Brad Clayton

I love how easy a 150 cab comes off compared to a Super Duty.

Amazing stuff. I would love to have a 1/10th of that guys talent and an 8th of his time and a 5th of........well you know.

I think my parts department needs to start selling these.

Amen to that. I was going to mention this in reference to another on going post but you beat me to it. If all the Ford techs that are belly-aching over on the FMC website were to jump ship and go to Chrysler, they would come back begging for their old job.

I just replaced a short block on a 2011 for a knock noise. These all aluminum engines have super thin cylinder liners and number 4 cylinder was out of round.

The base cluster setup can be IDS'd to perform manual generations but not until the customer sees 85%, is it available on the high end trucks now?

I miss the little birthday cake.

That's cool, I used to ride by this place on my to work everyday. It's a small little joint and a co-worker's wife worked there also.

This is your problem, at least I highly suspect it is. I have seen way too many crappy 6.4 liter programmers take a shit and cause exactly what your saying, I.e, a key reset will clear it up for a bit. The best course of action is to have the customer return it to stock (this usually takes care of it on your end because they dont want to do that and they will just go away) so you can eliminate the aftermarket stuff as the problem. Or have them reinstall the programmer if a flash or get a new one all together.

This is one of the biggest things that pisses me off about this engine..........the longer it's in production the harder they make it to work on and service. This is completely opposite of the 7.3 and 6.0, they got easier and easier as time went on and production runs changed.

That's a very good point.

Those numbers are right on the money in my book and I would not condemn that pump.

What's your ICP voltage and IPR percentage after it has started and idled for 40 minutes or so and then under snap accel?

You only need 500 PSI to start and your at 1200 PSI, what is the ICP voltage reading? (0.8 volts=500 PSI)

Having the same issue, gonna try that also, thanks.

That got me the first time I used the ol phone to make a video. Yes I was the nube and the object of ridicule. You must turn the phone horizontally before you hit the record button or you end up with what is in your present video. Trying to turn the phone after you have started recording will not make any difference.....stop the recording then turn the phone and resume recording if you forget in the future.

That's a deep freezer for keeping the deer meat fresh!

That's a new one on me and I have been fixing these since 1988.

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I've always had them shipped with a minimum of 1 (in the bottom port) but sometimes and not all the time, they have had plugs capping off the top port.

Kevin, you need to step back for a second. It is time to have a talk with management about the shop's situation. These trucks are damn hard enough to fix with the correct tools. Using the wrong tools or tools that are not equivalent to the ones needed for a particular job will create a bigger problem than the one that is in front of you i.e. a broken truck. The biggest enemy we face is interpreting collected data incorrectly. This will lead you down the wrong path right off the bat and everything else goes South quick. Get the right stuff and follow the the "hard start/performance" sheets and you will fix every Powerstroke that comes to your bay. I guarantee it!

The dealer gave our service advisors a camera for such goings on. The guys always bitch about it, saying they don't know how to take the pics and get them to Ford. Of course they don't have any problem taking photos on there own and posting them to their Facebook account.

I had one the other day leaking like that......customer just kept on drivin'. Check out the soot on the bell housing.

That kit has been around a long time. I put my first kit on back in 2003ish.

I upsell one those kits on every 7.3 that comes through the door. It's one of single most important upgrades that can be done in my opinion.