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Welcome to FTE and diesel ownership. These are great engines, easy to work on and about the cheapest of any diesel for parts. First thing I did when I got mine was tune up the glow plug and fuel systems. Make sure that thing will start when it's cold every time. Do you have maintenance records from the PO to see were he left off?
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You will either love it or hate it, either way you will know fairly quick depending on how well it has been maintained. The engines themselves can take a lot of abuse and are generally good for a ton of miles. Like said above keep the fuel and glowplug system in good shape, I will go a little farther and mention the exhaust, if it has the 20 year old stock system it is 19 and 1/2 years past due to be updraded. I would also get some test strips and make sure the coolant is up to snuff.
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i know the the truck belonged to a small construction company like one guy ive been pricing parts my biggest fear is this is a project truck i need to replace the front seal in the trans how hard is that to do and ive put some threads on here how do i find them
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ive priced glow plugs 9.00 each and a air filter is 20.00 - 50.00 and the fuel filter is 25.00
was thinking about up grading the exsust to headers and 3 in pipe good idea or bad idea
and what are the best glow plugs ive had a few people say autolights are close to ford glow plugs
was thinking about up grading the exsust to headers and 3 in pipe good idea or bad idea
and what are the best glow plugs ive had a few people say autolights are close to ford glow plugs
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NO NO NO NO NO!!!! Motor craft Buroes...Read a post by Melvis written within the last couple weeks..........That should convince you {KNOCKING NOISE FROM THE HEADS}
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what is a good glow plug to go with
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Use only Motorcraft/Beru ZD9 ... Anything else very well could lead to serious engine issues.
There are THOUSANDS of Glow Plug threads pointing out why ... If you can't find one, say so, I'll either start mine and show you the reasons or point out the many others that are pulling the heads off their motors because of NON Motorcraft/Beru Glow Plugs.
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-Enjoy
fh : )_~
There are THOUSANDS of Glow Plug threads pointing out why ... If you can't find one, say so, I'll either start mine and show you the reasons or point out the many others that are pulling the heads off their motors because of NON Motorcraft/Beru Glow Plugs.
ZD9 GP's
DieselFiltersOnline.com
RockAuto.com
-Enjoy
fh : )_~
