DwayneGorniak

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You mean newer 6.0's with the V pump' date=' '05 up? The one you use for air testing on E-Vans?/forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/smirk.gif Originally Posted By: DwayneGorniak There is a plug in the top of the housing. But the severe lack of access to it is what got me thinking about testing at the high pressure rails in the first place. You're referring to '05 up F models? Sidebar disclaimer: After grounding the IPR, shooting the pics and loading them into my PC, I realized how stupid I was holding a maxed out 5K gauge in my hand. If you guys decide to do this, please follow better safety procedures than I did. The only safety gear I was using was safety glasses. If something was to have let loose, I could be missing fingers, a hand, or worse. The truck also started hard after that test, and showed some leakage with an air check. It was not driven, so I don't know if it was starting hard from the air and HP nitrogen test (that I haven't posted yet) and the HP system not being bled, or it's because I blew a seal while grounding the IPR. I'll keep you updated. [/quote'] /forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/thumbup.gif Yeah those little guys Bruce. My mind was just a little foggy from not really thinking about work while i am enjoying my weekend. I use them for air pressure testing, But what I was getting at is: Now I can make up a guage system to adapt to them for pressure testing. Hmmmm, now you got me thinkin again. Hmmmm, I think I am going to have a close look at our power steering tester that no one has used in years and see if I can adapt it to those little fittings. That will save me money from buying a new guage and hose setup. /forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/hammer2.gif

That's pretty neat Bruce. Now I might have to "make some time" myself to make one and to make an adaptor for the weee little test port plugs in the tops of the injection ralis for the older ones. That fuel pressure adaptor will also fit in the top of the high pressure pump on the older Sick-o's. There is a plug in the top of the housing. But the severe lack of access to it is what got me thinking about testing at the high pressure rails in the first place. I just find that I am so damn busy at work that when the end of the day comes, I am absolutely wiped and in severe need of refreshments. /forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/drinkingdude.gif Keep up the good work. /forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/hammer2.gif

Sorry to highjack the thread, Buuut, pretty soon people in this world will need GPS systems just to find their asses to wipe and then they will need some sort of remote control Canada Arm like the space shuttle has to actually wipe their assess. /forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/2cents.gif /forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/laugh.gif

Great idea Jim, but you can't forget the bug deflector, ground grips, bags of sand for the trunk and the deer whistles. And you will be ready Saskatchewan touring. You'll blend right in and no on will even know your a tourist. /forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/laugh.gif And I figured you guys were talking about something like my crystal ball.

/forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/scratchhead.gif Ummm, OK. Shops should be buying Roller brush car washes and bumper post sleeves Jim? Is the link that I posted similar to what you guys see down south? And forgive me, but what the hell are you guys talking about: diagnostic dice and an automotive 8-ball? Is that kinda like having a crystal ball on my tool box to give a rub whenever a customer phones me on his cell phone and puts it outside and asks me what the hell that noise is? /forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/scratchhead.gif

We can view the online cataloge up here at http://www.fordrotunda.com but we never see deals or offers for techs like you guys do down south. /forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/frown.gif

But now he can go down the street to another dealer who has no clue what we found and go through the same thing we did if he runs them dry. But the shitty thing is that he has probably learned his lesson as to not run the tank dry anymore and he will never admit it. And he will probably be going to another dealership badmouthing your dealership and the other dealership will most likely warranty the shit out of everything on his truck not knowing about the self inflicted damaged that he has caused to the truck himself. Frickin anoying isn't it? /forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/mad.gif

I usually see about two biased ICP sensors a weak. Usually reading on the low side though (.13 to .16 volts). Don't forget guys that the spec is .18 to .24 volts KOEO. However, I have seen high as well. and they do run quiet. If you look at the fact that you have over 300 psi KOEO, I would think the pcm will only command the calculated value of IPR duty cycle that it thinks it needs to hit it's target. The ICP reading may be over 600 at idle, but that is only calculated ICP and not actual ICP. I would also bet that if you put a high pressure guage in the high pressure system, you would find that the actual ICP would be very low and that is why the engine sounds quiet. If a guy had tons of time, you could pull the passenger side valve cover and put a gauge in the top of the high pressure rail at the test port then run the engine and see what the actual reading is compared to the PCM calculated reading.

You can custom order what ever you want from Dell and make payments if you can't afford a whole lot up front. My Latitude works great. They also have a acidental death and dismemberment coverage for computers which is quite nice. But just about anything with XP Pro, minimum of 1gb processor and 512 mb/RAM will do. Might want to check Ebay.

Hee heee....That reminds me of a good one. About welve yeas back working at another dealership, twoo techs helping eachother out on a 96' escort that had a fuel sender issue. You can pull the back seat bottom out and get at the sender through the floor. One guys is in the back seat driverside looking at the guage and flipping the ign from on to off and on. The other guy is is in the back seat passenger side with sending unit in his hands sweeping the potentiometer......... : /forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/icon_crazy.gif. We had a California style shop where every bay had it's own bay door up and down the North and South sides of the shop. Every vehicle pulled in and faced the other vehicle across the shop. A huge walkway doen the centre of the shop and the Service manage had a huge picture window in his office on the second floor that overlooked all the way down the centre of the shop. Okay back to the sending unit.... FAHHH----WHOOOOOOF! BANG!!! /forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/flamethrower.gif The little tech (like a scared cat) had literally jumped over the other tech facing him in the back seat and came out in a flaming fury. The other tech rolled out of the back seat. Both heads on fire and both techs smacking their heads silly to put out the flames. The Service Manager is pasted to his picture window with look of fear on his face /forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/cover.gif as the flames bellow out the back of the car and every other tech is rolling on the ground laughing, watching the flames get higher and higher. Niether one of us techs had the strength from laughing so hard to get a fire extinguisher. Finally a service advisor came running out to the shop, grabbed an extinguisher and put out the flames. A few minutes later......both techs get paged to the service managers office and we all see the service manger and the two other techs through the picture window in tears from the extreme laughter. Our Service Manager had a great sense of humor.

Yup. I agree. /forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/popcorn.gif

Trust me, it's definately Canadianized. /forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/cheers.gif /forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/drinkingdude.gif Just got back from a whole long thanksgiving weekend of drinking a whole lot of that stuff. Was out in the mountains quaddin' and relaxin in my travel trailer. Deep fried a 20lb turkey. Man what an awsome weekend. Smacked my head twice though, right where the stiches are. Jeeze that friggin hurts. /forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/banghead.gif

We run two wireless routers at work and I run one at home. All my downloads are done wirelessly and they are extremely fast. I never have issues that way. My laptop lives on wireless connections. But you never know what's going with the other end at the internet service providers. This also happened to our shop's IDS and that one has a hard wired connection.

I have been running 51 for almost two weaks and no problems. However Keith, I had that issue about six months ago and what I had to do was totally delete IDS off of my laptop and reload the original DVD, then reload the new updates. The problem was that I had a glitch in the internet connection when it happened and it did not load the program properly. /forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/2cents.gif

I,m too damn tall to get under these sardine cans properly and keep whacking my freekin head on the damn piece of crap grill. So I flip the hood back so that I can get some head room. Good thing I have a thick skull.

A second vote on that. Good luck Larry. hope you do well.

Watch out for those 08' Superduty hoods. I just landed myself 20 stiches in the head at 11:30 this morning. I was using a hood prop rod. There is no real nice place to mount a prop rod on these trucks and have it remain secure. I will be using a ratchet strap from now on tied to the hood and the other end to a hold down in the box. I am now making the pain go away with Miller genuine Draft. /forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/drinkingdude.gifAnd I will be wearing a bandanna for a while. /forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/banghead.gif http://www.forddoctorsdts.com/photopost/showphoto.php?photo=193&limit=recent http://www.forddoctorsdts.com/photopost/showphoto.php?photo=194&limit=recent

That's just where the whole screw up is. The whole design of the cylinder head. Not to mention the fact that this engine wasn't really intended to push as much horsepower as it does in the superduty. 90 less horsepower in the econoline and the 650-750- series. And they don't seem to stretch the bolts like the superduty does. Which brings me back to the quality of these rubber head bolts verses studs.

Looks like this jack ass will be needing a tranny job soon and you can bet he'll be crying for warranty on that.

Partly true Jim. But the engineers are somehow thinking rubber head bolts are better than North American steel. /forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/icon_crazy.gif And as far as I am concerned, these head bolts are crappy parts. For as long as I can remember, we have had nothing but problems with torque to yield head bolts. /forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/banghead.gif And from what I am seeing North American quality studs are holding up alot better. /forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/hammer2.gif Somehow, I just don't believe in 400lbs compression, 27-29psi boost and a shit load of combustion chamber temperatures with rubber head bolts. /forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/icon_crazy.gif However I do agree with the fact that they really screwed up with only ten head bolts versus eighteen. /forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/icon_crazy.gif PS. have you noticed that I am really starting to like these little smiley guys?

Exactly Keith. Years ago, I used to get a good feeling when I was done repairing a vehicle because I felt that I was improving that product for the customer. That feeling is now gone, because I have seen some repeat head gasket failures after they get some major mileage on them. Example: do gaskets at 35,000km's and then again at 100,000km's. The biggest problem units I have are the ones that are hauling extreme loads. If we are going to let the red tape determine whether or not we are going to "repair" the product or just replace faulty parts with "crappy" parts, we are are not really repairing the root cause of the concern. /forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/2cents.gif

Bolts come in the box with the heads. And like I said, You have to tread carefully with this type of repair. We do this only on trucks that are about to come off of warranty and/or retail repairs. We are simply trying to make these things hold together longer once they are off of warranty. We are trying to improve the product for our customers. We do not take the chance on lower mileage trucks either, for all the same reasons that are being posted here.

I have been lifting the cabs since January of 2003 and I would never go back to busting my cohoney's being bent over like a monke f#*king a football and get getting my valuables caught on that damn hoodlatch ever again. /forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/banghead.gif Untill you try it, you will never know how much nicer the job is this way. /forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/hammer2.gif

You're not thinking that Ford pays for the studs are you? We have the customers pay for the studs while Ford pays for their faulty product repair. But like I said, this is still an area where we have to tread carefully. A year ago, we were totally against this repair, but we had to take a look at it from the customers view where they are trying to improve the product they are driving. However, we do not do any other aftermarket modifications. This is the one and only that we will accept.