pipedream73
Registered User
Whats up everyone, i have been following the forum for some time now and learned a ton of stuff so want to say thanks to all the diesel heads for being here......
So i purchased a 1993 f250 extended cab xlt 4x4 7.3 idi and im in love with the thing!!!
the truck says it has 110000 on it but who knows these days.. the guy i got it from was not the original owner but the truck is clean.....
anyway, about a month in i changed my oil just to know where it was and to be able to stay on top of it,, while i was at it i had read that it was very important to flush the cooling system on these trucks because of you know what... so as i opened up the radiator cap, what do i find
oil the rad.
just wonderful,,,,, so let me start by saying that at this point i really felt like i bought a lemon but thanks to this forum i was quickly able to know that as long as i had no water on the oil dipstick i was able to change out the oil cooler and be good...... so a new oil cooler went in that weekend..
Im no mechanic but man that was fun....lol lol and of corse while i was under there taking the old one out i accidentally bumped into a brake line and it just disintegrated so new brake line it is,, no biggie right? well when it was all back together and it came time to bleed the calipers guess what happened next.....thats right .. SNAP!! there goes the bleeder valves lol lol didn't bother trying to drill them out just replaced two new calipers and pads and on my way i went. so i will say this,, even after all of that and feeling like i got a lemon,, the fact is that i didn't and the truck is absolutely wonderful and I'm just that much more closer to it now so once again i really want to say thanks in advance to everyone here that helps people out and i know if i can help anyone out i will do the same.....
ps.. trying to put in a picture and it won't work,, maybe someone can help wit that
So i purchased a 1993 f250 extended cab xlt 4x4 7.3 idi and im in love with the thing!!!
the truck says it has 110000 on it but who knows these days.. the guy i got it from was not the original owner but the truck is clean.....
anyway, about a month in i changed my oil just to know where it was and to be able to stay on top of it,, while i was at it i had read that it was very important to flush the cooling system on these trucks because of you know what... so as i opened up the radiator cap, what do i find
oil the rad. just wonderful,,,,, so let me start by saying that at this point i really felt like i bought a lemon but thanks to this forum i was quickly able to know that as long as i had no water on the oil dipstick i was able to change out the oil cooler and be good...... so a new oil cooler went in that weekend..
Im no mechanic but man that was fun....lol lol
and of corse while i was under there taking the old one out i accidentally bumped into a brake line and it just disintegrated so new brake line it is,, no biggie right? well when it was all back together and it came time to bleed the calipers guess what happened next.....thats right .. SNAP!! there goes the bleeder valves lol lol didn't bother trying to drill them out just replaced two new calipers and pads and on my way i went. so i will say this,, even after all of that and feeling like i got a lemon,, the fact is that i didn't and the truck is absolutely wonderful and I'm just that much more closer to it now so once again i really want to say thanks in advance to everyone here that helps people out and i know if i can help anyone out i will do the same.....ps.. trying to put in a picture and it won't work,, maybe someone can help wit that
