Recent content by HoosierDaddy

I'm in!

Same as you have already read. The big three .... oil, batteries, glow plug system. What works for me in No. Indiana ..... In my old and modern diesels, switching to a 0w or 5w synthetic has been the most help in getting good cranking speed, which goes hand in hand with having good batts...

Glad everyone is OK. We had a tree just absolutely flatten the wifes Pontiac Sunfire years ago. After that, severe wind storms still make me a bit nervous. I don't think I ever truly knew fear until faced with the fury of Mother Nature howling like that. I made damm sure the next house had a...

History - Zero electrical gremlins over past 2 or 3 years I've had the truck. My main question is, is it a coincidence that my volt gauge died at the same time the battery went dead or could a fault in the gauge be causing a drain. Either way, I know , at a minimum, I have a gauge issue. Will...

Again , pick the stock location type filter you want to use and run with it. I prefer Wix (napa gold) or Donaldsons. I despise Fram and most other parts store finds. Just my 1/2 cent worth. (especially if better filtration is your goal) There is a filter out there that has a by-pass section...

I think the issues will be quality of replacement parts rather than "duty rating" , for lack of a better term. Every thing on the truck is heavy duty. I'm just starting down the cucv path , but I had a f250 before this and a project 69 Ford Bronco , and the issues there are the same as every...

EMP , that's funny. I've had two mechanical pumps fail on a gasser motor probably within a year or so. Each time they flooded the oil with gasoline, like someone suggested earlier. Luckily I caught it at an idle the second time , the bearings were only a year (or so) old at that time due to the...

I drove it .... and read the alternator sticky up top. Gold mine of info. Mucho "Thank You's" to all the contributors.

Yes , this is entirely possible. I read about the possibility of this in Readers Digest or some such rag a few years back. They even mentioned that asking your agent "if some minor event that occured would be covered" is "activity" that can result in your rates going up. IE: a small tree limb...

I have one of those caps too , may I join ya !?

LOL, I'm not familiar with that particular relay , but if it works as well under that type of load , I'd go the cheap route also!

Exactly ^^^ well stated. Big and heavy does NOT equal safer. In fact, it means the vehicle will not absorb or redirect the forces generated in a collision;IE the vehicle will decelerate violently but the human behind the wheel will not = injurys. There is a video out there ,iirc, made by one of...

These were popular over on the Powerstroke Diesel forum I frequented when I owned one. I haven't seen them mentioned here. I had tried a Napa GPR (109) and it lasted less than one year ... end of winter to the next fall. This one was in it several years and probably still is ... I traded the...

I've had my 1028 a whole week now and am impressed with it's starting thus far. Manual gp button , wait light still functions so I timed it and repeated (2 cycles total) and mash the pedal to the floor and crank. Trickiest part is throttling back and releasing the key at the right moment. I'll...

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