Brad Clayton

The sad thing is, with the addition of webcams and Skype services, customers can pull their cars up to the "phone" so we can have a look see.

Well this one is all fixed up. I put a short block in it. I also cleaned the intake and cleaned all the valves and put new valve stem seals in. She still fought me all the way to the end. Some jobs are pleasant and some are....well, this one was at the very least consistent. Consistently a thorn in my side. On the initial post repair test drive, the EGR hung up and I had to limp back to the shop. So much for taking the time to clean it up and re "o"-ringing it. Next, the oil pump relief valve access plug "o"-ring sprung a leak. I just had replaced it earlier and we didn't have a new one, I thought it would survive one removal and reinstall but nope. And I lost the driver's side body plug that covers the body bolt access hole in the foot-well. I have been takin bodys off for 15 years and never lost anything that was still in the interior of the truck the whole time. Weird.

Phone rings in the service area, I happen to be walking by, "hey this guy on the phone has a question", "Well have him pull the car up next to the phone and I will take a look at it"....

Our shop is definitely a museum. We have two Super Star II testers, not one but TWO EEC IV monitors!!!!! Carb choke testers, MECS cables for the NGS, two NGS'. A WDS loaded with Windows '98. We had a SBDS but some asshole sold it on fleabay. (my automatic spell check is going ape shit right about now)

Quote: I wuz razzin Brad... Sarcasm is a tough deal on the interwebs, thank the Good Lord for emoticons!

Got a feeling the owners are gonna get hung with these things. Guy makes thirty-two trips back and forth to the dealer because the mil keeps coming on from red light to red light, then one day he decides to let the mil burn a little longer and boom, motor self destructs.

Remember when the Escape Hybrid came out and they sent the Vacula pressure bleeder to all the dealers? That thing sat in the corner hidden out of sight for years. I found it one day and starting using it and it was in pristine condition. I did all my brake jobs with it and turned bleeding brakes into a one man operation. I kept that thing hidden like flowers in the attic, because I knew it would be trashed as soon as it got into the hands of the other "techs". Well it's in the shop rotation and everybody has got their grubby hands on it and it's a pile a junk now.

Nah, you can do it with an NGS and the antilock adapter cable, but good luck finding any of that crap, although we just happen to have all of it at my dealer.

These were my fav-o-rite when I was a kid:

Not sure what your trying to say....<snickers>

My hat's off to you and anyone else who willingly works on E-buses that are diesel powered.

Quote: 'bleeder box' Is that fancy talk for an NGS tester?

Quote: I am now wondering how they determined what injectors were to be replaced http://www.forddoctorsdts.com/psd-8-ball

I don't know if any of you know this or not, but that's none other that our own big angry hillbilly. Mr Aaron "captain obvious" Robertson. Seriously he sounds and talks just like him.

I don't drink, go figure, a Ford diesel tech that hasn't been driven to drinking. Just never touch the stuff and haven't had the desire to start. Don't smoke or drink coffee either.

I would have to say that you have probably kept an eye on the oil pressure gage in the dash? It only takes about 3 psi to close the switch and indicate pressure.

Yeah, been down that road. I have found that when the vehicle stalls out after warming up it usually turns out to be the injector tops blowing oil out of them. Even though they have been replaced, it wouldn't hurt to check them again. Take all the bolts out of the valve covers except for a select few that are easy to access and leave the ficm laying loose on the drivers side. Let it warm up and die and then rip the covers off and have a helper crank the motor over and use a mirror to inspect all 8 injectors where the oil rail goes in for oil puking out. Provided the IPR pid is ramping up to 85% at an alarming rate and ICP VOLTAGE is dropping at an even more alarming rate, then you are still dealing with a massive oil leak that will leave you on the side of the road.

Damn son, I bet you can change a turbo in 0.3 hrs, key to key!

I see you're situation a little differently. I would kinda like being out of sight. The fact that you are working on diesels should make things better. The average broken down diesel is good for 4 to 5 hours on a ticket. The average car ticket is 2 hours or less, so working on trucks means you don't need to be bouncing back and forth to the main lot a hundred times a day. Pull the ticket, head to the shop and diag it, head back for parts quote and approval and take another ticket back while they fiddle fuck with the first ticket, rinse and repeat, no?

Uh let's see, let me knock the dust off the remote, oh yeah the DVR cue has.....the winter X-games. I use to watch a shit load of tv and lost track of all the movies I have seen. As I have gotten older, I have developed a case of can't-sit-stillitas. Unless my eyes are closed and snoring, I can't sit still long enough to make it through a show or movie. Unless it's a block buster.

I feel you there, my dealer is an old Subaru store that is now a.....Ford store. 15 bays, with 15 trucks and it's a real shit show.

My vision is pretty bad, so I hate to read. Unfortunately, I have to read to function in society. I make the best of it, I read magazines cause they got lots o pictures. I read anything that's geared toward the automotive industry. I am fascinated with how things begin and turn into great accomplishments. I work at Okemo ski resort part time and it is the second largest ski resort in Vermont. I have always wanted to know how a mountain that has been there for umpteen thousand years became what it is now. As luck would have it a book was published just for me, Okemo All Come Home. So I have been getting caught up on the past 60 years or so, it could use more pictures though.

Quote: and believe me i never applied for this job, kinda got forced into it Knocked up the boss's daughter, eh?

Lo siento (I'm sorry), but a.........this thread needs PHOTOS!

What's the height requirement when you apply at your shop, 5 feet tall or shorter?