Alex Bruene

Ahhh... cardboard... better known around here as, "The Newfie Thermostat". We have a few come in now and then with the leather ones, I think as long as they use the "flaps" properly they should be okay. The air-filter restriction guage is usually a pretty good indicator if it is causing too much of a restriction.

I know of... stupid, bonus, performance, and ofcourse the 7 works you can't say on TV... but there are more... Jim and Dwayne wrote the list...

A little off topic, but a story I feel I need to tell nonetheless. Several years ago, a dude at the dealer I was working at had put a set of power steering hoses on a Lincoln, turns out he had put them on backwards somehow. He reached in through the window (putting his arm through the steering wheel), when the engine started, the wheel spun all the way around till it locked and pulled the little dude right in through the window.

I'm glad I haven't done it... I was flirting with the idea last week, but didn't have the time... yay, me!

Sure, it happens of F-Series and Econolines quite often... but not nearly as often as LCFs.

Have you checked if the HPOP oil resevoir is full before you start it after it soaks?

I've had several repeat offenders... seems like they have about a 30,000km life span...

Welcome aboard, Bruno...

Lucky for me its an ambulance....... 7 minutes to take the mount out? after all the removals in the workshop manual

Out of all the removals listed in the service manual to remove the motor mount... I believe removing the motor mount is the only removal I perform.

Has anyone seen a procedure in the workshop manual to justify this labor time?

I spent a little while looking for it today... can't find it.

Motivation is not required.

I don't know if I've ever mentioned this, but I really, really, really like beer. Just thought I'd throw that out there.

Although I don't find removing the drivers side engine mount to be difficult by any means... You can also remove the front cab mount bolts near the rad support, and the front 2 in the cab and jack the body up just enough to slip a 2X4 in the front between the frame and body. It will leave more than enough room to get the cover out. If the front bolts will come out that is. I wouldn't try it on a bus or ambulance though.

On edit: Please don't shoot me down Jim... I had to figure out a way to do it once on a van that had a generator mounted to the engine that wouldn't allow the engine to drop enough to pull the cover out. I would sooner take the 7 minutes involved to remove the mount.

I don't believe so. I don't think they've run an LCF course since the 2006 NMT.

I just finished replacing a set of heads due to fuel in the coolant... and even that took me 4 drain and fills untill I was happy with the condition of the coolant in the degas bottle... and it was nowhere as severe as the contamination we see with oil cooler failures. Although, in our shop, the foreman will usually go to the wall with Ford to try and get a replacment engine when there is a severe oil cooler failure.

I don't know if it will allow for enough time to do a proper flush. We'll see I guess...

Diesel here is $3.45 a gallon today, I wouldn't buy diesel power unless I was working the 'ol girl.

As it works out, diesel in Canada is over $4 U.S. per gallon... so remember, it could be worse.

I hope I'm not going to get crucified for this one... I had it happen once on an IDI... I put a 2x4 over it and fired up the engine... lets just say, "it came out".

We sell them like crazy... and promote them just the same.

Lets see... one run away engine... one failed oil cooler that ended up getting an engine... probably close to 10 A/C compressors, countless HP oil leaks at the d-rings... 2 hydro-boost leaks (on to the drivers feet)... a few injectors, 0 EGR valves or coolers, lots of door speakers, one rear hub seal... and a tonne of retail maintenance.

I personally think they are excellent trucks, they manouver great, a little rough in the ride... but, all in all... they only thing they are missing, is a V8 if you ask me.

It's flat rate around here... wouldn't have it any other way...

 

Do you guys see many like this at the dealership level?

 

No, I've never seen a 6.0 come in with a headgasket leak... along with a massive intercooler, air intake and exhaust mods... but no tuner ofcourse... and both the clear distance and clear warm-up pids reading zero because the customer "claims" to disconnect his batteries every night so his truck doesn't get stolen...

RTTP?

I had something similar last year... the local Penske garage replaced a fuel filter on an Econoline, and the engine would not run afterwards. Turns out they must have started it to check for leaks without moving the filter box and wrap, and it sucked the plastic wrap from the new filter into the turbo and locked it up.

If it's an early build, check the status of the VGT learn. Could be something that simple.

I just had to read some of the odd stories on INFORD... so for the first hillarious one that I came by, I will quote Dan Zabukovec...

"I had a lady with an old town car her problem"the radio doesn't get many stations". I bring it into the shop and see the power ant. in the back doesn't go up. I pop the trunk and and stick my head in when I notice that theres this live chicken staring at me! Before it can jump out I slam the lid shut and get the lady. She says she just bought it and was on her way home. "no problem" she says, picks up the chicken and goes and sits in the waiting room with it until I finish with her car. 2 things about all this (1) it was a very well behaved chicken and (2) where do you buy a live chicken in Mississauga?"

I'm sure we'll find some more...