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  1. smoking89IDI

    Not Good

    Well I just changed the oil in the truck, had auto-rx in it and that has done great so far my problem lies with what was in the filter. I cut open my last filter (before auto rx and using a quart every 1100 miles) and it had some small pieces of brass, steel and aluminum in it, this time I had...
  2. smoking89IDI

    I love my truck

    I just started my truck today, it has sat since Sep 28 without being moved or started because I did the brakes and found that the pads (three different sets!) were too thick for my rotors so I just hammered the calipers on (then found out it was WAY too tight and got real hot) and let it sit...
  3. smoking89IDI

    Headlight Assemblies

    Is it really worth the $ 291.65 that LMC wants for both new headlight assemblies? I put in some new HID bubs in my truck but the lenses are just so pitted and faded that there is NO beam of light, it is just so difuse like a flood light, my old bulbs were the same way as well just ALOT dimmer...
  4. smoking89IDI

    For those that dont wander the site.

    For those people that don't leave the basement much :rotflmao here is the link to a vid I posted of my truck. Just be forewarned the vid quality is poor but the sound is pretty good. http://www.oilburners.net/forums/showthread.php?t=25116
  5. smoking89IDI

    My trucks accel run.

    Well here is a vid (Very poor quality from cell phone at night) of my truck accelerating onto the highway but NOT from a dead stop, I think I was rolling at about 10-15 MPH in second gear, this was right after I turned onto the highway, the other pic is from google earth showing the distance I...
  6. smoking89IDI

    Brakes

    Bled my brakes today, went RR-LR-RABS-RF-LF and my ABS works now, it never used to work and the light never has gone on but save for one bumpy road, drove up to 50MPH and slammed on the brakes and the rear locked up and slid then all of a sudden the ABS started working and now works every time...
  7. smoking89IDI

    Injector Change

    Just changed my injectors this weekend and finished my test run today, all I can say is WOW!! My old ones must have been really bad because on this one merge lane I could get the truck up to about 62-63 with the old ones in and now I can hit about 68-70 on the same lane, the engine still shakes...
  8. smoking89IDI

    Auto RX Update

    Well I am almost at the 2500 (at 2000 miles now) oil change interval for Auto RX, and the results so far are...... Only have burned 1/2 a quart in 2000 miles, oil is 1/4 way down dipstick from full mark and the full mark is for 2qts low. I swear I have not even put in a drop of oil since I...
  9. smoking89IDI

    Symptoms of dying DMF

    What are the symptoms of a dying DMF? My truck shakes and rattles bad on shut down but I always thought that was normal or maybe it is I don't know, it has done this since I bought the truck 3 years ago, it also has a coffee can rattle quite often when you lug it. Truck has 219,000 miles on...
  10. smoking89IDI

    No charge :(

    The batt light has been coming on dimly for the past couple of months now and would flicker too right after start up and be that way until I either turned off my cold start switch or if warm rev it up, well it was on the whole drive into work the other morning (21 miles @2:45am) and the volts...
  11. smoking89IDI

    Dual Ammeters

    Tell me what you think guys. I am planning (already bought ammeters and all other parts) to run dual ammeters on my truck one per batt. My logic on this is if I start to have one batt causing probs it will show as a drain on the good and a charge on the bad, also when the engine is running I...
  12. smoking89IDI

    Auto Rx

    Well I had my oil changed about 1500 miles ago and I put in Auto Rx in at the time to mainly clean the inside of the engine when I do have to tear into it. Well to make this short it works REALLY good so far at 1500 miles since the oil change I have used only a fraction of an inch of oil (just...
  13. smoking89IDI

    Just Because It works Now.....

    Well as I was driving into town today I noticed that my rear tank was a hair above empty (as far as the gauge says) and I know that sender is dead on for empty, E means E on that tank, so I switch to the front and it says 1/8th of a tank, "cool" I think I know that sender is bad because when on...
  14. smoking89IDI

    Test

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  15. smoking89IDI

    Timing

    Is there anyone near me that knows how to time these engines and has the proper equipment, I called most diesel shops here and none will touch this truck due to its age and "confusing" fuel system as one shop put it. If these engines are "confusing" to them I wonder what they think about the...
  16. smoking89IDI

    Surging

    K for those of you that may know my previous threads I have a rusty '89 SCab with the zf-5speed that chirps going down the road, well I have an old problem that is slowly getting worse, when I downshift to slow down like at 45 mph in OD shifting to 3rd which brings the RPM's to around 2900-3000...
  17. smoking89IDI

    Rust Problems

    My truck has severe rusting on the top of the cab and around the rear window, is there any way to get rid of it so I can repaint it? The pictures say it all, it look pretty bad and it is.
  18. smoking89IDI

    Chirpy sound.

    Ok first post but not the first time here. I have a 1989 F250 4X4 Super-Cab with the 7.3IDI ATS non-waste-gated turbo with a 5-Speed in it, the truck has 215,000 original miles on it with everything original even the IP as far as I can tell and the original owner said he has never replaced any...

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