Starters?
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Mountain Pass
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Starters?
I have 2 '96 trucks. One with 80k miles the other with 300k. I was noticing how much faster the high mileage truck turns over. Both trucks have a stock reman starter, new batteries, high miler had cables replaced at some point. Thinking the engine just has less compression making it easier to spin over.
Anyway it's got me thinking of getting a different starter for the new truck to spin it faster. Obviously the Denso is the way to go but I can't locate one in canada and shipping is alot. The XDP is in canada. Are they good or should I just pony up for the Denso?
Anyway it's got me thinking of getting a different starter for the new truck to spin it faster. Obviously the Denso is the way to go but I can't locate one in canada and shipping is alot. The XDP is in canada. Are they good or should I just pony up for the Denso?
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If the 80K truck still has the original starter on it, you will be surprised how fast a new OEM starter will spin it over. They say a 2 bolt starter from a Superduty is an upgrade for these trucks. I can't say for sure, as I'm still running the OEM style of starter.
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Mountain Pass
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Yeah I put an OEM reman on it recently. Reman probably not as good as new?
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Where in Canada land are you located?
Some pals of mine in BC have a Washington PO Box for the reason of shipping ease.
I have an OE Denso on the 96. Works great plus runs about $40 to rebuild if needed, picked up at Thoroughbred Diesel. I too hear the late 7.3 offset unit works well. Mine had the old, long Mitsu style.
Pretty sure someone has a Mean Green on this board.
Some pals of mine in BC have a Washington PO Box for the reason of shipping ease.
I have an OE Denso on the 96. Works great plus runs about $40 to rebuild if needed, picked up at Thoroughbred Diesel. I too hear the late 7.3 offset unit works well. Mine had the old, long Mitsu style.
Pretty sure someone has a Mean Green on this board.
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Mountain Pass
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Where in Canada land are you located?
Some pals of mine in BC have a Washington PO Box for the reason of shipping ease.
I have an OE Denso on the 96. Works great plus runs about $40 to rebuild if needed, picked up at Thoroughbred Diesel. I too hear the late 7.3 offset unit works well. Mine had the old, long Mitsu style.
Pretty sure someone has a Mean Green on this board.
Some pals of mine in BC have a Washington PO Box for the reason of shipping ease.
I have an OE Denso on the 96. Works great plus runs about $40 to rebuild if needed, picked up at Thoroughbred Diesel. I too hear the late 7.3 offset unit works well. Mine had the old, long Mitsu style.
Pretty sure someone has a Mean Green on this board.
Got a SD starter. Gonna install and check resistance on cables and replace if needed.
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Lead Driver
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Ah okay, fairly remote!
Keep us posted on the starter. Custombatterycables.com has connectors and such you may need as well as consider going to 'military' style terminals.
Keep us posted on the starter. Custombatterycables.com has connectors and such you may need as well as consider going to 'military' style terminals.
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I installed the 'military' style cables from custombatterycables.com. The cables all seemed to be just a little bit too long, and especially the one joining the two batteries that runs along the top of the radiator core support. The cables are so stiff that it is a little bit of a challenge to find something to do with the little bit of extra length. I will say that it is all installed now and works as you would expect.
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From: Bahstun
put meter on battery terminal and on starter terminal and check for volts when cranking. There should be 0 volts. If there is volts, then wire or a connection is making resistance
if measuring volts at the starter, you have to measure the batteries as well. then see your loss after which should not be much
do the cleaning, its almost free to do and can make a huge difference in cranking.
https://www.ford-trucks.com/forums/1...ou-cranky.html
if measuring volts at the starter, you have to measure the batteries as well. then see your loss after which should not be much
do the cleaning, its almost free to do and can make a huge difference in cranking.
https://www.ford-trucks.com/forums/1...ou-cranky.html
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Mountain Pass
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put meter on battery terminal and on starter terminal and check for volts when cranking. There should be 0 volts. If there is volts, then wire or a connection is making resistance
if measuring volts at the starter, you have to measure the batteries as well. then see your loss after which should not be much
do the cleaning, its almost free to do and can make a huge difference in cranking.
https://www.ford-trucks.com/forums/1...ou-cranky.html
if measuring volts at the starter, you have to measure the batteries as well. then see your loss after which should not be much
do the cleaning, its almost free to do and can make a huge difference in cranking.
https://www.ford-trucks.com/forums/1...ou-cranky.html
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Mountain Pass
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put meter on battery terminal and on starter terminal and check for volts when cranking. There should be 0 volts. If there is volts, then wire or a connection is making resistance
if measuring volts at the starter, you have to measure the batteries as well. then see your loss after which should not be much
do the cleaning, its almost free to do and can make a huge difference in cranking.
https://www.ford-trucks.com/forums/1...ou-cranky.html
if measuring volts at the starter, you have to measure the batteries as well. then see your loss after which should not be much
do the cleaning, its almost free to do and can make a huge difference in cranking.
https://www.ford-trucks.com/forums/1...ou-cranky.html
Negative battery terminal to starter case while cranking shows 0.15 volts
Acceptable?