BrunoWilimek

Yup, that'll fixit. Had one here the same. Other shop cleared P0088 and did reflash, sent truck on its way. Made it here, same code. Watched FPCV Pid and it went high during concern. Tech replaced HP pump and concern gone.

That reminds me about the 6.4 course. When I took it the instructor said there would be a follow-up course at a later date when more problems had shown up to update us on repairs. I guess that wasn't in the budget either. I see they have replaced the CVT tranny classroom course with an online one now. Somehow, I don't think that will do it justice, as that tranny is so different than any other.

The only other diesel tech in the shop here just got done replacing one of those high pressure pumps for the same code P0088, he was never able to duplicate symptom. Truck had been to two other shops who just cleared the code, reprogrammed PCM and sent him on his way. I can see why too. It was his first cab-off 08 Super duty repair and he lost his shirt on the job. Including all the diag time, heating the cab mount bolts, spinning one and having to remove the headlamp to weld the cage nut, getting propr approval and all, he was on it for 3 days and only got a little over 8 hours. Not a real nice job. He's almost ready to quit.

Yes, but it sounds even better.

Gee, they must be better because he said so, right? Yes, if you don't like the expensive engineered stuff, just replace it with this cheap crap and lookee at all the power you will gain.

So what is it already, huh, huh??

My biggest beefs? 1. Overtightening the oil pan drain plug, thus stripping the threads. I am not Ahnold Schwarzenegger, but a 98lb weakling I am definitely not. I should not have to use a 1/2 inch drive 2 foot long Johnson bar to loosen an oil drain plug. 2. Overtightening the oil filter/not lubing the rubber o-ring before installation. These two faults cause the same result, the oil fiter comes off looking like it was the loser in a demolition derby. I recently removed an oil filter from a 7.3 that had the bevel cut o-ring completely flattened out. I ended up driving my centreing-type pry bar through it and had to turn it several turns, driving the bar completly through the filter each time before it finally was loose enough to spin off by hand. If you want to prove your manhood by tightening stuff, do it on a bridge girder bolt and leave the engine maintenance to someone else. 3. If you use a shop tool or manual, put it back where it belongs when you are done. I am paid flat rate and if I have to spend time looking for something somewhere it is not supposed to be I get very angry. 4. If you use a shop tool and break it, don't just put it back and not tell anyone else it is broken. If I have to use a tool and it is unusable it really gets me angry. Stuff breaks. I get that. Nobody is going to beat the crap out of you for breaking something, and you won't have to pay for a new one, just tell the S.M., or someone. 5. If you made a mess, clean it up, especially in one of the shared bays like the alignment rack. I hate working in a messy work area. I have more, but that should do for now.

Great idea, but unfortunately it wouldn't work as some dumbass would figure out how to circumvent the system and post on one of those other diesel websites how to do it so other dumbasses could do it as well.

They talk about Pursuit Rated Performance in the video. The base 3.5 is rated at 260+ horsepower and 350+ lb. ft. of torque. The Ecoboost is rated at the same torque but with 356+ horsepower. All this with 25% better fuel efficiency and able ot use E85 fuel, with better emissions, safety, handling and utility. It sounds very good to me, but then I am not a cop. The biggest beef of the local cops about the competition has been lack of interior space compared to the larger Crown Vic's after installing a barrier between the front and rear seats. These have the same amount of space between the front and rear seats, which should eliminate that concern .

After reading the MSDS information on just two of the products, I further decided that they were something I would not like to expose myself to, just to line my wallet. Also, it is a German company, so I would think the products to be more expensive, due to shipping costs than similar North-American products.

The second paragraph that is shown on the first page that opens is all I needed to see to know what I thought of the company. Under the heading-"Revenue consultancy Maximum product quality combined with attractive earnings plans - that is the recipe which has made us successful in the eyes of our customers. We analyse your existing systems and pinpoint for you that with TUNAP products you do not generate any costs. On the contrary. You achieve profits." Before I even got to reading about any of their products, I already know it is all about money, as in getting as much of it away from your valued customers. We used to sell some "snake oil" packages under 2 different company names, from the same salesman. We were to collect bottle caps and the tech with the most caps could claim a prize. Did the product work? I dunno, but we sure sold a lot of the crap until the salesman stopped coming around. We still have some very dusty bottles on the partsroom shelf after nearly 8 years.

Those two mods are some of the stupider (dumber?)things I have ever seen. Some people have too much time on their hands and too few brains to make good use of their time. When he says "My fan has not kicked on in over a year since my hgs were blown last", how does he know? Does he ride under the hood? What a dumbass! Even worse, he is getting other dumbasses to do the same thing.

I second that. I did a cab lift on one to do head gaskets which had been done before using the "carpet slit" trick. The customer was still so p.o'd at the other shop, he refused to go back there. It didn't help that he missed the bolt heads by several inches and had to cut longer slits in a cross to actually get to the bolt heads. It made my job much easier, however. I can usually pop the sill trim and use a 1/2 ratchet to loosen the bolts, then my air ratchet spins them out.

I love it,Aaron. That was my laugh for the day. The baseball cap style caps were available online with Ford/Chevy,etc logos on them in several colours. Ishould have ordedred one of those, but thought the cross-border and shipping costs to be too high at 3 times+ the price of the hat.

I give up. What the heck is it? It looks like any of the answers submitted could be correct, but like Jim said, we need more info to be sure.

If after checking new(used)trans and if it is OK and no other concerns can be found, there is a possibility of plugged injectors. We had an 04 6.0 that had head gaskets replaced a while ago and tech(before diesel certification-not a diesel tech- now service manager)decided the injector tips were dirty and he cleaned them with a wire brush on a die grinder. Upon road testing, he found truck had low power concern. It would need accelerator pedal pushed all the way to floor to get it moving at any rate of acceleration. It was somewhat better in tow/haul mode, but still a beatch to drive. Hotline got involved and many tests later, including replacing the turbo(before disassembly was allowed)twice and many new parts later, 4 injectors(one bank) were authorized to be replaced. It was 75% better, so the other 4 were replaced and problem solved.

Now THAT's funny.

I have been wearing a bump cap just like the one Jim is modeling for a couple of years now. I would have preferred one of the soft "baseball cap" style ones with the plastic insert, or even a plastic insert that would fit in a regular ball cap. The reason for wearing it is bumping my noggin way too many times while working particularily on trucks that require higher pads on the hoist arms and the hoist arms then hang down well below the truck frames, making them easy to bang your head on, especially if the truck is slightly lowered as when access the bellhousing bolts or other components higher up is required. My search for one started about ten years ago when I was installing a clutch in a truck that would only lift to a height where I had to sit to work on it due to the high box contacting the crossover bar on our only truck hoist(at that time). I bumped my head painfully several times until I decided to use the construction hard-hat that had been left inside the cab of the truck by the owner.(I cleaned it up afterwards, of course) I liked not hitting my head so, shortly thereafter, while attending an industry trade show in Toronto, I grabbed a brochure for a bump cap of the baseball cap style from one of the vendors, intending to buy one locally. The price was reasonable, but I thought I could get one closer to home for less. Unfortunately, I was unable to find anyone locally who had even heard of such a thing, let alone could sell me one. I finally(after bumping my head many times more)tried to contact the company in Quebec, but their website was no longer in service, and Google searches failed to turn up any in the vicinity. I could get one from USA online for about $5, but to get it here would cost me several times that amount. I finally located a company online in the Toronto area that I tried to get one from, but they never responded to my inquiries. I finally got our Matco tool salesman involved and he got me the blue hard plastic hard-hat looking cap that gets me called "Bob the Builder" whenever I wear it. It cost way more than I would have liked to spend, but it was well worth it. Oh yes, Princess Auto came out with a flyer several weeks later with one of the ball cap style ones for only a quarter of what I paid for mine, but I didn't need another one then. It has kept me from being(having) a sorehead, so all kidding aside, it it worth all the hassle.

I think I figured it out. He has entered a time warp and is able to move near the speed of light. It is obvious if you watch it that he is moving way faster than a normal person can. Obviously at this speed, he can complete the repair in a very short time.

I am enrolled in the course April 29-30th.

Good call, Jim. I can't believe the number of low tires I run across in a day of doing oil changes, in this time of cheap tire guages(I got a new one for free at a car show last summer. They were giving them away in exchange for filling out a survey on checking/inflating tires)and air compressors. It's just too bad the government had to come up with a system to prevent blowouts and possibly injuries and deaths caused by the ability of people to ignore their tires until it is too late. Such a simple thing, yet so few actually take the time and effort required to ensure their tires are properly inflated. Was it here on this site that I read that common sense should be renamed, because it is not very common anymore?

If is says Zamboni on the front, It's a Ford. If it says Olympia, It's a Chevy. I once worked on a wood chipper/shredder that used an old style(distributor motor)2.3 OHC from the early 1980's. I used a 1980 Mustang as a reference for parts. It was a no start and needed a tune-up. I have never worked on semi's, but once had to make a service call on one that had a faulty rad shutter system causing overheating due to staying shut all the time. I was able to use a small c-clamp from my bag of tricks to hold the shutter open and sent him on his way to the nearest dealer. I am currently working on a Land Rover Dicovery II that had been to a local indy shop for a CEL and poor fuel economy. It left there barely running, missing badly and with a large bill. I had to become a member of a Land Rover website to get diagnosis and service info. Looks to me like the apprentice tech who worked on it removed the plenum to access the ignition coils in order to change spark plug wires. One of the plenum locating dowels is missing, right next to #2 intake port. #2 intake valve does not close all the way, leading me to suspect the dowel is holding it open, or the valve is bent. I am waiting for customer to decide if he wants to spend any more on it, or just trade it in in it's present worthless condition.

I can't believe nobody commented on these pictures. I saw the movie and recognize those guys, but maybe nobody else has seen it? Or maybe because it was off topic, or too long ago maybe.

A country hick got pulled over by a cop for speeding on a deserted country road. As the cop was writing out the ticket he kept swatting at the flies buzzing around him. The hick said they were "circle flies". When the cop asked why the were called that, the hick replied that was because they liked to circle around horse's assholes. The cop asked the hick if he was calling him an asshole. The hick replied, "no, I would never insult a member of the police force, I was brought up better than that. However, them flies are never wrong."

I suspect the reason they say to replace the whole standpipe is due to repeat repairs that were caused by techs failing to wait for the d-rings to settle in after being stretched to go on the pipe. The manual used to specify a wait to install time. One of the techs here keeps a set in his box and if I need to do a quick repair and a standpipe is not in stock, I borrow them and get parts to replace them to him, so they must still be available separately.