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What year is the truck?
Why no full view pics as a ‘before’ reference? |
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"Some of the greatest dads I've ever seen weren't so much perfect as they were willing to work hard to overcome their failings. Does that make sense?"
Yes. Yes it does. |
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The consoles and seats in that era f series all went to shit in the same ways seen in your pictures.
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Originally Posted By Rifleman_556: 2006 Where it's parked right now I can't take a full view without getting a couple of the neighbor's houses View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Originally Posted By Rifleman_556: Originally Posted By tree-hugger: What year is the truck? Why no full view pics as a ‘before’ reference? 2006 Where it's parked right now I can't take a full view without getting a couple of the neighbor's houses gotcha |
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"Some of the greatest dads I've ever seen weren't so much perfect as they were willing to work hard to overcome their failings. Does that make sense?"
Yes. Yes it does. |
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Its a 6.0, get a Scan Gauge and keep it mounted somewhere in the truck. Its a necessity for diagnosing this motor if you run into issues. Make sure the oil temp and water temp are within 15 degrees of each other while running at highways speeds. Any more than that and your oil cooler is likely plugged.
https://www.scangauge.com/support/x-gauge-commands/ford-lincoln-mercury/ |
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Screw that. All but one of my vehicles is older than that but I couldn’t own anything with rust like that. It doesn’t help that it put out salt all winter.
Also, you say it doesn’t build boost but also say it blows intercooler boots off. I drive a 7.3 most days. |
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Originally Posted By harrymank: Screw that. All but one of my vehicles is older than that but I couldn’t own anything with rust like that. It doesn’t help that it put out salt all winter. Also, you say it doesn’t build boost but also say it blows intercooler boots off. I drive a 7.3 most days. View Quote I can see where a boot was blown previously and incorrectly reinstalled. The up pipe is cracked is the reason it's not building boost. 7.3s go for stupid money here, and my daily is another 6.0 so it streamlines things |
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Originally Posted By andre3k: Its a 6.0, get a Scan Gauge and keep it mounted somewhere in the truck. Its a necessity for diagnosing this motor if you run into issues. Make sure the oil temp and water temp are within 15 degrees of each other while running at highways speeds. Any more than that and your oil cooler is likely plugged. https://www.scangauge.com/support/x-gauge-commands/ford-lincoln-mercury/ View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Originally Posted By andre3k: Its a 6.0, get a Scan Gauge and keep it mounted somewhere in the truck. Its a necessity for diagnosing this motor if you run into issues. Make sure the oil temp and water temp are within 15 degrees of each other while running at highways speeds. Any more than that and your oil cooler is likely plugged. https://www.scangauge.com/support/x-gauge-commands/ford-lincoln-mercury/ What makes that the one to go with? I don't know anything about scanners. I've got a 6.0 with plenty of issues that are going to come to a head. I bought a generic bluetooth OBD2 but haven't tried anything. I've heard of Forscan but most people seem to be using it on newer cars. Originally Posted By LeadBreakfast: The consoles and seats in that era f series all went to shit in the same ways seen in your pictures. My Excursion has the same hole in the seat |
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BikerNut:
Normal people like motorcycles. Real people like motorcycles. People who don't like motorcycles are just... weird. |
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OP buys a 300k mile 6.0 stick shift.....
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Please don't worry about folks not replying after your every update.
We're watching with appreciation. |
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"Some of the greatest dads I've ever seen weren't so much perfect as they were willing to work hard to overcome their failings. Does that make sense?"
Yes. Yes it does. |
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With the turbo out of the way to replace the exhaust manifold to turbo piping, you're not too much further from removing the EGR cooler, valve and oil cooler replacement.
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I don't remember the thread someone here recommended this rust neutralizer, but I bought some. Haven't used it yet, though.
Here's the same manufacturer's rust remover that was in the same thread. Haven't used it either.
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"Some of the greatest dads I've ever seen weren't so much perfect as they were willing to work hard to overcome their failings. Does that make sense?"
Yes. Yes it does. |
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Originally Posted By number40Fan: With the turbo out of the way to replace the exhaust manifold to turbo piping, you're not too much further from removing the EGR cooler, valve and oil cooler replacement. View Quote It's deleted so no worries about the EGR, deltas were good on the drive back so oil cooler doesn't need done yet. What pisses me off is that this truck with 301k starts and idles better than my daily with 16k on the engine |
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Originally Posted By Rifleman_556: It's deleted so no worries about the EGR, deltas were good on the drive back so oil cooler doesn't need done yet. What pisses me off is that this truck with 301k starts and idles better than my daily with 16k on the engine View Quote Any chance you could get the repair history? I'd bet it has had a lot of work to keep it running for 300+k miles. |
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Originally Posted By number40Fan: Any chance you could get the repair history? I'd bet it has had a lot of work to keep it running for 300+k miles. View Quote Ford dealership put an engine and injectors in at 120k, nothing except a clutch and turbo since then. The long block in my daily has had issues since the warranty expired, the most persistent being burning oil due to a ring issue (more blowby and valve seals are good) and I replaced the injectors and turbo on it at the same time |
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For the right price, as a farm, beater truck, I could deal with that rust, but I don’t know about that monstrosity you call a bumper. Nice project OP.
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Originally Posted By 11b4v: For the right price, as a farm, beater truck, I could deal with that rust, but I don’t know about that monstrosity you call a bumper. Nice project OP. View Quote @11b4v That bumper was my first ever fabrication project when I was learning to weld, needless to say I've gotten a bit better since then It does give a nice platform to stand on when working under the hood, but I wish the grill guard was a little shorter. Total weight with the winch is almost 300lb |
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Originally Posted By Rifleman_556: @11b4v That bumper was my first ever fabrication project when I was learning to weld, needless to say I've gotten a bit better since then It does give a nice platform to stand on when working under the hood, but I wish the grill guard was a little shorter. Total weight with the winch is almost 300lb View Quote I'd get rid of the grill guard, but that's just me. Good work. Nice seeing this old beast being put back to work. |
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Originally Posted By Rifleman_556: 2006 Where it's parked right now I can't take a full view without getting a couple of the neighbor's houses View Quote That is the middle of the switch years. Go to Ford parts giant and put your Vin in and go by that. Dads 06 f250 with the 5.4 is a nightmare to get correct parts from the parts stores. |
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Very few differences with the Oh-no through out the production and they had very definitive cut off years.
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In! I love these threads!
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Get a Bluetooth OBDII scanner and download forscan onto a laptop...great program. you can do a lot with it like buzzing your injectors etc |
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Originally Posted By TacticalGarand44:
Bring it. Our side has a hundred billion bullets. Your side doesn't know which bathroom to piss in. |
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Originally Posted By bansil: IN Get a Bluetooth OBDII scanner and download forscan onto a laptop...great program. you can do a lot with it like buzzing your injectors etc View Quote I have Torque lite on my phone and Forscan lite on my tablet for monitoring and troubleshooting, haven't had a decent laptop in awhile so I don't have the full version yet |
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Other people's wiring is a headache...they would say the same thing about mine....I mean it makes sense when you do it
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Originally Posted By TacticalGarand44:
Bring it. Our side has a hundred billion bullets. Your side doesn't know which bathroom to piss in. |
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OP, this is a very crude 2 minute photoshop job. Looks way better if you chop off the top of your lower horizonal grille guard.
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Originally Posted By Requiem: OP, this is a very crude 2 minute photoshop job. Looks way better if you chop off the top of your lower horizonal grille guard. https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/160729/ford_jpg-3179345.JPG View Quote It does look better- my only concern would be that the next deer I hit will come over the hood instead of bouncing to the side. That bumper was on my other truck at the time but I never let off the fuel and nailed that critter at 60mph, only found some hair on later inspection. Working night shift has its dangers I guess |
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