Quite possibly the dumbest thread I ever read
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Full Monte
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Where do they get those yokels? I'm glad they are over there and not here...
If they do come over, we'll need a lineup of
to fend them off.
If they do come over, we'll need a lineup of
to fend them off.
TimMiller
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Just have to say it 6.9/7.3 Was never a gas burner. That was chevys bright idea to convert a gas engine into a diesel.
trackspeeder
Stone crusher.
I can see it now. The next question will be. How do we put spark plugs in the glow plug holes? 
EMD Diesel Power
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trackspeeder said:I can see it now. The next question will be. How do we put spark plugs in the glow plug holes?
From the thread on the other site:
IH gas engines actually can live as long as many diesels...just, the fuel economy is absolutely horrible. 
FWIW, if the PSD is anything like the IDI, there's an adapter plate that changes the bellhousing bolt pattern from IH's to what Ford wanted to use. The starter actually bolts to this adapter plate and not the bellhousing; that's why the starter can stay in place when you pull the tranny. That said, from everything I've heard, the diesel bellhousing pattern is NOT the same as the big-block g@$$er bolt pattern. IIRC, they're close, but one or two bolt holes won't line up. This isn't from personal experience, though...never dealt with a g@$ Ford...
Umm...I'm not so certain on that. There are claims out there that the 6.9l block was designed originally as a gas engine, then altered to run as a diesel (different crank, pistons, heads, conrods, etc). If you look at an IDI block, there is a plug where a distributor would have gone. But, if you've ever seen the bottom-end of an IH gas engine (304, 345, 392, etc)...it's as strong as most diesels out thereTimMiller said:
IH gas engines actually can live as long as many diesels...just, the fuel economy is absolutely horrible. TimMiller
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Really, thats interesting. I didn't know that. I didnt even know International made gas engines.
Travelalls, pickups and Scouts all had gasoline IH engines in them. Medium duty IH trucks had/have gasoline engines and millions of IH tractors rolled out of the plant with gasoline engines in the 30's,40's,50's and 60's.TimMiller said:
We had an IH pickup with the 345 in it. And probably 5 or 6 gas IH tractors as well. M, SuperMTA,300,300 utiility, A.................. damn, I'm getting old.
95--yes you are O L D !!!! i had a travelall with a 345 4 barrel in it--after i got done fixing the holley someone screwed up--it went like h--and would get just over 15 on the open road--- had brakes,steering,and air--and i sold it to a banker that wanted it for a pretty penny--showed him the list of all i did--he was happy---
i had a travelall with a 345 4 barrel in it--after i got done fixing the holley someone screwed up--it went like h--and would get just over 15 on the open road--- had brakes,steering,and air--and i sold it to a banker that wanted it for a pretty penny--showed him the list of all i did--he was happy---
MudHog
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I got a Scout sitting in my pasture with a IH 304 in it. Would run strong if I bolted the fuel pump on. Just haven't messed with it in a long time.
jlayne
Bondo Bandito
i wish i could find a old scout that was in decent shape to restore... all of them i run across have cancer out the *****... they are cool old trucks but have terrible rust problems
when i get done with my 78 bronco i want to redo either a old scout or a 2dr. fullize jeep cherokee chief
when i get done with my 78 bronco i want to redo either a old scout or a 2dr. fullize jeep cherokee chief
Amen to that! I loved my old '80 Scout II...that rig would go anywhere (except over a motorcycle jumpjlayne said:
), but as my dad once put it, "if it weren't for the rust particles holding hands, the truck would have fallen apart LONG ago."
Snowdiver
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Scout memories...
My first two vehicles were Scouts, in 1966 and 1968, a '64 with a six gasser and a '66 with the 304. Never had engine problems but broke quite a few axles. Those were the days, lol.
My first two vehicles were Scouts, in 1966 and 1968, a '64 with a six gasser and a '66 with the 304. Never had engine problems but broke quite a few axles. Those were the days, lol.
The SD-33T in my old Scout couldn't break the Dana 44 axles for love or money!
82fordtruck
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Those scouts sure are fun. And they are overpriced.
I just got done parting one out here a while ago.
I just got done parting one out here a while ago.
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