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    Help please. Odb port has no power?

    My odb port seems to not have ant power going through it to run my predator, is there a fuse to this odb port and if so which one?
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    HELP!!!! Egt readings

    Dogman, That was my first though, so under the truck i went ! Not a friggen dent of crushed spot anywere! I am running 305 70 16s ,dont know if thats helping any. I did run it in the stock setting and I can still hit 1100 deg.
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    HELP!!!! Egt readings

    So if these are the temps that im getting how do I lower them? Do you think that this old style diablo chip is causing my problems or are these problems common for a chip or performance tune?
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    HELP!!!! Egt readings

    I am seeing these egts on Southparkway .. Overpass-flat for 100 yards overpass ans so on for a couple miles . I am in it pretty hard going up the overpass but no were neae being on the floor! I just drove it about 4 miles and its about 75 deg outside and just normal riving on flat road I was...
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    HELP!!!! Egt readings

    LOL NeverKnow! gauges-JDM Have no idea on the thermostat but water temp never gets over 180deg??? Tranny temps stay around 160 or so . I only tow every once and a while and when i do its only around 4000lbs so nothing sever. I drive pretty conservative but the readings i gave you guy was while...
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    HELP!!!! Egt readings

    Hey guys, as suggested by everyone here I moved my egt probe pre turbo and now I scared to death!! My truck has a tymar style air intake and an 3 1/2 in open exhaust no cat no muffler and Im running an old style (red) Diablo delta chip on the 40hp setting and I can hit 1300 deg with ease (no...
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    help weird sound and stumble

    no white smoke but tons of black smoke
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    help weird sound and stumble

    I changed filters yesterday , how would i go about checking the pressure?
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    help weird sound and stumble

    I put in a Diablo chip that I got from a friend that has the same set up I have , open element air filter,4in exhaust. I wouldnt put it in untill i got all of my gauges hooked up and today was that day. The chip has 3 settings , stock,40hp and 80hp . I have onley ran the 40 hp setting and this...
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    Gauge pod

    So i have taken some of yalls advise and i got me a chip and I refuse to put it in and run it till my gauges are hooked up but I have one quick question? I bought a 3gauge pillar pod off of ebay and it is a matrix brand pod, does this thing mount over my original or do i remove it all together...
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    Dads 6.0 down again

    This is a post for everyone that has been following the saga of my dads 6.0 that keeps just dieing on him. It has been in the shop now for 3 days and they have drove it and it done the same thing to them ! today they called him and said they were going to change everything from the tank to the...
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    Diablo Delta Chip?

    I can pick it up for around 75 bucks. By hard on the truck do you mean on the tranny or does it raise the egt alot?
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    Diablo Delta Chip?

    Do any of you know much about the diablo delta chip for the 7.3? I dont have the money to drop on a custom tune just yet but I would like some better performance and I can pick one of these chips up for a song and dance, it has a 50 and i think a 75 hp setting. I want to know if there is any of...
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    6.0 mystery problem

    I dont know whats going on but I do think the days of true techs are soon to be gone and the void is being filled by parts swapers! Dad was telling me yesterday that this truck(company truck)his boss said cost close to 50k with the utility bed and the whole set up !!! They have spent close to...
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    6.0 mystery problem

    well dads 6.0 died again this morning and now its back to the shop!
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    Help Needed Missing if reved

    If i rev my truck while in park it acts as if it has what the drag racers call a chatter box ? when it gets above 1500 rpm or so it starts to cut out but if im driving it runs fine above 1500rpm ? any ideas what might cause this? Is this a problem?:dunno
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    Freebie Mods

    Does the high idle switch mod that AK Rover speaks of work on2002 models also?
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    6.0 mystery problem

    Strokepower, You are correct ! It was in the shop again over the weekend and this time it got a $500 fuel pump and 3 more injectors replaced! This makes 5 of 8 injectors they claim have failed with around 7k miles since all eight were replaced with new not rebuilt ones. We will see how long...
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    Hard Start Resolved!!!!!!!!!!!

    First of all let me say THANK YOU to everyone that offered up help on my hard start issue! I removed the starter and( its in my nature to investigate)started taking it apart to check it out and it didnt take me long to find the problem! The big post coming out of the solenoid were the hot wire...
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    Hard Start update

    Ok guys,im still working on my hard start problem and I have read post and read online till my brain hurts! LOL I really want to learn as much as i can about this 7.3 so i can work on it myself rather than throwing money at it.I am a Cnc Machinist/programmer by trade and was raised by a mechanic...
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    6.0 mystery problem

    Not sure if it worked but i filled it out (correctly i think)
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    6.0 mystery problem

    One again I come to the fountain of knowledge for a drink!! My father drives a 2006 f450 with 6.0 and has had terrible luck with it lately . I will give the story and wait for all takers on what could possibly be wrong. 2006 f450 6.0 117k ,crossover tube changed, all injectors replaced , no...
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    hard start

    Im pretty sure thats what he did but I can stop off by another place and have it checked just to see. Thanks
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    hard start

    Dave , I had that done yesterday and the guy said they checked good and that my charging system was good. I will have it checked again if you think it needs to? Is there any way to check with a volt meter say while some one is starting the truck?
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    hard start

    I was just parked next to another 7.3 at Home Depot and I happened to be in the truck when the guy came out and started up and His seemed to spin over much faster so Im now thinking my starter may be dragging a little???

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