Upgrades and Aftermarket - 99 & up 7.3L EngineUpgrading or adding OEM or aftermarket equipment to your 1999-Up Super Duty or Excursion with 7.3L Power Stroke diesel engine. Please confine discussion of topics in this forum to those items that are specific to the 7.3L Power Stroke engine.
ok....i finaly did it.i called cale at bts and now have on order a set of stage I cass injectors (single shot)as well as a new chip loaded with cales tunes to help run it.looking for some advice when i go to do the injectors,im very mechanical but everything can have a learning curve.so im hoping to avoid that,any potential sticky situations anyone can help me avoid id appreciate it.thanks charlie
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2002 f250 lariat 7.3 200k(motor has 170k)
original 4r100 tranny....200k and counting
knock on wood......
tony wildman chip......
stock,economy,daily,towing,extreme,smoke.
red elc good for 150k
4r100 1-2 2-3 3-4sonnax accumulator valves,.427 sonnax line pressure mod valve
4.125"yes thats 4 1/8" diy tymar intake(size matters...lol)
AIH delete,ccv delete,zoodad mod,
4" exhaust no muff
built my own leafs for 4.0 of lift!!!!!!
18" xd bronze revolvers with 325 nittos to wrap them
isspro pyro and boost guages on pillar mount....
There are several excellent summaries of how to change out injectors on vendor's sites (Diesel Innovations, Swamps or Beans will have great helpful procedure summaries.) The worst thing that can happen is you can hydrolock the cylinder. The connecting rod can be bent and then you are looking at a much more expensive tear down. My suggestion would be to pull the back injectors first and let those cylinders fill with oil and fuel from the heads This can then be evacuated with a Mity vac. or the like. Pull the glow plugs from all cylinders (good time to replace them) and after you have the injectors in, but before you replace the glow plugs, turn the engine over by hand with clean shop towels over the cylinder head in place of the valve cover. That will blow residual oil out the glow plug hole. Then turn it over with the starter just bumping it over. Finally seal the cylinders with the new glowplugs (do not forget anti-seize). This might be a good time to replace the injector wiring harness in each cylinderhead as well.
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2002 F350 Lariat CC 4x4 Auto 4.10 DRW, DP-Tuner F5 live tuned stock, quiet, 40dd, 40, 60, 80 tow, 80e and 120r, B&W GN, BrakeSmart, 'pooned tank, tank and pre-pump mods, 2µ Dahl 100 filter, regulated return, BTS dual HPOP, AC singles with EDM 34 lpm nozzles, AIS, H2e, Spearco 6.0 IC, Hypermax 3.5" dp--> MBRP 4" 304SS exhaust, BTS tranny, 203º T-stat, Chevron ELC, coolant filter, Oilguard bypass with Schaeffer 9000, WranglerNW 200 amp alternator & Optima group 31 batteries, Nippon-Denso starter, SPA gauges, SteveRacer mods, Hella 80/100W 9007s, Hella Micro DE foglights, 1000FF driving lights, 220W backup lights, Stancor contactor, Michelin XPS Traction tires, X-Springs, Bilstein shox, custom bumpers but otherwise stock. Nov 30 '99 build engine with 16 K miles, Fluidampr, Comp Cam 910 springs, Melling LPOP and ARP headstuds.
...turn the engine over by hand with clean shop towels over the cylinder head in place of the valve cover. ... Then turn it over with the starter just bumping it over.
Don't skip that first step or you may end up blowing the shop rags off the head and blasting your friend in the face with oil. You will further owe him a new shirt and will have to powerwash the oil off the side of the house/garage. (don't ask).
Also, some oil will remain in the cylinders or get pushed into the exhaust, so don't be alarmed when it smokes like an old steam locomotive for the first 10-20 miles.
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1997 F350 CC DRW E4OD POS. electric fuel, DIY6637, Beans Stage I. 200k and counting. webshots
i dont think i have to ask.......although those are the memories that we all look back and laugh at.i have one involving a msd 6al cd ignition,friend couldnt get his car to start so i found out that the msd functioned properly and provided one hell of a spark(actually i found out it provided about 30 before i could say SHUT IT OFF)LOL THANKS FOR THE INPUT
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2002 f250 lariat 7.3 200k(motor has 170k)
original 4r100 tranny....200k and counting
knock on wood......
tony wildman chip......
stock,economy,daily,towing,extreme,smoke.
red elc good for 150k
4r100 1-2 2-3 3-4sonnax accumulator valves,.427 sonnax line pressure mod valve
4.125"yes thats 4 1/8" diy tymar intake(size matters...lol)
AIH delete,ccv delete,zoodad mod,
4" exhaust no muff
built my own leafs for 4.0 of lift!!!!!!
18" xd bronze revolvers with 325 nittos to wrap them
isspro pyro and boost guages on pillar mount....
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