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  1. stick_witch

    How do y’all like to shift your ZF5’s?

    Hahahaha yeah yeah ik, i do really need to tear into it this summer xD And by that do you mean like partial throttle decrease and hold - clutch in - shift - clutch out? Or like throttle off - clutch in - shift - throttle rev match - clutch out? Thanks, thats kinda what i figured. Definitely...
  2. stick_witch

    How do y’all like to shift your ZF5’s?

    Thats interesting that you say that. Thats my experience with the zf too, is that it feels to me like it wants to be shifted slow and deliberate, but the rpms drop so fast on the idi that catching the rpms is a total miss if you shift this way. This has been my biggest struggle learning to drive...
  3. stick_witch

    How do y’all like to shift your ZF5’s?

    This is interesting because I hear so many others say and do the exact opposite thing religiously. But i do agree that the second gear is far too tall as a proper starting gear. I always grab 1st if im stopped on a hill, pulling anything, etc. but if im just rolling through stop signs im just...
  4. stick_witch

    How do y’all like to shift your ZF5’s?

    Not entirely sure. The clutch service receipt i got with the truck says it got a smf replacement. But I haven’t seen it for myself. Although i do get pretty good gear roll over noise if i lug it in low gears at low rpm. So idk, i kinda doubt its anything dmf related since i don’t think thats...
  5. stick_witch

    How do y’all like to shift your ZF5’s?

    Kinda a funny topic, but I’m just curious. My idi has been my first experience with the zf5 and its been kinda a moody drivetrain system to figure out. I should mention first off that my trans is pretty worn out. Syncros going into 2nd and 3rd are pretty and my reverse has the common pop out...
  6. stick_witch

    “Partial” Glow Plug Controller Bypass

    Yikes those look horrible. Could be knockoffs, or your plugs are over cycling (bad controller or sticking solenoid) or gp harness is bad and its sending too many amps to only those three plugs or your timing or injection is bad and your motor is just eating them. Idk, could be many things, but i...
  7. stick_witch

    “Partial” Glow Plug Controller Bypass

    Oh I see... interesting... Yeah idk why my controller wants to keep the gp’s on for so long. Partially the reason I bypassed it. Im just shocked they took the abuse so well for so long. I mean the plugs still glow great and have no swelling or irregularities, but they do have a little bit of...
  8. stick_witch

    “Partial” Glow Plug Controller Bypass

    Yeah about the same for me. Anything below 15 degrees and my wts light is on almost for 25 seconds. And its crazy because thats just part of the glow plug cycle, the plugs don’t turn off at this point which I find strange, like why do they run for close to 20 seconds longer? Especially if...
  9. stick_witch

    6.9 & 7.3 IDI Commandment Lists - IDI Do’s and Don’ts

    Hahaha get er all stretched out eh?[emoji23][emoji23]lol Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
  10. stick_witch

    So what did you do with your truck today?

    Thats a killer deal! Right on! I’d say 100% go with the bed liner, I think that’d look pretty epic! Would be a killer, robust look to match your rocker panels Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
  11. stick_witch

    “Partial” Glow Plug Controller Bypass

    My cold start this morning: 17*F WTS light on for 19 seconds. Then controller signaled to turn the glow plugs off after an additional 21 seconds.... The controller requested a grand total burn time of 40 seconds!!! I typically start cranking at 20-30 seconds and it fires right up (anything...
  12. stick_witch

    “Partial” Glow Plug Controller Bypass

    The benefit is all the same benefits you get from any fully manual system; all my glow plugs won’t go down due to a confused controller flipping out when one or more of my glow plugs go out, I’m not needlessly running the gp’s when the truck is warm like the controller wants to do every time you...
  13. stick_witch

    “Partial” Glow Plug Controller Bypass

    Thank you!! Yeah, thats what I originally did, but found my truck wasn’t starting as well as it did with the controller and it was taking A LOT longer, so I decided I wanted something different. Totally personal preference. And I mean, technically my controller is still bypassed completely. It...
  14. stick_witch

    “Partial” Glow Plug Controller Bypass

    To each their own. I just love tinkering lol. I figure if I’m keeping the controller in truck as a glorified $80 solenoid mount I minus well be having it do something for me. Its still fail resistant, just not entirely simple.... although in practice its much simpler than it looks typed up on a...
  15. stick_witch

    “Partial” Glow Plug Controller Bypass

    Oh yeah I know you weren’t, sorry, i was mostly just referring to franklin’s post. And also referring to my point that all trucks and systems are totally different with regards to what their observed voltage drop will be. Thats determined by a whole number of other things than just if all your...
  16. stick_witch

    “Partial” Glow Plug Controller Bypass

    But, i do like this idea too, you could just simply add a normal bypass, leaving the white wire from the controller hooked up to the solenoid, and then cut it to add an extension to it that runs to a switch on the dash and back to the negative side small post on the solenoid and you essentially...
  17. stick_witch

    “Partial” Glow Plug Controller Bypass

    No, I think you’re misunderstanding what my system is doing. There is nothing auto about it, it is 100% manual. The controller does not ever communicate directly to the gp solenoid, it only gathers information and power from the gp’s and solenoid and communicates that information to me via my...
  18. stick_witch

    “Partial” Glow Plug Controller Bypass

    Like I told franklin2, every truck is different and every voltmeter instrument is different, my truck when I got it with the old batteries and stock gp’s, wiring, controller, solenoid, everything, ran ~10.8v when the gp’s cycled and didn’t start worth a crap. Now I run a 130amp 3g alternator...
  19. stick_witch

    “Partial” Glow Plug Controller Bypass

    Yeah, its definitely complicated, I 100% agree with you there, and at first my system operated just like yours. I just hated the guessing game of trying to figure out how long I can or can’t run my gp’s. I live in Alaska so I’m cold COLD starting my truck most days if I’m not on the block...
  20. stick_witch

    “Partial” Glow Plug Controller Bypass

    Yeah I understand your critique on the controller, and I totally agree with you there. Thats why I did a manual bypass, if you read, the controller has no control of my gp solenoid actuation, thats done by my manual switch in the cab. All the controller is doing now is lighting up my lights in...
  21. stick_witch

    So what did you do with your truck today?

    Yes indeed ;) Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
  22. stick_witch

    “Partial” Glow Plug Controller Bypass

    So, I did a manual bypass of the glow plug controller with a switch in the cab actuating the solenoid rather than the controller. But, I like and still want the functionality of the controller’s ability to detect the temp of the gp’s, when to turn them on and off, and the “wait to start” light...
  23. stick_witch

    6.9 & 7.3 IDI Commandment Lists - IDI Do’s and Don’ts

    If you’re having to run your idi at 3300+rpm IMO you’re either trying to go way too fast or you’re towing something absolutely gigantic somewhere you shouldn’t be towing it with that truck... Sure, you can do it, but why? You should be able to pull most things most places just fine at 3400 or...
  24. stick_witch

    6.9 & 7.3 IDI Commandment Lists - IDI Do’s and Don’ts

    Mostly just bad experience... I have had buddies who have gone to do something like try and pass people on the highway with their stock, worn out, NA idi’s (stupid idea in the first place), then maxed out their rpms and then promptly either threw a push rod, dropped a valve, or threw a...
  25. stick_witch

    So what did you do with your truck today?

    In the spirit of our friends in the South and their lil snow storm... Heres my truck here in AK before the weekend.... I had literally just cleared the truck, walkway, and driveway 2 hours before this... Struggling just to keep my vehicles visible and my driveway clear these days... As you can...

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