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    oil pan gasket...

    Will RTV work in place of the TA- 31 You suggest? I'm working on a budget, and have High temp RTV available...
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    oil pan gasket...

    ok guys... stupid question... havent gotten in to tearin this engine up much... but, on the oil pan gasket... is it a make ur own type of deal that i need to make a gasket w/ rtv or is there actually a gasket made for the 1st gen 7.3 psd?
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    hey man... was wonderin... to put a garret GTP38R turbo onto my truck, what all else will i need...

    hey man... was wonderin... to put a garret GTP38R turbo onto my truck, what all else will i need to replace? i have the 96 dually you did work on replacing the o rings on the injectors...
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    cruise control

    so i wasnt sure as to where to put this... but... the cruise control on my truck doesnt work... is it a vacuum line that controls it? or is it electrically managed? any help would be great... just wantin to get some ideas before i start tearin stuff apart...
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    Junction City/ Manhattan, KS Diesel shops

    yeah... i know that there is a lot of good info... but there are a few things that i dont really wanna do by myself just yet... at least, w/o some one kind of looking over my shoulder...
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    F-350 to F-450...

    Would the suspension from a 96 F-Superduty(450) swap onto an F-350 of the same year? And by swapping on, I mean, would I have to do any major modifications to make it work? Would the parts from the F-SD bolt right up to the mount locations of my 350?
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    Question Engine Oil of Choice

    Same here... Rotella T 15W-40
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    Junction City/ Manhattan, KS Diesel shops

    Does anyone know of any good no nonsense straight up diesel shops in the Junction City/ Manhattan area? I have found a couple of shops that will work on a diesel, but I'd love to find one that is Diesel specific... any help would be great...
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    missing on a cylinder

    I am definitely going to troubleshoot before I start spending money on injectors, or anything else for that matter. As far as a bad connection causing the miss... I can rule that out. All of the wiring from the pig tails to the under valve cover harnesses is new, to include valve cover gaskets...
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    missing on a cylinder

    well, the pigtails leading to the injector harnesses under the valve covers are brand new... its still missing tho... and it was missing before... also, the injectors were just removed to replace the o rings... the reason i want to only switch one right now, is that 250 dollars is far more...
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    missing on a cylinder

    and to reiterate... is it most likely an injector that is the cause of the missing cylinder? :dunno
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    missing on a cylinder

    the guy that did the work is a pretty reputable diesel mechanic here... but, what ur sayin tho, is that i can in fact replace only one injector?
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    missing on a cylinder

    signature is done... its a 96 xlt ext cab dually
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    missing on a cylinder

    Quick question guys... got the injector o rings replaced... to find out that im missing on a cylinder... i gotta do a compression test on the truck to find out just which cylinder its missing on... what is gonna be the cause of that? if it is an injector, would i be able to replace just the...
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    intermittent power loss, eating oil

    the fuel was typical diesel green...
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