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Out-#%€£ing-standing, glad to hear and it’ll be running like a raped ape for many more years now. If you want a little more go-juice, consider turning the main fuel up and low-boost fueling up a smidge too Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Sometimes green iron disease will make you sick, but with all the trauma I’ve been through over the past year honestly these raggedy rigs are my escape. So todays project: Truck has always been hard to start, surging idle, random light sputtering, wild rev-hunting when using the crane throttle...

The other day i needed the truck for a small project, checked the fluids under the hood, and hopped in the cab, hit the clutch and brakes only to slam straight to the floor. The rear-rear axle wheel cylinders gave out. Ordered (6) new wheel cylinders, inner-outer wheel seals, hub gaskets and...

Helped a buddy get his 20’ shipping container moved across his property yesterday during the downpour, speaking of which can someone quit bribing the weatherman for all the rain we’ve been receiving every weekend? Keep this up and I’ll have to only work my day job on rainy-days to get caught up...

Our tcase is something like a 1.36 underdrive case 24/7. Single speed A 1:1 t case would net you something like 77mph top speed if i remember correctly. @DeMilitarized ran the calculations at one time i believe Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I tackled this mess a few weeks ago, check out Post #11 https://www.steelsoldiers.com/threads/elijah95s-wrecker-project.211135/ Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Anyone? Surely someone has dealt with the same thing Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

It’s apparently been this way since before i bought the truck, and despite what i though was “normal” hydraulic noises with no binding, popping etc How screwed am I? I have a mangled chunk of steel and lots of glitter from this portion of the crane under the truck Sent from my iPhone using...

I think it would be a great idea to go ahead and find one, the fill and drain plug has substantial rust pitting but surprisingly the gear does not. I’ve heard those brass gears are a finite commodity and I’m curious how long this one will last. Thanks for all the great info Sent from my iPhone...

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Well, that’s not what i wanted to find in the hoist motor. Flushed it thoroughly with denatured alcohol and keep an eye on it to see if the seals let water in or if it was the vent cap. Will end up changing this fluid probably every other time I use it in attempt to further flush it, or just...

Go with the black dog stand-alone kit, better with tuning on the fly, better diagnostics, shift point adjustments, allllll kinds of goodies. I just installed one on a buddies truck, why spend 800 on a “new” TCM when you can go brand new with a warranty and has upgrades etc for a few dollars...

The steel lines have some very light surface rust I’ve temporarily killed so i feel good there. The hydraulic lines have been 1/4 replaced prior to my ownership, the others are looking a little worn but appear to be stable. Hydraulic seals are dry and not weeping but we’ll see how long that...

1) Just to clarify, did the truck run at all without the canister filter present on frame rail? If yes, pull the fuel line from lift pump circled in red, first picture. Look inside the pump, it should have a stainless screen in it, and you may have some trash in it that needs cleaned out. After...

Hadn’t had the tackle block on the new cable for 15 minutes when a buddy called needing a pull out of his yard. Didn’t bother with any winch or crane work, small chain and idled out in 1-L problem free! Going to pull the Crosby Terminator back off and work in additional protrusion from the...

Confirm that you don’t have an algae problem, and if you don’t, this means your IP advance piston is sticking in the bore. This is a super common issue in the 7.3/6.9idi world using the same Stanadyne DB2 injection pump, where the steel piston travels through an aluminum bore, todays ULSD...

Spent half the day fighting the stuck PTO lever in the cab (“yeah I just used the crane today to unhook from a trailer today!” Said the PO the day I was coming down to buy it) and ended up having to un-pin the lever just under the cab with long arms just barely able to touch it. Spent some time...

Absolutely, either-or will work great. If I’m not mistaken, DCA2 is what will be in the Napa bottle and is an older blend of SCA. Dca4 came out in the late 90s and is what will be in motorcraft and fleet guard SCA blends. It’s not recommended to mix DCA2 and DCA4 so keep that in mind for...

Best cost-effective way to do it, IMO, is if your system is clean and not giving you any problems but it’s time to change coolant, then simply drain from radiator petcock. Fill her up with water, open both bleeder ports up top to bleed air and close them when full (one by the radiator one near...

So uh, after changing the oil and draining the muck from the cooling system, i realized i had 3 gallons of oil inside my cooling system…. went through a box of cascade, and despite blocking the radiator off, letting truck warm up for 10 minutes then locking the throttle at 1800rpm, allowing it...