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    Help Needed Superduty gasser dash quit help

    thanks i will look today and see if i can find it if it is that big it shouldnt be to hard to find. what do i do when i find it, do i test it or just replace it.???
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    Help Needed Superduty gasser dash quit help

    so the gas super duty has the same stuff under the dash as the powerstroke superduty?
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    Help Needed Superduty gasser dash quit help

    is this a large silver box next to the fuse panel but with the Ebrake between it and the outside wall, box is about the size 1" x 4" x 3" just estimating
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    Help Needed Superduty gasser dash quit help

    Not sure i'm in the correct forum but i thought i would try here. I have an 03 f350 gasser, the only one i have that is not diesel out of the 5 i have. Any how you guys are always so helpful i thought somebody might help me out. After a heavy rain storm here in Vegas last week, the gasser lost...
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    edge evloution/ hurt or help

    i put an evolution on my truck about 6 months ago and for hauling it was fine, you still have to watch your EGT and ECT as they will go through the roof if your flat out up a 6% grade on a 100* day. i recently removed my program and went back to stock because when i'm not hauling anything it...
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    fixed exhaust leak- wont run?

    Okay i got it, there was no rag left behind but i looked anyways. I had not hooked up the EBP link properly and it fell off during testing, this backpressured every thing and forced oil out of wierd places. The second thing i did wrong was i did not have the up pipe Wye connected properly and i...
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    fixed exhaust leak- wont run?

    Okay i did my own up pipe install, it was hard the first time but by the third time i can do it in less than 3 hours if nothing breaks off. Problem is it wont run now, it's like the turbo cant build any boost, i cant figure what i might have moved or not hooked back up. I pulled the turbo...
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    Exhaust leak at back of motor

    thanks to all for your help, because of the leads you gave me i have ordered the kit and will attempt this myself, i almost think i can pull it off after seeing the pictures, i have renewed confidence. I will let you know how it goes.
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    Exhaust leak at back of motor

    I searched the forum under baby butt and down pipes and i can find alot of chatter about it but not any description or write up how to fix it, could you lead me a little closer to how to fix this. I'm not the most computer literate so i may not be searching correctly??? thanks in advance for...
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    Exhaust leak at back of motor

    Hello everybody, i have developed an exhaust leak somewhere on the back of motor ,but i can not find it, its really annoying at speed and it seems to cost me some power Does anybody know if the 7.3 has some historical issue with exhaust leaks somewhere around the turbo or rear of the...
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    f550 E BRAKE ADJUSTMENT????

    yes it is working they had to take the brakes off to get to one side to access the EBrake becasuse it was stuck.
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    f550 E BRAKE ADJUSTMENT????

    Okay the freightliner dealer did it for $274.00 and apparently you have to remove the disc brake calipers to access the E Brake assy. so next time i will know how to do it. Expensive lesson.
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    f550 E BRAKE ADJUSTMENT????

    i finally gave up and took it to the freightliner shop, i will let you know what they say tomorrow, i couldnt find anyway inside this housing. Bummer if i can get out of the shop for under 200.00 i will be happy.
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    f550 E BRAKE ADJUSTMENT????

    Okay i think i understand your best guess. remove the tension on the cables leading to the drum and then remove the screw in the steel backing plate so i can see inside. is that what your saying.? Also there is no openings on top of the axle. the one difference is that picture i showed you is...
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    f550 E BRAKE ADJUSTMENT????

    okay i understand the process you explained but i cant find any kind of removable rubber insert, could it be that i should take the screw out of the little backing plate that is in the picture, maybe the star is behind that plate on this model,?? i looked really hard i must be missing something
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    f550 E BRAKE ADJUSTMENT????

    Hello i was wondering if anybody knows how to adjust the E brake on a 2000 F550 dually two wheel drive. i have looked at it and i keep thinking i have to pull the entire rear end apart at the spindle to do it but i think that would be insane to be designed that way. Anybody have some helpful...
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    Question Help needed... Boiling battery!

    i found out that the auto zone alternators are bad out of the box 2 out of 3 times, i know this from personal experience of two of my trucks 7.3 and 6.0. the answer was to get the bridge rectified alternator from the guys in detroit. I replaced 6 alternators before spending the money and now i...
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    Question vapor from oil filler cap

    Its vapor, it looks just like my dodge puts out of the breather tube that runs down the back of the motor, but i dont understand why its coming out of the oil fill cap???
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    Question vapor from oil filler cap

    Okay what is caked with Goo? is there a breather somewhere i cant see??? and thanks for the information regarding how the system functions.
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    Question vapor from oil filler cap

    I removed my oil fill cap on my wifes 01 excursion while it was running and there is a vapor being blown out, is this blowby? I know on my Dodge cummins there is breather tube which has vapor coming out of it while it is running. Do the 7.3's have a breather box, maybe mine is plugged and it is...
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    Help Needed brake pedal sticking down

    Thanks for the info i will give it a try, i drove it this morning and the pedal returned normally but the pedal still has a stiff spot when you first step on it like it isnt going to go down, then after the initial push it is okay until the next time you try it then it does it again. i will...
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    Help Needed brake pedal sticking down

    My steering was locking up when centered so driving straight was making me look drunk, so a week ago i put a redhead steering gear in $455.00, after that i heard a groaning noise when i would turn so i assumed the pump was bad. I replaced that today and after i started it i pushed on the brake...
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    Results of cleaning cooling sys. EOTvsECT

    Cummins sells Restore Plus
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    Results of cleaning cooling sys. EOTvsECT

    HDJEFF, I buy the Restore Plus from the local Cummins dealer its a stock item, $27.00 for a gallon which will clean a 10 gallon system. Regarding 2 stroker, after cleaning and flushing i do a final flush with distilled water .84$ a gallon at walmart, this leaves only distilled water if i...
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    Results of cleaning cooling sys. EOTvsECT

    Okay i cleaned my cooling system with the cummins restore plus because my ECT and my EOT were running 22* apart on a hard pull with the RV and they were running 11* apart on an extended pull truck only. The results are !!! running truck alone the EOT and ECT are 2-4* apart and pulling the rv...

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