Logan's 2nd 7.3 powerstroke progress thread

[LAWN BOY]

Pretty sure the weird noise is either the turbo or torque converter from what research I've done, it only is present under normal or heavy acceleration, slow acceleration or revving is totally normal, which made me lean towards torque converter, but then again maybe the turbo needs the load to make the bad noise if its bearings and bushings going bad which could soon send metal shrapnel into the engine...

Correction, I was revving it yesterday for testing purposes and the noise became present in park.

 

[mainer_in_ak]

If you remember back to your first 7.3 that would not not move I tried to lead to it being a torque converter issue.....ya remember? If you keep this truck long enough and it holds together wait until it is -20F ...hell 20F and see if she moves cold.

None of the 7.3 powerstrokes like cold starts without being plugged in. The HEUI injectors are notoriously cold blooded. Even below 30 degree F, I still plug in for an hour. Its easier on starter.

In below zero temps, its a 3 hour plug-in.

Constant 30-40 below here in interior Alaska, my plug-in has a little extra built:
1.On-board trickle charger which increases cold crank amps by warming up the batteries from within
2. Compact hair dryer. This gets set in the valley of the engine during plug-in. It heats the high pressure oil lines, the fuel lines, fuel bowl, high pressure oil rails and the air intake.
3. Oil pan heater
4. Block heater

In addition to my multi purpose plug-in a few other things ive done to increase cold-start performance:
1. 5w-40 full synthetic with hot shot's stiction eliminator. Really helps those tuckered-out 256k injectors to function in hard cold.
2. Powermaster high torque starter. Spins the motor faster than a stock one.
3. Rebuilt battery trays to accept Larger group 31 commercial batteries
4. White Rodgers glow plug relay. Gives more amperage to the glow plugs. No more double glow plug cycle before I turn that key.