LARRY BRUDZYNSKI

Quote: some how, some way its fixed Theres nothing that looks bad in the pile of old parts????

Bruce the pic has a REV # listed on the bottom but the REV # is blank??????Do you think its up for continous change as needed???

I don't think that will help it's dated from 1999.

Quote: Believe it or not Larry, I wasn't grumpy. Sarcasm is just one of those gifts that I keep on offering free of charge seeing as I have such a stock pile of it in my head Your just hanging out with to much

Any oil or slimy shit on the connections? Maybe we are looking at having to be extra careful and cleaning the shit real good and torquing and retorquing the clamps. Looks like we might have another issue with connections. We have had good luck with applying spray tack on the tubes before assembly.

+1 If they try to throw it back at you or the customers, you have it in print but.... If FORD changes the required maint. schedule then FORD should be sending out this change to all of the customers, not just changing it and giving them a out to kill or refuse warranty. FORD would never win that battle in court, but would take a while to get there, ie: class action lawsuit, it could take years by then Ford would pay but not as much as covering all of the customers now, some would slip thru the cracks and not make a claim. Thus FORD would get out cheaper an probably blame IH.

Can't we play nice boy's????

Quote: He then replaced the mechanical fuel pump and then it worked fine. I think you should check the pressure again, new does not always mean good, how many 6.0 EGR valves bad off the shelf???

Hmmm, Used parts..... At our shop used parts are considered the same as customer supplied parts, we will warranty our workmanship but not the parts installed and it is stated very clearly on the work order, of which the customer signs before we touch the vehicle, we have no control over whats brought in the door by the customer whether it be used or new. I/we have no clue where it came from and have no one to go back to if it fails. Most of the time if we do one of these jobs either labor/labour rate or hours goes up to CYA if it comes back. Dwayne, Hows the BBQ chicken and beer????

This looks like some thing "Billy Mays" would pitch. http://www.asseenontvvideo.com/Billy-Mays.html All excited about it but wouldn't buy it himself. Watched one last night about green again or some shit like that, basically spray paint for your grass. Like anyone would bite on his bull. Looks like the same kind of bull to me.

Dwayne you feeling a little grumpy today? Oh thats right it's your B-day. Happy B-day. By the way the Ford rep is a BFI!!!!!!

Check your P/M....

Quote: I'm willing to bet the 'reman' IDMs are nothing more than spray can used ones...... We sell DTech(DIPACO) Reman IDM's they are reman and not just spray bombed. They come with a 12Month/50,000 mile warranty. Also covers the R&R for replacement. We have had pretty good luck with these.

Quote: You know FTL is a REAL PIA to get info out of, +1 on that. Parts are hard to get for the FCC. Let alone information.

Check the pressure coming out of the transfer pump. I have seen them go bad and start pulsating and do some crazy shit. Blowing the filter caps off is one of them.

Quote: you guys really dont want to know the direction this job has taken as of late.... This might sum it up.... Until you get the info needed from the customer why even keep going??? All this truck is going to do is cost you time and headache

Correction noted...Thanks Bruce

No more politics....Good call.... We need to look at the big picture, Toyota has jumped in first with built in America commercials bragging about having 10 plants in the USA building cars sold in the US by US citizens for US citizens and not having sent work out of the country. All I keep seeing is jobs going elsewhere to save money to bring more profit and pay high-priced blow dick exec's a bigger bonus for doing it. Chrysler just announced today its restarting a plant, wanna guess which one????Take a look and see if it makes any sense.... http://www.clickondetroit.com/news/19760284/detail.html No sense to me????? Guess where I'm from???? Yep Detroit

This might work better.... http://www.fleetbiodiesel.com/diesel-and-biodiesel-diagnostic-tests/Diesel-Fuel-Diagnostic-Test.html

Brad I for one think this is great. You showed us how you do this job and it gives us all a better perspective on how its done on a real truck with real miles/km not just something some engineer decided to do with a brand new engine, I think all of the pics we get should have rust and dirt and oil on them its real not just a engine on a stand in a controlled enviroment. Thats just for the guys writing the warranty manual. I hope they read this and maybe work on a truck with some mileage on it.....Maybe the times would change.....

Correct me if I'm wrong but I thought we haven't seen as many van failures??? If this has had 4 failures, I'm with Bruce on this, but I would be looking to see if it has been upfitted or possibly been in a accident somewhere down the road also. Sounds like something outside is causing a repeat failure.

Has been a while since we talked on this subject.... Obviously just about everyone here has a good idea what I do for a living. Parts at a indy....Been here for a few years now. Doing quite well and getting busier by the day.(By the way Keith I haven't forgot about you) We launched our new website fanclutch.com. Almost as soon as it went live we started getting hits. Right now I have about a dozen jobs I'm working on. We specialize in obsolete and hard to find fan blade and clutches. The jobs that are worthy of mentioning...I have a 72" fan blade I will be shipping to the U.K. on friday, another 72" blade going to Brazil in 2 weeks and a 36.25 blade I will be shipping to Vancouver tomorrow. I just sent a blade to MHC Kenworth in Kansas city this week to get a guy up and running until his warranty blade comes in from Horton. I pushed my boss for the last 2 years to get this up and running. He now sees what we can do, it's a pretty specialized market and pretty much we are the only ones doing it. Busy??? Yes I am Hope all of you guy's are doing well...

Quote: This labor op requires that the repairing technician be certified in Training Specialty Area 52 or 51. Area 51???? Are we all aliens???

May sound stupid and I'm sure you already have checked, But have you checked to see if the hoses might be collapsing?

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