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Message: [QUOTE="adrianspeeder, post: 1568877, member: 26069"] eBay for the win with a great deal on a stock unit. Came with bonus disk that accidentally ended up firing across the yard like a frisby. [ATTACH=full]188075[/ATTACH] Forgot to get pictures, but also put in the stock style upfitter switches while dash was apart. Way different install procedure than the 07-10 trucks. Had to watch a youtube video, but now we are looking and working classy. [ATTACH=full]188076[/ATTACH] Well, the speedometer does not match the tire size. [ATTACH=full]188077[/ATTACH] Called the Ford dealer for a reprogram, but the service manager said if there is a tune, his computer will scramble the ECU if he tries to correct the tire size. Looks like I'll finally have to buy a laptop tuner thing. Degass bottle looked a little sketchy, and I couldn't see how much coolant was even in it. [ATTACH=full]188078[/ATTACH] Easy fix. [ATTACH=full]188079[/ATTACH] This guy was just chillin' though. Haynes manual is on order to see what the wire colors go to. [ATTACH=full]188080[/ATTACH] FINALLY, this showed up. Them dang kids with their fake Raptor grills are the worst. I'm thankfull it didn't have stupid rims to go with. [ATTACH=full]188081[/ATTACH] Always a good night around here for a fire. [ATTACH=full]188082[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]188083[/ATTACH] Time passed no problems and a friend borrowed the 6.0L and it's now doing the hot no restart after shut down and there was an oil puddle where it was parked. Had it towed back to the house and it fired up on the rollback. Time to look for leaks in the high pressure bits and bobs I suppose. Ordered an IPR, STC improvement kit, o rings for everything, standpipes, dummy plugs, and pressure testing adapters. We shall see! Started taking it apart. Do the FICM bolts just float around without grommets between these mounting plates? Seems weird to me. [ATTACH type="full"]46069[/ATTACH] Well dang it. Sitting waiting on new injector cups, and I think I figured out where the oil leak is coming from. The top plate was clean yesterday, but now the oil cooler cover is just bleeding down the slight tilt. Didn't really want to pull the intake for that job, but now's the time to do it. [ATTACH type="full"]46070[/ATTACH] All back together and fired up on third crank with great pressure. I didn’t get the egr coolant hose on far enough and it leaked the gallon of water I started with. Shimmied it on more and no leaks. 20 mins of video nonsense. [MEDIA=youtube]POaMj4aEMxg[/MEDIA] Drove around good pressures and no leaks but then neither alternator of the goofy dual setup were charging. Ripped all that junk out. [URL='http://www.ficmrepair.com']www.ficmrepair.com[/URL] got me fixed up with a big honkin' USAdiesel alternator overnight shipping. The "second" alternator is a stupid system that doesn't even really work the way you would want a backup alternator to work, and its second pulley system is in the way of doing anything. Best I could figure the fan always has to come out to change the belt. Not side of the road friendly. It all got the delete. Then like a moody girlfriend, she breaks my heart again. [MEDIA=youtube]_kKzYFJiYoM[/MEDIA] Bought a 6.4L parts truck that came with a ranch hand bumper. The frame ends don't quite line up and needed some drilling to mount 8 bolts securely. Also there's a gap under the turn signals. Maybe not ideal, but I spent less on the whole donor truck than what a the correct 6.0L truck bumper would cost new. [MEDIA=youtube]NYDCtRF5Q-k[/MEDIA] Adrianspeeder [/QUOTE]