I think your buddy has the generations of trucks confused. IIRC that was an issue on some older gen trucks, but not the OBS.

 

^^^^ Yep. The '83-'86 and '87-'91 trucks had an issue with the firewall flexing (and in extreme cases, cracking) from clutch pedal action on the master cylinder. Ford offered a reinforcement plate to remedy/prevent it, and there's presently a guy making one of his own design, that's even beefier than the Ford reinforcement. The firewall was redesigned for '92 (OBS) to eliminate the problem.

 

Well, since my 2006 Tundra decided to take a dump, I've had to daily drive the Ford. Sad that a 96 is more reliable and gets better mileage...but I have found that it does in fact need new glow plugs. It's been in the teens (here in Georgia that's cold) and it just would not start without having to be jumped off. So I started plugging it in and it starts almost instantly. Do you guys have any recommendations for glow plugs/glow plug kits? And two things that need to be replaced are the headlights because they suck, and it needs a new shifter boot and the plastic piece that holds it down. Any suggestions? For headlights, do they make HIDs or anything that provide way better lighting? Thanks guys! Also might be picking up an 02 f250 with 205,000 miles and one scratch if my tundra is done

 

Ford glow plugs or diesel RX have a good rap. Just do NOT use autolite!!!!!!!!

Headlights are everywhere in every flavor known to man. Just search most places and your mind will be boggled with options.

 

I second the autolites. They are junk. And when you have to pull them out in 2 peices it sucks even more.

 

Dem autolites cost you a LOT of money eh?

 

Well I wouldn't say it was the autolites but they did cause me to pull the motor, which led to a compression test, which led to a rebuild, which led to mo pooowwwwwaaaaaahhhh. So in hindsight maybe the autolites were good lol

 

I can hear that conversation. Honey, I have to pull the head, I have a stuck GP. Well, it will be easier if I pull the motor. With the motor out now I might as well do..............

 

yup. That's how mine was. my wife's pretty supportive. Her answer was you may as well do it now. My answer good thinking honey lol. It's all about making her think she thought of it lol.

 

You are 100% right about that!! LOL

 

Well, I put on a ne UVCH, and replaced the CPS. The truck won't start. I guess I'll pull the engine and rebuild and do an overhaul with some go fast parts. Hey wallet, it's time to lose some weight! HAHA!

 

Rebuild thread with pictures, LOL

 

Yea, that will be coming for me soon enough. When I get back, then a month of leave, I should have all the parts minus the injectors and HPOP ready, once I start tearing it down, I'll send those off to get done up.

 

So I'm pretty sure I found the culprit for my annoying sounding transmission. I found the throwout bearing sitting in the truck, brand new in the box...my guess is that when I told the guy I was getting the cops involved, he threw it back together and forgot to put that in. How hard of a job is that to do? I have a 3 ton jack, but is it basically just drain fluid, unbolt, lower down with jack, install throwout bearing, and jack up and rebolt?

 

Well, I suppose that would do it! He must have left the old one in there (hopefully).

You don't even need to drain the transmission, it's more or less just a matter of unbolting things, dropping it down and then putting it all back together.

The biggest thing is to be sure when you pull the slave cylinder off the clutch fork that you fasten the rod in there, or it will push the rod out, dump the fluid and then you're stuck with a real headache of trying to bleed everything with it in the truck. There are several different home made tools that guys have come up with to accomplish this.

I'm not going to tell you it's a small job, but it's not difficult.

Just be careful. That transmission and transfer case are heavy. I'd separate them and drop them individually if it were me doing it and I didn't have a transmission jack.