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  1. ghunt

    1994 stock turbo rebuild help!

    You will not have fun taking the turbo off. I did that when I got my old truck. Removing the turbo from the up-pipe is a huge pain in the ass, some of the nuts you can only turn a 1/4 turn at a time and everything is rusty. And you will never get the exhaust elbow off the turbine housing. For...
  2. ghunt

    Speedometer jumping

    Does an '87 have the electronic speedometer? In my '94 the speedo was electronic and I had issues with it jumping...and it was apparently the sensor (which was in the rear axle). Tried replacing it with a new sensor and it was even worse, so I left it alone. Sucked though because I couldn't...
  3. ghunt

    92 f250 TTB Front ads a leaf

    It's usally the front shackle bushings....and get somebody to put polyurethane bushings in those front shackles if you can (I think it requires a press). I changed them out on mine but it didn't make much of a difference in ride height, that heavy front end just beats the crap out of those...
  4. ghunt

    Best to replace all the glow plugs? One bad one found

    I used a magnet. 1/4" drive ratchet with a universal and lots of patience for that one! I actually had more difficulty hooking the wire back up.
  5. ghunt

    Best to replace all the glow plugs? One bad one found

    Are they all Motorcraft/Beru? I don't think you need to replace all of them. The rear two were burnt out on my truck, found out after pulling them that somebody had put Champions in there at some point. I just replaced those two, and one other Beru that had burnt out, had no other issues in the...
  6. ghunt

    A few more questions...things I found while checking glow plugs...

    Yeah, the pyro probe should definitely be in the manifold. I put mine in my passenger side manifold since I could access it from inside the wheelwell. The K&N lets in a lot of fine dust. On mine I had made a custom intake for it, ran a K&N for awhile then switched to a synthetic media cone...
  7. ghunt

    Craigslist- sometimes i wonder

    Man, everyone is trying to do this crap now. See, you get a few funny ads on craigslist and then every dumbass is trying to write a "clever" ad that will win him internet notoriety. Sigh...
  8. ghunt

    Saddest bricknose ever

    What's funny to me is the truck is rusty all over but doesn't appear to have anything actually rusted out. Around here you have trucks that look new but the fender arches/cab corners/rockers are all rusted out :rolleyes:
  9. ghunt

    Need help with glow plug system

    I had a glow plug short and catch fire on my old truck...that was fun. I had to cut some of the wire off and splice a new piece in, and there's not a lot in there to work with as it is.
  10. ghunt

    Return line kit for Bio/WVO

    Yeah, duh...it's been awhile since I did that job! I ordered Viton o-rings with the hose too, got it all together. Somebody had listed the size here so that's what I ordered, can't remember now.
  11. ghunt

    To diesel or not to diesel...

    Ha, small world...for awhile I lived pretty close to cheat lake. I actually forgot to change my profile, I moved south about 45 minutes with the wifey last year due to my job being down there, plus most of her family, and we bought a house. Still miss morgantown and go back up once in awhile...
  12. ghunt

    To diesel or not to diesel...

    I just filled up the Stang a few days ago...Regular gas here is $3.21, 93 (which I run in the Mustang) is $3.41, and diesel is still $3.99. Ugh, I remember that issue now. Gas has come down 30-40 cents in the last month or two, I don't think diesel has even come down 10. Doesn't make any sense...
  13. ghunt

    Return line kit for Bio/WVO

    When I did mine, I wasn't sure if there was a chance I might run veggie oil or not, but I figured I'd prepare for it anyway...so I went on mcmaster-carr's website and just ordered a piece of Viton hose and cut it to length, and used it with the caps and clamps from a regular kit. It's easy. I...
  14. ghunt

    To diesel or not to diesel...

    If the camry hadn't grenaded the engine at 5000 RPM's in the middle of Tennessee, I MIGHT have considered fixing it. But it was a $2000 car that I was likely looking at AT LEAST $1000 in repairs and charges to haul it 5 hours back home, so it wasn't even worth it. I just gave it to the guy at...
  15. ghunt

    To diesel or not to diesel...

    I have to admit that those newer GM half tons with the LS engines are on my list. My old boss had one, I drove it a bunch of times, and man those things do ride nice, plus he told me he sometimes got 20 mpg on the highway. The biggest thing with all trucks here is that the majority are all...
  16. ghunt

    Cold start advance

    Yeah, how's your glow plugs? I started mine a few times when the weather was in the teens and it had been sitting all day, when I had the GP's on a manual pushbutton. Glowed it for almost 20 seconds, kicked on the cold advance and it actually started pretty quick, cackled a good bit though :sly...
  17. ghunt

    To diesel or not to diesel...

    On the topic of the mileage thing...how does an IDI compare to, say, a 351? I got about 13 mpg city, couldn't seem to muster more than 15-16 mpg highway, and city dropped to 11-12 on winter fuel. I think it would have been better with new injectors...I swapped IP's and it started way better, but...
  18. ghunt

    To diesel or not to diesel...

    Well I already have a car...I want/need something with 4WD that I can haul stuff in. So I definitely want another truck. The other question is if I have enough room at my house to really park a full size truck there without it being in the way. Hmm...
  19. ghunt

    To diesel or not to diesel...

    As some of you know I was forced to sell off my truck almost 2 years ago due to a commute to a new job I just couldn't afford to use it for. In the time since, my now-wife and I bought a house and got married last June, so I'm now 11 miles from work instead of 40, and my '97 Camry beater...
  20. ghunt

    Radiator eBay/Mail Order?

    FWIW, while not a truck, on my old Thunderbird (years ago) I replaced the original 20-some year old copper & brass 2-row radiator with a copper & brass 3-row '93 cobra replica radiator that I got from ebay. It was Chinese, heavy as hell, and after it was all said and done did not cool any better...
  21. ghunt

    5" Exhaust Anyone?

    Mine whistled like that with the factory ATS, 3" elbow & downpipe, and dumped 4" exhaust with resonator that I mentioned previously... Out of all the exhaust setups I tried that gave me the absolute best sound I could find.
  22. ghunt

    Anyone running dual exhaust?

    I was going build my own single to dual 4" exhaust for my old truck (had a box full of 4" mandrel bends, plenty enough to actually do it), but ended up running 4" with a Dynomax truck resonator dumped right before the rear axle. It sounded so cool I just left it that way, had kind of a "growl"...
  23. ghunt

    I couldn't do it....I'm staying with the IDIs

    I'm still sad that I had to sell my truck :( I loved it even though the 13 mpg killed me. But it was that 13 mpg that caused me to have to sell it...I couldn't drive it to work! Now diesel is so damn expensive I'm not sure if I want to own another one. Sigh...
  24. ghunt

    Pump Replacement Update

    I know when I replaced my IP, even though the injectors were boogered up, I could not BELIEVE how much faster it started up. In fact if it was around 60-70 degrees or higher, I could start it cold without the glow plugs and it would only crank over a couple revolutions before firing right up. I...
  25. ghunt

    Injection Pump Nut Wrench

    I had a super cheapo set of SAE wrenches that weren't good for a whole lot, basically picked them up as emergency wrenches at best....But, I ended up taking the 9/16" wrench, cutting the open end off and welding it back on at about a 45 degree angle. It was already pretty thin so if I recall I...

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