New to the site, new to diesels. I’ll try not to mess either of em up.
1986 F250 6.9 idi c6
non turbo all stock truck. 98,000 miles. I got it 2 days ago, needs temp guage , oil pressure, tach , cdr ( ordered ), and i’ll do all fluids besides tranny ( seller proves it was just done ). Doing the cdr as soon as it ships to me. I ordered the motorcraft one because I didn’t know the other manufacturers. Not sure if I should continue runing crankcase pressure into intake or do the road draft tube?.. I did the “ soup bowl “ mod today because people seem to say all good things about it, didn’t take long. Drilled the 8 plug welds out on a drill press and it came loose... It seems to always blow a little white/grey smoke , hoping the cdr will clear that up.. intake does have some oil in it as of now. My questions are :
How worried do I need to be about the fact that I’m gonna commute with it as a 3 speed for a while ? It’s gonna be a little bit before I can do the zf5 swap. I know it’s gonna hurt my pocket but is it gonna hurt the motor? Not having a tach ( factory ) has me scared to have it at high rpms.
What’s the deal with the alternator tach’s? Is this my only option? Recommend a simple and reliable one to me please
I have multiple universal guage clusters for hot rods ( oil press. Temp. Amp ) , can these be of any use to me or do I need diesel specified gauges?
All feedback is greatly appreciated
Sorry for the length !
1986 F250 6.9 idi c6
non turbo all stock truck. 98,000 miles. I got it 2 days ago, needs temp guage , oil pressure, tach , cdr ( ordered ), and i’ll do all fluids besides tranny ( seller proves it was just done ). Doing the cdr as soon as it ships to me. I ordered the motorcraft one because I didn’t know the other manufacturers. Not sure if I should continue runing crankcase pressure into intake or do the road draft tube?.. I did the “ soup bowl “ mod today because people seem to say all good things about it, didn’t take long. Drilled the 8 plug welds out on a drill press and it came loose... It seems to always blow a little white/grey smoke , hoping the cdr will clear that up.. intake does have some oil in it as of now. My questions are :
How worried do I need to be about the fact that I’m gonna commute with it as a 3 speed for a while ? It’s gonna be a little bit before I can do the zf5 swap. I know it’s gonna hurt my pocket but is it gonna hurt the motor? Not having a tach ( factory ) has me scared to have it at high rpms.
What’s the deal with the alternator tach’s? Is this my only option? Recommend a simple and reliable one to me please
I have multiple universal guage clusters for hot rods ( oil press. Temp. Amp ) , can these be of any use to me or do I need diesel specified gauges?
All feedback is greatly appreciated
Sorry for the length !
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