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A couple months ago I noticed bubbles in my radiator with the cap off at idle, I was filling up my overflow tank and couldn't drive far without overheating from lack of coolant in the radiator. This past weekend, I decided to finally pull the heads off(just the driver's side so far, I'm having...

I started it this morning after sitting all night, popped the hood and checked the overflow tank and it wasn't bubbling. My buddy works at a local Ford dealer as a tech, we're going to pull the truck in and pressure test it.

I've had the truck for almost two years, and for the last year at least I've noticed that the overflow tank is always almomst completely full, hearing bubbles after driving it are common, but i didn't think much of it. Recently I've noticed that the radiator seems to be slowly pumping coolant...

Yeah, it was cut off. It's amazing, I was telling my dad when he was helping me earlier, that almost everywhere I look on that thing, somethings been jimmy-rigged. Lol

Hey guys, I came home tonight and pulled it into the shop and crawled underneath (first time I'd ever been underneath it) and someone had put an aftermarket lift pump on it and spliced the wires together and hadnt even put tape on them. One of the wires was disconnected, and I twisted them...

What about taking the old one off and cleaning it? It doesn't have to be perfect, I just want it to run decent when the guy comes to get it. And thank you, I do like the truck, even with all the problems that it has. Between you and me, I only have a total of $900 invested in it.

These are the parts: OPS, LP and fuel sock. Does the sock look all right to you?

http://eastoregon.craigslist.org/cto/3283344867.html It definitely has potential, but my automatic is in such better shape. Plus Ive got a newer engine and trans in the auto.

The sock is Delphi, everything else is Napa brand. Would that work?

Thanks for the input guys! Went up to Napa today and bought an OPS, LP, and tank sock. I'm up in SE Washington, and the truck is at my parents' house in NE Oregon, I'm headed there Friday to dig in!

I threw around the idea of yanking the engine/tranny out and putting it in a mid 80's/90's crew cab dually as kind of a comfortable freeway hauler. It is a stable foundation, but I'm a college student, and I could use the money. Besides, I don't really have a need to have two of the same truck. Lol

Awesome project! Welcome to TTS!

Welcome to TTS!

I did some trading a couple months ago for a 1993 Chevrolet 2500 6.5. My dad used to work with the guy that had it before me, and said that he didn't seem to know much about performing maintenance, and it's very obvious when you see it in person. The injectors and glow plugs are all but shot...

I haven't used relays before, but I got some info about how they work and I know exactly what you're talking about. I lost the rear main seal in my good truck Sunday evening (luckily I noticed the massive oil puddle on the ground while it was parked, not running, it was just pissing oil out the...