7.3 RELAY 1997

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Nov 17, 2011 | 09:06 AM

cowpoke

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7.3 RELAY 1997

In the past we put 3 relays in . Someone told me to take that fancy cover off that covers fuel bowl & relay it holds too much heat. causing it to go bad.Is this true???????:Thanks:

Nov 17, 2011 | 09:28 AM

95powersmoker

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I don't think that is the cause...

Nov 17, 2011 | 10:17 AM

joebob3093

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Sounds like bs to me. I took mine off because I was tired of taking it off all the time to work on it.

Nov 17, 2011 | 01:43 PM

2ndGen

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I cut slots in the 3 cap nuts so I could take them off with a screwdriver... Pretty fast now. How long are the relays lasting?

Nov 17, 2011 | 07:13 PM

cowpoke

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I also thought that might be bogus but took it off anyway. I did go through 2 in the last year.We are now putting in glow plugs .I have 226373 miles on it.

Nov 17, 2011 | 10:28 PM

crazycooter

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if you don't want to spend the money on the high priced gpr from napa, try a gpr109, which is the relay for an older idi, but they work just fine on the obs strokes too, and for around $25