jimmy57

...and pushing the brake pedal when going 90 MPH does much more than make the vehicle shake and smoke to come out of wheel openings.

Thanks, that does explain some things! After working for a manufacturer for a long time I still see cost before anything thinking as basis for too many things.

I would think the two engine variant strategy is for two main reasons: 1. competitors already doing it so why sell more units with the higher power level and incur more warranty risk and 2. The majority of cab n chassis operators are not the owners and less things get trashed if it goes a bit slower when your hired hands are behind the wheel. I bet the fuel economy in real driving is better on the low suds tuned version too.

If you look around there are some makes with almost as good as sealed hoods. Some Benz and BMW models not only have lost the trans dipsticks but have no engine dipstick. You drain, you add the specified amount, you reset oil level tracking system and then oil level is computer monitored for time to change and for when it is low enough that computer decides engine needs oil added. These require synthetic oil and the service interval for oil service can go to 12-13 thousand miles for cars operated for lots of highway use. No need to open hood to check what you can't check and intervals make opening it to change fluids rarely needed. Oh, The BMW's use their telecom hardware to alert the HQ that service is needing to be done and dealers will call owners with appointment options. There may be some others now using this feature. Guys, it is a different world............

Blown99, When the stuck valve was removed from this head, what did you find? Can you tell what stuck it? Keith, the same question to you, did you see anything you could attribute the stuck valves to?

Blown99, When the stuck valve was removed from this head, what did you find? Can you tell what stuck it? Keith, the same question to you, did you see anything you could attribute the stuck valves to?

I think the E series is a serious lame duck. The full size Transit is destined here according to some plans listed in an article I read somewhere, I think it was Automotive News. I think sales rate of E series is too low to justify spending money on a north American only platform.

For the healthcare issue in the US I see it this way: we are already paying for healthcare for everyone. If you are insured, your insuror pays the tab (after the $5000 deductible per person in many cases) at a negotiated rate less than hospital full price. A very few come in with cash and no insurance and are paying on a payment plan at maybe a little less than HFP. Those with no insurance and nothing for hospital lawyers to apply liens to pay nothing and the federal/state/county governments have some funds the hospital can tap and get a few pennies on the dollar repaid. Note: The hospital and doctors stay in business. The result of this is that the insured are already paying for almost all of healthcare. I do know from personally observed events, not something said by a radio millionaire with no worries but to keep his taxes lower or by a politician playing to his constituents ill-informed wishes, that good hard-working people either pay a premium for insurance that is approaching their federal taxes paid or maybe even is more. The hard-working with no insurance put off going to the doctor and in WAY TOO MANY cases end up with an issue that becomes terminal or at least very much more hard to treat due to it not being treated until it was stopping them from functioning. My personal experience is that my $5000 per person deductibles insurance plus the premiums I pay for two healthy persons ($742 per month) would be way more than I pay in federal income taxes if we were both to need some minor procedures in the same year (i.e., the deductibles being spent and the premiums total 8904+10000). I hear lots about small businesses being so hard to start due to taxes, a smart accountant can avert some taxes but no one can find a way that I can start a business and not pay high premiums for crap insurance for my household and the persons I would hire. That is my view and I have not heard any talking head nor print article discuss the "hidden", already being paid costs of healthcare nor the higher costs to the public when an uninsured goes too long with no care and now has EXPENSIVE care borne by taxpayers or the person is written off by hospital and gets no care and dies after expensive tests but no expensive cure. Think about it.

From one source: Typical stall torque multiplication ratios range from 1.8:1 to 2.5:1 for most automotive applications (although multi-element designs as used in the Buick Dynaflow and Chevrolet Turboglide could produce more). Torque converter multiplication factors may have a median value of 2:1 but they are not all 2:1.

Torque converters don't have the same torque amplification rate. 2.0 is actually on the high end. The 6.0's had higher stall speed which also means higher torque multiplier. The 6.7 making its torque down low (where Rudolph Diesel intended it) doesn't need a high stall/higher torque multiplier T/C so the 1400 lb-ft rating may be way above what gets twisted onto the input shaft.

Maybe fits here.... I worked with an old country boy and a customer returned with his car with coolant leaking out of weep hole 200 miles after the car had been in for service. The S/A sent the customer back to talk to the tech and the tech put his arm over the customer's shoulder, pointed up at a light bulb in shop and said, "sir can you tell me when that light bulb's going to burn out?". The customer walked up to the service write up and happily gave the required info and left his car for the water pump.

I know that the best of filtration systems can be overridden by lack of maintenance but this is BS. Hundreds of 6.0 injectors are changed on trucks with diligent owners. If Fomoco pushes this too far I hope they understand that low fuel pressure caused by poor pumps and a filter on the suction side (Can we shout "DUH") with no monitoring safeguards is likely the bigger culprit in the failures. The folks jumping on Toyota's butt could just as easily turn their focus on a pair of less than popular diesel engines in a few million blue oval pickups. GM stepped up to injector failures with an extended warranty so Fomoco could be shown to be lacking in standing behind a safety issue on these units. A truck that dies while driving leaves the operator in harm's way. I don't believe the manufacturers have a cradle to grave responsibility but the standards to which Ford holds techs for repair work should be mirrored back to their own behaviors. We have to be accountable for our comebacks, what about them?

Only amphetamine and caffeine loaded labor time guide observation techs with air hammers and air tools running on 300psi.

Only amphetamine and caffeine loaded labor time guide observation techs with air hammers and air tools running on 300psi.

If you repair this truck and it is back with the same problem in one month what are you gonna say then???

The one on the left has bent the bridge opening I assume because the lint packed in and caused a wad blockage, Did the other one get blocked and just wouldn't open either? Oh do tell what the foreign matter is. I know! I know! Aftermarket coolant filter came apart!!

OK, I have to give those IH and Fomoco engineers a lot of credit for a multi-tiered unintended acceleration fail-safe built into every 6.0. First we have the overtorque EGR coolers that dampen combustion by throwing water on the fire. If that does not do enough then we have pressure relief head bolts. If this also fails to quell the problem then the injectors have that specialo feature where they purposefully fail to seal combustion gases from the fuel supply. The filling of fuel system on engine with combustion gas stops the engine. We were all confused by all of this because as customers so often do, they left out the unintended acceleration that preceded all these "concerns" they told the SA's about that were really the fail-safes kicking in. I worked on a brand for a time that had noisey and vibrating brakes. This car line (Volvo) was not given credit for their advanced engineering either. They had sight=impaired pedestrian audible stop warning brakes on some models and Carpel tunnel syndrome relieving massage through the steering wheel upon brake apply built into other models. The customers absolutely failed to appreciate these advanced features. Have you ever heard of sight-impaired pedestrians being run down by Volvos? You all know that human and animal solid waste is malodorous so no one confuses that with Tootsie Rolls. Another example of lack of proper understanding.

In my days working for a manufacturer there were some things I found out about warranty. The contract for components is not the same terms with every supplier. The manufacturer can negotiate price with warranty reimbursement as one item that can affect price. That truck's milage may have placed it in the situation where Ford gets reimbursed for a new engine but does not get full repayment for reman engine. I recall several cases where a FAR cheaper repair could be made by repair of a component but for that particular component the supplier paid for part but not for repair of that part so the A/C compressor got replaced instead of replacing the o ring seal at high pressure cutou switch.... Then there is the whole issue of some items going on full replacement for temporary engineering investigations. These are fun because about the time you think you may know what to do the rules change back!

I would think glow plugs assure more complete combustion on cold engines and with VERY tight standards using them longer and in a few more situations seems to fit. Heating still air does make sense and from years of cranking tractors not equipped with heater assist of any type, I can tell you rough initial running with loads of unburned fuel are the norm. Most owners would never tolerate all that white raw diesel smell in their garages and into their homes. I would think quieter combustion is a result also and owners do not get less forgiving with the passing years on noise. I have not seen any bars lowered, ever, only raised.

I ran across an explanation in a factory manual of brushes in a starter being armature brakes so that aramture would stop more quickly and not cause a flywheel ring gear mis-engagement if a subsequent start attempt was made. Maybe that same author was the one telling us glow plugs heated the air. I always had my doubts since the glow plugs are usually put in the line of fire of injector spray. (I've tested this a few times with spilled grease on red hot stove element when I have ventured into cooking exploits).

liquid to air has the capacity for more heat transfer but is usually more costly but also takes less room. I bet the need for the second cooling system was already established and to increase its size and add the L-A CAC may have been little cost and freed up some much needed room for other items. Maybe one of those really in the know will chime in.

You already have equivalent experience. coming to work on a Friday that is the last day of the month and running into a serv manager who needs tickets closed, customer waiters, and a service advisor wanting all jobs finished so they go into his commission check is about as close to voluntarily driving into a category 5 tornado as anything.

What are the issues? My sis bought one to haul dogs to dog shows. She loves hers and has no problems. Is getting 23+ mpg for combined driving.

'Cause I hear Santa has a fleet he needs to find a shop for/ By the way, they all have private brand extended warranties...

Gear reduction starters have done in some really good techs over the last few years. A few years back I was talking with a field engineer about the rash of start-stall problems on our vehicles. He had been working with lots of seasoned techs at different dealers and many different pats and pieces and procedures had been tried. I asked him what the voltage on problem units was when cranking. He said "I've asked several of the guys and they all say the engine is spinning over fine". I reminded him of the geared starters and the fact that adaptive fuel trims are held by sufficient batt V in the KAM. FE called a guy back with one sitting in his stall on that day and the batt V cranking dropped below 9 V. New battery did the trick.