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    Help Needed Starter solenoid just clicks when cold, no start

    This is whats been done: New Fender mounted starter relay New starter mounted solenoid cleaned battery terminals. batterys are new last summer. 12.5vdc in the batteries. temps are hovering around 0°F trucks pluggged in. all I get is a click from the fender mounted relay when you turn...
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    Question unit bearing time....

    yeah it's that time. got 1 unit bearing going out and a ball joint on the opposite side. I have ordered up all the parts but the studs that hold the bearing assembly to the knuckle. .so my 2 questions are: 1. Has anyone been sucessful in removing the studs and reusing them? seems most...
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    defeuling from over boost

    I installed one of the Boost pressure releif valves on friday, and the SES light still comes on when the boost hits 25 psi. by time the guage hits 27 psi it is defeuling and it drops and holds @ 25 psi. IT does it in every gear, but OD. once in OD I can get 30 psi, but the SES light still...
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    INTERCOOLERS

    got a chance to buy a used 6.0 L intercooler. Are they worth it to put into a 7.3? How much would one be worth used? do I need the 6.0 hoses, they better or the same as the 7.3L
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    water - meth injection

    so looking to into doing this. what is considered a safe for the following conditions: daily driving towing 10k lbs at what % is it become unsafe? this would be in a 2001 7.3L
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    exhaust brakes, US gear

    http://www.usgear.cc/dcelerator.htm Anyone running them or know anyone running one?
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    gear ratios

    gear ratios millage blah blah blah towing about 8500 lbs on the trailer side of things and typically end up having 500-2500 lbs in the bed of the truck depending on the camping trip. currently I got 373's and stock tires. Was wondering what people with 4.10s are getting loaded up...
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    AC up and died :(

    drove 500 miles home this weekend towing the bronco the whole way, well about 80 miles from home the AC started feeling warmer than it should have been. thought it was just warming up outside and turned the ac colder it lasted like that for about 5 minutes then all it blew was hot air. Any...
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    83-F250, NO START

    got this truck here, turn key, wait to start light goes off. try to start, engine cranks, nothing happens. I am used to a 2001 SD which starts very fast, is there any tricks on these older diesels?
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    cheap fuel tanks

    I am looking for every way to cut costs of installing a WVO system in my rig. seems the 2 highest costs is the tank and pump. so, would useing a tank from a big rig be a bad idea? I wonder if they sell those used in the yards around here. ideas? pros? cons?
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    WVO filters

    Any one have good leads on filter elements for WVO? I am seeing they should be down around 10 micron?
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    auto trannies

    got a buddy with a 2000, 7.3 4x4 and he roasted his tranny towing this past weekend. He is shoping for one. Where do all you slush box drivers go to when you roast the autos and need a replacement, approxament cost would be great.
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    check engine light flashes......

    I was towing home last night from our fund raiser. my check engine light was flickering alot while pulling long hills. Trailer in tow was about 8500 lbs with another 1000 lbs in the bed of the truck. Typically I am driving with a 3.9k resistor but for towing I drop it back to a 5.4k which...
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    fuel tanks

    looking for a auxilary fuel tank to put in the bed of the f250 for veggie oil. Anyone have any good online links?
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    01 and 100% WVO

    just drove by my fill station for dino diesel and they raised it to $3.39 / gal yet they are lowering gasoline prices. I have been thinking both ways of bio and WVO. I think WVO would be easier to run with a in bed tank and still have the option of running dino in the main tank under the bed...
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    towing and smelling atf

    it has been stupid hot out here for a while now. I was towing my normal 8500-9000 lb load this weekend and I could have sworn after long uphill climbs it smells like boiling ATF.... but I gots the 6 spd zf. Any ideas? This normal?
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    exhuast length question

    seen a 04 come in today with the exhuast dumping just after the cab in the truck. so my questions are, does doing this lower the EGT's more, and what about exhuast inside the cab? pros vs cons
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    help....slave cyclinder, clutch

    how does this thing work. I am about to drop the tranny on this and I am not seeing how it disconnects from the tranny.
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    Hi my name is Don

    and I am addicted. :D It was a hard one today to keep the wife convinced it was a good thing to drill two 3" holes in the front of the truck to let it breathe better. not to mention cutting the air box up with the die ginder. :thumbs Also deleted the muffler today. Time to look into...
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    EOT sensor

    does any one have a picture where this sensor is? I have not grabbed a owners manual for my new truck. I spent a bit of time searching for it last night and could not find one.
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    clutches?

    2001 7.3 6 speed, is my clutch a dual mass or solid mass?
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    Upfitter switches

    I was reading the tech article on this, is there any way to make them work and look factory in the older superduties, like the 2001 year which I have?
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    programmers vs WIKI tech?

    still reading and researching on different things to do to the tow rig. But I am running into a few questions. I like the fact that using alot of the mods from the WIKI tech articles is dirt cheap. But, I am wondering on thier long term effects on the powerstroke and how reliable they are...
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    10 k mod

    proably seen many of these threads. I read the 10k mod on the WIKI tech articles, what the power gains you can get from using a lower vs higher ressitance resistors? I am thinking on going this way rather a tuner because, well I am cheap and need more go for towing the play toy.

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