1 °F Cold Start Challenge in Alaska | 1996 Ford 7.3 Powerstroke Diesel
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- Опубликовано: 12 мар 2023
- Starting a 1996 Ford F350 7.3 Powerstroke Diesel in Alaska in 1 degree F subzero temperatures. This truck has been good to me, starts by itself without being plugged in down to about -25 F. It's amazing what good glow plugs and glowplug relays, good injectors,good batteries and a good starter will do. I always get request to see the truck do a cold start because folks don't believe it's possible, so here's another one...
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If you take care of them, you never need the Cosby sauce...
What’s Cosby sauce?
@@christianf4305
Either starting fluid. Zip ties and bias plies calls it that on his channel. On the Cosby show, back in the day, Bill made some of his secret BBQ sauce that was said to make the ladies all lovey-dovey. Well, fast forward to what we now know about creepy Bill and what got him in prison.
@@christianf4305 starter fluid
@@christianf4305 Are you stunned Willard?!?!? Lol
@@christianf4305 the ether bunny is coming soon.
Sad to think there may never be trucks this good ever again
I'm more of a Cummins fan, but I drive semis, no ot diesel pickup trucks, my latest truck is a series 60 Detroit, they don't start if it's under 20 degrees out, stay strong guys
All praises to Jesus Christ 🙏❤️🥹
@@mr.brownn6984 no, blood for the blood God
the 7.3 Godzilla (gas but damn good)
@@cargotoolshop5319i have a series 60 too 😢
Not a Ford guy but that sweet looking truck. I love seeing older trucks kept in good condition.
Not a Ford guy because you haven't grown out of being a follower. Sticking with the better shit you heard spoke at a younger age. Grow up and think for yourself bro. A whole other world is out here, outside of your comfort zone and what your heroes said when you were 8....
I was stationed at Ft. Wainwright in the early 1980s. I can vouch for the cold temperatures. But 1 degree is a warm day in Alaska in the winter. My guess is at normal central Alaska winter temperatures of -30 to -50 or colder,you would maybe get a have revolution of crankshaft and then maybe a solenoid click after that.
Makes me feel old. I remember when i was 10 my dad bought a brand new 95 F450 7.3L and i told all my friends about it. He went through 6 transmissions with that truck but my god i loved the sound of it. It didnt help he would load the dumpbody up and be towing a dual axle chipper everyday.
The older trucks like that are the best they don't build them like they do anymore
The whine sound from under the hood is the power steering pump 'churning' up the cold power steering fluid. usually once it warms up the whining stops and the steering wheel moves smoothly. thanks for the great vids - cheers from Canada.
I have a first gen 12v Cummins but mine does the same thing, I try to let it warm up the power steering before I do too much with it cuz the steering feels like it's moving in jello when it's less than like 5 to 10 degrees lol
Was literally about to ask what the whining was and thank you for the answe🤙
@@LearningOfOldPowersteering can make the same noise if it has a leak.
Every Ford truck with power steering that I have driven made that same noise.
I was just about to say that, I even had a mustang that the power steering pump did the same thing
Coldest I’ve got my ol girl to pop off was -17F not plugged in up here. 95 powerstroke with 167k on her.
Nice! That's pretty good!
@@TruckHouseLife she’s a cranky one. Always has been. Doesn’t help it’s been a plow truck for the last 15 years.
@@TruckHouseLife love your 1995 7.3
thats how many miles my honda has!!
@@nrco4632 my Honda gots 272k n still going strong
bro how can this be an alaskan truck and be this clean? respect
Winter dosent hurt the car salt does. And worse is salt cars in a climate that freezez and that's Shit lasts forever up there
@PrisonMike308 Welcome to Minnesota, where salt is used heavily, lol
@@kargmeister hell ya it is. Them mfrs spray you at the red lights they don't care lol. MN is rough on the salt. To heavy IMO. Trucks still go 20 on the freeway while I'm going 60 in my accord not sliding a bit.
@@aleclenzen8347 till you wreck and die
@@kargmeisteryepppp… my dodge is bad bad
I like how he's in the damn tundra and still locks his doors.
Those kind of habits die hard. If you ever lived in the city you never stop locking doors.
Bears can open doors 🤷
It's for the bear bandits
Scroll back in his snowmobile videos. He was out with a buddy on a snowmobiling trip, each had their own rigs. Some weird tweeker appeared out of nowhere and tried to break into their rigs. That is why you lock your rig.
Always lock the rig, regardless of the location. Folks around where I live have had their rigs gutted while on remote hikes.
One of the best diesel engines ever made
The best diesel engine made*
What do you mean "one f the best diesels ever" 7.3 is the best the world has ever seen
@@Tonk-tz1pt Idk the 5.9 has to be in the conversation too 💪🏼
As long as your glowplugs, glow plug relay are good and have good batteries and starter you shouldn't have too many issues with those 7.3s. Didn't have to mess with ours all winter think it got plugged in a few times and it really didn't need it. Although it will help the truck start easier. And helps with heater core blowing warm air into cab sooner. Coming from Michigan. 300k+ on the clock.
Respect.
300k 👍
Mine is a 2001 with 383K on her
ROCK ON MICHIGANDER !
keep the Rust off...
She’s a looker! I’ll never sell my 97’ 7.3 turbo 5 spd 4x4 crew great video thanks!
I had 328k on a 7.3 and it always started good. Good batteries, starter and do glow plugs when needed.
fact
Had? You'd have to get mine from a last will and testament...
@@Frindleeguy Just a truck. Used it for work and had to make a decision, wasn't reliable for me anymore. It was 2wd as well.
Man I love everything about 70’s to 90’s ford pickups!!
That’s a absolutely beautiful truck
What a beast of a vehicle
Love the 7.3. Hands down my favorite diesel engine ever made.
That things is an F-ing beast. Mid to late 90’s f350’s were killers.
Used to start these all the time in the cold like this. The things you need for success in order of priority:
1 Good batteries that hold a charge when it's this cold out. Not enough cranking speed, not enough heat to fire. If they are bad, you're done.
2 Working glow plug system. This includes mostly the high current solenoid, wiring and connections, and the glow plugs themselves. Glow plugs and solenoids last longer when your batteries are good and voltage stays up where it belongs.
3 Changing the oil regularly and often. On these engines particularly, they use engine oil as hydraulic fluid to actuator the injectors. Lack of maintenance in the oil department causes these injectors to not actuate properly, ESPECIALLY in the cold. If you have the other two and it still won't start, it's probably time for injectors and more rigorous oil change schedule.
Bonus! Like he said, oil viscosity. 15w40 has almost no place in cold climates even in the summer. The old adage of "it's a diesel, it takes thick oil" is such a myth.
What oil would you recommend for these in the cold? I just bought 0w-40 mobile 1
Absolutely love it. Love the 7.3. Love the paint. Love the fact that it’s a livable space on a damn 7.3. Fucking awesome man
As a guy who wants to own a obs power stroke, this is one of the CLEANEST ones I’ve seen, thag paint job is out of this world man
Love the truck, great video. The only thing I have to add is that I noticed the rear screen down below flickering while you were starting the truck. You need to swap its main power to the auxiliary power off of the ignition. Very important. It keeps electronics safe from the power fluctuations that occur during startup.
Literally no one has ever said anything like that except for you. I've seen thousands of IDI and PSD forums. Never once have I heard of this.
He's right, im a marine guy not car guy but on vessels with glass cockpits and charging relays between battery banks we install a start interrupt wire to prevent starters from drawing power awag from electronic. Electronics are highly sensitive to voltage loss and can be damaged by these power fluctuations.
Never have I seen a Ford Diesel taken care of so well
7.3 the best ford diesel engine ever!
My 350 is down to nothing but the motor ya can’t kill it I love my 7.3
New 6.7s will eat its ass all day long
To bad ford had nothing to do with the 7.3
Not a Ford engine. It’s an international.
@@Welcometofacsistube neither has dodge with thr Cummins so what's your point.
I remember starting sixteen 6-71 Detroit diesels (4 76' boats, 4 engines each) in winter Korea in 1972. We came from Nam for a international training op. Were were originally from San Diego, so they had to fly in couple of barrels of antifreeze before we left Nam.
It’s a shame not many kids today know what a 6-71 is, or any other 2 stroke Detroit.
@@pierce_arrow1798 loved my 671! I had a 48ft Chesapeake deadrise workboat w the 671 in it. Loved that motor. As long as you kept it cool it was nearly bulletproof
I can't imagine the awesome sound that made!
Ive never owned one but , i worked for a crew in the early 90's that had bunch of these as flatbeds . The amount of punishment that 7.3 can take is legendary.
Now this is a cold start
No one around... Yet Timmy locks the old girl
He didnt say that, he said nowhere to plug into.
He had a few people around actually.
@@justpassingthrough3166 your reply has nothing to do with the original comment. He was just laughing at how he locks his car in the middle of nowhere
Yeah, it's not Portland or Seattle
Vehicles get stolen in Alaska; there are poor tweakers looking for an easy score just like everywhere else.
Everyone is a thief !
That's a true cold start, not one of those Florida "cold starts". So satisfying.
That’s a spring day in northern Ontario. I’ve had cold starts where the lights slowly start to eliminate after firing up and you have to glow it several times
central Saskatchewan here, I hear you
7.3 is a brick of gold, the whine sounds like PS pump
I’m not a big diesel guy, but I love that truck, I’ve always wanted that body style crew cab. And you built a beautiful cabin on the back is perfect
I love that somewhere along the way block warmers became something people thought was necessary and not just something that was good to use and nice to have. Ya don't need one if the engine is taken care of, but they are nice.
I find it funny how the 2 most reliable diesel engines usually have the most trouble starting up in cold weather
lol
Old school simplicity is sometimes a double edged sword.
She didn't sound happy about having to wake up just after the sunset. 🥶😁
Now that'sa NiCe TruUcK !!!
Killer rig man.
That’s a badass rig
Not a Ford guy, but my dream truck is anything with a 7.3 in it. Cant deny they are the best diesels ever built.
I love those gauges up on the side. I wish every truck had that.
Your truck is wicked man
I love these videos I have friends who
Have 7.3s that barely start when it’s 40 degrees
Bad glow plugs or relay
Maintenance
I had a buddy with a 6.9 and I had a 7.3 IDI. both started really good in the cold. even below zero they would start good. my brother had a 97 powerstroke and if you even sneezed around that truck it didn't want to go. even when it did it would whine worse then what this truck did..
People under estimate the value of the 7.3 idi. I started mine regularly in -15-20 and it was pretty good about it. My 95 power stroke is just as reliable. Good batteries, nipendenso starter, working glow plugs - 5w-40 syn oil, fresh fuel filter in the fall and some anti gel when the temperature drops to 0 and below. Closest thing to a break down was with the idi @ 15 below. Set out on a before dawn 200 mile trip and a fuel filter gelled up on me 40 miles into the trip. Turned around and held it to the floor at a max speed of 35. Pulled into the drive at the house stopped in front of the shop roll up door and she stalled. My fault all the way. I forget to put a spare filter behind the seat. Great truck and even better engine. I wish I still had it
I just love it because it’s a 1996 power stroke diesel and they rock!
Sick setup man
ya they tend to start like that when you take care of your like you do .if you just run something into the ground and dont give a shit about it it wont start .these guys that show you these trucks like that and they start right they really do take real good care of there stuff.
That old thing turning over just brings a smile to my face🤙🏾
This guy is the real deal. He’s got a cabin on his f’n truck. He’s got a cabin on his f’n land. He’s even got a cabin on his f’n cabin.
Ok……..it’s a f’n loft. But still.
Always make sure to maintain your glow plugs, cause without them, it will never start. Always carry ether to be on the safe side !
Man took cold start to a whole nother level 😂
Never had more of a want for a ford then now wowsa
Nice I love the sound of the older truck doors they all have there own sound and would have to tackle them shut
I love this man's idea of a camper. Literally everything I could ever dream of for a mobile setup.
✅ Big ass truck
✅ Diesel
✅ Camper mounted directly to truck frame
✅ Wooden
One of the best truck and engine combos ever made!
I feel ya Minnesota -55 with the windshield very soon my Ford will be whining too😂
God dam is that BEAUTIFUL truck!! Sweet!!!
I came across this dude years ago when he first converted the bed into a living space and I feel in love with the obs fords and wanted one ever since
That truck is gorgeous. Oh my god
Many of morning spent drinking coffee, listening to that sound waiting for it to warm up.
1996 looks sharp, cute ,and working perfectly 😍
I drive a 2004GMC Sierra 3/4 ton HD that I bought new. I’ve used a synthetic oil since it’s 1st oil change and she starts just as well when it gets that cold here in northern Michigan. I’ve had a Predator programer for it since day one. I drive it 200 miles in one direction at least twice a month so 800 total miles. Average highway driving at around 76mph it gets around 27.1 mpg. It’s best mpg was 29.6. I’m planning on leasing a truck this fall and spending the next 2 years doing a complete down to the frame restoration. Plan on it being the last truck I ever own!!!!!
🔥 beast of a truck . Ford make great engines
It's amazing how everything has ice but your truck looks like is been sipping margaritas in a garage. Nice truck anyway.
Can't get over how beautiful that centurion F350 is. Perfect condition. I envy you lol
What a beautiful truck and property
True Men make anything warm up in the Winter, good on you bro!!
Buddy I love the key ring it just fits 🤣👍👍👍🇨🇦
That's a damn fine F-150 . Beautiful 😍
Love your videos AND your license plate . Keep truckin and PLEASE be safe out there
Nice frickin rig, brother! I’m sooooo jelly! I’ve always loved the mid 90’s powerstroke trucks! That 7.3 international engine is a beast! 💪👊🫡😫😫😫that’s my jealousy emoji! 🤣🤣🤣
Man I saw you on the Stuart-Cassiar highway and am blown away by how awesome that truck is set up is!
Lol my 2000 Silverado cold started just fine in 10 degrees. Like most men have said here, you take care of them and they will you buddy. That truck is a gem and beauty. They're made so cheap now.
Gotta love then ol glow plugs and pre-cups
I have a '99 F250 7.3 with 382K. "What's the trick?" You have done something I can't do. I have to have mine plugged in when it is in the 20s. Occasionally, I might get lucky and it starts but I quit taking the chance.
Holy shit a cold start using the glow plugs? It's a RUclips miracle.
watching your videos is making me go nuts and want to get to Alaska hell of a lot quicker I really appreciate your videos
I envy you in a positive way man, may God bless you out there and wherever your cool truck takes you!
My man it was -10 here in TN last Christmas and my 06 Highlander with 275k miles started up like a lawn mower after cutting grass lol, I figured we’d have some extreme Alaska temps lol
What a beautiful nice looking truck 🔥🔥
Y'all are some special kind of folks to be able to live in those temperatures.
What a beautiful Truck bro!
I’d say one of fords best looking models .
interesting info!.. keep 'em COMING! 👍
Sounded like a little kid in the morning before school. “I don’t wanna get up…” (you have to imagine the whiny voice part)
nice to see a fellow alaskan dealing with cold starts. never had a diesel but trying to get a 37 year old four stroke atv to run in the winter (i like snow drifting) is a pain. a nightmare. almost lit my fuel tank on fire trying to use starting fluid. (air intake is right below the fuel tank) then i got a snowmachine ('99 zr600 efi+batteryless) once started it in 38 below. took 4 pulls.
Speaking as a mechanic, I'm impressed. NICE rig.
Closing the door with the window up was ballsy! I've locked myself out of my 93 Bronco doing that more times than I can count LOL
I’d love another collaboration between intl & ford - one of the best diesel engines ever produced.
Man that truck is beautiful
Saw you in Talkeetna a few months ago, super cool!
That's a damn good-looking screw cab Ford
Love ur life bro,wish I could vacation like that,God bless you!!!!!!
Love that freaking HPOP whine when it's cold!
Sweet ride! Love the keyed entry!
Love that hpop whine in the morning. Lol. Good ol girls
As soon as you opened the door, I could smell your truck. Man, I miss those older trucks.
Those 80-90s ford cabins are the best ever.
That’s a beautiful truck! 👍🤘
That is a sweet set up!
That's a good ole truck
That thing is in great shape
Nice truck! Cleanest OBS I think I've ever seen.
As a Ford guy… our older trucks are king. They were just so good. Although all of the big 3’s 70’s 80’s and 90’s trucks were awesome.
That truck looks so nice!
I’m envious of you man. You’re living my dream.
Best truck ever produced