Tony302600

Here's a thought on a scenario that might/is going to happen. GM/Chrysler start restructuring and realize that the cost to build an automobile in the US is too expensive, because the UAW wont budge on any part of the contracts. So they make the plants outside the US to save on cost. Now all those jobs are lost. Now if we let GM/Chrysler fail... those same jobs would be lost. I see a lose/lose situation. Am I right or wrong? Like Bruce said... everything is made in china/mexico/japan etc etc etc. We import everything from other countries. Did you know that every single bearing is made in China. China bought all the US companies that made bearings (i.e. bearings for electric motors, etc etc etc) in the US and disassembled the plants to reassemble them in china?

So basically, the group that created weekends, 8 hour work day, workers rights...is now killing the big 3. Yay So what's the fix for this. So now that the governement took over GM, and they see that an astronomical of the costs go to union workers, can they, (being the government) alter the contracts to make them work ? You can't sue the government and win. ( I think ). Now when chrysler gets bought by FIAT, do they have to abide by the contracts made with the UAW?

I think these trucks are being used as grocery getters rather then hauling trucks. We say very few trucks that were used above their designs compared to the people that did short trips.

Bruce, do you think that the UAW having a grasp on the big three, trickles down to cuts being made to quality? What are the contracts with the three...why can't they just say go f-yourselves, we cant stay afloat with this contract, we're changing directions and now staying union?

+1 on that. I like the escape's, i would rec. them to anyone. I always rec. Ford products to everyone because their styling of their new cars/SUVS are awesome. The new fusion hybrid is killer. The new escape's dashboard is pretty busy, but i still like it. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zvWwJrvUki0 CHeck out that link to show the true power of a AWD escape!!!

Keith, I 100% apologize, ive just been hearing sooooo much about healthcare on the am radio that it just sparked the bad side in me. I'll keep all my replies legit to what the topic is about. I do think Ford is putting out car's people want. Case in point....the Edge and fusion. I REALLY REALLY like those cars a lot. I know a lot of people that love the F450 also. Times are tough, it sucks out there.

I know A LOT of people that bought it at $1.50. Why do the automakers have to choose the UAW? Why can't they hire non-union workers? I know in chicago the hotels HAVE to hire union maintainence engineers/workers? This topic is a loaded topic. There are too many things that cause EVERYTHING to fail. From Reagan signing the "deregulate the banks, and let them do what they want" bill, to companies shipping jobs overseas to save on labor, to the skyrocketing healthcare costs, to greedy banks. We went from a exporting economy to a mainly importing economy. I've wanted to ask Jim, Dwayne and all the canadians here, do you like the socialist government? Do you like not having to pay for medicare? Republicans say your healthcare is shitty because the government pays for it? One thing I know to be a fact. Whenever a republican is president... his sole purpose is to fill the pockets of his friends and people who contributed to his campaign. So far in President Obama's 137 days, he's had to clean up all of Bush's f-up's. Mending all the relationship's he's fucked... the stupid policies, crazy uneeded spending. I'm happy at the job he's doing, and pissed that a good amount of people are still bitching about him. The only way Ford/GM/Chrysler will get back customers is by giving us cars we want. Ford is starting to do that. If they brought that fiesta over here with 65mpg, i know their stock would go WAAAYYY up and then Bruce can talk to us from his carribean beach house....

I think the greater issue here in the states is healthcare. I read somewhere that 65% of all bankrupcy's are due to overwhelming healthcare bills or the cost of it. A major part of GM and Chrysler going bankrupt is them having stupid business practice's and having to pay all that healthcare to the UAW. This country would be a better place if we had a unified healthcare system. Anyone see Micheal Moore's "sicko?" That movie made me think about how shitty our government is letting the pharm, insurance, medical, companies line the pockets of the senators. Everyone knows it, why doesn't anyone do anything about it. Obama, sent a letter out to the senate majority leader stating that he wants a single payer healthcare bill made out before the end of the year, i think it wont happen because everyone making the decisions are on the payroll of satans helpers themselves. If they do make a bill, then it will be a shitty one. Greed run's this country, companies are looking to screw people out of every cent they can. I needed to say that and didn't know where to put it. Now for the automotive industry.... GM, Chrysler, Ford, IMHO, put out cars and pushed us to like them. Since the US now owns 60% of GM, i think this should be a chance to MAKE them put out cars we need. They have the technology to get awesome gas mileage, why not put it out there. Give us a battery car choice, an electric car choice. Didn't the US government take over US Steel back in the 80's/90's. I thought that didnt work out well....same thing gonna happen to GM? What do you guys think.

I had a mother of a time torquing the heads down on my first 6.4L head job. I think i used the ARP stuff and an apprentice to torque them down. I'm 100% sure I used a metric socket also

The engineers i talk to say that 10degrees is the maximum. When i would do int. drivebility problems on 6.0's i would always put up eot and ect just to see what newer trucks would show and would never have over 3-5degree difference on a cruise after reaching operating temp. I would always stick with 10degrees as a sign of a problem starting to get worse, IMHO. Usually the bad coolers I had were 30-100 off from each other but that would show up real quick.

Bruce is the one that got me reccomending aliant injectors 1. for their reliabillity, 2. for their price.

I know this seems weird but, take the egr valve out and check it. I don't know why, but in the past ive had 2 05's that did the exact same thing and the egr valve was stuck open. If that proves out, imma say that its an injector.

They do that at the dealer i left to make it easier for removal and install, we cut off the ear with a ground down cut off wheel. Then removed the cover easily. No force Dave L

ive seen this only on a early 03 with the harness chafing over the stud near the drivers side. What i did to find this is have someone sit in the truck and hold the throttle about 1500rpm, then start moving the harness around til it shuts off or throws that code.

ive been hearing that using a torque multiplier saves your back cab on

When i left there was a guy doing them really really quick without removing the battery, he wouldnt tell me how he did it.

Well Bruce, if the customer doesn't want to do/wait for a oil sample and you see that the oil is covered in the small metal flakes, then its pretty much a given it needs a motor right?

Now i have a question for you guys. I had a 186,000 mile excursion before i left that was a no-start, had a crap load of metal debris in the IPR. I looked at history and at 145,000 the truck had a new front cover, gerotor pump, all the things associated with that repair, claiming that the pump was eating away the front cover causing metal in the system. I advised the customer that i can try a IPR and if it runs we'll see how it goes, but eventually it might fail again. He wanted me to put a IPR in it. I did, truck came back 2,000miles later same thing, on a hunch i checked the oil and it had small metal particles on the oil filter and in the sunlight you can see aluminum specs in the oil. Now when you see the metal specs in the oil like that, is it pretty much a given it needs a motor? (out of warranty?)

Ford still hasn't said that head studs are a fix right? A dodge tech told me that Ford is giving head studs whenever you guys have to do head gaskets. I told him he was VERY mis-informed. Nothing changed since i left right?

Those noid lights that i made with the thanks of keiths post have covered my ass plenty of times.

Ok, so i have a firefighter buddy, whose station has a 6.4 ambulance...... they must change their oil at least every 200 hours to keep the warranty valid?

I bet you this thing will never break. LoL. Like when we put egr, cooler deletes on modded 6.0's...never came back for ANY problems after installing the stuff.

This has got to be the most heart wrenching thing. The only other time ive heard of these trucks is the ones going to mexico that broke down in texas and they posted something like this on fmcdealer a while back.

Ive been seeing more and more duramax ambulances. But then again ive been seeing a good amount of 08 e-series ambulances.

I already paid the deductible for my premium care. I think the case is the issue, because when i went on a test drive with the shop foreman it wasnt that loud, but you have to drive 20miles for it to start screaming. He was a real cool guy, i asked him if he was involved in my parents navigator rear-end that couldnt be replaced, needed a new case. Keith, I told him about this website, but i don't think he wrote it down. We will see what happens.