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Thanks for all the replies. The tube actually got bent and leak tested on Friday. It seems to be ok. /forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/thumbup.gif

Wow what a pain in the ass. You would think that for the price of theese parts they would have already cleaned debris and sand from them. I mean I first heard of this a while ago, I just figured that the problem was corrected.

We have a 2005 F350 in the shop with a blown apart STC fitting that cracked the rear engine cover. (I'm not the tech working on it). The question is would you bend the branch tube back into position and just replace the broken rear cover. Now I know we have touched on bending branch tubes a while ago and I think some of the International guys said that International condones bending the tube. I personally have bent several branch tubes without any problems. I have had some that leave a mark on the rear cover, but I have never had one that broke the cover. My personal opinion is to replace the branch-tube because your pretty close to it with the rear cover off and you are replacing the rear engone cover anyway. There are some techs here that suggest bending it. What does everyone think?

+1 These were very common on this vehicle. I worked at a Lincoln dealer from 1993-1996. Just grab the little red wire with a blue tracer on the starter solinoid and push it back and forth a few times to clean the connection and see if thats the problem. You can actually crawn just a little under the car on the passenger side and reach up without jacking up the car. I think there was actually a tsb on this wire.

Thats is a good one. I can't remember who has is on as thier signature, "People who talk to you about other people will talk to other people about you. "

Thats really understanding of him. /forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/puke.gif

Keith, I hear you but there are a lot of other guys working on diesels here and I don't want to be in trouble for a EGR cooler that another tech replaced. Or maybe there was a EGR cooler in the pile that was replaced because it was plugged and not leaking.

Any DTC's? We can sit here all day and theorize what the problem is but we need to verify and diagnoss the problem. The basic pids:RPM, ICP, Fuelpw, IPR and fuel pressure at the head. This sounds a little like a bad CMP, but you say that the problem was there before.

Dave, I'm assuming your talking about WPI. That is who does our warranties and I actually like it better than having a warranty administrator. It does take a little time on some tickets, but I get paid much more on warranty claims than when I was at my last shop. /forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/2cents.gif The guy next to me replaced a EGR cooler that was leaking coolant a little while ago before the whole prior aproval process artually started. Ford denied the claim sdaying there was nothing wrong with it. I saw the cooler for myself and there was coolant inside the back of it. It was most certianly leaking. The only thing we can think of is that our parts dept. has a pile of EGR coolers and just sent them one from the pile that may not have been leaking coolant. /forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/shrug.gif

This is the most intelligent thing I have read today. Very wise advice from a 22 year old. /forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/thumbup.gif

I have probably done 8-10 of these and I can beat the time. I leave the driveshaft in place and am able to sneak my arm up there. I know the FSA says not to use any lube but everyone here including myself puts some lube on the hose. I have been tempted to try doing it from the top. Maybe next time.

I do know a couple techs that have gotten job offers from Navistar. Has anyone here thought of trying to get one of those jobs?

Keith, If you look really close at my avatar you can probably see two empty pockets hanging out of my pants.

My favorite bumper stickers: " Driver carries no cash. Has two daughters. " That one applies to me. " Welcome to America. Now speak english. "

Do you really think that Jim? I always thought that they were manipulating the injectors while the thing was in re-gen. I mean they got the truck outside and away from the building. I would hate to see my brand new $50,000 truck on Youtube with flames coming out the exautst and a bunch of techs just watching? /forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/hahaha.gif

That sounds really cool. We had a couple of "smaller" v-8 cat engines at Wyoming Tech and I was asking the instructors if I could fit one of those engines in a F350. Some said no and some said yes. Either way, I want to see how it turns out. Nothing is impossible. /forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/popcorn.gif

I have a question about this video: /forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/flamethrower.gif Click Here I heard at work that these guys are the reason there was a recall for the 6.4L regarding the re-gen. (I think its obvious that they are manipulating the truck to get the flamethrower effect) Putting a video of it out on the web made Ford have a recall to avoid any further trouble. I also heard that Ford found out who the dealer and the techs are and they got in big trouble. Truth or just Ford Dealer urban legend?

I had a very early 03 6.0l that came in for lacking power a long time ago. This was like the 2nd 6.0l I ever worked on. This truck got wrecked, fixed in a body shop and back to the customer with a tripped inertia switch. (it also had a sticking turbo). After a new turbo and re-setting the inertia switch the truck left and then came back a couple weeks later because it had a bad injector. I was the only tech that worked on the truck for the next 5 years and it didn't have any other injector problems. My personal opinion... If it runs good, just warn the customer that there could have damage to the injectors.

Managemant will usally make the decision on a vehicle that is about to go out of warranty. It is my job to say what is wrong with the vehicle and perform the repair. Service management will usally step in on a situation like this one. The theory is that if the customer gets burned by going out of warranty and then having to pay for headgaskets just after the truck was in the shop for losing coolant, will he ever buy another Ford agian? Will he ever come back to our shop for service or to buy a new vehicle from us? This is why we are a busy shop and other dealers around us are out of work by 1:00PM. /forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/2cents.gif

First of all, I have seen that gray stuff a few times, but never was really concerned about it. As far as getting the thing back together, I just use a couple pieces of wood and a decent size hammer. I also use a lot of lube on the o-rings. 1 Time I left the front piece on the engine. Then I hammered the back piece on the new cooler and used a big pry bar to get the cooler into the front piece. They really don't pay much.

We had a truck with several injectors like that a while ago at my old shop. It was a FQR engine that was installed at another dealer. The other tech just replaced the injectors, tested fuel pressure and moved on to the next problem vehicle. We never did find out why it happened. /forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/shrug.gif

Greg, I'm sorry that I have not responded sooner. I didn't get a chance to even bring this truck inside until this past Wednesday. Thanks for the help.

Enough bitching already. Does anyone have any info on this new tool? I'm going to assume we are going to test the max volume of fuel the system can deliver through both the filters?

I'm working on a 1995 F250 that has a intermitent harsh shift after the truck gets hot. First I need to mention that I am very new to the whole auto-trans stuff. This vehicle got a re-man trans about a year ago, the fluid looks good, no dtc's. I personally have put about 100 miles on the truck with no problem. The customer states that the problem occurs after driving 20 miles and then it shifts really hard into every gear like it has full line pressure. We have had people at my work drive it 45 miles with no problem. My service director verified the problem with the customer when he first came in and then yestrerday he got it to happen agian and he said that fluid started pouring out either the bell housing, the vent or the dipstick tube. I have not had time to look at the truck agian. I was thinking it might be a TP sensor or a VSS or PSOM acting goofy, but that dosen't explain the trans fluid pouring out. I would really like to take this thing apart and get a E4OD under my belt, but the last thing I want to do is take it apart and find nothing wrong. What if it has a faulty EPC solinoid? I won't be able to actually see that. I have been told by a trans guy a long time ago that if fluid is coming out the vent or the dipstick tube, then it is "fucked". Any ideas?

I feel like an idiot for posting this because I know this is a school bus, but I seem to remember having a stalling 7.3L Excursion with a p1670 that was caused by a chip in the pcm. I would probably swap a known good IDM first. I have replaced many IMDs in 7.3Ls.