I bet he is a tooth off on the crank

[buffalobo]

Just to keep it simple:
When you remove the injectors on a powerstroke it empties the high pressure oil rails. It takes a lot of cranking with fresh batteries to prime the HPO system. If he didn't fill the HPO resivour with oil up to 1/2 inch from the top then it will take even longer or might not prime it's self at all if the low pressure oil pump is weak. That would be the first thing I would look at. Check the oil level in the HPOP Res. Front of engine on top. Small plug on the right side needs to be removed with an allen wrench. Look down inside with a flash light.

Behind fan belt and to the right of the black hose is the location of the plug.

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Love this forum. Always someone around to serve up gold nuggets.

[Blowby]

I've worked on a few over the years so I'm glad I can help.

[tmleadr03]

Just to keep it simple:
When you remove the injectors on a powerstroke it empties the high pressure oil rails. It takes a lot of cranking with fresh batteries to prime the HPO system. If he didn't fill the HPO resivour with oil up to 1/2 inch from the top then it will take even longer or might not prime it's self at all if the low pressure oil pump is weak. That would be the first thing I would look at. Check the oil level in the HPOP Res. Front of engine on top. Small plug on the right side needs to be removed with an allen wrench. Look down inside with a flash light.

Behind fan belt and to the right of the black hose is the location of the plug.

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Well, hell now I really want to go look at it... Son of a bitch. I don't think I need another car to flip in my shop... damn it.

[spqrzilla]

If you fix up that International and post it for sale, my wife will kill you Chris.

[tmleadr03]

If you fix up that International and post it for sale, my wife will kill you Chris.

I just texted the Powerstroke guy.


The international scout will be up and running by the end of this month. Buying some parts next week.

[tmleadr03]

Just got pics...

[Irving]

And?

[tmleadr03]

And?

He sent a pic of the interior with an empty bag of chips under the go fast pedal... Clearly motivated to sell. It has temp tags and a paper plate from Five Star Auto Sales. 289k on the clock. I need to see it. Looks pretty clean exterior and the tires (what I can tell) look decent.

[MED]

I am more familiar with the Cummins, but does the fuel system need to be bled out? That would be my first guess; it doesn't sound like he knew this after doing the head gaskets assuming he got it together right. I think you can crack the injector lines on a 7.3 and get the air out by cranking it. If you open up the fuel system on the older 12v and 24v Cummins, it is a lot of work to bled it out at Injectors 1,3, and 4 before it fires up; I bet it is the same for a 7.3 Ford. I would look up the fuel system bleeding procedures and see what people say about it.

[Blowby]

Not the same. Fuel in the fuel filter bowl is all you need.