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Thank you! That helps a ton.

Hey guys, long time since I've been on here. Im working on a 99 international 4700 with juice disc brakes, with no abs. Im replacing all the brake lines, and unfortunately for me im picking up in the middle if where someone else left off. He disconnected the soft lines to the master, and i don't know which goes to the rear or front lines. Can anyone help id it for me, idon't normally play with juice breaks and it's been a while, but ifigure there is a 50% chance im wrong and if it's any more than 10% that I'd be wrong i look for help. Any help will be greatly appreciated! Ps i hooked them up to gravity bleed and look for any leaks while i was researching my issue.

Thanks guys. I'm gunna look into some of those. the IDS i'm trying to get put in the budget for next year, hopefully.

Hey guys, I'm looking at outfitting my shop with tools that are necessary for diagnostics on 6.0s. I have a laptop and am attempting to get my shop to purchase IDS (have all my other manufacturers software on this, so just a matter of forcing their hand). What about fuel pressure testers, compression testers etc. any recommendations? I dont want to spend the shops money on useless tools that I dont need when I can buy stuff thats actually useful. Thanks in advance

Im working on a 97 7.3, went to go put one of the rocker arms on and fell off the truck, dropping the rocker arm and having it split in three pieces. well i found the arm, but not the ball bearing. I'm going to try finding it in the light, but if i cant find it, my buddy has a wrekced 2001 7.3. are they the same rocker arms? if they are i can go grab them off the wreck. just need to know if its worth the trip. Thanks!

I've pulled the head on a 97 7.3, but both dowel pins are bent and messed up bad. i'm going to try and reshape them, but if I cant, is there anywhere to purchase new ones?

i gave it a shot. the center conductor came out of the tip..so now the head has to come out. lucky me.

hey guys, i need some suggestions. one of my drivers tried changing his glow plugs on his f350, and ended up snapping one of the old plugs. All of the old ones had a shit load of carbon on the tip, so i'm guessing the tip got stuck past the cylinder. all that is left is the tip that pokes through the head, and the wire core that goes through the center of the plug. any ideas on a way to loosen it up to pull it out and replace it? or am i going to have to pull the head and remove it that way? any help would be awesome. thanks

No I agree Jim. turns out the hack mechanic was a mechanic i worked with at chevy, hah. I wrote a quote for him to fix the whole truck, because i also found out it had bottom end damage as well (dusted turbo, pulled glowplugs on 1&8 and saw scoring in the cylinder). When he saw the quote, I explained to him what was happening and why it happened, and he was better off either selling the truck while he can, or investing in it for the long haul. Had him pay me for the parts and labor i put into it, and he drove it away (at least better than when it came in) I did find out the wires for the ECT were rubbed through. explained the -40. I did not find a break in the wires for the GP or IH, so I am guessing it was the module that was messed up, but I do not know. I didnt really want to work on it, between Sandy and power outages, it pushed me into my schedule I set up for my kitchen remodel. so off she went. Thanks for the help gentleman. Hopefully the next one will be when I have more time

the -40 was the ECT, i dont have access to the oasis or anything, so I'm just tracing wires at this point. I will try putting a test light in between them. The wait to start light does come on. It was giving power before I replaced the relay on top of the engine. I will try disconnecting the EOT to maximize the amount of time the glow plugs stay on. I agree its a bullshit repair, but its a beat to shit truck. looks like someone went over the engine bay with an oil spray gun, and half the shit was either loose or just broken (cac tubes, air cleaner clips, injector connectors etc) i dont know why almost all landscapers do not see the value in quality repairs of their vehicles, but it seems like every side job i get is the same MO. I will give it a shot tonight when I get home and see if that rememdies the problem.

the pcm is sending a power signal. goes to ground with key off, then kicks to power, so both have terminals have power going to them. i checked the harness from the bulkhead and everything had continuity. from what I can tell its a short to power, but wasnt sure. now this truck is beat to crap. like not worth the money putting into it. should i just offer to install a heavy duty push switch to energize the two coils so he can just energize the relays for 10-15 seconds, or 30 seconds whatever the time may be? i dont think its worth the x amount of hours of diag time going through the harness just to find out its an IDM or GPCM and have it not be worth replacing those items.

Had a friend of a friend drop off a 2000 f550 7.3 for a hard/no start when cold. but it starts right up when it is plugged in. truck is a landscaping truck, and you can tell it was not taken care of in the slightest. on the way down here, it actually stalled out, and had to get towed the rest of the way. I finally got power back, so I was able to figure out why it died (CMP allowed it to start and it had a code for it) and got it running. Prior to it running, it had a list of codes. I replaced the IPR, due to hi ICP cranking pressures (like 5k psi)ICP sensor was replaced as well. Glow plug relay was replaced because it was cracked. Now it starts and runs, poorly but i think thats because the PCM is reading -40 degrees...which is obviously wrong. So i need to replace the sensor on that. Now my question is, does the ECM switch power or ground to the GPR? I checked continuity on all the wires to the glow plug and intake heater from the bulkhead connector (engine side) to the relays. Right now I'm getting power to both sides of the relay for both of them, so I'm not sure if i'm getting a short to power, or if the glow plug control module or IDM (if thats even involved) is bad. anyone got an idea what to check?

sorry guys. 4wd i thought i tried car part but i'll check again. I know rock auto and the local dealer couldnt get it, neither could napa or our local motorcraft supplier. Thanks!

anyone have any idea where i can pick up a 95-97 f350 passenger side knuckle? one of my drivers trucks has one that the tie rod hole has been elongated, so I'm not doing balljoints until i can put the new one one. any ideas/vendors that i can purchase from? i have not found one at a junkyard or dealer yet. Thanks

that blows keith. has beyer dragged that place that far down?