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Its called Northwest Custom Diesel. They are a powerstroke shop located in Tacoma.

Hey all. I wanted to show off my new rig. I miss the cummins motor but I am in love with everything else about the ford. The interior and body seem to hold up a lot better than the dodges. Also, any dodge with halfway decent miles and a crew cab start at $30k-$40k. I picked up this bad boy fully deleted, old man owned, and only 55k miles for $22k. Its been beautifully maintained and all the work was done by a reputable shop here in Washington. Ill post up some pictures and stats for you. Please don't hate me for going to the dark side! 2003 Ford F-350 Crew Cab/Long Bed 6.0 Powerstroke 6 speed manual 4x4/SRW ARP studs/Updated head gaskets EGR Cooler/Valve delete Coolant bypass filtration system Blue spring fuel regulator update MBRP 4 inch turbo back exhaust (no muffler) 3 inch leveling kit SCT X4 programmer (factory tunes, for now...) Boost/Pyro gauges

Hello all! Sorry I have been radio silent for a while. I ended up selling the old 24v cummins after sticking a remaned motor in it a couple years back. I have since went to the dark side and am rocking a powerstroke these days. Don't hate me for it! I miss the Cummins everyday but I love the ford truck for everything else. A diesel is a diesel at the end of the day and I miss the environment here where everyone just wants to help. Ill get my info changed and try to check in once in a while!

Alright. Well for now I will just leave my pressure gauge on it. If or when it dies I will be able to watch it. I have a pretty good code reader that can also see live data. I might plug that in and watch things whenever I take it down the highway again.

Way ahead of you there boss. I did that last night and drove down the freeway for about 45 minutes. Pressure held steady between 35-40 at the rail all the time. Interesting thing is it never died last night though. Maybe Ill leave that gauge on there until it dies again.

I sure hope its not a float valve being this is fuel injected What throws me is it will start right back up again as soon as I get stopped. No sputtering or coughing. Just starts back up like normal. I would think its an intermittent short someplace but it has only done it at freeway speeds. We bounced around logging roads for a couple hours and it never died. Its definitely got me stumped.

Well I put a fuel pressure gauge on it and drove down the freeway. Pressures held steady and it never died again. Still not sure if it was the fuel pump or not. I hate intermittent problems!! Any idea where to go next?

Did a fuel pump solve that problem? I think I am going to put a pressure gauge on the rail and watch it while I cruise down the freeway. Then I can see if its a fuel pressure problem or not.

Hey there guys. I got my self a cheap rig from a buddy. Its a 2002 F-250 5.4L gasser. Its got a lot of miles on it but I got it for a good price. I am having an issue with it that I am not sure where to start checking things. I picked up the truck a couple weeks ago and its ran fine until today. I should specify I have been doing some maintenance things here and there to the truck. Changed fuel and air filters last night. Changed the cruise control disengagement switch and harness plug also. After about 10 minutes on the freeway today the engine just cut out and died. Got pulled over, shut the key off. Cranked it over and she started right away like normal. Then it was fine the rest of the trip. We did about 30 minutes of slow forest service road driving and it ran fine through all of that. Then on the way home it died twice on the freeway. Both times it started right back up like normal. I am thinking maybe a fuel pump issue. The old fuel filter was pretty well plugged. Maybe now that everything is free flowing the pump cant keep up at highway speeds? I have not checked fuel pressures or anything. I also dont think its a short or wiring problem somewhere otherwise it would have cut out on the forest service roads which were more bumpy than the freeway. What do you guys think??

Definitely time for a boost test. I know the power stuff sounds like fun and games but depending on what you are running for a lift pump that would be my very first upgrade at this point. There is no point in big power stuff if you cant provide the fuel to use it. Then some good RV275 injectors and call it good. That coupled with the Quad will be everything you could ask for if you are sticking to you power goals.

Well I called DAP today. Mine are actually still under warranty. They said just send them in and DAP will pop test the set for free. If there are any that are out of spec they will be replaced. Time will tell what happens I guess.

Just thought I would update on my new engine. I have about 5-6k miles on it now and I think the rings finally seated as it finally stopped using oil. Everything has been running great and smooth. I am still having the slight mis-fire after the truck gets all warmed up. Seems to be getting a little worse actually. It still runs perfectly smooth and even right after start up but once its up to temp it sounds like one or two injectors are not firing properly or at all. I cant see any obvious leaks and I am pretty sure its not growing oil. I am going to get a hold of DAP and see what they have to say. Thats where I got the new RV275's from. Any other suggestions in the mean time? I was going to go through and see if I could at least narrow down what injector is messing up. Maybe even trade it with another and see if the problem follows.

2 Micron should be just fine. I know the factory fuel filters are about 10 micron. I think I have read places where people switched out the 10 for a 2 micron filter.

I would probably start with the easy stuff. Maybe try pulling the EZ completly off the truck. If the problem goes away, that would be a start. What kind of fuel pressure are you seeing? That may also point to a possible issue depending on what that looks like. Another interesting thing I see is this problem started AFTER putting in the new injectors. Maybe its an injector issue?

Is there any way that gear could get off a tooth? Asking for both me and the OP. Or is that gear pretty fool proof to pull off and put back on? Sorry, just never had to do one myself. If his gear was off a tooth would that cause the problems he is experiencing? Kind of like an old school distributor being off a tooth on an old v8. It will still run just miss and run rough...

You know for sure it is coming from the oil pan? What does your oil pressure look like? What level is your oil at? Hope you didnt spin a bearing or something like that. I have never heard of an oil pump failing on one of these but I guess that would be possible to.

Is there any easy way to check the timing key? Just pull the pump gear off? I am still wondering about mine being off that way too. I was thinking about checking it just for the piece of mind. As for the OP, it may be worth sending the injectors for a pop/flow test just to rule them out for sure. Also, while that is happening you can check/replace the connecting tubes if needed. Couldnt hurt just to check.

I just ran into the same problem with my tappet cover. The only way we could get it to seal up properly is using some RTV gasket maker with the new gasket. Luckily the guy that did my engine swap for me "took responsiblity" for the leaky cover. He got it all fixed up for me. I think he used the "right stuff gasket maker". I have a couple thousand miles on it now and all is dry.

Ditto here. I could have probably fit four but wasnt thinking ahead. If I was ever needing more I would probably add some in the garage door opener button area.

I see that Hella has also come out with a verison of those 9104 flosser bulbs. @IBMobile do you ever get anyone flashing their brites back at you? I would just be worried about blinding people with these things. https://www.amazon.com/HELLA-HLA-H83155131-9004-100-80W/dp/B000COBLNE

Here is your info on the Wicked wheels. They even have a comparison graph to show you factory vs wicked wheel. Pretty neat. http://www.thoroughbreddiesel.com/dieselsite/dodge-wicked-wheel.htm They are even on sale right now.... I am gonna get one when I have some spare funds.

Thanks for that. Cant ever keep these things straight!

As far as I understand as long as the ECM sees the crank/cam sensor signal while the truck is running is allows the alternator to charge. If that sensor is not sending a signal to the ECM that the engine is turning, the ECM doesnt allow the alternator to charge. If the alternator did in fact test good, I would be afraid there are problems with the ECM. You should plug in a scanner and see if there are any codes in the computer. If there are, it may lead you to wherever the problem is.

Part of that whole theory idea I have read is this isnt the first time a "global warming" took effect on the earth. A few thousand years before the last ice age the planet supposedly heated up a significant amount and then plunged straight into the ice age. A lot of people believe that the planet is just getting ready for another ice age and cleansing of its surface. As for fossil fuels I do believe we have to get away from them. Maybe not in our lifetime but someday we will run out of fossil fuels. Then where will we be? No gas, plastic, coal, anything. We better get our act together on that one. On a different note, I strongly feel we need to bring back some of the logging and other material producing industries to the states. A lot of that is very renewable resource material that we arent taking advantage of. Most of the original industry here in the state of Montana is now gone with the government and EPA restrictions. Little to no mining and very little logging is left going on anywhere up here. With the technologies we have today we should be able to produce materials in a safe and clean manner IMHO. Just a few thoughts from MT.

No snow yet?!?! Our snow level has come down to below 5000 feet around here. It is a good feeling getting up into those high altitudes like that. I cross lost trail pass for work every couple of weeks. Clears just over 7000 ft. I love getting out in the woods like that too. Good for the soul.