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    Couple quick alternator questions

    Well picture me swearing a lot. Ordered a 100amp alt, it had to come from Edmonton. Left work, raced to the parts store, they bring it out and the box is beat lookin and wrapped in shrink wrap. So I cut it open to have a look. A couple fins on the fan are bent, and it's got a serpentine...
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    Couple quick alternator questions

    what's a 3G? I don't have an idiot book for this motor, where's the voltage regulator, and how do I test it? When I saw what the alt was putting out, I was checking it at the post on the alt, and at the battery, alt was 12.30V and battery was 12.28V. Guessing the regulator was between those...
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    Couple quick alternator questions

    I need to use my ford to drive up island a couple hundred kms to get a load of toyota parts this sunday. That leaves me tonight to diagnose the problem, tomorrow on lunch to order parts, and saturday to fix the truck, since I work 730am-8pm every other night this week. The truck has been...
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    overheating and poor mileage.

    good luck gettin' er back happy again...you listed 525km from two tanks loaded? or was that 525km each? I did victoria to mckenzie last fall in my f250 with a jampacked camper on the back to go hunting and was getting in the neighbourhood of 500km/tank...
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    Propane injection

    I've spent the last 4 hours researching propane injection for my 7.3...lots of how to do it, lots of "you're gonna blow yourself up!" and only 2 or 3 guys who say it works. I've found a couple who say vapour injection didn't work, but liquid would. So oldbull8, did ya do it? And how'd it turn...
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    Bodylift help

    Well bring your tall truck up and I'll take ya out to wheel it. You'll soon understand why guys who run trails don't lift their trucks any more than necessary. And yeah, I can see how you'd think that a cheap functional truck would look cheap. Dunno about unsafe...lower truck means lower COG...
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    Bodylift help

    Aggie, I say they suck cause I've been wheeling for about ten years, in everything from an f250 to a samurai, and I know a thing or two about off road performance. Tall trucks suck unless you just drive them through puddles, which is also boring as hell. This is why I said keep it low and cut...
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    Bodylift help

    1-body lifts suck. There's a wide variety of reasons, beginning with the big gay ass lookin gap between body and frame, the added torque on body mounts on a truck that already has 60%+ of it's flex coming from the frame, and the extending of brake lines and assorted linkages, the shitty lookin...
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    thinking of a strait axel

    If you're that attached to a 5 bolt, convert a 60 to five bolt. It'll save you money in the long run. Don't waste time with a piddly little 44. I see guys break stock 60s with a 4 cyl and 37's pretty regularely, so I wouldnt mess around with a full-size diesel and big tires unless it will...
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    starter problem on my new diesel

    this pump, just a 12V 7-10psi kinda deal?? how does that work? what does the bottle of water do??
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    my crawler

    Specs???
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    How to steal your own truck

    Don't bother wih a secret override switch, just label one big button "START." then connect it to the horn. You'll know when someone stealing that bastard...
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    Why NOT to use Ether on a diesel!

    i know the feeling, my 82 toy was a shop truck for many years and I think it was only first year apprentices that ever worked on it.
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    Glow Plug Questions

    I just did the bypass he was talkin about yesterday. Go to your local jobber and buy a heavy duty continuous duty solenoid. It should have a heavy post on each side, and two smaller ones on the front. Also get some heavy (I used 8g) wire, a two post momentary switch, an inline fuse, and some...
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    Why NOT to use Ether on a diesel!

    Man, just do it! It's totally worth the couple hours it takes, to jump in your truck, turn the key and have it just rumble to life that quick, with no dicking around under the hood gettin greasy fingertips... Check the condition of the glowplug harness too. I've spent 3 or 4 months drivin an...
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    glow plug controller questions.

    Well it seems my previous post was correct. Ran power to switch and then from switch to small solenoid post, clicked switch for 15 seconds and it started. We congratulated ourselves for awhile, then noticed a puddle of diesel under it. Tomorrow we tackle that gremlin. Also ended up with an...
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    glow plug controller questions.

    Built my own harness. Wired it as I was told. Right now I have a switch that has a ground wire and a wire to the solenoid, it's a two terminal switch. If I put 12v to the solenoid post the switch is connected to the solenoid clicks and heats the glowplugs. If I click the switch though...
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    glow plug controller questions.

    Ok, called Wilson and Proctor, the local heavy diesel shop and talked to their head mechanic. He said to go to Lordco (our local jobber), and get a constant heavy duty solenoid, PN SNLS512A. It's a 4 post solenoid, 2 heavy posts, connect power from the battery to one, and the end of the GP...
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    glow plug controller questions.

    So all the plugs are good, and when I hit the switch, I hear the controller clicking loudly. When I attach a test light to the end of the gp harness wire though, the light doesn't light up when the switch is pressed. Harness is pooched?
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    glow plug controller questions.

    Well hot damn wouldn't that be schnazzy if I could have the tow rig up and runnin that easy! I know what I'm doin tomorrow after work..
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    glow plug controller questions.

    I'm pretty sure the controller's pooched though because all the plugs are good, but the plugs aren't cycling.
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    glow plug controller questions.

    I was inspired today to start getting my road slug back on the road. I spent the required time lying on top of the engine wondering if I was undoing the appropriate bolts, and giving my hands a coating of that special brand of grease and gunk only a diesel can produce. Now I'm at the point when...
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    Glow plug replacement

    Wow! Mine won't start without glow until it's well over 60 outside...and I plug it in everyniht no matter what!
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    How do I remove an ats turbo???

    Pretty sure it's a non-wastegated turbo, it was on the truck when my dad bought it from the original owner in early '94. I kinda like the idea of abandoning the old one, but I'm going to a pushbutton GP controller, so I'll need the relay that's attached to it. Unless the new (used) harness I'm...
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    How do I remove an ats turbo???

    Mine is under/behind the spool part of the turbo. Like I said, I'll have a look at it tomorrow. How is the controller attached?

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