Part 2 1989 Ford F250 7.3 IDI Diesel sitting for 10+ years  

Cleaned up nicely! Props to the wife who is such a good sport.

I'm glad the old pickups are being brought back to life. He'll of a lot better then the new ones that are usually meant to die on ya so you have to spend more money. Good job and keep it up

That is too clean, I’m jealous. Also adorable kid checking out dads project, always heartwarming to see a family doing stuff together, much like the days when these trucks were new. Also I’m so busy but dang it, I need a barn-find this summer.

Your wife's a keeper man! I just knew she'd be mad about you buying another rust bucket when the thing had trouble getting in the garage. She just giggled and helped you clean it up.

I have a 1986 f250 4x4 diesel super cab 6.9 idi sat since 1994 under a pole barn. I put a new injection pump,injectors,return line kit and high pressure injector lines. Starter was froze so I rebuilt the starter and alternator while I was at it. The lift pump was bad so I tlreplaced it. Put in two heavy truck batteries. Changed all oil and filters bleed the injection system and she fired right up! So the rear main seal leaking I noticed so I am pulling the motor. Got a complete rebuild kit cam upgrade turbo upgrade with intercooler. Rebuilding due to blow by think a ring is stuck from siting so long. New pistons everything. Other than consuming oil and smoking real bad black with blue tint it runs really good.

Such a sweet old truck. Love them old diesels. That one is so clean and straight.

I owned a 1990 F350 diesel in 2010. I didn’t mind replacing parts, fuel pump, water pump, alternator, heater coil, starter, radiator, transmission… what I did mind was changing the same parts multiple times. After a year and thousands of dollars in monthly repairs I had my fill.

I love how you just casually walk by with the Busch lattes haha

That is a nice Obs Ford.

Man, she made that interior look new!

Gosh what a nice beautiful truck, you really never see them like that anymore these days..

I love the clackiness and erratic idling of idi's.

Great truck dude. Love seeing the family jumping in to help thats awesome. I noticed it's still clicky clicky when you turn on the glow plugs. I'd double check the glow plug harness plug. Mine had all the green junk and it had alot of resistance in the wires right there. Cleaned it out and no issues. Some people even just run nice but connectors on those high amp draw wires only.

Great job to you and your Lady, she did a great job with the cleaning and detail.

Nice rig, good job on the steering column issue. Sometimes it’s the small stuff that keep ‘em down. That’b a nice steel hauler in Iowa!

I have the identical truck right down to color here in Canada. I think you need to clean the contact surfaces on the power cables at your starter. You may just be amazed at the difference. Ruff riding man truck right there.

Thanks for that first 8 minutes! I was thinking about keeping mine and rebuilding/refurbishing everything. It brought back loads of memories. Mine's a dually crew cab and is going to the highest bidder.

wow beautiful truck ! great job washing her ma'am

Looks brand new

Lots of work and lots of new parts

Really cleaned up nice

You did a Cracking job on that cool truck!! 👏 Thanks for the video 📹 I loved it ❤️

Great video part 1 and part 2. What a nice truck.

That truck turned out nice! Good job

Great truck. Nice work. 😎🔨👊🏻

I bought an 89 F250 out in cali that was this color and didn’t think it was factory until I saw this video, I live in Cleveland if you ever want to sell this truck though and it’s funny because the super cab dent truck you bought my buddy’s dad was actually looking at in chatt

She Cleaned up real nice.

That seat cover was mandatory equipment for the Ford F series back then!!! Lol.

Turn switch on, mash pedal to the floor, let off and then crank it. That activates the fast idle until it warms up…

Keep cranking that starter and you will end up replacing it. When the voltage goes down, the current goes up and you will have smoke rolling off it in no time. I have replaced several, not cheap. Good luck with that old beauty, that is a gem of a truck for sure.

Really good barn find, I do not see Ford f 250s this old anymore, because most are severely rusted out along the rocker panels and wheel wells not to mention the frame so most are in the junk yard, but this one is a real survivor, hardly a spot of rust on it...

Awesome truck. You won't believe me but I saw one same frontend same hubcaps two tone paint classic Ford style but it was a shortbed 250 Diesel I couldn't believe it wish I had the picture still it was a older man at a Tractor supply 20 miles from me what caught my eye was the shortbed

0:33 Now thats how you start a project off right

i remember when i was little we had this same truck sitting out in the back yard i wish my parents never sold it

Great show guys 😀

The trick I used was an electric fuel pump I would put in the line by selector valve on frame rail. It makes the system under pressure, shows all leaks under hood and easy to bleed.

Nice truck👍🏿

Toda una joya 👍💯

Greetings from Argentina!!

It looks like I’m facing the same issues with my 89 f250 7.3 idi Lariat ❗️Been setting for a decade. Got Lots of patina. In Nashville, 37221

Epic score.

Love a mint ol idi 👌

Nice truck👍 I'm surprised all the o.g hubcaps are not missing...

Good Job both 👍👍👍👍

One thing I've learned messing with these old diesels is they have to spin fast

Make sure you have good grounds, if you touch your battery cabel ends and they are hot it means you jave poor connection which causes slow or no start scenaries and can also cause fires. Check cables and cable ends for batterys.

Love the truck

Love the old school definitely have new sub

Cool video 💪🏼!

nice truck I love them old ford 7.3 idi I have a 1993 crew cab 4x4 long bed 7.3 idi i like my truck I bought it about 10 years ago and still drive it I put a case starter on mine back in 2000 made my truck start like new here is the part number db Electrical SND0027 I bought it from amazon great starter it turns the engine faster great up grade for any 6.9 or 7.3 idi so far i have not had a problem with it I payed around $120.00 for it new starter and the shipping was free every truck i have owned in the last 20 years was a 7.3 idi get them right they will run forever

Exelente trabajo en pareja felicidades Yo Los veo desde Arlington Virginia

I never had the chance to document my 88 idi progress but damn if I don’t feel like I’m reliving it through these past two videos!

You need a pair of Deka 850's in there. They would spin it up.

If you get another one like that one I’d be interested in buying it.

That would have been a hard one to let go.

I can't believe it's got all the original hubcaps on it or beauty rings

U had me at case of Busch lattes and idi id be right over lol !

Bummer about those batteries. I've gotten a couple of bad new batteries over the years as well. They would test good but crank slow like that and they all went bad prematurely. The truck sure cleaned up nicely though!

I know your pain with the battery. That 7.3 engine drains the hell out of batteries. If you don't get it started by the third cranking batteries dead and you need a jump. Good luck with with jump boxes even if they are full battery. You'll need that and a big truck with jumper cables to get it going on dead battery

I have a 93 F350 version. I would like to see a lot of trouble shooting, under the hood , etc. I haven't given up on my truck yet. I hope to get it running one day.

And please keep the turbine hubcaps those are my favorite design that whole generation

The new style starter for a power stroke will spin it faster

Looking nice

Do your self a favor install a electric fuel pump between the fuel line front right side by the passenger battery and bypass the mechanical fuel pump. I had two mechanical fuel pumps go out. Installed a electric fuel pump ran great until I sold it. Last year. The guy is still driving it now.

Iv always put 1000 CCA in my 7.3idi seems to help them if they have to do any cranking longer than needed

Glad to see you used the motorcraft ZD-9 glow plugs. Word to the wise, don't use any other brand or you'll likely be pulling the heads off to get them out when you have to replace one or more. The others, especially the "made in China" crap will often break into pieces and fall into the combustion chamber or the head of the plug will swell up and you cannot back it out of the head making it necessary to remove the head to get it out.

It has a mechanical fuel pump so that shrader valve won’t push fuel till it’s cranking, you’re just pressing the air out of the top of the fuel filter when you push it

Love from morocoo ☺❤

Did you check for them 10mm sockets ? They're like Squirrels ! They creep up on you, and then they're gone !!

Great !!!

Its a nice truck

Don't forget to check the blinker fluid

Hold on to that Gem I sold mine with 235. K last mth With Cap for 24 grand did nothing to it except regular maintenance and under coated it every year since new!

Just need a high torque starter, with it you don't even need the glow plugs or problems with the return lines leaks, it´ll turn the engine that fast it'll prime easily

Also if you have original water separator on it , it’s back by brake booster, lose it. Those are junk, I’d recommend a stanadyne water separator

Fords paint seems better then dodge of similar eras

I went through 2 sets of interstates in 2 years on the 99f250. Absolute junk. Haven't had issues since getting rid of them.

Never understood why anyone would buy a truck without 4x4...

Can you put out the video of glow plugs being changed?

It could be the lift pump, it’s not wanting to pull itself.

Do you put them copper rings on bottom or on top of the injector as well or just on top of that sleeve?

had same truck for years, front ends suck, independent. ,motor great , no power, I like electric system, modern connections that don't corrode, has haligon head lights from factor, get rid of starter, put gear reduction on ,over all I did like the truck. I wish I could one with with turbo from factory, these years, very rare, was an option that you had to pay more for.

LOL I am not a fan of interstate batteries heck i run Walmart everstart max batteries on mine lol

It's not the batteries bro. It's the big ass engine

What was the fix for the rear brakes locking up?

what do you use to clean the interior

It's an ifi, will it start videos are anticlimactic. Did you see it roll Coal on it's Uncle? Savage!

Use the original grey plastic housings, the black ones are crap...

Hey, what's the backstory? Did someone donate it to you?

Also check the spark plugs

Part 3???

Awesome video👍👍👍👍, how could we contact with you?

You selling it or keeping and drive?

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I had a 91 idi unfortunately rotted out from underneath me. Any idea where i can find a f250 ext cab long bed idi?? Dont mind putting wrench time in as it would be my forever truck? @southerntruckrevival

where did you get the kit?

Even if you can point to some parts & explain what they do

Pon fotos del motor

10:49 )))👍

I got a '87 F-350 i have 2 semi truck batteries in it because if i put the regular ones from factory fit it'll just drain the hell out of them, those engines r hard to turn.. use semi truck batteries not the normal ones because ford didn't know what they wr doing when they partnered up with international them international sended them a industrial heavy duty hard to turn tractor engine for their diesel pick ups i guess since those wr ford's first diesel pick-ups Ford thought 2 car batteries out of the F-150s would do the job jajajaja...