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- Joined
- Feb 28, 2001
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- Location
- Dayton Oregon
- Vehicle Year
- 1990, 1997
- Make / Model
- Ford
- Engine Type
- 2.3 (4 Cylinder)
- Engine Size
- 2.3 Turbo
- Transmission
- Manual
- 2WD / 4WD
- 4WD
- Total Lift
- 6
- Tire Size
- 35"
I have a '97 F350 crew cab with 7.3L Power stroke, is doing pretty good for a truck with 326K on the clock, 200ish K on the engine... had it for a few days under a year at this point. It's got a 3" round downpipe and 4" straight exhaust exiting before the rear tire and that's about it for mods. Anyway, now to the questions:
- The clutch linkage seems to be about 1/2" too short, I imagine the master cylinder has been replaced with the wrong one, I've heard of this issue before, what's the best fix? I was thinking of pulling the linkage and sleeving it longer, is there a better option? The clutch disengages at the floor but the pedal is soft, there is about 2" of pedal movement at the top of the travel that does absolutely nothing...
-I'm not really all that familiar with the engine yet, and haven't looked too close at what I'm gonna ask about yet
, there's an engine component between the power steering pump and the block that apparently has oil running to it, last sunday I started it up when it was about freezing outside and this was leaking oil (like a pint) for about a minute then it just stopped...
-There's a very minor fuel leak somewhere I think in the valley area, where's the most common place?
The thing is kind of a dog until you get to about 1900rpm, gets 15mpg if I keep my foot out of it or just cruise at below 2000rpm, 11-13mpg towing the Ranger. like I said earlier has about 200k on it, I imagine I'm due for injectors, is it good enough to just get them out and take them to an injector rebuilder? Any good tips for reliability and such?
Thanks! I love the truck, and of the 3 4 wheeled vehicles I own I'm down to using this for DD duty at the moment...
- The clutch linkage seems to be about 1/2" too short, I imagine the master cylinder has been replaced with the wrong one, I've heard of this issue before, what's the best fix? I was thinking of pulling the linkage and sleeving it longer, is there a better option? The clutch disengages at the floor but the pedal is soft, there is about 2" of pedal movement at the top of the travel that does absolutely nothing...
-I'm not really all that familiar with the engine yet, and haven't looked too close at what I'm gonna ask about yet
, there's an engine component between the power steering pump and the block that apparently has oil running to it, last sunday I started it up when it was about freezing outside and this was leaking oil (like a pint) for about a minute then it just stopped...-There's a very minor fuel leak somewhere I think in the valley area, where's the most common place?
The thing is kind of a dog until you get to about 1900rpm, gets 15mpg if I keep my foot out of it or just cruise at below 2000rpm, 11-13mpg towing the Ranger. like I said earlier has about 200k on it, I imagine I'm due for injectors, is it good enough to just get them out and take them to an injector rebuilder? Any good tips for reliability and such?
Thanks! I love the truck, and of the 3 4 wheeled vehicles I own I'm down to using this for DD duty at the moment...
