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    7.50 to 900 16's

    Found a like new set of four tires for 300 bucks. They are 900 sixteens. The ones that are on my 84 f250 are 7.50 16's. Are the 900 a good option and a good buy they are about 90 percent to the good.
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    06 duramax leak location

    A buddy of mine brought over an 06 that was leaking water at the block off plate so I got the leak stopped it had been leaking really bad and I am pretty sure that he got it hot. Now it has a pretty small drip coming from the passenger side head in the very back if I shine the light and watch...
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    31 degrees and fired right up

    31 in southwest Missouri at 615 am. Heated the glow plugs for 3 seconds and popped right off. Probably couldn't have done it without the help of oilburners . And that is without the block heater. Now time to fix the heater core. Thanks oil burners!
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    Return check valve

    Can I pop out the check ball on the return or will it make it hard to start
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    Sodium silicate

    Anyone have good results with water glass for head gasket
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    Min max adjustments

    1984 6.9 with a 4 speed manual The engine won't Rev up like it should how can I turn the max up just a little bit more. Thanks
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    Wholly crap she ran away on me

    I ordered a shutoff solonoid off amazon and it burned up this is the second time in less than 300 miles. So I took the top off the ip and stripped a piece of copper wire off and wired the tab back. Got in started it and wow she was wide open throttle dropped it in 4 wheel drive dumped the...
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    What would cause a power surge

    Was driving and saw a blue flash in the dash somewhere so I opened the hood and the top of the ip was smoking so I pulled the wire off and it stopped. So I pulled the top off and the shutoff solonoid had a split down the hot side. Ordered one off Amazon put it in and none of the lights would...
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    Headlight switch and wiring 1984

    Does anyone know where the ground wire should be for the headlight switch. My headlights and tail lights quit. The headlights have 3 prongs and I grounded my test light and the top middle wire has 12 volts is this correct. I pulled the switch out of the dash but not sure where to check the...
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    Ring gear or bendix or both

    Got an 84 f250 four speed manual Almost 80 percent of the time when I shut it off and go to start it again it grinds and I have to flip the starter switch really fast to get it to catch and spin it over Could it be the bendix or a bad flywheel ring?
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    Some good bolt size and torque information

    http://www.nickpisca.com/diesel/engine/7-3-idi-torque-specs-and-bolt-dimensions-with-images/ Hope external links are ok
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    Cold timing advance

    I have a1984 f 250 with the 6.9 that someone has been under the hood of and under the dash that quite possibly could have been Edward scissor hands. Wires chopped up everywhere My question is about the advance on the ip someone has jumped from the shut off solonoid to it . So should I just un...
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    Epsom salt

    Has anyone else reconditioned a battery with Epsom salt and distilled water Were your results positive or negative?
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    Return line from ip

    Hello everyone new member to the forum here I have done a lot of reading and have not found the answer to the question I have. And I apologize if it's here somewhere. I have an 84 f250 with the 6.9. I bought a new sending unit for the rear tank and low and behold it's identical. .except...
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