Alex Bruene

1/4" off-set ratcheting bit holder with a T-30 bit, or just a 1/4" wrench with a T-30 bit.  Never had an issue with access.

I used to only use 3 hoist arms to lift regular cabs on that hoist.

I'm pretty sure the push-rods also won't pass through the holes if you're on the wrong side.

Listen for the degas bottle to vent while you're driving it.  It makes a hooting noise when it happens.

Agreed.  I only use mine for headgasket diagnosis.

I made my own with a $10 gauge from Princess Auto and some hose.  Instead of buying a tee, I used venturi tee from recall 08T01, and just drilled out the venturi.  And, that's why your shop doesn't have one!

See what you started, Chris?  And to think...  You chose going there instead of coming here... 

'06 F-150 doing several things on it but the rear rotors of all things were really being a pain. The right side I was able to get off by taping two holes into the rotor and using flat puller. The left side pulled my threads out so I called another tech that works on tractors and used their puller. Lets just say one of the reasons why I don't work on heavy stuff is because I would get tired just carrying the tools.

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I originally had the trans jack there so when the rotor came loose I would NOT end up with puller on my toe. I ended up lowering the vehicle and putting a strap around the puller. I had to use my long snap-on breaker bar to get it to pop loose, I thought I was going to break something. I will check the axle shaft flange for runout tomorrow. If anyone else has had one come off this hard I would take some hints. Reminds me of the 97-99 F series front rotors that I have had to cut off in the past.

Wow!  I haven't seen one of those work lights in years.  Years and years!  They're illegal here.

In all honesty, I never really felt they cared about what is going on in that part of the building.  The only thing that kept me coming back there day after day was the amount of money they were paying me.  That engine crane is from the '60s or '70s, I'm sure, and has leaked down since the day I started there.  I asked for a new one a few times and gave up.  The floor jack wheels have been replaced a few times, but not until they were square. 

Shop equipment wasn't the issue that lead to my relocation.  I was doing a 150km round trip everyday on one of the most congested highways on the continent, and spending so much time away from home that I pretty much missed the first year of my son's life.  That was the reason for my relocation.  Mind you, the equipment I have now certainly makes my job a lot easier, and takes way less of a toll on my body. 

Good luck with that.  I worked there for nearly 8 years.  According to the hoist installers, the shop floor will not not support hoists, as the floor is so unlevel on one side of the shop, and there is an old pit that was filled (supposedly with all kinds of junk before being filled with concrete) in another area.  It was a huge fight to get the first hoist, and it was simply due to the fact that we couldn't remove cabs on 6.4 equipped trucks.

nice! the problem with our shop is that there has been so many different techs that have gone through in the last couple of years (we don't have hoists in the truck shop so most techs can only handle it for a short period of time) for this reason we have seen all of our most common tools (IPR socket, ball joint receiving cups, HPO line disconnect tools, full floating rear axle lock nut sockets, ect...) are all gone.

 

I somewhat resent this comment...  In all the years that I worked at Donway, the shop never had full floating axle sockets or ball joint cups.  I purchased my own.  I also had my own IPR sockets, and I have always used a die-grinder wrench to disconnect oil lines, and I've always used a 19mm socket to push injector harnesses through.  They did have IPR sockets and oil line disconnect tools at one time, but those didn't disappear because technicians took them.  They disappeared because the parts department would lend them out to "good customers", and they would never come back.

I've had a few with major bottom end failures.  Normally, you can rotate the engine in both directions to get the convertor unbolted. Normally.

I do them in the same fashion as the right side inlet pipe.  I raise the front of the cab and support it with a 4X4 between the front body mounts and the frame.  It leaves more than enough room to remove the turbos and the fuel pump.  I use an engine hoist to remove the turbos, but not necessarily to reinstall them.

I also skipped past the injector part.  I'd be leaning more towards the 25 hour mark for all of that.

I'm sure you'll get lots of different answers on this one.  I charge 15 hours to do the EGR cooler and oil cooler combo on E-Series.

Just about every 6.7 I see has the hose collapsed after sitting overnight.  I've never been concerned about it... 

Hmmm...  Am I going to be the only one that says they've never torqued a tie-rod end or ball-joint?

I remember replacing quite a few engine harnesses on LCFs with the encapsulated harness for CMP/CKP issues.  Mind you, I've never seen one with metal on the CMP sensor.

Jim was certainly a mentor to many of us.  I'm sorry to hear about his loss, but the pain and suffering has ended for him.  May he rest in peace. 

I've done about a million EGR valves in the past few months for that code.  Don't forget to clear the MAF tables, or the code may just come back.

 

Lately, I haven't been able to get any of the bolts out.  They're even breaking in the EGR valve!  I'd like to meet the guy that decided M6 bolts would be large enough for the application, and kick him in the nuts!

Prior to accepting this job, I told them I would only take it with a 40 hour per week guarantee.  It has nothing to do with my ability to make 40 hours per week, but more to do with giving them the incentive to make sure I have at least 40 hours worth of work to do in a week.  IMHO, it's our responsibility to get the work done, but it's their responsibility to bring the work in.  And, FWIW, I have not needed to cash in on the guarantee, nor do I expect to.

I don't work on LCFs anymore, but I seem to recall using BRS-110s.

...and another 0.1 has been removed from our wallets!