Aaron

Well, don't I have a red face! Too nice out there to not come back man, I will be out next time I have some holiday time booked up. (And okay, okay. I got drunk and fell asleep, but I wasn't gonna lay that out on the ferd forum! )

I can agree with Mike on this one. It says 90 degrees x3, not 30, then 60. Then 60, then 30, then 45, then 45. Just my opinion. I can't get my fat ass up in there anyways.

Quite refreshing on a hot day! Even better with the addition of barley, hops, and other associated Beercon V technician fluid ingredients.

Can't stay away man, but I did manage to stay away on Monday! /forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/laugh.gif I thought that one of the all stars already rolled the injectors/coils around? Or claimed to.... /forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/rolleyes.gif See ya tomorrow sometime.

I used a gallon of liquid floor degreaser and water on the last one I did. It worked pretty good, I ran around 20 gallons of water through it afterwards. Worked pretty well, like I said, but the customer did bring it back with the littlest bit of oil skim on the top in the degas bottle. I'm gonna try those dishwasher detergent tablets on the next one, i think. That L-11 stuff sounds like it's good stuff though! I will research it and see if it's available here.

Me and the other truck guy are SWAMPED. Heavy line/truck is busy at our shop. Light/car is dead though

Here's a grab of what the menu says.

Ah I never really thought about doing it that way, but that would work also. Theres a couple things in that list that i'd like to know exactly wht the fuck they are, like Enable DOOM and whatnot. I will post a screenshot as soon as i get the IDS programs instlaled on my machine.

It's used to ignore inhale data from the original module, to enable programming with asbuilt of your choice. 97826 is today's code of the day. (I think, - the software is on my other computer, this is just doing some quick math. Go to the pocket knife icon in IDS, and go to Special Function/Update. A box will pop up, and punch in that code, it'll show you what the options are with this code.)

I got the formula figured out for this, even wrote a tool using Visual Basic to generate the code for you. AND Keith - if you have a code for a certain date - and set the IDS date to that date, it DOES work.

That rattle when you shut the engine off, to me has always been characteristic of loose torque converter bolts. Are the holes in the flexplate concentric? Or are they all fuckin' oblonged? I ran into this with a chevy once, chased my ass around for a WHILE trying to find it.

Ahh, the plot thickens. You mean you aren't gonna r&r it to clean it out of the goodness of your heart? /forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/rofl.gif

I got to use this one yesterday! Guy CLAIMS that after I did (Everett Sinceyoue) the under high-pressure pump harness, the truck and I quote "Sounds like it's got a fucking rod knock" around 1500RPM when the PTO is on. I DID just change the oil, that was only 15,000kms overdue...but I digress. Yeah, there's a little noise in it. Was it there before? I don't know - the truck didn't run when you brought it to me. It doesn't really sound out of the ordinary or abnormal to me? /forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/shrug.gif

The last dealer I worked at, and the one I work at now, we send intakes out to a machine shop to get them acid bathed. Works MINT. Comes back like brand new. IIRC, the last shop I work at, we were instructed to do it this way by the Hotline, as opposed to replacement of the intake.

Also, I'd like to know where the fuck to suggest to the ford fleet builder site that when fleets are equipping 08 SD's to put disconnects in the wiring harnesses that run from the cab to the box on the truck, so's a guy like me doesn't have to spend an hour soldering wires back together on the floor after the cab is back on.

Stupid car with the PCM programmed for 94 octane. 1.539 a litre. Roughly $6 a gallon, depending on which gallon you like.

I was trying to file a GCR the other day, nothing worked right. Almost threw my brandy new laptop down the length of my house.

--ACTION-- Gets out soap box, little broom. Brushes off soap box. Cracks knuckles, clears throat. Takes a belt of whiskey. --END ACTION-- Ahh, the Union. Where do I begin. How about the fucking union steward is one of the only THREE guys in our shop that doesn't have a mechanic's license, yet makes the same wage as myself and Shlep? OOOOR how about when I got a union grievance filed against ME because *gasp* I LOOK UP AND WRITE MY OWN FUCKING WARRANTY OPCODES?!. That's right. I am no longer allowed to look up or write my own warranty operation codes. I am still continuing to do so, but I'm not allowed to. This is shortly following my write-up, for working on my own car during shop time (I'm not openly admitting it here, the internet is an open forum). But what is documented is me pulling the forward clutch drum out of the case and installing a seal sizer, on my morning break, and pulling the low/reverse piston out of the case on my lunch, so's I could take the case to the local trans shop to get it matched up. The only reason THIS occurred , is our union shop representative raised a big fucking stink about it, because one of the seniority guys in the shop got caught, get this, IN THE PARKING LOT, WORKING ON SOME GUY'S CAR, WITHOUT A WORKORDER, DIAGNOSING IT FOR FREE, USING THE SHOP'S EQUIPMENT! And after he got caught, he screamed to holy hell that I was doing shit on my own car while I was not on a job blah blah blah. Okay, if'n I did work on my own car while I was on the clock, I'm sorry. At least, I had a work order on it, it's MY OWN CAR, and I'm not doing it for personal gain, and I am using my OWN tools to perform any repairs. I will sit on my milk crate beside my toolbox and read the paper, collecting the guarantee (of which I have collected a total of 5.7 hours on in a little over 8 months) so I can continue driving the parts truck home, using the company fuel and insurance instead of spending 15 minutes during the day to clean a couple parts and resize a couple seals, so I can get my daily driver rolling again. This comes from the our shop union steward, who tried to sell my ass down the river for this, and in the end result, ended up getting the other tech PAID FOR HIS TWO DAY SUSPENSION, as well as getting me wrote up. The only reason I believe I didn't get my ass shipped home was because I had a 08 SD cab in the air. $60 a month union dues for representation of what? NOTHING. The only thing the union does at our particular shop is allow guys to refuse work (which I think you should be sent home for, in my opinion), piss and moan about EVERYTHING, and hide behind a little green coil-bound book every time a little thing goes wrong or not in their favor. Guys bitching about AWA times, aftermarket warranty times, this, that, and the other thing. The guy that's Ford Certified to do auto trans? Doesn't do them. Guys in our shop spend so much time doing TRIVIAL shit, like figuring out how to complain about the (FREE) benefits package we're offered, or what they can file a grievance for to baffle people with bullshit paperwork. I had a guy come up to me, actually two seperate guys on two seperate occasions, and ask to see the clipboard I had. The one guy takes it, and says this is MY clipboard. I should explain, the clipboards are all left in front of the window of the tower while they are not in use. So I let him take it. Shortly after, the self-professed "Most Qualified Guy In The Shop" who, after spending 3 weeks trying to set pinion depth on an 8.8 diff in a Linc. town car, decided that that particular vehicle needed a housing. I had not been at the shop all that long, but I distinctly remember Shlep putting the proper fucking pinion shims in the car, setting it all up, and doing everything except putting the brakes and wheels back on the car for this particular tech. But I digress. This was the second 'clipboard tech'. He comes up to me, asks to see my clipboard. I show him, he goes "That's mine, I've been looking for it for like 3 days!" So I then say - Wow, no wonder you never get any fucking thing done! Shlep spends more time helping this guy than he does working on his own jobs. He doesn't get the hint that he's a powerstroke certified tech, yet he never gets any diesel work. He did a diag on a MIL on a 6.0 the other day, him and Shlep, actually - Shlep diags it down to a wiring issue between the MAF and PCM. So what does princess do? HANGS A MAF ON IT. THE UNION PROTECTS THESE GUYS. EVERY time I look across the shop, this guy is either doing a FLUSH, or MIA. I have NO fucking idea how this guy hides so much at work. I don't know where he hides, but I gotta find out so I can start doing it too. He'll "diag" something, order parts that are backorder, or USA stock, and once they get here? Guess what! SAME FUCKING PROBLEM. So now Shlep has to go over there and hold his fucking hand to diagnose the problem properly, so the customer can wait ANOTHER three weeks to get the PROPER part for his vehicle. Much like I now am supposed to hold the tower operator's hand to write up my warranty operations, since I'm not allowed to do it on my own anymore. So I'm up there the other day, WRITING UP A WARRANTY JOB and MAKING FUN OF THE BULLSHIT writeup, and I walk out of the tower? The union steward is standing there. I love it. Hilarious. I will add more, as I think of it, I'm sure. ---Gets down off soap box---

I had this problem with my old PC. Every online class, I had to reload again and again to attempt to finish the courses. I have been using a different PC to do my online courses, and have had no problems. I didn't just have the problem with ONE class, ALL of them didn't work properly.

I drove a customer's 06 F350 home for a couple days, 5.4 3v. That thing wouldn't get out of it's own way. Pull into traffic, drop the hammer, and hope that you aren't gonna get ran up the ass. Thing accelerated like it had 2.56 gears in it.

Pfft. Us Canucks report to NOBODY. /forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/laugh.gif (We don't need prior approval at this point)

It wasn't real fun. What I ended up doing after the front two cage nuts, was heating the fuckers up till they glowed red, let 'em cool off then hit 'em with the gas-ax again and got 'em glowing, started winding them out, once I felt them pass the loctite, wound 'em out with the air ratchet. The connectors did snap into place, HOWEVER, i DID have to push the locking tabs down on the connectors to engage the 'tits' on the solenoids.

I threw out a hotline on this today: Quote: Hotline Assistance Request VIN: 1FDAF56R18EA67481 Vehicle: 2008 F-SERIES RO Number: 338709 Request Date: 09-05-2008 Technician: Aaron Robertson Request Form Details: Description of vehicle concern: Customer had vehicle towed in for runs rough, then it stalled, would not restart. Diagnostics performed: I have isolated the concern using bulletin 07-26-02. DTC Codes: P0003, p0091 Parts replaced: In process of replacing high pressure pump cover gasket and harness Tech's question: I have had several reports from other Powerstroke technicians of failures of the connectors or solenoid plugs shortly after performing this repair, causing a repeat of the original concern, or a stalling when hot after the connector backs out of the solenoid. I have also been told that this is a known issue. Are there any steps I can take to prevent a repeat repair and "Fix It Right The First Time?". As you know this is not a light mechanical job and I would like to be sure the repair integrity will remain. Hotline recommendation: Aaron, when you install the new high pressure fuel pump cover gasket make sure the PCV and VCV connectors "Click" in. My suggestion would be to lightly pull on the connector when they are connected to confirm the connection is seated correctly. Call Log: Dealer has not called hotline for this vehicle/concern. Print date: 9/6/2008 12:03:33 AM At least it's documented now, that I asked.... Mad Crane Skills: Like I'm a proud parent of a bouncin' baby shithead: Notice the lack of headlamps...yep...cage nuts... /forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/mad.gif

Coil condenser shorted to ground. intermittent.

I'm tearing one of these pieces of shit apart right now, Good reading. Will make doubly sure everything's happy.