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Anthony's 2002 F-350 Tow Pig Build and BS

Discussion in 'Other Builds' started by 6 gearT444E, Oct 4, 2018.

  1. Feb 15, 2019 at 7:09 PM
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  2. Apr 1, 2019 at 8:06 PM
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    Got time this past weekend to finally install the FS-2500. Really impressed with the quality of the kit.
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  3. Apr 14, 2019 at 6:01 PM
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    Steering is once again proper. Out with the old:
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    In with the new; PMF dual stabilizer with some king dampers. Drives like a caddy now :D. Bump steer is now thing of the past.
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  4. Jun 19, 2019 at 9:09 PM
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    Picked up a couple loads of firewood, drove like there was nothing in the bed. Damn fresh cut firewood is heavy :benchpress:

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  5. Mar 7, 2020 at 10:15 PM
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    Been a while Since I updated this. Had the typical issue with the gauge cluster going out on these trucks, which also caused my power windows and radio to be intermittent. Ripped out the dash and cluster and sent it over to circuit board medics. Can't say enough about those guys they did a great job and a fast turn around time. I shipped it out monday and had the cluster rebuilt and back to me by Saturday afternoon. While I was at it I converted the bulbs to LEDs
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    While I was at it I also had a burnt out bulb on the climate controls so I swapped those to LEDs
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    While I had the interior apart I finally wired up my heated mirrors. I had the heated feature since I swapped to the 08-10 mirrors but only ran the wire into the cab and never powered it up for the last 2 years haha. I ended up tapping into the F29 fuse for the customer access wire, on the 2002's its behind the OBD2 port. Looks like both mirrors draw a little over 5 amps, the F29 is 10 amps so I should be good to go.
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    After about 5 minutes had 10 degree rise
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    I looked at a bunch of options and I ended up going with a product called ThermaSync, they make defrosters for rear windows and mirrors. Once you press the button it goes on a 15 minute timer then automatically shuts off; and since it's also tied to the ignition power I won't have to worry about leaving it on anyhow.
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    Sits right next to the fuse panel

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    Price was very reasonable, $40 shipped so that beats trying to source the OEM setup. My only regret is where I located the switch, it didn't fit too great but it works. They provide 3M double sided tape to stick it to your existing dash after you cut a hole. The problem is that the area I picked wasn't flat but a bit curved so there's a little gap on the edge of the switch but honestly I'll probably be the only one to notice though. I'm just happy to have the gauge cluster working again and my heated mirrors finally hooked up, only took me 2 years :oops::rolleyes:
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  6. Mar 22, 2020 at 9:44 PM
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    Replaced the brake fluid this weekend. Found out my drivers side rubber line has a huge gash in it down by the knuckle. Ordered new front brake lines.

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    Found out my fuel filler neck has a small pinhole in it causing deezul to leak on my leaf spring hangar, ordered a new one of those as well
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  10. Apr 18, 2020 at 7:03 AM
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    New rear seals at 256k miles.
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    Also fixed the overhead console display that hasn’t worked since I bought it
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    Golly, she sure is perty
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  11. Apr 21, 2020 at 6:53 PM
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    Wood is good, back squatted around 2" when full. For reference, the short bed when stacked tightly holds almost 3/4 a cord.
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  12. May 3, 2020 at 6:41 AM
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    Post ban overland pictures man
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    Well not a whole lot has been goin on with the truck. Renewed the registration for the year, took it to haul some tires to get remounted the other week for my buddy. Finally decided to cough up the bucks to replace the trans temp gauge with a more usable one for fuel pressure. The PO had the trans temp gauge wired to the illumination lights, but from what I could tell no sensor was ever installed, I mean hell I did drop the trans a few years ago and never saw anything :laugh: (I believe for ZF-6 you need to weld a bung in the PTO cover, as there is no inspection port).

    In any event, that trans gauge never read anything since I bought the truck so I ordered the matching AutoMeter stepper motor gauge. While I was at it, I ordered 3 LEDs to replace the white bulbs with green backlight to hopefully match the OEM gauge cluster a little better. I may splurge for the Edge CTS3 next month so that I can see the rest of the sensors such as ECT, EOT, HPOP pressure, battery voltage, and anything else that might be available to view over the OBDII bus. The 7.3 lacked an EGT and fuel pressure sensor from the factory, so adding these analog gauges were required. I believe the MAP sensor tops out at around 30 psi so having the gauge that goes up to 60 psi is a little more better. If anyone wants a trans temp gauge, let me know as I don't have a use for it.

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    New fuel pressure gauge showed up today
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    Max A/C mod parts are here, just in time for summer weather
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    Heater core bypass is installed, PMT SAT
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    Finished the install of my autometer fuel pressure gauge and changed out the front fuel filter while I had the bowl depressurized. Also converted my other gauge illumination circuits to green LEDs to match the instrument cluster. Previous owner had some hack wiring job done here, so I had to rewire the power and grounds to the pillar and clean up the engine bay wiring a bit.
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    nighttime shots, they aren't as bright as the picture makes it out to be, iPhone makes the nighttime pictures a little deceiving. Happy with the color match and the brightness, much better than the incandescent 161 bulbs that came stock with the gauges.
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    This was the pressure with the Riffraff FRx gold spring and Airdog II-4G DF-165 pump, 58 psi at idle. May swap to the black spring to bump pressure up a hair.
     
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