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Are you going to pull the box all the way out, or leave it in place and try to wiggle it in there? I've found it a lot less frustrating to start at the clamp on the turbo, disconnect the MAF and just remove everything. It's a lot easier to get the box to seal properly that way.
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Bill,
How many miles are on that carrier bearing? It seems premature to have gone through one, at least time-wise.
Steve,
Cool's supposed to go away tomorrow, but ya' gotta' admit, we've had one of the nicest summers on record.
We had an overcast, "June Gloom" day in late July for pouring concrete, so no complaints here!
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How many miles are on that carrier bearing? It seems premature to have gone through one, at least time-wise.
Steve,
Cool's supposed to go away tomorrow, but ya' gotta' admit, we've had one of the nicest summers on record.
We had an overcast, "June Gloom" day in late July for pouring concrete, so no complaints here!
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From: La La Land
Maybe it'll just be temporary, and we'll get back to what we have today by the end of the week or so.
Just in time for a BBQ? See other thread.
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Just in time for a BBQ? See other thread.
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Are you going to pull the box all the way out, or leave it in place and try to wiggle it in there? I've found it a lot less frustrating to start at the clamp on the turbo, disconnect the MAF and just remove everything. It's a lot easier to get the box to seal properly that way.
Miles = 72.5k. The bearing seems okay, but the rubber mount is weather cracked and to my eye seems to have more play than it should. But I don't really know. It would help if I could inspect a few other specimens. Anyway, I chickened out on changing it because I don't have an impact that can handle the yoke nut. So I just lubed the spline and put it back together. Will keep an eye on it.
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I suppose a fellow could pull out the filterminder and..er...suck on it to see if it moves, but absorbing the cost of a filter every 70k+ miles isn't too bad.
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That's what I figured. It doesn't owe me anything. I guess a guy could test the basic function of the minder by blocking the intake. I probably won't own the truck for more than another 70k anyway.
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Despite their reputation for "not working", I'm a firm believer in FilterMinders.
Those that say "it never moved at all" haven't let a filter get to the point of actually needing replacement.
Remember, a used filter actually filters better than a brand-new one, but only to a certain point.
The FilterMinder is there to discern that point.
When I picked mine up (used, in Arlington, TX), the broker told me it had been "fully serviced". At the motel that night in McKinney, I started poking around under the hood and found the FilterMinder almost max'd out. I simply re-set it, thinking that it hadn't gotten re-set when the filter was "just changed". The next morning, going through Denton, I got to thinking about it, so pulled over and looked. Even though I wasn't feeling any lack of power, sure enough, it was again max'd.
Went to the NAPA in town and got a new stock air filter, and it was still reading "nothing" when I got back to L.A.
In my opinion, they work as advertised. I've got one in the end of my 6637. Of course, it's never moved.
But if it does.......
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Those that say "it never moved at all" haven't let a filter get to the point of actually needing replacement.
Remember, a used filter actually filters better than a brand-new one, but only to a certain point.
The FilterMinder is there to discern that point.
When I picked mine up (used, in Arlington, TX), the broker told me it had been "fully serviced". At the motel that night in McKinney, I started poking around under the hood and found the FilterMinder almost max'd out. I simply re-set it, thinking that it hadn't gotten re-set when the filter was "just changed". The next morning, going through Denton, I got to thinking about it, so pulled over and looked. Even though I wasn't feeling any lack of power, sure enough, it was again max'd.
Went to the NAPA in town and got a new stock air filter, and it was still reading "nothing" when I got back to L.A.
In my opinion, they work as advertised. I've got one in the end of my 6637. Of course, it's never moved.
But if it does.......
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The filterminder has been a subject of a few discussions in the 7.3 forum, hasn't it Marv? 
Didn't ernesteugene do a rather lengthy write up on it, replete with graphs and everything?
Didn't ernesteugene do a rather lengthy write up on it, replete with graphs and everything?
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Actually, I don't recall a Gene-o-graph on the FilterMinder, but on the 6637.
Let's just say that I don't believe everything I read on the internet, and leave it at that.....
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