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Old Jan 27, 2009 | 04:27 PM
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Self regulating.

Power for it comes from the ignition circuit.
 
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Old Jan 27, 2009 | 08:15 PM
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You won't find any sort of heat exchanger on the fuel system of my trucks, and, I deal with some mighty cold temps, if you have good quality fuel and/or good additives, there is no need to heat the fuel.
 
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Old Jan 27, 2009 | 09:26 PM
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Originally Posted by Dave Sponaugle
I was reading a thread up in one of the Stroke forums about gelling problems one woman from Cedar Rapids had.
BTW, thanks for mentioning that, I wasn't aware of any troubles until you said that, then I knew exactly who was in trouble... I happen to be in a position to be able to help out.
 
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Old Jan 27, 2009 | 09:41 PM
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I wish I had said something earlier.

She got it going again, but she sure went through the ringer getting it running.

Seems the better half had the keys to almost everything she needed with him, and he was in Nebraska.

He was supposed to be home yesterday I think, and still no word from him.

We were teasing about the fresh dug holes in the yard at her house.
 
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Old Jan 27, 2009 | 09:50 PM
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I can still at least read codes to figure out what continues to go on with it. Had I known soon enough, might have been able to save her a tow.. oh well. She lives where I go to class and work, broke down in my territory where I can get the help out. We met up a while back when she first got moved out here, so she knows where to find me... just didn't have contact info to do anything sooner.
 
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Old Jan 27, 2009 | 10:15 PM
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Man I wish I had known that earlier, she was still out on the highway when I first saw her 911 help thread.

I did not know you were that close to Cedar Rapids.

Guess this was a duuhh for me.

I have been out plowing to much snow and gotta go out again shortly.

Seems like a nice girl though, even if she did bury Randy out in the yard somewhere for taking all the keys to everything.
 
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Old Jan 27, 2009 | 10:22 PM
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Yep, I live 35 miles SW of Cedar Rapids, about the same due west of Iowa City. If you recall the Kinze Manufacturing plant on I-80, that is my exit.
 
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Old Jan 28, 2009 | 12:30 AM
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Originally Posted by JOEOIL
heat exchanger,before the filter, heated by the antifreeze,
only for winter driving, the pos, db2's are sissy's
Dude, your grammar is worse than mine, and I'm a freakin import! What about DB2s? I have a DB2 (duh), I have no issues running it in the cold, my fuel usually stays comfortably at 20F and below. So come again?
 
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I have the same truck except it is a 1990. I just did a 1500 mile trip though Mexico pulling a 16ft cargo trailer at 7000 lbs. I also had a 11 1/2 foot camper in the bed. The truck did great (except for a fan clutch problem).
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Old Jan 28, 2009 | 09:54 AM
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Originally Posted by Purcell McCue
I have a 90 F250 7.3 idi and have used it to tow a 7000# travel trailer for 8 years, it is fine till you hit a long hill (doesn't need to be real steep) and then it pulls down to about 45 mph. Otherwise it does fine.
I agree, i use my truck to tow a 30' 5th wheeler that weighs 7200# empty & probabily around 9000# loaded, for the past 2 years i've been pulling it up & down I-10 which runs along the gulf coast ( flat road ) no problem, a couple of months ago i pulled it to tulsa,ok. as soon as i reached the hills of east texas & s. oklahoma things changed, it's the slow long climbs that will get you,there were times when i was in 3rd. gear with my foot to the floor going 35mph on the interstate.

on the way back i was driving from oklahoma city south to dallas into a 30 to 40 mph head wind, that was every bit as bad as the hills.

I would not even consider taking this rig into a mountainous area.
 
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