Brad Clayton

Are runaway engines common in your area?

Quote: sticky as snot on flannel

Lost count on how many 4.0l EFI flywheels I have replaced, so the 5.4 unit you have could just be....faulty. They can break without outside influences. As far as checking crank end play, you don't have to get fancy with it. 2 prybars on the balancer, one on the inside and one on the outside, and rock it back and forth. If there is a problem it will be real evident. I haven't seen an end play problem on a mod motor in years.

I need to get a part time job at a tire place to get some discounts. I just paid 660 bucks for a set of new shoes for the wife's Edge. Tires suck.

That's Mikes favorite vehicle, he'd be glad to share all his tricks.

Das a good un!

Plus it's in a van, they are just kickin' you in the crotch...... repeatedly.

...forgot to mention that he ran an errand in the 7.3 powered shop truck and refueled the tank with 87 octane.

And don't forget, Aaron, I hear that maggots are an excellent source of protein.

We call 'em maggot wagons, wait til you get one where the piston seals are blown that pushes the garbage out and your in there with a shovel!

And I have bent the shiiittt out of them things to get an STC fitting to line back up.

If it makes you feel any better, I have never seen a bad branch tube.

Eh, you gotta fiddle fuck with the odometer reset button to get it to scroll to the hour meter. I can't remember but I think you get it to the system check portion and then cycle through. It's easy to do when I have one in front of me, but sitting here at home on the computer is a different story!

Man this post brings back memories of heavy trucks on asymmetric lifts at my old shop. We used many a bumper jack/deadman stands to help the lift when a truck was "heavy".

Had an '02 Explorer yesterday, customer said it skipped when hot. They had replaced the spark plugs, spark plug wires, ignition coil (4.0L) and done a fuel injection service. They through in the towel and brought it to the dealer. I took if for a spin and noticed it bucking immediately, put in 4x4 high and all was good. I checked the tires and the rears were old worn out snow tires and the fronts were brand new with about 2 extra inches of tread circumference. The customer just shook their head in defeat when they got the news. Although they did learn a lesson in the fact that dealerships are not all crooks and we could have saved them quite a few dollars and time invested in this repair.

I had a run in with some sort of chemical irritation yesterday. There was a lower radiator hose on the parts counter that was waiting to be installed. I picked it up and was moving the new worm clamps(that parts had put on it) back and forth and just being a dork in general. I then wandered over to the dispatch counter and noticed my eyes were starting to itch a bit. I scratched them and then they started to burn and burn and burn with more intensity. I darted off to the bathroom and washed my eyes and hands and all was good. I took another look at the new hose and it had some white powdery substance on it like a preservative of some sort. Well it was mitts off for me from now on with that hose. I would have been in some serious discomfort if I had not been near a source of clean water. I haven't been that worked up since the time I with Brakleen.

I think Ford is saying 25 miles for every hour of idle operation.

Fuckin' A right that's a nice place! Your gonna be spoiled all to shit, workin out of that joint.

Didn't realize they bumped it .4 liters for 2013 year model. It makes sense though, the 4.6 was bumped to a 5.0.

Looks like Aaron and Jim got the troll label pretty quick and Aaron has even been promoted to the esteemed title of "ogre".

Quote: Hillbilly and bill payer. 2 of psa's biggest fukin douche nozzles of 2012. Psst. It was better when you two stem touchers,kept that bullchit to yourselfs You fellars ain't popular at all over there, well known but not popular.

Ford is known for some of the ugliest engine compartments in the business, but they did it right with these 5.4 cammer motors.

Got yourself into a complete waste of time over there, eh?

...to real life. I swear you just can't write stuff like this, I feel like I am in a Seinfeld episode. My dealer hired a new kid to clean the showroom and such before the store opens. The owner decides to step up his responsibilities just a bit. It seems the tech bathroom sink was leaking just a smidge, the owner didn't like it and asked the kid if he could "fix" it. "No problem" he says. I go into the bathroom and the friggin handles are on backwards. I'm like what happened to the sink? Then the damn thing started leaking like you never shut it off, but you can't stop it because the handles hit the back of the sink and can't move any further to shut the water off. Repair number 2, now the handles are on correctly but they are so loose that the fall down and shut the water off midwashing. Repair number 3 and the current state, with both handles on full bore, a trickle of water barely emerges from the discharge spout. He gave up and the whole thing needs to be scrapped because he wrecked it beyond repair. Ok, it's obvious this kid needs to stick to mopping the showroom, right? Nope, the owner says there is a bad ballast for the light in the back of the parts room, you up for changing it kid? "No problem" he says. I go up to the parts counter and ask for something and I see the parts guy grab a flashlight and head off into a completely completely dark parts room. I ask whats going on and he says the kid blew the whole friggin circuit out and they are waiting on a electrician to come out and repair it. This goes on for three days. Okay, back to the mop for this guy. But wait he needs to find something to do afterwards. How bout dumping the shop trash cans and techs waste oil containers? "No problem" he says. I go up to the parts counter and ask why the 5W20 oil reel isnt pumping any oil and they proceed to hand me quart bottles of oil. It seems the kid dumped the waste oil into the bulk 5w20 oil container and contaminated about 125 gallons of new oil. What the fuck. This stupid shit still has a job there. When is enough enough? How hard is it to ask for help. How smart do you have to be to say "I dont know how to do that" Back to mopping floors, for now.