Hello Gentlemen. First off I need to thank you all for the many quesions anwered over the years. I rarely post due to the fact that the answers are usually already on this site somewhere. So here's my latest that I need input on:
I bought a new to me 93 f350 4x4 non turbo. Nice clean truck. I spent some time and money converting it to run on VO with a very nice custom designed system (by me) and I put in some new injectors and glow plugs and changed all the fluids. I drove it around town for a couple weeks and was very happy so I took it on a maiden voyage outa town 3.5 hours. Well about 3 hours in we were purring along happy as could be when all hell broke loose under the hood with a loud racket and big puffs of smoke. As I quickly pulled over I noticed that the engine was still running and that it had zero oil pressure. I turned it off popped the hood and looked for the problem. Turned out that whatever broke inside the engine put a hole in both sides of the oil pan behind the starter and behind the oil filter. I had it towed to my families place and there she sits. My plan is to find a less that 100,000 mile replacement and trek up there and swap it out. I'd also like to fix the one that blew for later. There's a coupe of questions that I'd like answers on from you experienced fellas:
1. I've swapped the engine in my 85 and one in a 90, both times we dropped the engine in from above and its a pain. I saw another guy who took off the grill and everything else in front of the engine and basicly just slid it out the front. That way looked nice because of all the room, but is it worth it to take the whole front off?
2. The new engine I buy will likely be fully intact with fuel system and all. Is there anything I should do to it before it goes in? Are there any gaskets that I need to buy to install at the exaust? I ask this because where I will be doing the work is a long wa from the store and I need to have everything ready.
3. Is it reasonable to try and start a engine out of the truck? If so, how do you do it?
Thanks for your pointers. I'll keep you posted as to my finds on engines. I found a guy who says he has a 7.3 with 98,000 on it, but I haven't had time to talk with him yet, only text. Any questions that you all think I should ask him would also be appreciated. Thanks
I bought a new to me 93 f350 4x4 non turbo. Nice clean truck. I spent some time and money converting it to run on VO with a very nice custom designed system (by me) and I put in some new injectors and glow plugs and changed all the fluids. I drove it around town for a couple weeks and was very happy so I took it on a maiden voyage outa town 3.5 hours. Well about 3 hours in we were purring along happy as could be when all hell broke loose under the hood with a loud racket and big puffs of smoke. As I quickly pulled over I noticed that the engine was still running and that it had zero oil pressure. I turned it off popped the hood and looked for the problem. Turned out that whatever broke inside the engine put a hole in both sides of the oil pan behind the starter and behind the oil filter. I had it towed to my families place and there she sits. My plan is to find a less that 100,000 mile replacement and trek up there and swap it out. I'd also like to fix the one that blew for later. There's a coupe of questions that I'd like answers on from you experienced fellas:
1. I've swapped the engine in my 85 and one in a 90, both times we dropped the engine in from above and its a pain. I saw another guy who took off the grill and everything else in front of the engine and basicly just slid it out the front. That way looked nice because of all the room, but is it worth it to take the whole front off?
2. The new engine I buy will likely be fully intact with fuel system and all. Is there anything I should do to it before it goes in? Are there any gaskets that I need to buy to install at the exaust? I ask this because where I will be doing the work is a long wa from the store and I need to have everything ready.
3. Is it reasonable to try and start a engine out of the truck? If so, how do you do it?
Thanks for your pointers. I'll keep you posted as to my finds on engines. I found a guy who says he has a 7.3 with 98,000 on it, but I haven't had time to talk with him yet, only text. Any questions that you all think I should ask him would also be appreciated. Thanks
6 of those times was in one days time. I didn't even move the hood more than it normally opens when looking under there. The last few times I removed the springs from the hood but left the hinges on. Then just leaned the hood back near the windshield and held it open with a cut and measured 2x4 in the battery box. If you remove the complete front clip you wont need to do this but if you remove only the radiater core support you can probably use the battery tray and leave the hood on. Exhaust manifold gaskets are easy to replace. Look over the replacement engine. If it has an oil pan gasket made from rubber or cork replace it with only RTV. The gaskets are not what they used in the factory. They used only rtv and it works great. It wil not leak like a gasket will.
