Coldstart Video Thread!! Post'em here!

[flareside_thun]

Mark, both of those are good lookin trucks.......

 

[mark7.3idi]

Thanks i wish i still had them they got a whole lot better fuel mpg then my new chevy what would i do to have my 88 back lol

 

[Dave7.3]

Might as well throw mine in here

These are from last year, but when we get more frigid weather I will make new ones. Haven't had a cold start video with the turbo yet

Before glow plug replacement: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hjOMsKZMYBw

After new Beru glow plugs: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cW0bKyvmoO0

And just for fun, here is a vid of our 3020 starting:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V18kcg_-SbA

 

[82F100SWB]

[hijack]

Where did you get the door panels for the 86?

I'm trying to make/get new door panels for my truck and those are just what I'm looking for!

[/hijack]

They came with the cab, they're just the stockers covered in leather, to match the rest of the interior...

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Note the purple lights behind the windshield...

That was all to match the exterior:

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Yes, I tore apart a F100 Flareside to build an IDI... My big truck in my sig has it's cab lifted from an 82 F100 Flare also...

 

[flareside_thun]

Dude, that is HAWT. I love that shade of purple too!

 

[KyleQ]

I'll post a vid of mine - I never plug it in and I think I've got 3 or 4 glow plugs that work... It's a cranky SOB to start lately

 

[cardana24]

Is it common for them to knock (loud clunking) a few when they first cold start before it sounds "normal"?

 

[KyleQ]

Is it common for them to knock (loud clunking) a few when they first cold start before it sounds "normal"?

Yeah - that noise worries me too... I figure that I just cranked it for well over 20 seconds, I should have decent oil pressure at that point...

 

[coletrain777]

That is probably your engine not hitting on all cylinders due to a faulty glow plug, but it could be something more serious. If I fire mine at -5 it will run rough for a few seconds but it doesn't really knock. Someone else will chime in shortly that is smarter than I am.

 

[jam sandwich]

I posted this back in another thread previously
27 degrees out (thats pretty cold for Central FL) 191k on the stock pump, tank was closer to empty (took a few extra cranks)
http://s32.photobucket.com/albums/d38/sammiejy/?action=view&current=VID_20101214_075811.mp4

sometimes it seems like it starts up easier when cold.. I find that only slightly depressing the throttle helps a wee bit..

 

[Goofyexponent]

Your truck sounds better at -10 then mine does at -4!
I need to test my glow plugs, now that winter is half over i figure its a good time to get on that.

You have a very healthy engine goofy, as slow as it was turning i cant beilieve it fired that fast

It never was that healthy, or slow at cranking. The starter sounds worse on camera than it does standing next to it. It cranks pretty good, reaching about 300 or so RPM on the tach when cranking. In my last videos, I will post them in a second, it sounded an old detroit trying to roll over at -40....but it wasn't even -5 or so I think...I can't remember.

Goofy, you look like a Canuck, is that discrimination?

Discrimination, eh? None taken! In fact I just came from a wedding...which explains me wearing my sun-dee best! lol

 

[Goofyexponent]

As promised....

-4*c or 25*F

-2*C or 28*F

The starter came off the 1992 that me and BigRig scrapped for my D60....I can't remember how fast it cranked the engine over in that truck, but it's getting the job done. My old starter's solenoid went bad...one terminal burned/broke off...but it seemed to whirl it a little quicker from what I can remember.

Old Mitisubishi Starter video

I might see if BigRig still has it, put a new solenoid on it and pop it on the truck again...keep this one as a spare.

 

[Dave7.3]

I finally got around to it and made a cold start video for this year!

This is my first real cold start with the truck since the turbo went on...and now that I am back home it is a good time to get her fired up. I do feel bad for not having ran her since Thanksgiving...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PjLbfldRy2w

Just takes a few seconds for the oil pressure to come up with the 15w-40.

 

[1994IDI]

Here is a cold start, I believe in the mid-teens. No plug, but in the garage, with the door up for the night.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XsrgA4XFuYU

 

[KyleQ]

Here is my cold start - truck has been sitting for well over 2 months. Average lows for the past week have been -10 - 0 and the temp was a whopping 5 degrees when I went outside.

Original starter and batteries when I got the truck, cables look like hell, the batteries look old and it's a Mitsu starter that stopped working until a buddy and myself took it apart and cleaned it.

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