Bought an obs, holes in some pistons
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97strokn&smokn
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If the other deal falls through let me know i have a couple good short blocks laying around. I could sell them real cheap.
6.0 p-stroke
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Thanks! I'll keep that in mind.
A buddy and I went over and pulled that engine this morning, it went a lot quicker now that we knew what to do. I'm gonna clean it up and probably drop it in the single cab sometime this week. I plan on sending the injectors out of the old engine to Casserly to be gone through. Once it's dropped in I can start diagnosing the no start issue and go from there.
A buddy and I went over and pulled that engine this morning, it went a lot quicker now that we knew what to do. I'm gonna clean it up and probably drop it in the single cab sometime this week. I plan on sending the injectors out of the old engine to Casserly to be gone through. Once it's dropped in I can start diagnosing the no start issue and go from there.
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6.0 p-stroke
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I spent a couple hours pressure washing the new engine, and pulling the turbo and up pipes. I decided I wanted to drop it in tonight so I can spend the week nights trying to get it running. It fought us quite bit but it finally dropped into place.
Powerstroked162
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Damn. Workin fast!
6.0 p-stroke
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I got the tranny all bolted up along with the wiring harness. I dropped two batteries in and started to crank on it with no accessories. I had to use the worse of the two pedestals and tap to put a plug in to keep the oil feed from spraying everywhere. I wasn't able to get it to start or fire, I also wasn't building any oil pressure on the dash after cranking awhile. I know its gotta fill up the rails but I gave up for the night. I really hope the pick up tube in the pan isn't cracked, I'll probably put a scanner on it tomorrow so I can see what's going on with it.
Pull the ICP sensor and the rail plug on the other head and fill them both up with oil. Then fill the HPOP res thru the oil pressure sensor. Give it a few bumps and fill it some more. Do that till it stays within a 1" of the top. If should fire right up with in 5 seconds that way.
6.0 p-stroke
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Thanks! I'll have to try that when I get back home today. I just want this damn thing to run so I can start driving it lol
6.0 p-stroke
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When I pulled the icp sensor and the plug both rails were full of oil. I cranked on it quite a bit and still got nothing. I'm getting fuel up to the filter but I can't tell if there's any smoke coming out of the exhaust manifolds. This engine seems to have some blowby (I'm not sure how much is normal for a 7.3) but it will puff quite a bit of smoke out of the oil return on the turbo pedestal and out of the oil fill cap when I take it off. I was having trouble getting the scanner to read icp so I really don't know what it's doing, I did swap the icp sensor from the old engine just in case and it didn't change anything.
Can anyone tell me what the wires are that go to the bottom of the fuel filter housing? There is a wire that I can see at the bottom that is almost broke, idk if it's just a temp sensor or what, it's not a part of the main wiring harness.
Can anyone tell me what the wires are that go to the bottom of the fuel filter housing? There is a wire that I can see at the bottom that is almost broke, idk if it's just a temp sensor or what, it's not a part of the main wiring harness.
davey99ps
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Fuel bowl heater
6.0 p-stroke
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I thought it was something like that, just didn't know for sure.
When I tried spraying a little starting fluid while cranking it just slowed the cranking down but didn't even attempt to fire. I'm not really sure what to try next, I'd hate to spend a bunch of time working in the wrong direction.
When I tried spraying a little starting fluid while cranking it just slowed the cranking down but didn't even attempt to fire. I'm not really sure what to try next, I'd hate to spend a bunch of time working in the wrong direction.
davey99ps
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Have you checked compression?
6.0 p-stroke
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Not yet, I was hoping I wouldn't have to, but I guess I should consider doing that sooner than later.
davey99ps
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Yea, that's where I'd start, since its not doing anything with starting fluid. Is it turning over fast enough when your spraying it? I know you said it slowed down, which i would also assume that theres some compression
6.0 p-stroke
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Yes it was cranking fast, I had the battery charger on it the entire time. It seems to have good compression, or atleast I would think it has enough to run.
6.0 p-stroke
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I'm gonna borrow a compression test kit from Logan because the one I have wont read high enough. Hopefully I'll have more info tomorrow.
6.0 p-stroke
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I did a compression test this evening and was less than pleased. One cylinder showed less than 100psi, others were all below 200, time to find another engine.
Powerstroked162
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Damn Coop!!
6.0 p-stroke
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Lol it sucks, but I knew I was taking a gamble when I got that engine. I'll get it going eventually.
