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Trailered home a 1989 F350 dump truck that looks great on the outside, but the 7.3 IDI is something else
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Trailered home a 1989 F350 dump truck that looks great on the outside, but the 7.3 IDI is something else
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Picked up the cores. Other head: Crack is clear on the first head, but I don't really see it on the 2nd one, but I guess they...
Today at 9:16 AM
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I'm swinging by the local machine shop tomorrow to pick up one set of the cracked heads. I'll see if he can point out where they are...
Yesterday at 3:56 PM
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Trailered home a 1989 F350 dump truck that looks great on the outside, but the 7.3 IDI is something else
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Called up CHI and they do have a set of rebuild heads in stock. They will accept a pair of the cracked ones as cores. $1,150 total...
Monday at 10:23 AM
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I believe they magnafluxed the castings themselves, but let me verify with them. Good point! EDIT: Yeah, they magnafluxed the...
Monday at 10:15 AM
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Trailered home a 1989 F350 dump truck that looks great on the outside, but the 7.3 IDI is something else
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Machine shop called me back this morning and said that all 4 heads were cracked and no good to use. Any suggestions on where to pick up...
Monday at 9:15 AM
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Trailered home a 1989 F350 dump truck that looks great on the outside, but the 7.3 IDI is something else
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Good point about bypassing one of the tanks. That said, I would like to take the truck back to stock as much as possible. Accurate...
Apr 22, 2024
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That is great you are going the extra mile and doing the engine right, cutting corners can come back and bite you in the .... Pay now or...
Apr 22, 2024
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After noodling it over and speaking to the shop, I'm going to have them order the pistons and rings for me that are .020 over. Here's...
Apr 18, 2024
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Trailered home a 1989 F350 dump truck that looks great on the outside, but the 7.3 IDI is something else
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I took a closer look at both my oem STD pistons and the .020 Mahle ones and I don't know that I would want to be drilling into any of...
Apr 15, 2024
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7.3 New in box MAHLE Pistons
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Do you still have them?
Apr 15, 2024
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Great idea about just getting a gauge with the proper range. The Amazon reseller is giving me a hard time about getting a replacement...
Apr 15, 2024
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I was going to suggest replacing that pop-tester gauge anyway since it's about 4x the scale we need. If you can find one for 2500psi...
Apr 14, 2024
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I'll see if the machine shop would be willing to trade working on my '92 block in exchange for the '89 block. Doesn't hurt to ask and I...
Apr 13, 2024
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It looks like it to me as well. I'm sure that you can save it that way.
Apr 13, 2024
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Tore the original '89 block the rest of the way down. Here's the #8 piston that caused the damage to the cylinder wall: Not sure...
Apr 13, 2024
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