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  1. johndeerebones

    Chip : Wait To Start light

    even on stock pcms, the wts light has absolutely nothing to do with glowplug on time. the wts light is the pcm's best guess of when the engine will start, it isn't always accurate.
  2. johndeerebones

    clutch or synchronizers?

    Gap doesn't mean anything, put the tranny in neutral, lock the brake and do the same thing, then see if the disk will spin independant of the flywheel. Bet it won't there is no adjustment, it means you have a problem with the release system, anywhere from the clutch pedal all the way to the...
  3. johndeerebones

    clutch or synchronizers?

    Sounds to me like you have a clutch release problem. Check out the bushings in the pedal box and on the clutch master cylinder and make sure your slave and master are up to snuff before you go condeming the trans. The ZF trannys aren't bullet proof by any means, but they are pretty tough...
  4. johndeerebones

    Down Pipe

    Getting the old pipe out is ALOT bigger pita than clearancing for any new pipe, dppi or not. I stuck a jack under the tranny and pulled the crossmember in leiu of the sawzall method and still had to cram the pipe up and cut the cobra head off to get it out that way. If you pulled the cross...
  5. johndeerebones

    Where to get engine cover?

    If you must have one, get the newer style dress up cover and mounting pedistal. You can work around it easier, it smaller, still looks good. I have pics of it in my pics. I don't have mine on anymore, the mounting pedistal got broke and I'd rather spend my money on going fast than looking good.
  6. johndeerebones

    bad fuel level sending unit?

    The sender is on the front center of the tank, ie directly over the rear differential. Unless you have sausage finger you should be able to fish em out. If you have air tools it is easy to let the front of the tank down a little to get to it. Loosen the two top straps, the nuts are into...
  7. johndeerebones

    5.6k mod???

    I have one in mine right now. Doesn't mean it will work right in your truck though. Some handle the 5.6, some can't handle the 10k. I don't think the stock injectors can possibly use all the oil the hpop can put out, chip or not. I think the pcm just doesn't agree with the numbers with the...
  8. johndeerebones

    bad fuel level sending unit?

    Both of my tanks were doing it, when I did the filler neck mod on them I dropped them both a pulled the senders, I increases the tension to the carbon pile in the sender and cleaned off the film with carb cleaner then brake cleaner. They both work great now. More resistance in the circuit...
  9. johndeerebones

    Bad Fuel Economy

    Maybe it would help if you didn't burn gas in your diesel?:tounge Really though, check the filters first off like he said. And let us know a little more about your truck, IE 3.55s or 4.10s, tire size, driving habits, etc. If I drive mine normal, accelerate hard, and 70+ on the highway: I...
  10. johndeerebones

    what do ya'll think?

    Second that, after I upgrade the clutch my next thing is a custom chip, nozzles, and orings, inside and out, so I can go back in and make my 1's into 2's.
  11. johndeerebones

    Engine Sleeve

    Squirt a small amount of oil into the problem cylinder and recheck, change = piston/cylinder/ring problem. No change = valve problem. You can leakdown test it also, but you will have to find an adapter to go into the glowplug hole, this is the best method, it will tell you leak down percentage...
  12. johndeerebones

    Gauges

    My mom and her family is from Steelville, spent alot of time there when I was a kid. My grandpa's side of her family was from cook station, some of my grandma's too. I'm gonna be in PB that weekend too. Would like to meet ya TUBBZ, have wanted meet ya and take a ride in your truck since long...
  13. johndeerebones

    Easy fix, AC cold in traffic again

    WOW, same thing I went to yesterday. Its not low at all, pressures odly enough are reasonable, its just not cold, even after I jumped the low switch. Our recovery/recycle machine at work is at the repair shop for Robinair, so when it comes back I'm gonna get a new orifice tube and suck it down...
  14. johndeerebones

    Easy fix, AC cold in traffic again

    I went to work this morning and got my gauges, some 134, and my infared temp gun, gonna maybe put a little more in it. When I first did it seemed cool enough, no temp gun though and I had the switch jumped to stop the cycling, but it wasn't hot out either. I hit the vents with the temp gun...
  15. johndeerebones

    Easy fix, AC cold in traffic again

    15 is along lines I was thinking, but I'm more used to expansion valve systems too, where the valve controls refrigerant flow, not the compressor on/off state. I replaced the switch, so I'm sure it is designed that way. The truck is superclean and straight, but the guy I bought it from...
  16. johndeerebones

    Easy fix, AC cold in traffic again

    on the a/c note, see if you guys got any ideas. I also have a 4 cyl 5 speed 96 dakota. Charged up the a/c and it cools ok, other than it should do better. the low pressure switch kicks out he compressor at like 30 #s, so even just sitting idling the clutch cycles in and out at about 15 - 20...
  17. johndeerebones

    How many miles on your wheelbearings?

    As for miles on my bearings, all of em. Repacked em and replaced the seals for good measure while I had the spindles off for ball joints, that was around 95k if I rem right. But, what patrick said, if you keep em clean, lubed, and adjusted properly they will last a VERY long time, and oh yeah...
  18. johndeerebones

    I want smoke!

    Same here bud, sleeper is where its at. I always wanted to sub frame a VW beetle and put a small block and rear axle in it, but make it as stock as can be, just for a pony car smoking good time, then they came out with the kits to do just that to a Focus, only takes money...:rolleyes: :rolleyes:
  19. johndeerebones

    Looking at a 96

    no sure, but I think the only difference is what rpms they rated it at. But my 97 does say 225 on the vc. For a real world est, bone stock at the wheels you could probably expect about 175 hp, as for tourqe i don't know, but shouldn't have to much tourqe loss, I'm thinking around 420 at the...
  20. johndeerebones

    Help! changing rear shoes on a 97 f-250

    What do you mean? Referring to full floaters where you have to pull the axleshafts and bearings to get to em?
  21. johndeerebones

    Smoke from dipstick tube

    It doesn't look persay like anything unless it is so bad your oil is thinned out like fuel, 1st gen duramaxes do that when injectors go bad. Pull the dipstick and fuel pukes out. If it isn't horrible though, it will just thin the oil out and make it smell like diesel, an oil scan is the best...
  22. johndeerebones

    Batteries

    Ya, that's alot of load, I used to have a 700 watt pheonix gold running 4 12's and a 600 watt california running a diamond component set(when diamond was good) in an 87 4x4 s10 extended cab I had, it would dim the lights, but never had a problem with it charging, I lived 10 miles outta town...
  23. johndeerebones

    Batteries

    If you are boiling your batteries over the top you either have A- too much acid in the batteries to begin with, B- you're over charging them C- batteries are just leaking doubt its a, check your charging voltage at the batteries with the engine revved up a little, if its much over 14.5 start...
  24. johndeerebones

    Poor running when Cold

    So you have to test it twice? :tounge :)
  25. johndeerebones

    idler pulley

    :sorry :roflmao :roflmao :roflmao GUYS ha ha ha

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