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Tell me when and where.... I here-by volunteer. I'll follow cause I don't know the way to Meltons.

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2004 C5(415whp,390ft/lbs),
1997C5,1997Trans Am, 1986 C4,
1990 Miata, 1976 MGB,1997 Protege, 1989 MR2

It's easy to get to...as long as you don't get stuck under the bridge.

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Stephen Westerfield
2009 Infiniti M35 | 2007 Honda Fit Sport | 2005 Ford Mustang GT |2000 GMC Sierra |1992 Acura Integra LS | Super Westerfield Bros Acura Integra

Bahhhhhahahahah

The shop is not at Randy's house, its at his Dad's shop which is in the finest ghetto in Wilson, NC

Vincent can provide directions

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02 Focus SVT
STF 9

(Note - all my experience is with the powerstroke, turbocharged and intercooled 7.3L motors)



Change the fuel filter. It should be sitting on the top of the motor in the valley between the heads. When you're doing that, drain the fuel filter bowl of any excess water that may have accumulated. There should be a lever around the back side of the filter bowl - throw that lever 90 degrees or so towards the passenger side and it'll drain. It's useful to ziptie a length of rubber hose to the end of the drain so you can direct the spent fuel into a drain pan more easily.

If you get a fuel filter that has the bowl cap "built in," do NOT throw away the factory cap. Next filter you get might not have it built in, and then you're kind of screwed.

My 7.3 PSD was basically bulletproof. I changed the oil every 5K and the filter every 10K, running B20 biodiesel every so often just because I could, and because it cleaned out gunk in the fuel system. The 7.3 diesel is very hard to hurt.

If it starts well when it's stone cold, the glow plugs are fine.

A trans and coolant fluid change wouldn't hurt either, but those can be big, messy jobs with a lot of waste fluid. Might be better to leave those to a pro with the right equipment and the right disposal techniques for spent fluids. Also, the coolant should be tested with a test strip to check for the anti-cavitation additive...if it needs it, add it. Available at any Ford dealer for a few dollars per pint, as I recall.

thedieselstop.com is an excellent resource for all Ford diesel trucks. Highly recommended.

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Karl S.
2014 Baby, 2014 House, 2013 Ford Focus ST, 2013 BMW 328i, 1994 Mercedes E320
(Insert passive aggressive signature line here)

Ordered one. It's cheap enough to try out. This is good also since I was about to look for a surfacemount Voltmeter which can operate off of 12v. As Chris can attest, our attempts to make a voltmeter run off bus power failed

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Mike Whitney
whit32@gmail.com, 919-454-5445
V10, V8, V8t, I6, I6, V6, F4t, I4, I4, I4, I4, I2, 1, 1

I did have some combo wrenchs in my tool box. Mike, if you could bring them to the next event, that'd be great.


Also. I temporarily fixed the FM transmitter. It turned out to be one fried component. A 1uH inductor; something that can NOT be bought at Radio Shack. Since the inductor was in the circuit as a noise filter for the power supply it is not critical so I jumpered it to test. The red light now comes on the the box now so the PLL is locked.

So, if someone has access to a 1uH axial inductor that would be great, otherwise we'll need to order one from someplace like newark.com


Chris S

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"Ruttin' is racing"

Chris Suich
Apex, NC
AutoX 2012 Nissan Leaf (Quietly changing the world)
AutoX 2003 Mini Cooper S (on sabbatical)
RallyX 1993 Nissan Sentra - "Le Tigre"
FunX 1970 Camaro LT1 ('95)