Brad Clayton

I have been wound up tight lately and I really should have looked in the mirror when trying to find a fault.

2011 6.7L don't run so good with only code in system P0087. Now I read the pinpoint test for this code more than once and it's about as wild a goose chase as the nox codes. I think the guys that wrote this PCED could have paid a little more attention to the 6.4l diagnosis. Every P0087 code I have run up on ended up being fuel filters or low pump. I'm not saying that other stuff doesn't break. I am also not saying that everyone should disregard the shop manuals. But common sense has to take over at some point. I did not follow the PCED in this case, although if the truck would not have run at all, the no start symptom chart would have ended up with the same result in a painfully agonizing drawn out way. So my truck actually runs, with low fuel code. I decided to see what the actual fuel pressure is using the 5 gauge set and adapter at the secondary fuel filter. KOEO and this is all I could get: This is way under the 55 psi spec. and the pump can put out at least 120 psi. So a new set of overdue filters were put in with the same result and a noisy pump followed. The low pressure pump was replaced and the fuel system was bled by removing the return line at the fuel cooler and the pressure was: So this truck ran like a dream when done. Just a suggestion if you encounter this code, check the low fuel pressure with a gauge. If it's ok, great move on with the pinpoint test. If it's low I wouldn't go any further until the mechanical is squared away.

2012

Not much diesel work but I did manage to get a rear main oil seal and oil pan along with a tr sensor and column overhaul on one completely rotted out, oil undercoated, 2001 super duty equipped with a 5.4. YAHOO!

Well actually, I have never been down this road at all. Had the heads off an '05 and when I put it back together I couldn't get the fuel system to prime up the heads. She was dry for sure, but i never had a problem in the past. I actually had to remove the plugs out of the back of the heads and run the koeo until fuel flowed out.

Oh wait a tick, that's the Expedition with the busted fuel injector.

Quote: This is the primary reason we are required at my company to remove the keys from the ignition and hang them on the windshield with a lock out tag while working on vehicles I was working on a big ass truck i couldn't lift yesterday (2011). I had to drop the motor oil and all I could think about was some idiot rambling thru the shop and reaching in and turning the key on me while I was underneath on a creeper. That and this diesel fuel in the eyes thing was on my brain. So I decided to go all out [safety wise] and I removed the key from the ignition (equipped with OTIS) and........laid 'em on the floor board.

One thing I have stopped doing over the years is to not try and unhydrolock an engine with the key. I always bar them over by hand.

Had BLT's tonight for supper. Well it was more like BBB's for me. A bacon sandwich with some bacon on that and a side of bacon......mmmmmm baaacon <drools Homer Simpson style> or as they say down along the Southern border states TOCINO!

I get a '06 F-150 at 5:15 today with windows inop. That's what the ticket said "windows inop". The thing is a pig sty and it reaks of B.O. Verify concern (check), power at the switch (nope), power at the circuit breaker (check), power out of the fuse box (check). Ok, so I'm pretty sure there is a broken wire in the drivers door jam. I go to the service advisor because it is getting late. The customer is there and I tell him I need more time and I casually ask how long the truck is been broken. He replies that since Thursday he had to fan the door back and forth to get the windows up and it quit altogether on Sunday. I look at the advisor and think, well gee fuckin' whiz mr. service advisor, I could have used that info 30 minutes ago when you gave me the ticket. This little nugget of info backed up my suspicions and we rescheduled for Thursday to overlay the wire in the door jam. How hard is it to get a little more info. It only makes our job easier and the customers bill a little less.

So I am underneath a Super-Duty today and the thing is shaking all over the place. I immediately think some asshole is jouncing the rear bumper and turn around with attitude only to find no one there. Then I look up at the truck and it's rockin'. Next thing I hear is someone saying "get out from under that truck". The shop was feeling tremors from a frickin' earthquake. I leaned against a wall and rolled with it. It reminded me of the senior master cruise <ah fond memories>. So then my mom calls from Charlotte NC and says guess what, we had an earthquake. It actually moved some furniture in her house. That is a serious span for a quake.

Super easy way to check for egr/head sealing issues before digging in: Diggin' that avitar

Good deal, Lucille. Don't even get me started on shop manuals esp. the 6.7 PCED....

Jeezum, hate to hear news like that. Hope all goes well on their end.

Sounds like it's going to be one hell of a man cave!

Quote: You need to spend more money on drugs.... them cheap ones are fucking you up way too bad. I knew you wouldn't let me down, oh man I needed that pick me up.

I belong to a motorcycle forum and I have been given the honor of having an honorary status as a Canuck and a 'Murican. I have to take an aptitude test though, and I am turning to our brethren in the Great White North for help. Here is a sampling, disregard the kick stand comment: Quote: If you wish to apply for honorary Canadian status OIF and I will administer an aptitude test. There will be questions on Maple syrup, back bacon, kick stand safety switches, and how to properly handle a beaver, followed by a short essay on why the Toronto Maple Leafs are the greatest team in sports and will never ever win another cup. Thanks for any help in advance!

A co-worker asked for some assistance with an electrical problem the other day. I was glad to help out as always. The shop has a new hire that changes oil and he was not busy so I had him join in the fun as well. The vehicle was a 2007 Town Car with a driver’s window inop. When we arrived on the scene, Ben was already in the middle of his diagnosis. The problem he was having was the fact that the window motor connector showed 12 volts on a meter while the motor was unplugged. Major confusion was amassing and I had to explain the effects of a weak circuit. We dug out the EVTM and I suggested plugging the motor back in and powering up the circuits with a power probe at the switch connector. The motor worked fine and a switch was ordered up and installed. The car was released to the customer and all parties involved were satisfied, except for our new apprentice. Bill was left out in the cold on what went down. We were flat rating the diagnosis and needed to move on. I could tell he was overwhelmed and decided to walk him through what took place. We sat down in the break room later that day with the shop manual and the EVTM. I handed the manuals to Bill and said we have a window inop, what now? I let him navigate through the shop manual and we started at pinpoint test “B”. Pinpoint tests in shop manuals can be confusing as hell without the EVTM. We followed the pinpoint test to a “T” and came up with a faulty motor. Huh? We know that the fix was a faulty switch. Ford decided it was a good idea to put high current components and delicate components in the same location and jam them in the rear of the switch. The book wanted the switch bench tested. It worked just fine on a bench using a volt/ohm meter. However it did not work at all when more than an amp (much less 9 or 10 amps) was tried to push through it. So we wrapped up the conversation with the idea of not getting the end of your nose to close to the book (tunnel vision and the like) and we talked about the effects of electricity with high resistance, corrosion, and a 10 strand wire with only 1 strand intact.

....I have never had this happen before. I am trying to get a truck back together for the end of the day. It's a cab off trifecta. The service advisor comes out and says "don't get in any hurry to finish that truck, the owner died of a heart attack last night". Holy shit! He was a very fit guy and only 53. I had to remove a kayak from the roof rack to get the cab off. He was an avid outdoors type and did construction. My condolences go out to his family.

Gotta say we have a really nice crowd around here. I am sure there are sites out there that are not so friendly. I belong to a motorcycle forum and it is friggin brutal over there. This poor guy posed a simple question looking for some friendly banter and his punctuation was not spot on (actually he didn't use any punctuation). Well, this was the very next reply. Kinda funny, but it it's like that with everything over there. I would be ready to strangle somebody over here if that were the case. The most used emoticon over there? The "facepalm"

Keith, was that the same episode where they ran the car into the wall at 100 MPH? It was on last night and I can't remember that far back. Man that was one mangled up car.

I came home last night and my son had the boob tube on Myth Busters and they were debunking this video. They built a replica slide that dumped into a pond and looked like they had a blast. The funny thing is the accuracy of hitting the pool was dead on, but they couldn't get enough speed to jump the gap in the video. The vid was at 115 feet and they could only get about 75 feet. They contacted the video maker and they said it was CGed.

Got one word for ya, KARMA. Just kidding. I would not sign anything and I would put this back in the lap of the higher up who decided to use your number in the first place. They do it at my shop also and they are always saying "hey you just worked on this vehicle" and I look at the ro and say nope, I didn't. I then hand it back to them and walk away.

Holy shite, that things about 40 bucks on the Snap-on truck. Nice find!