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    Question 4x4 not working 6.0

    I have had alot of 4x4 problems on my 03 f350. the root cause has always been the solonoid on the passangeer fender that controles vacume preasure to the hubs. now I always lock it in manually. i hate dealing with electric and vacum problems especially when they cause bigger problems like a...
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    How to deal with the cold

    I'm not an ice road trucker, but an "ice off-road trucker." I think I might be a "foot-power" guy for a month now though. 2 feet of snow on a foot of ice makes for some great fishing and lousy access. We might need a -30f snap to get good driving ice back.
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    How to deal with the cold

    That's the kind of enginuity I like to see. I would guess that would work as I had to do something very similar to get a 9400 international going last winter. threw a big tarp over it stacked bales around the edge to keep the wind out and fired up a sunflower propane heater under it. came...
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    4x4/air conditioning issue

    I just think it would be cool to have this problem in December. AC is all natural in my neck of the woods this time of year. sounds like a vac issue. How long does it take to come back on?
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    How to deal with the cold

    I do agree with the front end down wind trick. I always face the truck south in the winter when I am not driving it daily in case I need it and don't have time to wait for the block heater to do it's thing. I havn't heard the blanket thing before. is that to improve the efficiency if it...
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    How to deal with the cold

    To all you "upnort" guys, what tricks do you use to deal with the cold. I'm not looking for the "plug it in when it gets cold and it starts fine down to -15" I'm talking about parking on a frozen lake and waking uo to 35 below and a screaming wind. I carry a couple jugs of meltdown and a...
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    Spare hanger broke, spare is gone!

    When I bought my 03 used a few years ago the spare was gone and the cable was hangingthere. someone had gone to the trouble of cranking it down to steal the tire, left the "socket" they used to lower it behind and not cranked it up. the dealership used the truck to haul cars to and from...
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    Help Needed mechanic in SW MN

    Update: New fuel filter seems to have solved my problem. Hopefully it was that and not the half day in the heated shop. I wouldn't think injector problems would go away by heating it up. Marshall Ford was extreamly unhelpful to the point of sending me in compleatly the wrong direction. all...
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    Help Needed mechanic in SW MN

    pluged it in at 6:00 last night (didn't want to get up early to plug it in) started it at 6:00 this morning. took off at 6:25. should have been warm enough. at first I thought it was gelling and by waiting 5 minuets after stalls it was dispersing some engine heat to the fuel. dumped in a...
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    Help Needed mechanic in SW MN

    I live in Sw MN and am looking for a reliable mechanic to work on my '03 6.0. I think one of my injectors is shot and allowing exhaust back into the fuel system??? truck starts rough, idles fine, dies a half mile down the road. I have to give it a few minuets before it will start back up...
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