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    7.3 idi blowing smoke

    Just put in a 7.3 idi in my service truck, it's blowing a ton of white ish smoke. Seems to be from fuel. The truck still has a few body panels that need to be put on, lights, bumper, etc. It hasn't been driven more than a couple hundred feet since we put the donor engine in. Engine has 160k...
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    Saw this jewel today

    I've never seen a setup like this before.
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    No start after warm up- idi diesel

    Hey all, I recently bought a 1990 F-450 service truck off Craigslist for $2500. It has either an early 7.3 idi or a 6.9 idi diesel swapped in from an 80's truck as the previous owner threw a rod out the side of the oil pan. I don't know which it is because I can't find a serial # and the...
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    Well, I got lucky

    I found out that this off road dump trucks parking brake doesn't hold on a hill today. I had the dump truck unchained and was on the hood folding the mirrors back out when the f@#&$* started rolling. I barely made it into the cab and got the truck stopped with the service brake. I was two feet...
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    If you're gonna mess something up......

    Do something that leaves people scratching their heads wondering how you did it in the first place. So I get to the job site first thing this morning to load out a little Hitachi 135 excavator. I detach, get out all my chains and binders, and hoof it over to the excavator on the other side of...
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    Here's a local jewel

    Never heard of this brand before, a Badger 1085. Anyone have any info on these things? https://raleigh.craigslist.org/hvo/d/red-oak-excavator/7018263815.html
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    Requesting advice: How do I become as cool as Junkyard?

    I've lurked on the forums for about 6 years now, from the end of high school, through college, through dropping out of college, and into my career as a lowboy driver. There have been many threads that have spawned long reading sessions, and from Georgia Iron's 953 saga, Junkyards work thread...
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    Trying to fix my great uncles Mitsubishi MS 240-8

    Long time lurker and first time poster here. We have an 84 Mitsubishi MS 240-8 excavator on our farm and it hasn't run in a few years, but there have been a few things that need to be done on the farm (dam repairs, stump removal, removing several beaver dams...etc) that would be much easier...
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