Defintiely, I could've had the truck back on the road that day had I bought one from O'reilly. I decided to do it right the first time and went with a Aluminum Mishimoto radiator. I also replaced:

-Upper radiator hose
-Lower radiator hose

I learned a hard lesson back in september 2013 by not replacing the hoses after a flush. I drove to HEB labor day weekend to pick up some meat to cook. I get back to my truck and find a very expensive puddle of coolant under my truck. The guy who parked two cars down said: "I was just leaving my truck and as soon as you got to the doors, that bottom hose exploded."

So needless to say, I'm not going to make the same mistake twice....

I also did a few other maintenance items while the truck wasn't going anywhere:

-Drained the trans pan and added 9 quarts (2008 trans pan and filter)
-Changed the oil with Delo 5w40 and AR9100
-Replaced front brakes (was too far in NOT to do it)

It definetly was!

Wife was a little irritated but understanding that I was working on the truck all day saturday. She understands that if my truck is running good, I'm happy.

The only things that are left:

-New/Rebuilt 155cc injectors (I still have 4 out of the 8 originial, PO killed them with a bad fuel pump and no blue fuel spring)
-Modded Turbo to support 155cc injectors.

 

Anyone want to buy a nice Excursion?

 

From my cold, stiff, dead hands

 

A 9/16 1/2" drive deep well with some heat is the only way to go on the adapter. I've been around and around with "supplied" hardware. I get burnt enough and I like to think I learn. I throw away all supplied aftermarket hardware and use oem.

 

i had to take the tube and adapter off together to get it off the manifold.. fished the box end of the wrench down the tube till i got to the manifold and had to use a hammer to break it loose after heating it several times... even then it still resisted.. was having to hammer it all the way off.. after that i stuck the tube in the vice and tried going after the adapter with my impact.. it just laughed at it.. ended up using the hammer and wrench again there. but took my larger mini-sledge hammer to do it instead of the 12oz hammer i was using to get it off the manifold. they were really frozen together..

 

anyone know where i can get the isolator bushing for the FICM mounting bracket... noticed today it was missing 3 of them... also stripped the threads out of the rocker box for one of the valve cover bolts...

 

Does anyone have a pic of their truck with a windshield sticker? I can't decide if I want a 3x36" or 4x40"

 

Ed at >>> FICMRepair.com - FORD Powerstroke 6.0 FICM Repair, PHP Tuning and Truck Parts
could get them for you if you go with new.
Don't forget that he now does parts too.



Sean

 

What kind of sticker?

 

I think he's talking about the Super duty on the top of the windshield, most Glass Co have them and don't quote me but are standard size for all
.

 

Ah, wasn't clear on that.

Here is a thread on the different windshields.

https://www.ford-trucks.com/forums/1...er-trucks.html

 

Just drove to work that's it.
On another note--MS just dropped vehicle inspections--now I don't have to worry about a ticket. Lived here 16 years, had maybe 3 or 4 inspections total and only got 2 warnings in that time

 

Itching to get off work and for UPS to get my radiator home.

I want The Monster back on the road already!

 

lol know that feeling... i have a box from XDP sitting on my porch right now... been there since 10:23 according to the tracker..

feel the same way with mine...

 

I usually come up with a good excuse and leave work so I can get the package off the door step and just "work from home" the rest of the day