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Well, don't take this the wrong way, but I hope you're wrong. I just bought some last night. I had to order some stuff on Amazon and I found them for $41.50. So $83 to do both sides where as OEM would be over $300. There are plenty of mixed reviews on them, but it seems to be more positive than not, so I guess I'll find out for myself.
I travel with two spare dorman gaskets. I have been stranded twice from burned out pins. Lifetime warranty is nice, but I have no faith in the things... thus the two spares.
Yeah, I saw you posted this on another thread when did a search this morning. I guess I'll just do the drivers side and hold onto the other one as a spare until I'm confident in them.
I converted my old 96 to the SD style for like $400 or $500. I would suggest doing this. I will be doing it to my 97 should it ever need them.
But I thought Superdutys sucked? LOL...just giving you a hard time. The SD gaskets are a definite improvement. I never did them on an OBS because I figured the first ones lasted 20 years, so new originals would be just fine. I did go with Motorcraft from Clay though. I a sure that makes a difference. Darin, I say your fine using the Dormans. I have heard more good than bad lately about them and I like their one-piece design on the inside.
Well, I finally got around to pulling my drivers side VC and sure enough, there was a pretty good dent on the sealing surface in the back corner and another smaller one up towards the front. Kind of hard to see, but it is concave right there at the corner.
I placed it flat on the concrete and used my hammer and punch to pop it out. There was one GP plug that was slightly burnt too, so I went ahead and swapped in a Dorman SD gasket. Since I didn't have time to do the passenger side and it isn't leaking, I might just hold onto the other one for awhile as a spare.
It's been awhile; time to share some updates. The craziest thing I've just learned is that a 7.3 can run without a fuel pump! On my way to work today I noticed a considerable lack of power, max boost was about 15 psi, but no smoke and no high EGTs. Really struggled to get it home as it would start missing if I gave it to much throttle. My fuel pressure gauge has been failing so seeing it reading zero wasn't too surprising, but when it fails it's an open circuit and maxes the gauge out. When I got home, I checked the mechanical gauge under the hood and sure enough it was zero too. After a short investigation I noticed that my rollover switch was tripped. A quick reset and the truck was back to normal.
Now to the sad reason that switch had tripped. Tuesday I had a minor fender bender that thankfully only damaged the front bumper. I've already ordered a brand new one, but in the mean time I was trying to straighten it as much as I can so that the tires don't rub. Last night out of frustration I took a sledge hammer to the drivers corner to just get a little more clearance for that tire. Well, my rollover switch is mounted to the inside of the drivers fender. I guess the shocks popped the spring.
I guess in an actual rollover a 7.3 can actually keep running no matter what safety features you have to shut the pump off.
On a more positive note, last month I got new clear headlights. Thankfully they weren't damaged the other day.
Hope it didn't damage the injectors. Running them with no (or low) fuel pressure is really hard on them. Glad you weren't hurt in the accident, though.
Hope it didn't damage the injectors. Running them with no (or low) fuel pressure is really hard on them. Glad you weren't hurt in the accident, though.
Yeah, I'm hoping the same. I drove it to work today without issue, and everything seems back to normal. I'm still surprised that it even started yesterday without the fuel pump.
I had to order some stuff on Amazon and I found them for $41.50. So $83 to do both sides where as OEM would be over $300. There are plenty of mixed reviews on them, but it seems to be more positive than not, so I guess I'll find out for myself.
