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  1. BJS

    Safe trans temp?

    general rule of thumb is 180° is time to back off unless you are climbing a hill and know you're generating alot of heat then you can bump it to the 200-210° range though you're shortening the fluid life.
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    &%@#+ Jury Duty!!!!!!!!!!!

    most often you'll show up for one day and that'll be the end it sucks but that's the way it goes. my fiancee was called for JD and they simply told her to call a phone number each evening or morning to determine if she needed to report in for JD. She never had to show up at the courthouse...
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    Changing Valve Cover Gasket

    a double jointed monkey with small hands would be helpful in all seriousness 1/4" ratchet is your friend. keep in mind that these gaskets seal by o-ring so you might just have some that worked loose and do not need to replace the whole gasket.
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    Parenthood

    Congrats to you and momma. I'll have some tricycle motors soon enough.
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    Question Pop noise

    bushings are a 1-2 hour job if you have a well equipped shop usually it turns into at least a day job. If the bushings are completely shot then you may just fall out (there's always hoping right) The bolts usually don't wear out it is the rubber in the bushings that dry rots and gets compressed...
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    Send Prayers Please

    Glad to hear that he's doing pretty good. Hope the reconstruction goes well, though he will likely always have a reminder when he looks in a mirror.
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    Question Pop noise

    check your spring bushings, I have a good pop right now because that is a pain to reproduce and after replacing just about everything in the front end I finally figured out that it is the worn bushings in the eyes of the springs. Mine usually shows itself in a turn but not always. There was...
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    3 in intakes

    Tailgunner is right on, the issues he described on his early '99 will carry over to the OBS trucks. I have seen some that made the factory fuel setup work with the 3" intakes however honestly if you don't need a different fuel system then you're not going to see any benefit from the 3" intake...
  9. BJS

    Rain Rain go away

    would you mind sending some of that rain down here our retention ponds are 3-4' yes feet low and many are bone dry that should have water year round. Hope all works out well for you and your neighbors.
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    Send Prayers Please

    Prayers Sent for Luke
  11. BJS

    Question E-brake problem

    I would start @ the wheel mechanism and work your way forward looking for seized pivot points. Likely you'll need to pull the rotors off and look @ the drum mechanism inside the rotor hats.
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    How would my truck do with stock size tires?

    Given the gearing I would not go less than a 35 to 37. I can say that I want an extra gear on the top for my 33's with 4.10's I'm actually considering 35's when I replace my tires to help compensate for the gears when running highway speeds. As rammertide mentioned highway mileage will...
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    Auto to Manual change over

    I evaluated the same thing and came to the conclusion that for me it was better to do the built auto option. quick rundown of parts trans t-case -trans output is splined different than an auto flywheel clutch slave & master assy pedal assy chip program shifter, shifter boot trans...
  14. BJS

    Question Built Transmission

    many dodge guys swear by suncoast and I've heard great things about them as well. The builder with the best rep for the PSD is BTS.
  15. BJS

    losing tranny fluid from dust cover drain hole

    the seal itself is not too difficult the time consuming process is getting the transmission out. You will need a transmission jack since the trans is that heavy. otherwise it is not too difficult there is a bolt on the back of the head that holds the dipstick to the head that is not the easiest...
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    Key Dinger?

    The guys above have told you how to kill the buzzer though keep in mind that the reason that you're getting the buzzer now is because of slop in the ignition switch cylinder. Now would make a good time to replace the worn pieces.
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    Got alot of Steering slop!

    if it quickly got very very loose the sector shaft in the steering box may be sheered off :(
  18. BJS

    t-case help?????

    the obs t-case will bolt up to the 4r100 the bolt patterns are the same the variables will come into play are the outputs so you can use your driveshafts. The other question will be the electronic shift shenanigans if you have them. The SD transfer case is a higher power rated model so if you...
  19. BJS

    Question white smoke on cold start

    on cold start white smoke is often an indicator of cold cylinder combustion temps to fix plug in block heater, repair glow plugs etc
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    Intake chiller

    it indicated in the description that it is designed mainly for normally aspirated engines, If it is getting cool enough to make an impact on a PSD then you have the potential for ice formation inside your intake especially here in the humid south. on a sub 4 liter displacement in a NA...
  21. BJS

    99 7.3 tow ratings

    length is one issue weight is another 30' is about max and you're not going to have tons of room for the living quarters when you have the toys in there. An option that I have seen many people do is since toy haulers are usually not rated for heavy toys in the 3-4k range you end up building your...
  22. BJS

    Replacing injectors in a 96 F250

    there is a copper crush seal that maintains the combustion environment and is one of the least likely components to fail. the injector o-rings serve to keep the oil in an appropriate location and the fuel in an appropriate location Here is an image of the 7.3 injector in the head in cutaway...
  23. BJS

    Replacing injectors in a 96 F250

    the rings I was referring to or at least thinking about in my head were the piston rings. I would suggest having the mechanic do a compression test on the truck before you pull the trigger on injectors and any other work. While the PSD is a good engine 640k is a lot of miles, lots of hours...
  24. BJS

    Hard starting after injector change

    it takes time and running the truck to get the air out of the High pressure oil system, hard starts are normal for the next 500ish miles.
  25. BJS

    Question Shudder...

    U-joints typically will show a bleed off of goo when bad as well as there may be a slight amount of play in the joint. If you had problems with the u-joint caps popping off and loosing the needle bearings then at a minimum replace at least that one, as it is likely you lost a couple needle...

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