Diesel Truck Shiat - Per Cook's Request...

[85cj7]

I need an intake tube and air box (top and bottom) for a '96 f-250 7.3L

Any hints where I might find one? I really don't want to have to pull one myself. I also want stock, no cold air/aftermarket.

Thanks.

[Sparling]

Dude, stop rubbing lotion on your hands and go get one at a picknpull yard. It's probably like a hose clamp and (4) 8mm bolts.

[85cj7]

I'm not saying it's difficult to remove. I'm saying that I don't have the time to dick around in a ****ty area of Dallas searching for a part that is for a friend of a friend. Got any Internet or Craigslist leads, let me know. . . .

[Sparling]

I got me a new truck a couple of weeks before clayton. 08 f250 with a 6.4. Low miles, lariat, clean paint, and you can talk at normal volumes to the person right next to you. Then I put a tablet in the dash.

[DRAGOONRANCH]

I got me a new truck a couple of weeks before clayton. 08 f250 with a 6.4. Low miles, lariat, clean paint, and you can talk at normal volumes to the person right next to you. Then I put a tablet in the dash.

How do you like the tablet in there? Easyish install?

[BroncoJo]

looks sweet

[Sparling]

The tablet is great. There's an app for the radio so it has controls just like a touch screen aftermarket radio would, and I can use all sorts of apps like pandora, spotify, google or other map apps, Netflix, etc. I installed a Sony head unit behind it, so the tablet isn't really doing much with the eq stuff. All of my steering wheel controls and the factory sub are all connected and still work. I also have an app to monitor live data from my truck.



Install wasn't too bad. All I really had to do was trim the dash cover just a bit so the tablet would sit flush up against the opening. Most people I've seen are using iPad minis which are smaller than this tablet and are easier to install. The only weird thing was that I had to move the sub charging port so I could actually plug in a cable to charge it. I have it wired so it charges when the radio is on, but not through the radio, and there's an app to control the screen turning on and off since you can't press the home or power buttons.

[davido]

That looks awesome!

[Shaggy]

Dodge's 4wd stopped functioning back in May 2015. It would just grind when put into gear. Well just last week I was driving back from Waco and it decided to sound like a maraca the whole drive. I pulled the case Friday and opened it up. Well the shift fork had come apart which explains why it only grinded when trying to put in 4wd. I guess pieces floating around for the good part of a year finally did some damage. Leaving Waco it decided to blow out most of the fluid out of the case. It was pretty empty when I got it torn apart. All of the oil remaining was more suspended metal shavings than oil. The magnet was completely covered. The case has a screen with a tube that flows oil from the bottom of the case to the top. This was packed full of shavings. There isn't any one big thing that looks like major carnage. Just light wear throughout the entire case in every single gear. Guess I should have pulled it the day it stopped going into gear. It is a NP 273D case. I think I am just going to go with a remand one. They are about the same price as one from a junkyard with just as many miles as mine. When I pulled the case I also learned that the front CV driveshaft needs rebuilt and front pinion leaks. Also the rear driveline needs a new carrier bearing. 180K on the truck and I haven't done these things to it yet so I guess it is just time.

[bcolman]

I just bought a rebuilt NP263HD from these guys, http://highgeartransmission.com/, for my duramax. It was the best price I could find and it was delivered in less than a week. I found them on Ebay.

[Shaggy]

Thanks, I never use ebay anymore. There are lots of companies out there that are about 500$ less than I have been quoted.

[Shaggy]

Transfercase came in. Drive shafts are being rebuilt. Picked up a Pinion seal. Time to start putting it back together. I had to replace the slip yoke on the rear driveline also. It was scorn up pretty good at the seal edge and my driveshaft guy said it would leak very quickly if I didn't replace it. The ujoints in the rear driveshaft are beef. 1480. Didn't realize they were that large.

[DangerRanger15]

OK so my 4x4 stopped working on my 7.3l. When I turn the switch nothing happens at all no lights no grinding noise no vacuum no nothing. It did however throw a code and the description is "4WD Mode Select Switch Circuit Fault". Is that the actual switch on the dash or something else?

[BroncoJo]

OK so my 4x4 stopped working on my 7.3l. When I turn the switch nothing happens at all no lights no grinding noise no vacuum no nothing. It did however throw a code and the description is "4WD Mode Select Switch Circuit Fault". Is that the actual switch on the dash or something else?

I have never dealt with this, If mine gives me any hiccups I'm replacing with the manual shift version. My first instinct would be to check the fuses, did you do this?

[DangerRanger15]

Ya I checked all the fuses and relays and they all look good. I was thinking about changing to the manual shift one but its a whole new transfer case.