay and tow the horse...

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