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Romel

Greetings from Europe, Czech Republic

Hi, my name is Jan and I hapen to bleed blue that hard, that I have imported 1986 F250 supercab 6.9 diesel from US. It would not be possible without Jonathan F384 guy here, who was a great help sourcing parts, giving me a lot of parts and mainly storing the truck for almost a year and delivering it to LA for the shipment to Europe.

1986 XLT Lariat F250 6.9 IDI, supercab, sidewinder, psd intercooler, hydroboost

Rembrant

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Oh wow...great story! Very cool.

Mr. F384 was very helpful for me as well and sent me a much needed rust free part from AZ. A tip of that hat to Jonathan for being so generous with his time.

1994 F150 4x2 Flareside. 5.0 w/MAF, 4R70W, stock.
1984 F150 4X2 Flareside. Mild 302 w/ 5spd. Sold.
1980 F150 4X4 Flareside. 300i6 w/ 5spd. Sold in 2021.
1980 F100 4X2 Flareside. 351w/2bbl w/NP435. Sold in 1995

Gary Lewis

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Jan! So glad you found us!!!! Welcome!

Yes, I remember all the work you and Jonathan did on your truck. And he even mentioned you recently regarding rear brakes locking up on your truck.

I hope you’ll catch us up on what’s going on with you. And show us pics of your truck. 👍

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Dad's: '81 F150 Ranger XLT 4x4: Down for restomod: Full-roller "stroked 351M" w/Trick Flow heads & intake, EEC-V SEFI/E4OD/3.50 gears w/Kevlar clutches
Blue: 2015 F150 Platinum 4x4 SuperCrew wearing Blue Jeans & sporting a 3.5L EB & Max Tow
Big Blue: 1985 F250HD 4x4: 460/ZF5/3.55's, D60 w/Ox locker & 10.25 Sterling/Trutrac, Blue Top & Borgeson, & EEC-V MAF/SEFI

Ford F834

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Hi, glad you joined here 😁

For those of you that don’t know, Jan and I have shared a really nice friendship for many years now. I have helped him where I can with the truck and he has helped me solve problems on my Jetta TDI as if hands could reach across the ocean and turn the wrench. Jan is one of the few good ones left that give some faith in humanity.

SHORT BED 4-DOOR DIESEL: 1986 F350 4x4 under construction-- 7.3 IDIT ZF5+GVOD

STRAIGHT SIX 4X4: 1981 F150 2wd to 4x4-- 300 I6 close ratio diesel T19, hydroboost brakes, Saginaw steering

BIG F: 1995 F-Superduty under construction— converting to 6.9L IDI diesel ZF5+DNE2

grumpin

Re: Greetings from Europe, Czech Republic

Great! Welcome!

Dane
1986 F250HD SC XLT Lariat 4x4 460 C6-Sold
1992 Bronco XLT 4x4 351W E4OD
1998 GMC Sierra SLE K1500 350 4L60E
Arizona

844rd

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Welcome Jan!!

Kevin 84 F-150 300 i6 Manual 3 speed overdrive 2.47 rear end

1986F150Six

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Ford F834 wrote

Jan is one of the few good ones left that give some faith in humanity.

Hmmm... Birds of a feather?

Romel

Re: Greetings from Europe, Czech Republic

1986 XLT Lariat F250 6.9 IDI, supercab, sidewinder, psd intercooler, hydroboost

Romel

Re: Greetings from Europe, Czech Republic

1986 XLT Lariat F250 6.9 IDI, supercab, sidewinder, psd intercooler, hydroboost

Gary Lewis

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Jan - It looks like you have the truck working!

And I'll bet that Sidewinder turbo really helps that diesel. Cool!

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Romel

Re: Greetings from Europe, Czech Republic

I got 18mpg towing the combo on the picture, I cant complain. The sidewinder with the intercooler brings it to todays standards, u can keep up to the traffic. I drive it 85mph the most when I am on the freeway, it can do 100mph but why to stress the engine.

1986 XLT Lariat F250 6.9 IDI, supercab, sidewinder, psd intercooler, hydroboost

Romel

Re: Greetings from Europe, Czech Republic

1986 XLT Lariat F250 6.9 IDI, supercab, sidewinder, psd intercooler, hydroboost

Gary Lewis

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18 MPG towing? Wow! That's great!

And, 85 MPH is "moving on", especially at only 2500 RPM.

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Ford F834

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The efficiency is impressive, especially if you keep the speed lower than pictured 😉. I saw 21.5 mpg out of it when I stopped for fuel at Quartzite on my way to Long Beach... and that was with over 2,000 lbs loaded in the bed. At first I thought the tank wasn’t filling correctly but nope, it was full... and my math was correct.

The intercooler pipes are just sweet. I only hope I can make mine look half that clean and I will be happy!

Gary Lewis

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I get right at 1/2 that 21.5 MPG out of Big Blue w/o a load on him, and put that trailer on and it is more like 9 MPG, again about 1/2.

In other words, that 6.9L is doing a superb job! WOW!

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Tallyho

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Welcome Jan

Tallyho
1984 f250 4x4 460 4 spd
Raymond maine