Well after years of fighting traditional style engine stands, I finlly broke down and bought one with a crank handle on it since I really didn't feel like manhandling my 7.3 while trying to work on it. All I can say is WOW!!. I wish I would have got one of those years ago. Got it from Napa, and it is worht it's weight in gold. I can now position the egine in the exact right position, and under complete control. Of course most of you hopefully don't pull your engine as often as I do....

 

That is a nice stand. Never heard of one like that until now.
Did you ever figure out what was wrong with the engine?

 

Yeah i was going to make a comment in the other thread... but it looks like that engine is well-acquainted to the stand... Sorry situation that you need to keep pulling it... what's wrong with it this time to facilitate pulling it?

 

That engine stand is a little BEEFER than the normal one like I have. If I had to pull my engine I would have to get one of those!!

RIch

 

Yep, that stand is just cool. It was on sale at Napa for $219.

As for the engine, where do I start? I was originally just wanting to visually verify the timing marks on the cam and crank by removing the front cover. What I didn't know until I had the front of the engine apart is that the Pan has to come off to remove the front cover. So, out comes the motor. Again.

So while it is all apart, I took my radiator and intercooler down to be cleaned and flushed. My fan had some cracks in it, so I got a new fan. Also bought a new bigger trans cooler in addition to the two I already have.

The engine. Swamps Diesel, being awesome like they are and trying to help me figure this out, sent me some new rebuilt 275cc extrude Hone injectors to Make sure my injectors are not an issue, or fuel. While the pan was off, I was taking a good look at everything and noticed a lobe on the camshaft had a good .020 groove cut into it from one of the roller lifters. WTF? So now the cam has to come out and be replaced. No problem, I have a spare blown enigne in storage. Go tear it apart on my OLD engine stand, pull the cam, and same thing, on a different lobe. WTFWTFWTF???? Call Ford, they wanted $650 for a new Cam, without gear. I told the guy excuse me for a second while his girlfriend gets off my lap cuz I think I heard him wrong. Still $650. International was only slightly less proud at 560. Called Swamps, they didn't have any. Called Diesel Innovations, and David says, yeah, I have a leftover custome grind cam from a guy's build who ran out of money for $350. Cool, Can I have it by tomorrow? So while waiting, I decided it was a good time to install the new bellows pipes from International. Also discovered that the alignment was off on my Gen3 pump gear by .10 causing it to chowder my OEM HPOP gear. Pulled my spare gear from the other motor, and had to do some grinding on the Gen3 gear to be able to set the proper depth.

And what the hell, while it was out, I did some flow testing on the fuel rails, checking for pressure drop, and total fuel volume through the 1/8"npt ports. That will be posted later.

On the plus side, My Flywheel was in perfect shape after having broke 3 of those in the past. And, the whole reason for tearing into the motor, the timing gear was set correctly. Hopefully a little later today I will find out whether or not I will be going to The Woodburn Truck races next weekend, Where I won 1st last year

 

I look forward to hearing what happens.

 

So since you should about have this down to a science, how fast can you pull a 7.3 out of its cage? Haha just pickin man. Hopefully this is the last pick for a while, now that youve found all these possible contributing issues.

 

I like the stuff in the background: Intake tube, boot, and alt/PS on their bracket laying in the gravel... I can just picture him pulling off parts and tossing them over his shoulder like he's done it a thousand times.

It is a nice dang stand, though! I had a cheap-o when I worked on my 351W. It worked, but I doubt it would stand up to our hulk of an engine.

Joe

 

Dang if you were on ebay last week, there was a powerstroke cam with gear that went for CHEAP!

 

Hey Kris, I see your "leader" is still starred out. That's so weird...

 

Muahahahhahaha...

 

Very innovative.