Phydeaux88 : you mean firewall instead downpipe? and how do you modify it, you have to cut it or what? Definitively I´m going to Tymar like filter, I agree with you and others in the forums about K & N filters.
Last week I changed the ball joints. Fortunately I don´t have problems to get suspension parts, the tranny, brakes, etc, only with the motor parts.

Drag_N_Fly_One thnx Frank I´m doing the list. It takes to get parts from the US when I order them, no less than 2-3 weeks.

My parts list to keep on hand:

Cam Position Sensor (is this what you mentioned Frank or is other one?)
Fuel Pump
Water Pump
Glowplugs
the wiring harness
valve cover gaskets

Thanks for all your advice, any thing else in the parts list?
p.s- could you recommend any place to buy them?

 

Phydeaux88: I forgot to answer about of to leave the Catalytic converter out of the new exhaust system and consider leaving the muffler out, are there any problem about the contamination?.



thanx.
Jose A.

 

Oops my bad. You modify the firewall, depending on the diameter of the downpipe it will range from grinding off or bending over a ridge, where two body panels meet, to cutting out a piece and rewelding it.

Diesels do not make the type of contaminants that Catalytic Converters are meant to eliminate. In some years PSDs didn't have them.

 

Jose;
I don't know if it's the Cam sensor or not. I cannot find the post I was reading. But they suggested keeping a spare one on hand. In other words.. one to fix the person's problem, and a spare one to carry in case the same problem happend again.

One note... The wiring harness for the glow plugs comes as part of the valve cover gaskets. Living in mexico if I were you I would find the switch the people here have said is made to shut the glow plugs off in warm weather. Glow plugs are really for cold weather starts. I don't think mexico gets too much cold weather aye. I know that is a modification I will be making on mine for summer times.

 

RÖENTGEEP,

The CPS (Cam Postion Sensor) is the one that can go out, you know when it's completely dead when the tach does not move. You can usually find them pretty cheap on ebay. This is the one that everybody has in the glove box, along with a 10 mm wrench.

Carter makes the fuel pumps for our trucks. Ebay also has them, as does Autozone, Advanced Auto parts, NAPA etc. (don't buy from Ford, the price is too high). When you replace a fuel pump you will need to replace the three blue hoses and the two banjo gaskets at the same time. (do a search on this site, the part numbers were posted not long ago) The hoses and banjo gaskets come from Ford, price is not bad.

Water pump, buy from an auto parts store or International Dealer.

Glowplugs, like Drag_N_Fly_One stated, they are only needed for cold weather. I have a switch on mine, and the glowplugs only come on when I flip the switch. I never turn them on unless its in the 30's (F).

Wiring harness? Are you talking about the under the valve cover wiring harness? If so, it takes 4, but I would only get two if you are just getting them as spares. It is rare that all four go bad at the same time. Get them from an International Dealer not Ford.

Valve cover gaskets, usually it's the pins that go bad, not the gaskets themselves, unless it burns a connector. Again do a search, 1997F-350 posted the International part # for the pins, connectors and tool.

 

If you need valve cover gaskets or the injector/glowplug harness, check out Power stroke shop. They are one of the sponsors on fte. Thats where I got all of mine, and also at a cheeper price than anywhere else. Hope that helps and good luck!

 

Phydeaux88, Drag_N_Fly_One, plowhand and Stroker 94 1/2, your help has been very useful. I´ve taking all your advices and making a list of the places to buy the parts.
I agree that here in Mexico we don´t have too much cold weather, seldom times is 30o F. (-1o C), mostly about 40´s. in winter time, so I would find the switch to shut the glow plugs off.
I ask to plowhand how did you make de connections and where? Do you think is possible DIY any diagram? I suposse that is a 2 way switch, isn´t it?. The light WAIT TO START is not going to go on? or is a different thing?

Here in my town there are an AUTOZONE, I´m going to ask if they have some parts, buy a really know that they have a different inventory than in USA. and check out Power stroke shop.

I´ll do a search on this site, for the part numbers posted in the forums
I don´t know about the Wiring harness? I don´t know if it is about the under the valve cover wiring harness? If so, it takes 4, but I would only get two if you are just getting them as spares.

So again thank you very much. Jose A.
ps. my My parts list to keep on hand goes like this:

Cam Position Sensor (2)
Fuel Pump
Water Pump
Three blue hoses and the two banjo gaskets
Glowplugs
the injetor/glowplugs wiring harness
valve cover gaskets
If we are talking about the under the valve cover wiring harness? If so, it takes 4, but I would only get two as spares.
Pins, connectors and tool.

 

Jose,

If you are not currently having intermittent trouble with your Cam Position Sensor, (CPS) I would not buy two. Just buy one and install it and put the old one in your glove compartment.

When they begin to give trouble your engine will have a short miss as if you turned the key off for about one second and then back on again. If you can look quickly enough you may notice the tach drop out while this miss is taking place. Mine happens too quickly and for too short of a time to have a chance to look at the tach. If it hasn't done that while you were driving it then the CPS that you have should be good enough to ride in your glove compartment and serve as a spare.

What part of Mexico do you live in?

Gene

 

RÖENTGEEP, to do the glow plug switch, locate the glow plug relay (looks like the starter relay thats on the fender) on the front right (passengers side) of the engine, under the cover. There will be two big wires and two small wires, disconnect the two small wires or unplug them if yours has the plug. With a volt meter or test light, find the one that has power when the key switch is turned on. Cut this wire, add enough wire to go inside the cab to the dash, attach a switch, run wire back to the other end of the cut wire and attach. Re-connect the two small wires to the relay. Your "Wait to Start" light will still come on, but your glow plugs will not have any power unless you flip the switch.

Unless you just have alot of money to spend, or you just want to have the parts on hand, I would change your list to the following:

Cam Position Sensor (1) ...(like Gene W said, put the new one on the truck and put the old one in the glove box as a spare.)

Fuel Pump... since it takes a long time for you to get parts, it would be good to have on hand if yours dies

Water Pump......since it takes a long time for you to get parts, it would be good to have on hand if yours dies

Three blue hoses and the two banjo gaskets....needed when you change the fuel pump

Glowplugs....unless you have some bad ones, or you are going to replace yours, I would not buy them just to have. If one or two go bad your truck will still start and run, and if it's really cold you can plug in the block heater.

the injetor/glowplugs wiring harness...this is the under valve cover wiring harness. I would only get two.

valve cover gaskets....One per side. Check your's. If the connectors look good, (not melted or burnt) I would only get one as a spare.

Pins, connectors and tool....good to have on hand.

Thermostat... I would keep a new thermostat on hand also.

Check out these sites: http://www.intellidog.com/dieselmann/home.html
http://129.33.208.17/site_layout/eng...asp#durability
http://www.nav-international.com.br/...rStroke/hs.asp
they have alot of info on our trucks and engines.

 

Gene, thank you, I´d taken note about your advice, about the CPS and now I already know what are the symptoms to wait if the miss is taking place.
I live in Celaya, in Guanajuato State, is in the area of the BAJIO in central Mexico, have you ever been here?.

Again my friend plowhand thanks for your comments. And for sure I don´t have a lot of money to spend, and I only just want to have the parts on hand, so I will change my list as you suggested. OK? thanks again.

Another question: which especificaly are the Pins, connectors and tool, to have on hand, because I don´t find in the internet; and about the three blue hoses: what are they, thouse from the radiatior? and the two banjo gaskets are one for the pump and the other for the thermostat?

Is for me very clear your explanation about the wiring for the switch, and I only have the interrogative about the specific switch, is a toggle one? or only one to push and out? (I don´t know if I explained myself?) because in that way you can´t forget to turn off, or accidentaly leave it "on".

syncerely yours. Jose A.

 

RÖENTGEEP, The switch that i have is a toggle, I wired a small red LED light into the side going to the GPR, so when the switch is on the light is on, but you could use a momentary push switch (hold it in and it's on, let it go and it's off). Also by wiring it the way I explained, if you leave it on, the PCM will power it off, just like it does before you installed the switch. The switch is not a constant hot (12 volt), you are just stopping the hot (12 volt) from reaching the GPR and turning on the glow plugs when you do not want them on.

The three blue hoses go from the fuel pump to the fuel filter housing.
The two banjo gaskets go on either side of the fuel line (on the banjo bolt) on the rear of the fuel pump.
The Pins, connectors and tool are from an International dealer.

Check out the third website in my last post to you. It's a shop manual, look up the fuel pump and it will show you all of the parts.

 

I was confused between fuel pump and water pump, now I understood about the fuel hose, blue (3) and the fuel pump banjo gaskets (2). Oh my god !!! I found the number of that parts; and also with the pins, connectors and tool, I understand that are thouse special parts with the gaskets (4 hard shells, pins, terminals and removal tool: wrigth?).
And I see with the toggle if I leave it on, the PCM will power it off, just like it does before I installed the switch, so don´t worry if I forget to off it.

I reviewed the links, and see the exploded views. wonderful.

So, I´m sorry.
thanks again.

 

Not a problem, glad to help. If you need any more information just start another post. See you on the site.