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    Weighed the truck and 5th wheel today

    Things were a tad bit heavier than I expected. The truck is a 2000 F350 dually with 4 inch SS exhaust, 25,500 5th wheel hitch and the trailer is a 34 foot Curtis Dunes. There was no water, no food, my racing clothes, towels and tall tool box and weights as follows: front axle = 4060, rear axle =...
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    Brake problem, got any ideas??

    You might try having someone ride beside the rear of the truck (in a car of course) with a video camera and take some video of the rear wheels and also do the same thing from the rear to see if any sounds show up or any visible things move around in the video. If you have an old video camera you...
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    Good Sam vs. AAA?

    We bought the Good Sam membership and the Roadside Assistance coverage. I talked to a bunch of the vintage sports car racers with motor homes or large rigs and they all had Good Sam. At the campground in Phoenix this past New Years I think everyone had a Good Sam sticker on their rig. We are...
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    Yeah, exhaust brakes are GREAT!!!

    I bought the kit and the extra pigtail from Garret at Pure Diesel Power. The harest part is getting to the wire that is under the brake master cylinder and getting the splice connector snapped onto the wire. All the others are a piece of cake especially with the extra pigtail. The pigtail costs...
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    Yeah, exhaust brakes are GREAT!!!

    I bought one of the Dfuser switch hookups to use the existing EBPV as an exhaust brake and it's switch to lock the trans a couple of weeks ago. The service from Garret was fantastic when I made the order. It was easy to install, except fot that stupid wire on the harness under the master...
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    computer virus!!

    There are a couple of things you can try but if you are not comfortable working in the registry then find someone who is. You can press "Start", then "run" then type in "regedit" and click "OK". Select "My Computer" at the top left panel and then press Ctrl-F and type in the name of the spyware...
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    Cost Estimate for D-celerator Exhaust Brake

    Yes, the engine is a 7.3 but I am not sure if the EBPV does anything as it might be bypassed or disabled since nothing happens to it when I start the engine. I was expecting it to move and then move back once some heat got into the exhaust? The truck was originally sold in Arkansas and was used...
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    Cost Estimate for D-celerator Exhaust Brake

    I have about decided to get one of US Gear's D-celerator exhaust brake since the design looks pretty good and also a friend of mine has one on his diesel race car hauler and loves it. I see proces around $1000 to $1100 for the unit and I decided I don't want to spend the day laying on my engine...
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    Yiiiiiiiiiiikes! It is snowing

    In San Diego and several of the surrounding cities this morning!!! Imperial Beach, La Mesa and several other places called in snow fluries!
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    RV Satellite System, what do you use?

    Well we are switching to the Dish network Friday. I checked and their largest package is cheaper than Cox cable with less channels and as you noted I can take the reciever with us and I already have a line on a portable dish for the 5th wheel. The installation is free, there is a discount for...
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    RV Satellite System, what do you use?

    We went camping this past long weekend and ran out of DVDs after the 2nd night and the wife got tired of watching "Gone in 60 Seconds" over and over. Now she wants a satellite system for times like this when we are in the mountains/desert and no off air is available. I've seen some 5th wheel...
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    AFE stage 2 claims 50hp gain, true?

    This past May when I had just bought my 2000 PSD, there were several guys and trucks from AFE at Off Road Warehouse in San Diego for a series of races and they made the same claim. But they said, the trucks had their 4 inch SS exhaust, larger injectors and was chipped (forget which one). They...
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    Added Some Flames

    The fireplace went in last weekend, so I am free again, at least for a while....
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    Added Some Flames

    I agree, the silver sort of does clash, but from the front of the truck you can barely see them and just a bit better from at 90 degrees from the side? The wife said I could not spend any more $$$$$ on the truck until she got the fireplace she wants so I had to use the left over race car stuff.....
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    Added Some Flames

    I had some diamond plate vinyl graphics material left over from the race car so I thought I would add some flames to the race car puller.
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    Picts of my next truck.....

    This makes my F350 look like a toy! Used to tow some vintage TransAm Mustangs to the Coronado Speed Festival this past weekend.
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    First time towing with the upgrades, WOW

    I was going to post this in the Towing forum, then thought about the Engine forum or maybe the Performance form, but this one probably has more viewers. The other weekend I finally got to tow the 33 foot, 5th wheel toy hauler with a full load of race car, fuel jugs, water tank, etc. I installed...
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    Things that make you go "doh"!!!

    The pict of the bomb reminds me of when I was on the Big "E" during 'Nam and the ordenance guys let a 500# bomb go into the open door of the lower bomb elevator and the elevator was at the bottom! Never supposed to have the door open like that and the brakes on the cart worked really well but...
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    HPX Oil Crossover Line Really Works

    This past Friday I installed one of these: http://www.itpdiesel.com/store.php?crn=98&rn=379&action=show_detail and noted the clatter was a bit quieter and the stalling I was experiencing periodically since installing the Edge w/Attitude programmer in economy mode dissappeared. I had already...
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    Compared my 2000 F350 and 05 Dodge today

    One of my racing friends has an 05 Dodge and was raving about it ever since he bought it. I got a 2000 F350 dually in May with the 7.3 Powerstroke and today I compared some things. The Dodge is much much noiser than my Ford, especially the injector clacking. Even though he has a six, my engine...
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    Hi Beam + Lo Beam mod really works!

    Here is the link This is from another site so I hope there are no hard feelings if I post it here? http://www.northtexaspowerstrokes.com/users/kevin/mods/upgradeharness/ It took about an hour total to do the install.
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    Hi Beam + Lo Beam mod really works!

    I just installed the APC aftermarket wire harness and kept the stock bulbs for the present. The neat part is using the diode (35 cents) to keep the low beams on when the high beams come on, wow, the difference in light is amazing. So far I have not seen any heat issues with both bulbs on at the...
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    Finally got off my butt and posted picts

    Posted more picts As requested, I added some picts to my picture gallery. They show some of the things I've done so far including the diamond tread tail gate cover for the 5th wheel tail gate and 4 inch exhaust peeking out. The steps I made so I can reach into the bed and work the 5th wheel...
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    Finally got off my butt and posted picts

    I bought our 2000 Lariat dually this past May as a replacement for a very tired F150 that was used to pull our vintage Porsche race car to events in CA, AZ and NV. I bought a used 33ft 5th wheel trailer to put it in and the trip to/from the races is much nicer now. I was going to leave things...
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