Brad Clayton

Quote: it looks fairly easy to get to everything The 6.7's we're sellin' must be different than the ones you guys got, cause there ain't nothin' easy to get at on this motor.

Well here is an example of a frustrating tune up, unless you have this tool. Note that plug is removed from cylinder head for clarity The tool: Slides right over the frustrating situation, especially if its in cylinder 4: And viola, the ripped boot slides right off:

Well, we got our revised handbooks for 2010 today. The dealer mission statement was right on the inside cover, thought I would share. " Everybody, Somebody, Anybody & Nobody If there is an important job to be done and Everybody is sure that Somebody can do it. Anybody can do it, but Nobody will do it. Somebody will get angry that Anybody can do it, but Nobody realizes that Everybody wont do it. It ends up that Everybody will blame Somebody when Nobody will do what Anybody could do." Not to many of us, if any where aware of this policy, but it seems we are all dead on track with it!

Ya got yourself lots a Vaseline hangin' round ya bay there do ya?

Not only was this one missing but the whole casting is broken. It's kinda like a natural cutaway.

Yes indeed. The only reason we have ever pulled them at the shop is because they are trash to begin with. I have some photos some where, let me dig 'em up.

I can't remember the last time I locked keys in a car

I'd say you need to get yourself another compression tester there my friend, 'cause 6.0L's hardly ever breakdown !

Thank you Captain Obvious.

Never even used that tool, other than at school. They all get removed with an air hammer or slidehammer around here.

I like that, Greg. I have seen that quite a few times myself. Definetly a avenue worth checking out.

Push it back outside and tell them that 6.0L's never break down.

I have heard tale of somebody over at the FMC boards saying he pulls the right radius arm out to get them out. Must be an ex alignment tech or something.

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Man that would suck if thats what happened. I wonder if the truck sat for a while after that repair.

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Yeah, it's broke!

Quote: Brad, that is just wrong!

Quote: The fucking SECOND I find someone turning away diesel work cause it will fuck up our warranty numbers... Oh man, that won't be pretty. It wont be petty either

After performing a relative compression test, then moving on to the manual compression test, the next step would be putting air in the cylinder that is sealed up and monitoring the amount of air loss and where it is being lost. From there you would have an idea of how much or what to tear down. With the lack of compression and damaged injector, you will definetly find a problem when you do a tear down.

Quote: I replace fan clutch we drove little over 100 miles with no problems. Cust is not convinced we fixed it. How far does the customer think this thing needs to be road tested to verify a repair? Most trucks get driven 5 miles if that. and we may not have. Any Ideas Hotline said if coolant temp was 350 deg stand pipe should be melted and engine should be damaged. The hotline is a bunch of guys reading a computer screen for the most part. You have to look long and hard in the bunch they have up there to find an actual person that can help out with genuine know-how. We had a truck that was dealer swapped once. An old timer used car jockey went and got if from who knows where. Sometime during the trip the bottom hose clamp broke and all the coolant departed the motor. The guy being a total fucking retard decided it would be in his best interest to keep on truckin and hope he made it back to our dealer. Well when he arrived the thing smelled to high heaven and the block was glowing red, the BLOCK, as in ENGINE BLOCK. Guess what, the truck got an oil change, a clamp and some good ol gold antifreeze and is still in the hands of the poor ol unsespecting customer who bought it 7 years ago. So should the standpipe have melted on the unit in the story above? Hell yeah. Did it? No it didn't. Sometimes things are on a case by case basis. After a 100 mile road test and no problems noted, should there be any further investigation into the vehicle you are working on? I would think not, especially if you are driving it the way the customer is.

That year truck only has about 16 keys. When a lock smith comes out, he just takes out a master set of keys and starts sticking them in and giving a turn. The one that turns the ignition gets copied and you are back in business.