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  1. Dieselpwrdredneck

    Old Fart getting Married

    Congrats to the both of you!!!!!! :sweet
  2. Dieselpwrdredneck

    New Super Duty owner!

    go to the junk yard for a cooler, bolts right up may have to extend the lines a bit though. my truck stock would push 18 maybe 20 PSI boost on a hard pull. maybe exhaust brake is stayin closed a little causing low boost. could be boots leakin like previously said, or a number of things. you...
  3. Dieselpwrdredneck

    New Super Duty owner!

    the noise you are describing sounds like the exhaust backpressure valve (EBV) closing. it is nothing more than a butterfly vavle in the exhaust that closes to help warm the engine. now i dont know if those are still used with the banks brake?? And that usually only opens in coleder temps...
  4. Dieselpwrdredneck

    broken leaf springs

    the lift that i refer to in my sig is only the extra couple springs, it only gave me at the most 2" in tghe rear and MAYBE an 1.5" in the front, stock size tires also. i do not like or approve of extra blocks for lifts. I've seen other trucks have ones break as well, actuall my friends 2004 6.0...
  5. Dieselpwrdredneck

    broken leaf springs

    Any body else have trouble with leaf springs breaking in the rear leaf pack. i noticed b/c i was doing brakes on the rear. had one break shortly after i got the truck, fixed that and added a couple more. now i have at least 2 more broke on drivers side, and havent even got to the passenger side...
  6. Dieselpwrdredneck

    97 OBD-II problems

    was trying to help a friend out with his 97 standard transmission F-250 and diagnose some problems with my auto enginuity and it would not connect to his truck, we checked the fuses and the one for diagnostic power was blown, replaced it and still didnt work. he was pretty sure there was not a...
  7. Dieselpwrdredneck

    Is this injectors or something else?

    another thing to look at its when was the last time the oil was changed? these engines dont like thick gummy oil, they need nice clean oil to operate the injectors properly, just something to think about
  8. Dieselpwrdredneck

    about had it with this rag...

    my buddy had a bad vibration like that in his '01 we went thru all the drive shaft crap low and behold it was the friggin needle bearings in the wheel bearing assebly
  9. Dieselpwrdredneck

    F150 gas engine help

    Got some and tried it friday nite, i suppose if you had oil that needed cleaned off it would work great, but i couldn't tell it doing much good. did the cleaning and installed a new air filter and still the BEST i could get was 15.8 mpg highway
  10. Dieselpwrdredneck

    F150 gas engine help

    wow thats good info,my girlfriends truck is gettinfg about 15.3 mpg now, im gunna have to try that might go do it tonite, takin it on a 2.5 hr drive tomarrow
  11. Dieselpwrdredneck

    Air Dam

    mine didnt have it when i bought the truck, probly would have taken it off if it was on there
  12. Dieselpwrdredneck

    What tires for my dually?

    Needing tires soon. Goin with stock 235/16's. need an all-terrain with descent grip, but not going to break the bank. Any opinions? what ya like or dont like? Thanks Neal
  13. Dieselpwrdredneck

    Batteries goin bad...already

    load tested them the other day, one was completely shot other one wasnt too bad. got the ones from Napa 875 CCA. give them a try and look for a draw
  14. Dieselpwrdredneck

    Batteries goin bad...already

    ya i try to drive it atleast once a week on the weekend.
  15. Dieselpwrdredneck

    Batteries goin bad...already

    In Dec., 2010, i got 2 new Harris Batteries. now this winter if i didnt drive my truck for a week or so they would drain to the point of a no start. so i got a battery tender, to keep them alive and its been workin so far. tonight i tested the electrolights and all but 1 cell is "fair" but not...
  16. Dieselpwrdredneck

    Electronic T-Case Motor

    Thought yall might find this interesting. A while back my friends motor quit working on his 2001. we changed it and all is well. i kept the old one b/c i wanted to tear it apart and diagnose, i finally got to it tonite. it seems to only move a little past 90* to engage the t-case. i found that...
  17. Dieselpwrdredneck

    place your bets

    ya i didnt drive my truck all week and the batts were dead this morn,only 6* last night not much more than that yesterday , put the charger on for a few hours and she fired right up.
  18. Dieselpwrdredneck

    P1280 DTS code

    update think i found a bad wire close to the icp plug, gotta get a pigtail and try that, he already had the oil changed with 15-40 before i could tell him bout the 5-40. still no improvement. still wants to stumble on take off once in a while with an ses light, its the P1280 code. will update...
  19. Dieselpwrdredneck

    P1280 DTS code

    ok we'll have to look into that for him and me i'm still stuck on the 15-40 also
  20. Dieselpwrdredneck

    P1280 DTS code

    15-40 rotella. ill have to hook up the computer after he gets his oil changed and see what pressure we have and go from there. thanks guys
  21. Dieselpwrdredneck

    P1280 DTS code

    Ok he is apparently close to an oil change we're gunna start there, hoping that does it. Has anyone ever rebuilt/resealed the IPR maybe could need cleaned out?, hard job? I checked the voltage at the pluge how my service ford manual says and voltages are good, didnt get any further because ya...
  22. Dieselpwrdredneck

    comment NAPA gpr

    Stancore is definatly the way to go, got one cuple years ago and never looked back !!!
  23. Dieselpwrdredneck

    Question High pressure oil, head cross connect hose

    yep , i think thats where i got mine
  24. Dieselpwrdredneck

    P1280 DTS code

    its just a liitle less than 500 +/- at an idle. it only does it intermittantly, so its hard to have the auto enginuaity hooked up all the time. could the IPR be stickin? or not functioning correctly? thanks
  25. Dieselpwrdredneck

    P1280 DTS code

    2001 F250 250,*** miles. stumbles sometimes on take off. I replaced the ICP sensor and we're still getting the P1280 code were should we go from here?????:dunno Thanks Neal

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