I had the same concerns, and was going to comment that I even tried with a propane torch. I did damage my lip a bit. Soft brass and.
With the propane, I think I made it a couple of seconds in before I said “forget this, I’m going to run russ’s delete kit.!”
I’m much happier with the AN...
my experience in this shows that a flared end will not seat against anything but another complimenting flared end, even with a kind of thread tape or o ring/gasket. It’d be a miracle if you didn’t have a consistent drip.
Getting the old rubber out is darn near impossible to do old my hard lines. I Bought new fuel olives only to find out that the old rubber will fight tooth and nail only to come out in difficult pieces. it can be hard to clear the original fuel olives out
RD2-80cc pump is mounted. Thanks Justin.
The fuel rails have been as interesting as I expected. I’m going to try a new approach with the passenger bank.
1. With the injectors removed from the engine, gently plug each injector into the fuel rail
2. Similar to an injector thread protector...
Are you saying that the pump I have here is a factory reman pump?
I don’t know how the world of reman works, but I wonder if that means it came from older tractor cores (older than this 1989 van 7.3). That would be cool.
I’m told that the whole truck has 270k miles, but I know that the motor...
No sir, this truck showed up with a 6.9 and a T19. I grabbed the T19 and bellhousing to keep as a spare.
The hood was in incredible condition. I may be going back for it and the fenders, as I need one the driver side
A reduction in smoke could be an interesting test.
I’m putting an R&D IDI RD2-80 pump onto my 89 7.3 n/a van motor, and I don’t have a turbo for the engine at the moment. It’s in the works. A new kit is obscenely expensive and they’re only going up - I’m thinking about using the same amount of...
I bought Justin’s remaining RD2-80cc from this run. There are a few N/A pumps remaining as of this post.
I have a question: I’ll be running this RD2-80cc pump on an N/A truck, until I can turbo and stud the heads. If I keep my foot out of it and pump screw turned down, Will I run into any...
Reviving this thread because I found this:
There’s a Dyno tuner around the corner. It would be a fun test to answer the question of how does this air cleaner impact wheel numbers.
We Found another 86 at the Yard today and I saved the T19 from the crusher. No way I was going to try and wrestle with pulling the 6.9 that was still in the truck, but it looked like a core motor. I’m going back tomorrow to grab the injectors and other misc parts off of it like the intake...
If you’re ever in the South East VA section of the state, then I have a complete DTI timing Kit available to use for timing.
FWIW I bought a brand new cowl seal from rock auto for about $60 + shipping. Had to put my own silicone caulk sealant behind it for it to do anything.
I’m looking to be proactive with hunting down air intrusion in order to beat difficult hard starts. The check valve should prevent fuel drain back.
So I would think the best place to install a fuel check valve in these trucks would be in the soft fuel delivery line just before the lift pump...
There’s a good YT video of a guy using this brand and it’s easy to find if you want to try looking for it. He seems pleased. My first impressions of the pump are positive, and we’ll see how well it operates in action. @tbowker
The timing meter arrived today. I will see what I can get to this weekend. Depends on whether the truck decides it wants to play nice, too. The lift pump isn’t pushing fuel to the filter.
I swapped back to a lift pump and I’m coming from a cheap Amazon electric pump. The little $18 pump did...
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