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Old Mar 13, 2017 | 11:16 AM
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why not use Ford TA-31 an eliminate the gasket?
 
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Old Mar 13, 2017 | 11:24 AM
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Mainly just using what I have available. I'm sure that would work fine too if I had some.
 
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Old Mar 13, 2017 | 11:27 AM
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Very good job Darrin! Where were you when I needed you? lol

Reps sent.
Haha! You have no idea how badly I wanted to hop on a plane and fly out to Nate's when the thrashing was going on!
 
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Old Mar 13, 2017 | 12:58 PM
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That's a good video. I did tighten mine to around 40 psi by feel. That's what it said to do on Guzzles o-ring site. I dabed four corners of the o-ring and then used my 90 pick to push the o-ring in the groove. after that I pulled it in and used motorcraft gray pan sealant under the nut, on the arrows and threads and tighten it up. I then remove the access off around the nut. So far so good. I like what you did, I was just telling every buddy what I did and many others that worked. There several pages on the 99-2003 tech pages that tell what people have done. If it dose leak someday I'll take it up then what I need to do. God bless,

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Old Mar 13, 2017 | 07:40 PM
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Haha! You have no idea how badly I wanted to hop on a plane and fly out to Nate's when the thrashing was going on!
I wish you could have made the thrashing Darrin but that wasn't my point in my post. I spent the $300 because the OX starting leaking bad. I would have 'gotten in line' for one of yours.
 
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Old Mar 13, 2017 | 08:41 PM
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Haha! I couldn't remember if you had bought one of those pieces. My wife says I should make some to sell too. I guess I should make up some jigs and start cranking them out.
 
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Old Mar 13, 2017 | 09:03 PM
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You know what they say, behind every successful man is a women! lol I don't know about cranking them out but I bet a few guys would like one.

Side note: I have always gotten a kick out of your signature 'wife's car=no upgrades allowed'! Same with my wife's VW diesel bug! She said to leave it alone! But, the real funny thing is one day she comes home telling me that some guy downtown was telling her about a chip that could bah, bah, bah. I just rolled my eyes and left the room.
 
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Old Mar 14, 2017 | 10:07 AM
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Lol! That sounds about right Glenn.

On a side note, I was looking through my records and realized that I just passed 5000 mi with no issues since the new clutch, efuel, and injectors went in.
 
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Old Mar 14, 2017 | 06:20 PM
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Well, so far so good. The side and bottom of the oil pan are still dry, but the drivers side of the block and trans are still wet with what appears to be diesel. Looks like it's coming from the stock fitting in the head, not the new compression fitting.

 
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Old Mar 14, 2017 | 06:32 PM
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The heads are 1/8" npt, right? I know you can't remove that fitting with the turbo in unless you cut it in half, but does anyone know if you can put in a 90° street elbow without pulling the turbo?
 
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Old Mar 27, 2017 | 09:32 AM
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Well, the turbo came out over the weekend. I just couldn't figure any way to seal that fitting without spending a bunch of money on AN fittings and hoses and having to wait till they arrived. So out she came, resealed the stock fitting, and all back together again. All seems well now.

I also checked on my dipstick adapter and to my discouragement, found a little oil on it. It appeared to just be coming from around the compression fitting which I chalk up to poor prep on my part. So pulled the tube out, cut it to length, and cleaned up the outside with a little sandpaper. I retightened everything as I put it back together, so we will see how it does this go around.

With all that said, the amount of oil that was there after 2 weeks is in itself a major improvement over what it used to be.

 
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Old Mar 27, 2017 | 09:42 AM
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To bad you had to pull the turbo but I can see why. Looks like a minor setback with your dip stick adaptor.
 
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Old Mar 27, 2017 | 05:36 PM
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That leak is nothing really. I'd say you have had good success so far.
 
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Old Mar 28, 2017 | 07:22 AM
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Is that oil coming out around the bolt on the right side as well?
 
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Old Mar 28, 2017 | 09:25 AM
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It was oil, but I think it was dripping down from the compression fitting and not coming from the bolt.
 
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