I raced home from work trying to beat the rain so I could get the doors and rocker panels sand blasted . We have a few days of rain coming so it was this evening or be tied up waiting for weather to clear. I get her painted and back together before the snow and salt hit the road. The old 7.3 is not allowed out in the winter at all.

 

Got a new upper radiator hose at ford today...$36, believe it was $22 at tousley, oh well. Went to international to get a thermostat, had to order it, should be here friday. Ill deal with a coolant leak until then so i dont have to do it twice

 

Nothing yet. Getting ready to go give it a bath. Got another race trip this weekend so it is back on tow duty.

 

Sitting in the driveway with 1/2 yard of river rock. Waiting for my gimpy back
to get better. Have to wheelbarrow it to the backyard. Next house is going to
have a level yard with vehicle access!!!! Actually, next "house" is going to be
a 5th wheeler.

 

mines been sitting in the driveway since monday waiting for its owner to get better...

 

Upgraded all 5 Brake lines with Crown Performance SS wrapped in Blue.
Sweet!

 

I thought Crown was only selling 3 hose kits?

 

Got the results of my first oil analysis since I've owned the truck (almost 60K miles ago).

A little history. When purchased, I ran about 3-4 oil changes with Mobil 1 TD when auto zone had that big sale in late 2013 early 2014.
Then switched to Rotella T6. No issues, but I just wasn't really happy with it.
Switched to Delo 5-40 and liked it.
2 injectors go out while on the Delo.
I think it was coincidence, but I couldn't help but wonder.
Switched back to T6 out of fear.
1 injector (one that was just replaced by ford) goes out again on T6 this time. Can't blame the Delo now.
Oil change w/T6 again because I had in stock.
Sent T6 off for oil analysis (see results below).
Switched back to Delo 2 weeks ago:-). Really liking the way the truck runs on Delo.

So this oil analysis is on the T6.
Looks good to me. Am I missing anything? What do you think about that recommended OCI?

 

this happened today, unsure how really

 

WHat type of bumps were you going over?

You had a axle trying to go up and a shock that was not moving fast enough
and it lost the war. You may find if you open it up a jammed piston.

But that is all just a guess.


One other thought. I would check all the axle mounting hardware
so you can be sure that something else did not let go and cause this.


Sean


6.0L Tech Folder

 

I have just been helping my friend move all day, been on all highway and paved town roads. not really sure if it happened today..but i started hearing a strange new noise this morning and found that immediately

 

Impressive! Luckily no real damage though by the looks of things.


For me this afternoon my truck got a treat. Complete front axle brake job including rotors and pads. Plus I rebuilt the calipers, lubed everything, flushed all the fluid, and reassembled . Maybe the rear will get the treatment tomorrow afternoon.

 

no, the shock tower is fine. I still have a clunk the second i take off, and then right when i come to a complete stop. not sure what that is yet

 

Abu the looks of that shock she is seized up tight. As for the oil thread earlier, I had really good luck with Delo for quitters a long time, probably 30k to 100k Km. Then I switched over to my DMO from Co-op which is 0w40. I don't know of you guys would be able to find down south but I definitely noticed a difference with cold starts and really noticed a big difference with the REALLY cold starts.

 

I figured it would be seized up, but when i took it off, it actually expanded every time i tried to compress it. Maybe it just temporarily seized up and then shocked (ha) itself free again? either way...its a goner lol