Hey Dan, would you happen to have that GP relay part number? I should carry one along w both my both my CPSs...

 

No, my NAPA one fried this summer and I had to put it n and forgot to write down the number. I need to search the forum here and find it. It was only like $15 online so I need to get another one in my glovebox.

 

Here is a link from an old thread.

56131K-2 WESTERN MOTOR RELAY - ASH SUPPLY COMPANY, LLC

 

Thanks man!

 

I just got it off amazon for $13.33 plus shipping - came to $21.67.

 

Me too! Done and dusted!! Thanks!

 

Thank you for the suggestions, will definitely do that.

She has quite a bit of rust, photo does not show it. The ex husband from a few years ago bought the truck but never took care of it (used her as a farm truck), I did most of the general maintenance. He also had a very cheap ball put on the bed (a steel plate bolted to the bed, no treatment or prepping to prevent rusting). I got the truck after the divorce and had the steel plate removed but there already was a lot of rust damage. Some folk here suggest I treat the bed and weld a steel plate/panel on the inside of the bed, but I am trying to find a replacement bed.

The rear fuel tank also does not work, mechanic said air valve is blocked and I might need to replace that as well. They already replaced the front fuel tank after there was debris in it (mechanic said the inside lining started to deteriorate thus spitting small pieces of debris through the fuel system which had the truck jerking and gasping for fuel when I would try to speed up).

She was never properly taken care of and I am now trying to fix her up, obviously have a lot to learn but I love this truck, grew up with diesels and don't want to drive anything else! So a work in progress to keep my ol' Lady on the road.

 

I don't know of any liner inside of the tanks.

 

Maybe the interior of the tank was coated with a sealant a long time ago. That or the fuel pickup broke apart...

 

^^^^ +1 on the fuel pickup, AKA "showerhead".

"Air valve"? Maybe the vent in the filler neck, or the vent on the top of the tank... In any event, it would mean pulling the bed or dropping the tank, but you sure shouldn't have to replace it.

Hmm, I reckon one reason we don't "see" the rust is those front flares, eh?

ECSB is the rarest body style, BTW. One thing to watch out for with the EC trucks - pull off the interior trim in the back, and check the studs/nuts that hold those side quarter windows in place. They're factory torqued to only 22 INCH-pounds, and no loctite. So they work loose. Rain water gets in, that you never see, and that's part of the reason why so many EC trucks have rust on the bottom edge aft of the door. My wife has an ECLB exact same color as yours, the nuts were ALL literally finger-loose. Garden hose test, lots of water incursion. Get a good INCH-pound torque wrench, remove each one and re-torque to 22 inch-pounds, with some loctite.

 

Lol, Madpogue I was just standing at a stop sign a year ago, when a woman (bloody women drivers, lol) who was on a phone, turned in front of an oncoming diesel truck, got rammed into my Truckie. A lot of damage to the front bumper and driver side head light, and then insurance wanted to write off truck because of her age. Needless to say I told them to bugger off.

Then the dude where I board my horses had to unload a round bale I had on the bed, and dented up the top side of my bed wth his tractor. I have now figured out ways to roll the bale off the bed into the cradle without needing a tractor, no ways he's getting close to my truck again.

So we are just taking knocks as we go while being well behaved and totally innocent, how is that for lady luck's freaking charm.

Thanks for all the advice and suggestions, I really appreciate it. I will be needing some advice on the bed but will do a new post for that

 

By the way, is there any good video tutorials showing how to work on power strokes? If anybody is interested we could team up and start doing some, I can't find any good ones pertaining to 7.3 diesels

 

^X2

The two most parts you will see mentioned in just about every no-start thread. Never go home without em! That and a set of tools.

 

Thank you John, I did order extra's and it's on its way.

Slowly but sure I will fix my ol' girl!

 

Mx4, exactly what I say every time I go to work on it