I will be obtaining a 6.9 idi with a zf5 here soon. Was reading on some forums and just trying to get as much information about the transmission and motor as i possibly can. Would love for some people like KOJ FMX and JDH to chime in. Never owned a diesel before and figured might as well learn now
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This post was edited by Blargfish on Nov 22 2014 07:32pm

Knew i shoulda posted that and inb4 in my first post. Thx for the chuckle. Plan is to put the motor/zf5 into a 73-78 f250. gotta make a xmember and fab a new transmission tunnel. gonna drive this for a year or so before i do though. Really love trucks but never owned a 4x4/diesel. Never had the money or the need for either till now.


This post was edited by Blargfish on Nov 22 2014 08:13pm

Quit while your ahead because your getting in over your head.. knaw mean?

how does one learn unless they get their hands dirty? anyone who knows me on here knows i love my old ford trucks. I know a ton about old gas fords from 48-79

Post pics of where your doing all this work

base auto hobby shop? its closed at this time.

Where do you live?

The old idi doesn't have a lot of the problems the modern common rail di diesels do. I haven't messed with idi stuff at all. Is yours N/A or turbo? The old N/A idi's were noisy as all hell and had really high compression ratios.

no turbo. I read it will blow headgaskets because of the stock gasket and studs, if you are shitty to it. Im after the zf5. i liked my old 78 f250 np435 for around town but highway...fuck....my...life....

This post was edited by Blargfish on Nov 22 2014 08:53pm