ktmlew

Do they have a flash that will fix a broken EGR cooler? I'D PAY for that one! /forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/readthis.gif

I guess I'm a twisted individual as I don't mind working on them just wish we had some parts in stock. My week consists of this. Monday checkout half-dozen cars/trucks and order parts while also doing 6-10 bullshit recalls, then while checking out Tues cars and putting on parts ordered Mon I'm doing more recalls. Wed as I'm putting parts on ordered mon & tues....... Well you get the idea! The pay rate here is several dollars an hour lower than I'm used to, actually $6.00 an hr less than I made in NC, but they will fully pay for my ins. plus a $15,000.00 life ins policy and no weekend work. 8-5 Mon-Fri with hour for lunch. They will let you stay late if you want which I've found alot of dealers won't. If your doing an engine sometimes you can get more done in the hour or so after everyone leaves. Tommorrow I have a 550 to put an EGR cooler in while I do another 32,000 recalls and an EX-ambulance with the rear brakes completely worn out. It almost chewed the rear drums completely into! At least it's customer pay.....I think? /forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/rofl.gif

SM is owners son. He does alot of things for us so I really can't bitch. We don't have to go out and get the cars as the valet brings them in and parks them in our bay's. The SM does all the prior approval's. He updates the wds daily which isn't a big deal but it's nice to know it's been booted up and is ready to go when we get there. Replacing an injector harness on a 6.0L now. It was in a couple of days ago with complaint of flickering water-in-fuel light and complete loss of power when light came on. Found SSM that took me right to the problem. When moveing harness near FICM truck would die so stuck a piece of convoluted tubing on it at LR intake bolt so the customer could drive the truck till the part came in.

Uhhhhh?........the new job is....well? NEW? This is the first shop I've been in for along time that had me doing oil changes and a bunch of shit work the first three days or so. Usually they load you up and make you think your gonna get rich at first. Then once they got you hooked they ignore your "qualifications" and give you the shit! The SM really frowns on any time spent on the puter looking for SSM's, TSB's, online manuals, etc. He doesn't seem to understand that you can't always pull the diag/repair procedure out of your ass especially the 6.0L! I hate looking in the books because it's OLD info. I seem to find what I need quicker on the puter whether online or on DVD. I'm annoyingly conscientious(sp?)due to my dad's insistance that "you fix it right, don't care how long it takes" additude. It's gonna take me awhile to get back in the groove but haven't screwed anything up yet far as I know! /forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/eek.gif Just wish we had a wireless network so I could get my own laptop.....

How the hell are you supposed to get the harness out without killing it? Got one that came in with water running out tailpipe and locked up. Another tech started pulling the GP's to get it to crank over. I inherited it as he seems to have trouble working 5 days in a row. Boss said "screw him, you get the whole ticket" as he allready had the LH side off, EGR out, CAC tubes off, coolant drained,etc, thinking it had blown head gasket......Ended up pulling the inner fender to gain access on RH side. Got 3 of 4 out but the front one was just crumbling up. Used a slide hammer and screw deal to get the remains out! After I cranked the water out of it I put the GP's back in and ran relative comp with WDS as we apparently don't have the proper tools to do a manual comp test. 1st attempt has cyl's 6 & 8 down 2%. Sec attempt had 3 different cyl's down 1%. Cold engine. It was still ingesting some water, likely lying in intake, as toward the end of the test it would "hit" harder on one cyl but I don't think it has hurt itself. Ordered an EGR cooler "kit" as we have to get it running to see if it's OK or not. They are sending all the associated parts, gaskets, bolts etc, with the coolers now! Another stupid question.....how do you get a tool into the serp belt tensioner? Hmmmmm.....maybe have someone pull on the belt while you push the lock tab on the tensioner up? That'll work I believe! /forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/poke.gif /forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/sleep.gif

It had previously had a head gasket replaced and started puking coolant out while they were on a trip. They let it cool awhile and then put water in it. When they tried to start it it hydrolocked!It was towed to us, I was unloading my toolboxes when they were pushing it in the building, and another tech pulled the glowplugs out of one side and cranked the water out of the cyls. Reinstalled the GP's and fired it up for a few minutes. Pushing water out of coolant bottle. The truck had a big "book" of previous repairs so they went strictly by instructions from techline. Ran comp test and found low comp on 2 cyls on one bank and 1 on other. Techline said "pull motor and tear-down". I had only worked 3 days and wasn't getting any diesel work so went in and asked for some! Be careful what you ask for! Whomever did the first headgasket used a "wizzer-pad" on the block & head. JUNK! The EGR cooler was leaking as the EGR was clean as a whistle! I was suprised they (FORD) approved a complete motor. When I say complete I mean complete. The only things I had to bolt on was the motor mounts and 2 idler pulleys! It had all wiring, FICM, flywheel everything! I pulled the turbo to get it back in but it really wasn't that bad. Great way to start a new job, HUH? I'll lift the cab up some on the next one so i don't have to remove the turbo. I checked it this morning for leaks and checked for CMDTC, cleared, parked in lot. We have another that did basicly the same thing. They pushed it in today and found it got so hot they can't get the GP's out to do a comp test! Not sure if I will get to do that one too or not. I don't really mind it if I get to do several fairly close together I'll figure-out the tricks, right?! /forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/eek.gif /forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/hitthefan.gif /forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/laugh.gif

How did I avoid them till now? I quit for nearly 2 years! Just got back in the dealership last week. I actually asked for some diesel work as I got tired of doing recalls on other stuff!

04 350 Crewcab Dually Auto Trans. Started at 3:15 yesterday afternoon and it was ready to lift at 3:00 today with the normal 4 or 5 interuptions. Had to stop and do a couple of recalls and other shit. Also didn't have a rack to do the bottom with either. I hate crawling around on a creeper! It really wasn't as tough as I expected though. Tommorrow I get to tear it down and see what's wrong with it . It came in locked-up. They said it got hot and they poured water in it then it wouldn't crank. Another tech checked it out and found it was hydrolocked. Pulled a couple of glow plugs and it started right up. Ran a compression test and it had 3 low cyls. It has had at least 15 repairs previous to it getting towed into our shop. Head gaskets EGR Cooler PCM Injectors Etc,Etc..... Now I get to pronounce it dead! /forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/poke.gif /forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/hitthefan.gif

LMAO! Sure you're not in WV?