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6 x 6 E-450 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F7NxLqPJYTA&feature=related Fmaxx Cabine Tripla http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r-jQe_hrX7A&feature=related

Now I don't feel so bad. The exact same thing happened to me awhile ago.

....only to be replaced by Mike the "cuts, cuts, cuts" man Harris. At least he was able to undo most of the mess that Rae caused.

Thanks Keith. /forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/thumbup.gif

I use the weatherstrip adhesive specified in the Focus' heated seat campaign of a couple years ago.

That's exactly what I did. So you're saying I need to add eight cups to the quote? New heads don't come with cups already pressed in?

Hey Bruce, do you happen to have a cutaway photo of a 7.3L cylinder head assembly similar to the one you posted for the 6.0L? If so, do you mind posting it? I got an E-series here that just got dropped off by a small used vehicle shop. It's been ages since I've wrenched on any 7.3L so I'm a little rusty on the diag processes. Being a retail issue, I want this to have a ZERO probability for unforseen circumstances or a comeback. I'm pretty sure that on these, the cup(s) will usually be the culprit for fuel being introduced to coolant, unlike a 6.0L. I'm supposed to remove all eight injectors out and pressurize the cooling system and find the offending cylinder with the cracked cup, correct? Failing this, it's cylinder head(s) time? Sorry if it seems like a dumb question, but I got about four 6.0Ls on the go right now for major repairs as I post this, so I'm getting a little backed up. Thanks in advance.

Are you replacing just the EGR cooler, or BOTH coolers? You do not need to remove the intake if you are only doing the EGR cooler.

What do the voltage readings do when you rev the engine up? Do they remain steady or drop?

That's a little on the low side. What do the fuel filters look like?

Sounds almost as bad as the Brian Mulroney/Bob Rae days in my opinion. Just my /forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/2cents.gif

Bring up your FICM_L, FICM_M, and FICM_V PIDs when you crank the engine cold. Your FICM_L and FICM_V PIDs should equal battery voltage, while your FICM_M should equal 47 to 48 volts and remain steady as you crank the engine over, NOT decreasing.

Just curious, have you checked base fuel pressure at idle, and under load? Low fuel pressure will wipe out injectors as well.

AAAHHHHH the old dual mass flywheel. Reminds me of the pre-'99 F-series trucks equipped with manual transmissions. I used to change A LOT of those before Ford went to the single mass flywheel when the '99 to '03 trucks were introduced. I actually miss those days. I wonder why in the hell they would go back to the dual mass flywheel setup when the 6.0L was introduced.

Read through this entire thread: http://www.forddoctorsdts.com/forums/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=15860&page=0&fpart=1

I just had a claim bounce for having the intake sent out to a machine shop. Apparently Ford is saying I should've replaced the intake. If that's the case, fuck 'em. I'll replace them if that's what they want.

The V-ref circuit for the EBP is the brown with white stripe coloured wire. It is spliced into the V-ref circuits for the EGR valve and the ICP sensor if this helps.

Not to hijack this thread, has anyone had any experience with the EGR delete systems on these trucks? Do any of you carry this "repair" out, if requested by the customer AND the vehicle is out of warranty?

Just last week, I was "told" to replace the ABS module/HCU assembly on an '05 F-150 by an indy shop, pre-quoted by our SM for an ABS light on issue. He only brought it to us because it required reprogramming with the IDS. Sure enough, after replacement and reprogramming, the ABS light STILL remained. So, running a very quick self-test revealed the C1300 that was probably the cause of the originating issue. It took me all of two minutes to find the 40amp fuse MIA from the CJB. It helps when the module has power to it. But, I guess that would've been too complex a task for the indy shop to carry out. /forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/icon_crazy.gif

You mean the top portion of the cover that's supposed to protect the PCM and the three bulkhead connectors from being exposed to the elements?

I get paid the same hourly flat rate, with my diesel/senior/master and hybrid status as the other techs in my store, including the two aforementioned "techs" in my first post. This is because we are "onionized" as Jim likes to put it.

LOTS, where indy shops have replaced batteries.........or other stores where the servicing tech replaced the battery obviously didn't think it was necessary.

Those very jerks are exactly the kind that I have ZERO sympathy or patience for. I too have already browsed those forums myself, and from time to time, I get tired of reading posts that begin with, "help, I run a 5" straight pipe, EGR delete, Banks six gun, blah blah blah blah...... and my engine locked up, does anyone know if this is covered under warranty, because I CAN'T AFFORD TO PAY FOR AN ENGINE (but I can afford thousands of dollars in mods /forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/icon_crazy.gif)" Yes, in just about every shop there are those "brake rapists" and flush queens (mine certainly has more than its fair share of them). Get a vehicle in with an air bag light on, or ABS light on, and they go running away scared.

Before I begin this post, let me first clarify that I don't consider myself to be the "perfect" tech, or the smartest tech for that matter. But, at this point in my automotive career as a tech, I have made my share of mistakes, and have no problem owning up to them when needed. In a time when the "big three" are in financial dire straits, customer satisfaction is of utmost paramount importance in both sales, and after sales departments. That being said, those of us who DO still care and strive our best to do our part to ensure and maintain customer satisfaction to the best of our abilities, nothing is more frustrating when our co-workers makes US look bad. It's Wednesday evening, a customer rolls in with his 2003 Mustang, alledging that he paid for an oil change that was never done. He produces his copy of the invoice, which clearly indicates the employee number of the servicing tech, the parts charged out on the RO and the amount of labour charged. Apparently, he "marked" the old oil filter himself with a dot between two certain letters on the old filter. So, in rolls the car into a bay to be put into the air as instructed to one of our apprentices. In comes the owner to indicate where he marked it, prior to bringing it in. The question I have in my mind is, WHY in the hell is this tech still employed at our dealership? Why did the owner of this vehicle "mark" the filter? He must already distrust our establishment in the first place, for him to go to the trouble of marking the filter. Well, the shop foreman did the oil change in the end, after which both him and the advisor apologized PROFUSELY for the fuck up. Whether or not, he will ever return again for service, who knows. Today, a customer who just pruchased a 2009 F-250 6.4L from our store about a couple months ago (a sale that I "helped" talk him into, since he was considering a Cummins or Duramax as well) comes in to have four new snow tires installed on new Ford rims (that he pre-ordered through our parts department himself). The RO is written up. The job goes to another tech in the shop. I get paged to service to talk to this guy (before the truck is brought in by the other tech). He asks me what the funny sound is while the engine is running. I quickly go to listen to this noise myself, and determine what appears to be a fuel knock from bank #2. He explains that he had just had the oil changed at another dealer. I ask him what oil was used. He shows me the bill, and low and behold the other dealer put in 15W40. I promptly informed him that these engines should be running 10W30 all year long. No probs there. He says, "just do it, I don't mind paying for it". So now, a line is added. This tech takes his sweet time to do the tires (2 hours and he doesn't even have all four done yet!), never mind the oil change. Well, finally with all four tires mounted on rims and installed, the advisor is now in the shop helping him do the oil change, pouring in all 15 litres of oil for him. When the truck is finally rolled out, the customer comes back in asking to speak to the guy that installed his tires, to ask him how much air he put into the tires. Stupidly, the tech only put in 35psi! /forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/icon_crazy.gif So now, in rolls the truck right in front of the bay door (impeding in and out traffic for the shop) to fill the tires to proper spec. Back out to the truck goes to the front of the shop for the customer to be on his merry way FINALLY. As I go to park another "waiter" out front. This time the customer approaches ME, asking if someone can just clean the grease prints off his tan carpet floor mats and scuff plates! I thought WTF?! Doesn't this guy use floor mats?! On one of my Saturday shifts to work, we close at 4pm. By 4:30pm, I'm already changed and about to make my way out the door. Suddenly, the SA comes to me to ask me to "help" the other tech to change the brake shoes on a Windstar. Apparently, he had already been on it for three hours just changing a set of front pads and turning the rotors. Changing shoes on a Windstar apparently was a bit of a challenge to him (the same tech that did the oil change on the Mustang in the second paragraph of this post). This morning, I'm already trying to deal with my own shit, while trying to help out the poor bastard beside me that got stiffed with replacing a misdiagnosed HCU on an '08 Escape Hybrid by another tech in the shop that he's been stuck on for three days trying to bleed the system. I get paged by the SM to "look at" and '01 Town Car. I was told to install the fan clutch that was already ordered in by someone else. As I bring the vehicle in, is when it occurs to me that Panther cars (Crown Vic/Grand Marquis/Town Car) stopped using fan clutches, beginning in the '98 model years when they went to the variable speed electric fans to look after the cooling needs. Sure enough, it turns out, the noise turned out to be the air suspension compressor about ready to dynamite. Sorry for the long winded post. I would like to point out that I am generally not a tech who concerns himself with what other techs are doing, but sometimes it gets frustrating when you try to do your best, while others don't appear to give a rat's ass. And yet, going out of your way to please a customer when it is convenient seems to be perceived by some, as "ass kissing". Rant is over. How is life with everyone else?

Well, let's hope the engine DOES runaway on him!!! /forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/smirk.gif All kidding aside, "customers" like that you just don't need. Believe me, I get more than my share of them! I have one replaced both of his batteries himself two years ago. Just last week, he came in and bought two new batteries because he doesn't like how slow it's cranking in the morning, during cold starts. He wants the two batteries that are in his truck now, returned for warranty reimbursement, but he doesn't want to pay for diag! /forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/icon_crazy.gif