mirage2521
Registered User
To make a long story short, yesterday circumstances dictated that I go out in the yard, fire up "Big Red" (86 F-250) that has not been touched or even started in months and drive the poor thing 1000 miles pulling a trailer. To start the adventure it seems my glow plugs have ceased to work, I drove to a parts store and bought (god help me) ether. and used it on my truck, this is the first time this truck has tasted ether in its entire 230,000 miles, I felt like a drug dealer. Well, here I am in Florida safe and sound after leaving Virgina. The truck ran like a DREAM , I got 17-18 MPG, and we hummed along like a brand new PowerStroke, the only casualty of the trip is I somehow managed to lose one of the lens covers for my clearance lights. Does anyone know of a good source for original equipment clearance lights or covers. I really cannot believe the amount of neglect and lack of love these engines will endure and still come through like champions. IH and Ford sure hit a homerun with this combo, I have a 2003 PowerStroke and a MB 300D and the IDI is the MOST reliable of the 3 by far.