Trouble continued,
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Sorry for the delay, everyday life. So I pulled the heads and found that there are Mahle pistons in it already. The front two / all the cylinders are in good shape. So I pulled the block and pan. slid the front two pistons out and lo and behold compression rings aligned and not clocked. Damit any way. so from here it is gaskets and fuel system. I will remove the rings on those two and check the end gaps. But my bet is they are ok. nothing visual of note. good crosshatch no visible taper but I will measure. no gouges or scoring in the bores. Just a dumb *** assembler. As a side note
the EGR will be coming off. What a ignorant idea, put all that abrasive stuff (carbon) back into the engine. You should see my intake. Astounding what so called engineers can think up.
the EGR will be coming off. What a ignorant idea, put all that abrasive stuff (carbon) back into the engine. You should see my intake. Astounding what so called engineers can think up.
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Ordered parts last night. Got fuel system parts and a mini maxx on the way.
went OEM on the fuel stuff and head gaskets, Ford has a part number for gaskets and bolts in one deal. Still undecided on a sinister delete for the EGR. does shutting it off alone really help, at this point another 300 bucks seems like chump change.
went OEM on the fuel stuff and head gaskets, Ford has a part number for gaskets and bolts in one deal. Still undecided on a sinister delete for the EGR. does shutting it off alone really help, at this point another 300 bucks seems like chump change.
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Was able to work on the truck today. going back together good. Torquing the heads was a chore. Wonder what the ultimate torque is? Next problem. Got my mini maxx today. Gleefully opened it up and no install manual. Tried to get h&s website to come up but I get a DNS error. E-mailed the vendor but will probably not here from them till Monday. Anyone want to help by throwing up the directions? Has H&S passed from this world? Things that make you go hmmmm.
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Was able to work on the truck today. going back together good. Torquing the heads was a chore. Wonder what the ultimate torque is? Next problem. Got my mini maxx today. Gleefully opened it up and no install manual. Tried to get h&s website to come up but I get a DNS error. E-mailed the vendor but will probably not here from them till Monday. Anyone want to help by throwing up the directions? Has H&S passed from this world? Things that make you go hmmmm.
You can just search H&S mini maxx install instructions and it'll be the first thing that pops up in Google.
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Thanks Bubba, The box says .com not .net. still seems to me they ain't around no more. Phone number no good, website no good. No warm and fuzzy. Performance truck parts won't answer there phone or e-mail WTF.
I'm done complaining thanks for listening. Anyway this weeks after-work goal is to get the ex. manifolds and down pipes connected stator back on and fan. hope to be swinging the cab on Saturday!
I'm done complaining thanks for listening. Anyway this weeks after-work goal is to get the ex. manifolds and down pipes connected stator back on and fan. hope to be swinging the cab on Saturday!
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Hey had great CS till the epa shut them down... They still make hard parts but no longer offer, support, or have anything to do with tuning.
If your tuner came in a white box it didn't even come from H&S, it was modified/retuned by the vendor.
If your tuner came in a white box it didn't even come from H&S, it was modified/retuned by the vendor.
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Herb you got one of the few leftover (provided it isn't just re-used packaging), bubba's is exactly what I was talking about.
They still work, but they aren't directly from H&S... They are reprogrammed (bullydog if I remember correctly, don't quote me though.) tuners.
They still work, but they aren't directly from H&S... They are reprogrammed (bullydog if I remember correctly, don't quote me though.) tuners.