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  1. BJS

    The cops here have nothing better to do

    Take a trip to the dealer and let them know that you will ensure that they are prosecuted for violation of FL law FS.316.2956(3) if they do not remedy the situation and pay your fine. Or this can be used as a no-contest claim in court and require the dealer to fix the tint to legal levels. Or...
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    blown rear end. fantastic.

    the detroit will lock up when it gives senses a significant difference in wheel speeds however this often ocurrs in turns and this can make turning a bear with wheel hop I would recommend that you do not do a spool if you are using the truck as a daily driver. Unless you like buying tires and...
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    What was your very FIRST car?

    I could have sworn I responded to this thread years ago, either I'm blind or going senile. I was allowed to drive an 87 grand am sedan when in high school it was supposed to be the '85 volvo 740 but my brother managed to total that car before I ever got my learner's permit. darn thing would...
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    New Job for Me??

    Congrats on officially being offered the job. I'm sure you'll enjoy the job and will make an excellent A&P mechanic.
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    Undercoating Removal

    I've actually had pretty good experiences with a wire wheel on a grinder. you're likely to get it a bit too far in some places and need to touchup the base primer but otherwise that will leave a great base for the linex to adhere to
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    Gas F-650

    It'll have it's niche, they aren't going to be widespread but think back a few years it was not too long ago that there were MD trucks available with big block gas motors. The F-700 series comes to mind. When I lived in GA there were tons of pulpwood trucks running gas motors beat to heck and...
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    Question diesel in radiator

    Injector cups to some are a DIY Job but to most it is a mechanic's job. Depending on which one is leaking it is possible (though not easy) to do it without pulling the head(s), most who DIY will pull the heads and take it to a shop to have the heads refreshed and new injector cups at the same time.
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    Truckstop fuel prices

    they are very nice cars until you hit the 44k starting price for a compact car. Don't get me wrong I'd love to have one I just get sticker shock looking at prices of anything new these days. you can also get the same engine in the X5 for 52k base. The ones I've seen are not base models usually...
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    intermittantly not shifting into 4th

    I'd find out what has been done or replaced in an attempt to eliminate the gremlin before you start doing anything. based on the "will not shift when it's real cold" leads me to believe that what you are experiencing is normal as the torque converter will not lock up until the temp sensor...
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    Over heating 7.3 in Oz

    When you're pulling the grades how fast are you going? 35mph or 55Kph or greater? if so then you have more air flowing from the speed of the truck and the fan is not making a difference. If you are going slower than roughly those speeds then the fan is needed and a flex fan deforms and does...
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    What was the furthest you've ever gone----

    my brother used to fly Embraer 120 brasilaia's and they were known as bra-kill-ya's and were evidently job security for maintenance so much so that when they changed to regional jets they went over to Canada Air Jets.
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    Change your top end oil!

    Didn't you get the memo you need to fill them with 100% Nitrogen now the 78% nitrogen we've been using for years will kill your tires.
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    Question Yard help, please!!

    pre-emergent weed and feed with some fertilizer. Has the grass started to turn green yet? and what kind of grass? If the grass is not green yet you can spray what weeds are there with roundup, it won't kill anything that is not green when it is sprayed. then use the pre-emergent to keep the...
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    Running bad!

    pull the vc's and check the armature clearance. pull the solenoid (4 # torx 15 screws), remove the harness to that inj, remove the little aluminum spacer plate... what you are now looking at is the armature plate...the little ~1"x1" square plate, with the goofy screw (poppet screw) going...
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    Running bad!

    you've already done a good bit of the diagnosis already. Given that you get sporadic buzz test failures and that your ears tell you that there is a difference I'm going to say that you have failing injectors. A "tuned" operator is far better at sensing problems than the electronics...
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    stuck thermostat?

    I've had one of the legs break on me before in a different car. I knew I had a problem when the weather cooled off and the temp gauge started dropping when I was going any speed. It is also not uncommon for the 7.3 to actually drop temperature when idling or creeping along in traffic...
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    FYI I't's rain'n here in Cali again..

    we're getting rain down here quite welcomed though you'd figure that since it rains almost every afternoon in the summer folks would figure how to drive in it.
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    Article Death of the Station Wagon?

    They will return shortly, right now they are just a bit higher and called crossovers.
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    FYI Class action settlement, accelerator pedal

    dollars, short time frame means fewer people are going to bring it in and get it done and if they put the time frame on it then the bean counters get a concrete number that they can report as a loss to the shareholders and it's not dragging on for years and years. Thing CPS I'm still running my...
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    Home, home on the Range...

    Crumm so how exactly did you get a moto Iphone? Mike, that's a nice place you have there I'm envious
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    New Job for Me??

    lets hope that the rumor is true :)
  22. BJS

    brake question

    yes it is likely vacuum related either in the vac pump or a toasted/disconnected vacuum line somewhere.
  23. BJS

    Headstuds - cab on or off?

    headstuds in the 7.3 need the body to come up to do it properly :( As JL mentioned Headstuds on the 7.3 are not really needed for a DD if you're upping the boost significantly or plan to in the future then they would be recommended. Do you know why you originally got diesel in the coolant...
  24. BJS

    Free spin conversions

    dynatrac is where I have experience also but with a $400 differential or roughly a 20% price difference it makes the choice a bit more difficult Me personally I'd run the spacers until you start to get unit bearing problems then I'd do the swap. there are plenty of folks running huge tires &...
  25. BJS

    low sulfer/ultra low sulfer fuel

    well having one of the early PSD's I can say that I'm running ULSD with no driveability problems and not adding lubrication additives on a regular basis. Occasionally I'll dump some used grease when we actually fry something at the house, which will amount to about a gallon or so per year. My...

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