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  1. Ferdy Mint

    DEI exhaust wrap vs other brands

    It seems that DEI brand exhaust wrap has fans here. But it costs about 3x more than all the other brands, which also have favorable reviews. Here in the pic, for example, I have 3 rolls of 50' each, a total of 150' of wrap, for less than the price of one 50' roll of DEI. Does anybody know why...
  2. Ferdy Mint

    Planning a cab off, got any suggestions?

    We finally got a shop built. A new 12k Atlas lift is waiting for me. This will be my first cab off tuning with my own pudgy little hands instead of paying a buddy to do it. I used to wrench more when I was younger but when run your own business time is always short. I was just reading an FTE...
  3. Ferdy Mint

    Starter mixed up at rebuild shop? Won't go in.

    I'm confused by a starter for my 2003 F350 7.3 - Here is some background about why I'm confused. I read in this thread FTE that they all are interchangeable, which is what I had always thought. Then I read in this big thread FTE Y2K guy that the early OE starters are desirable. I took note. So...
  4. Ferdy Mint

    Time to defeat my FSS?

    I'm tired of that little sucker failing on me. I've already replaced it twice on our 1986 Bullnose 6.9 since I bought it in 2017. This last time I lost points bigtime with my wife, who was stranded under a railroad bridge on a little country road, barely any cell service. Of course she was...
  5. Ferdy Mint

    Something's gone sideways at Gearhead?

    In 2019 I called Gearhead Tunes several times for the first 7.3 I tuned. Later after getting info, I purchased updated tunes from them to address a shifting issue where I was getting a double throttle chop instead of one chop. It was great to be able to talk to the guy who writes the tunes. I'm...
  6. Ferdy Mint

    Tuning a 6.0, looking for your experience

    We have 4 tuned 7.3s in the family all running Hydras, which we love. We have tunes from Gearhead, Full Force and PHP. I also have a 2004 F350 6.0 which is ARP'd and full physical deleted, legal in Texas. It's been a reliable truck except for one Furd reman HPOP and one injector, both failed. I...
  7. Ferdy Mint

    Why SDs have a wimpy alternator - long post from FTE

    This post really hit me because 1) we like Fords and 2) all our trucks are Fords, but FURD REALLY SCREWWS UP SOMETIMES. You should really read the FTE thread, it's long but good stuff. I'll summarize. Ford put a little alternator in the SD 7.3 to protect the GPs, which were not engineered to...
  8. Ferdy Mint

    Are Motorcraft Beru glow plugs still the best?

    Getting chilly in Texas, long crank start on my 03, already put in a new GPR, must be the plugs. I see older threads recommending Motorcraft Beru glow plugs. Just though I'd check to see if 12 years later that's still true.
  9. Ferdy Mint

    Tach CPS trick only works up to 2001, does an Edge console help?

    There is a tach trick that 7.3 guys know to see if the CPS has gone bad. Watch the tach while you crank. If the tach reading stays at zero when cranking, your CPS has gone north on you. Put in the known-good CPS that you keep in the glove box with a 10mm wrench. But that trick stops working...
  10. Ferdy Mint

    Failed swap, SRW Aeronose axle into DRW Bricky

    A couple of my sons spent hours yesterday trying to swap a long-pinion SRW Aeronose junkyard axle into a DRW Bricknose. The goal was to upgrade to long pinion and change gear ratio from 4.1 to 3.5 ratio. @Minty Ferd never tows and rarely carries more than a round bale of hay in the bed. And he...
  11. Ferdy Mint

    94 Fort pickup XLT dash, HVAC, steering column

    We stripped the cab of a 1994 parts donor truck and have no Aeronose to put this nice XLT dash in. It has a couple cracks in the front pad but not the top. I believe LMC has the pads for sale. The instrument cluster is for an E4OD. We also have the steering column for sale (no pic of that)...
  12. Ferdy Mint

    Riff Raff boots, entire set and T bolt clamps

    I just got them Friday. They are beautiful things, made in the USA. I chose blue. I have no idea what they would cost at the Ford stealer. Certainly a lot more. The plenum reinforcement rings is a great idea too. I don't know that aftermarket plenums are worth considering anymore. They are so...
  13. Ferdy Mint

    Harbor Freight diesel compression test kit, useless?

    We tried this kit on a 7.3 IDI last night and the adapter doesn't get tight, the hex head top starts hitting the head. Only 150 psi generated, with all the leakage. Has anybody managed to use this kit? I got in on a blowout sale so I'm not out much money. The doc says it works with 6.9 and 7.3...
  14. Ferdy Mint

    Who are our resident expert parts vendors?

    We have 4 guys, if I got it right: Justin from R&D IDI, who just moved to Montana or something like that Russ who runs this site, but what's his business called? Joe from Classic Diesel Design of San Antonio TX Tim from Accurate Diesel, big help for stock parts, but he's not on the forum Am I...
  15. Ferdy Mint

    Building a TIDI from a couple motors plus new parts

    Howdy guys, We bought a 93 TIDI parts F350. PO ran straight water and it froze in the big Texas Freeze. Visible cracks, freeze plugs blown clean out like lungs with Biden's 9 mil. The cab is already gone, off to a son who's putting it on his 97 F350 cclb with 86 Bully front clip. I swapped him...
  16. Ferdy Mint

    Re-plumbing the fuel connect to FSS

    Last time we replaced the FSS, we lost the little fat rubber ring that goes in there. Lived with the leak for a few months, dumb as voters, then called up Tim at Accurate to ask what it might be. Tim made me aware of the existence of that little fat black ring, which surely falls out unseen on a...
  17. Ferdy Mint

    S&B CAI ineffective on an 03 7.3 Lariat FX4

    We have several 7.3 psd in the family, and most have an S&B cold air intake (CAI). It’s been our experience that intake air temperature (IAT) as measured on the Edge console will trend down to ambient air temp after a few miles of road at highway speed. That’s handy. And it shows that your $300...
  18. Ferdy Mint

    Modify OBS PCM to run SD tunes?

    We have a 1996 OBS F250 with a 2000 SD motor and intercooler transplanted into it. Right now a NAW6 PCM controls the motor and the E4OD. We got a Hydra and tunes from RiffRaff and found that it won't allow the 60 or 80hp tunes, because it's an OBS PCM. We have a spare OBS TDE1 PCM on the shelf...
  19. Ferdy Mint

    Lunk head PO was running water

    We just picked up a 93 TIDI with an ice-damaged block. We see one crack by the oil filter. My machine shop nearby says no way Jose. He can only repair cracked cylinders, by sleeving. Has anyone managed to repair a cracked IDI block? My local weld shop says "cold welding" might work and told me...
  20. Ferdy Mint

    Can 9v 7.3 GPs handle 12v if used carefully?

    After discussing options with Tim at Accurate Diesel, we installed 12v 6.9 GPs in our latest 7.3 build. Ground on the GPR is wired directly to a pushbutton on the dash, GP controller and Z resistor are bypassed. Had to replace the bullet connectors on the GP wires with spades, but we had some...
  21. Ferdy Mint

    Manual glow plug control

    First chilly morning, my 03 was crank no start, lots of smoke. No voltage drop from the GPM, so that's the cause. I know how to fix that. We have spare snowmobile GPRs on the shelf. But this truck started fine for months till we got down into the 40s. I dislike seeing the GPR cycle when it's...
  22. Ferdy Mint

    Here I sit all broken hearted ...

    We spent about 6 months locating a suitable donor truck to replace the motor and tranny in our 89 F250 7.3 with a C6. It has coolant in the combustion chamber, probably offset core and PO didn't use ELC or additive. We found a 93 F350 with 200k on it and a ZF5. It had not run in 18 years, after...
  23. Ferdy Mint

    Where to get an original starter rebuilt?

    I have a spare 2000 7.3 starter that needs rebuilding. The local rebuilder doesn't have a good reputation. Does the forum have a favorite rebuilder to recommend? My understanding is that the OE starter is stronger than the chinesium replacements in parts stores now.
  24. Ferdy Mint

    How to find out what tunes I have?

    I just picked up an 03 F350 cclb drw 4x4 7.3 PSD after waiting on the PO for 7 months, who was in turn waiting on his new 2022 Furd. He mentioned that it has a 60hp tune but didn't know more. It's not a Hydra, it's canned tunes that were installed, then the tuner unplugged by the shop. That's...
  25. Ferdy Mint

    Fuel filter mod to run taller filter that's less expensive.

    Anybody running this kind of mod? Simple as heck, this guy just used a small sheet of diamond plate.

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