1989 F-250 7.3 Project

[hacked89]

Coolant system is fixed. New thermostat is 195 open start and assuming 212 fully open which would align with the book. Idled the truck for 2 hours and it just bounced between 211/212. Everything else looked good.

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[quickster]

Good job. I like the dash gauges. What brand are they?

 

[hacked89]

Good job. I like the dash gauges. What brand are they?

Thanks, glowshift

 

[Nero]

You and your gauges and switches

 

[chillman88]

This is just unacceptable

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You're going to have to fix that pretty soon.

 

[hacked89]

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Bending and welding everything together for the new cab mounts.

 

[The_Josh_Bear]

This is just unacceptable

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You're going to have to fix that pretty soon.

It's true. That's why you stand up on the skinny and torture that gauge!

 

[hacked89]

Last two times I opened the coolant system I’ve used the harbor freight vacuum filler and it is well worth the $80 for your time, purging, and testing the system. Bonus points the default tool fits right in our radiators without an adapter. Made a short video on how to use it.

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[Old Goat]

That is a slick way to fill the system. Never seen it used before.
Thanks for making and posting the video.

Now here is one more tool to add to the inventory.


Goat

 

[hacked89]

Pulling the harness pile out to figure out reverse lights next

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[Nero]

I don't envy you.

 

[The_Josh_Bear]

Pulling the harness pile out to figure out reverse lights next

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Ewwwwwwww gross. You're a tougher man than I!

 

[The_Josh_Bear]

Last two times I opened the coolant system I’ve used the harbor freight vacuum filler and it is well worth the $80 for your time, purging, and testing the system. Bonus points the default tool fits right in our radiators without an adapter. Made a short video on how to use it.

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Very cool! Never seen that before and it's quite a good setup. Thanks for the video!

 

[hacked89]

Picked up a decent condition bumper for the rear.

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[hacked89]

Finished the rear harness of the truck and lighting. Everything works. Reviewed the diagram for the reverse lighting, spliced together a C6 harness and a ZF5 harness to make the reverse circuit. Essentially just had to cut a female connector out of the ZF5 harness and flip it on the C6 side. One of the pics was the temporary wiring for the connectors. Last thing I have to wrap up for the rear is the license plate lighting.

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