Jeff_E

If it's a OHV 3.0 it's no big deal, If it's a DOHC you need to pull the upper plenum, but it's still pretty easy. You'll need a set of upper intake gaskets and and 2 egr gaskets.

hubba hubba, does she have a sister???

I had a 7.3 with a dead pedal once in an excursion. It ended up being a chafed harness near the LF wheel well... If I remember right it rubbed against a power steering hose from the hydroboost. It was a couple years ago but that's the only thing that jumps in my mind when you stated your concern. Good luck!

Turbocharger Unison Ring (6C885) - Replace Includes time to perform turbocharger bearing clearance check, replace the turbocharger unison ring along with any required cleaning. This labor op requires that the repairing technician be certified in Training Specialty Area 52 or 51. 6.0L DIT 9438A4 1.0 Center Housing Rotating Assembly (CHRA) (9G489) - Replace 6.0L DIT 9438A5 0.3

1843 - 2004-2009 E-SERIES/2003-2005 EXCURSION/2003-2007 F-SUPER DUTY - 6.0L TURBO UNISON RING AVAILABLE FOR SERVICE A 6.0L TURBOCHARGER UNISON RING IS NOW AVAILABLE SEPARATELY. THIS PART MAY BE NEEDED WHEN PERFORMING TSB 08-16-13, '6.0L TURBOCHARGER CARBON DEPOSIT DIAGNOSTICS AND SERVICE TIPS', STEP 9 OF THE INSPECTION PROCEDURE. THE UNISON RING, PART # 3C3Z-6C885-A, MAY BE USED IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE TURBO CLEANING OPERATION WHEN NECESSARY AND CAN BE ORDERED THROUGH YOUR POWERTRAIN DISTRIBUTOR. TSB 08-16-13 IS PLANNED TO BE UPDATED IN THE FIRST QUARTER OF 2009 AND WILL CONTAIN THIS ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.

Thank you Mr. Payne and Mr. Wilimek!!! My dealer doesn't have this kit either because it's considered a "desired" not an essential tool, but damn... If you've ever used one there's just no going back (especially on Dana axles where the carrier shims are located behind the pressed on bearings) One could go through several sets of bearings to get one set up right without this puller. I called up Rotunda and got my parts ordered. The Collar numbers helped me a lot, and I was able to use the process of elimination to figure out which plates I'm missing, so thanks! By the time It's all said and done I'll have less than $200 in this kit It looks like Rotunda is the best place to buy it too,(unless you find an ebay gem), I saw it online from other vendors for as much as $1400. I love ebay ~And I really love this site

Fellas, I bought this kit on Ebay for dirt cheap, but I'm missing a few pieces. If one of you has this Diff bearing puller kit at your dealer, could you open it up and let me know a few numbers for the individual pieces in the picture below. I only need the numbers for the 3 pieces within the brown line. So I can call Rotunda and complete my set. Thanks, ~Jeff

Since when is there prior approval for injectors???

I heard from hotline that 09BFU is already in the process of being re-written to include all injectors, IPR, FPR, HFCM, GPCM, visctronic fan clutch, and oil dip stick.

Air injection tubing for the cat got snagged on something?

I just had a 6.4 reflash bounce for not coding it to a specific tsb. Apparently there is a new edit in ACES to do exactly this as it never used to be a problem.

I've had several of those solid state glow plug controllers go bad. Usually they will set a code for one specific glow plug circuit, but almost always ends up being the controller.

Aw, that's just walnut dust from all of the use it gets on those pesky 6.0's ~On edit: It looks like this scared Rex, he's actually thinking of sending it to the dealer for once. Yay!!!

Well, in the V8 cafe Rex started a thread asking the Mafia for help with his truck which is having a low power hot condition. I couldn't resist messing with him so I gave him the following advise... You never know, he might actually try this. PowerStroker Wrote: Have you tried an IPS and an ICPR? Any codes? Is it your truck? In all seriousness you may want to take it to the dealer for at least the diagnosis. As much as I'd like to watch you do to yourself what you did to the previous owner of that truck, you would be well served to realize that you are out of your paygrade and let the pros figure out what's wrong with it. Side note: If you scan it and get a P0299 (low boost) it has a 99.9% chance of having sticky intake valves due to carbon buildup. We see this all the time, what happens especially on the trucks that idle a lot or use shitty fuel is that carbon builds up on the valves. During cold operation. You often don't have any symptoms, but when it warms up - the thermal expansion causes the intake valves to float in such a way that valve overlap starves the engine for air. Since less air going in means less exhaust coming out - it makes the turbo spool slower and the PCM detects this as a low boost condition and sets a P0299. Luckily Ford came out with special service message fix so we don't have to replace heads anymore. Now all the ford dealers have a "carbon blaster" that Ford sent all the dealers a couple years ago. The job kind of sucks, but we pull the intake manifold off, rotate the engine till the intake valve is closed, and blast crushed walnut shells around the bottom of the valve guide and valve to break off the carbon, then we use the vacuum attachment to suck out the walnut media, rotate the engine and do the next cylinder until we have all 8 done. It usually takes a full day to do this job, and it gets messy. It is vitally important to make sure all of the blast media is sucked/blown out before rotating the engine and allowing that cyl's valve to open otherwise media can get in the cylinders. Though trace amounts are unavoidable which is why we use walnut shells instead of other types of media. Also tape off the intake ports on the cylinders you aren't doing at the time so the blast media doesn't fall into a cylinder that happens to have an intake valve open. I suppose if you're a die hard do it yourselfer, a regular sand blaster and shop vac could be made to accomplish the same thing, but we dealer guys are pretty efficient at these by now. We generally charge 10 hours labor plus intake gaskets and blast media. Usually the total bill is around $1300 including tax. Below is a picture of our wonderful Rotunda Carbon Blaster tool. Note: this whole rant only applies if you get a P0299 with or without other codes. If you have a different code let us know. I'm kind of thinking since yours is an 03 it's probably well overdue for this by now.

Well, here's some more bad news about Denny... His employees too for that matter. I just want to know how he managed to take Chrysler for a half billion dollars. http://www.startribune.com/business/38840312.html http://kstp.com/news/stories/S861306.shtml?cat=1

Yeah, maybe if he has to report all of the customer vehicles he "acquires" as income.

We see these kinds of problems once in a while at my dealer on vehicles that have remote start. If you have a programmed pats chip glued to the transceiver you shouldn't need to program any keys because the van will think it always has a programmed key in the ignition. The action of going into programming mode may have erased the "glued on" chip from the system, and then when you went to program a key it saw 2 chips (the glued one and the one in your key) and didn't know which to program. I would remove the glued on one and start the programming all over again. As far as why It starts with the remote start (assuming what I said is right about the glued on chip being erased), well that's confusing to me too. I know some pats systems inhibit the starter relay and some will crank but prevent the injectors from firing. If your Windstar has the crank inhibit style, perhaps the way the remote start is wired defeats that feature regardless of whether there is a programmed key. I'll have to do some research on this one.

I took some photos of the Ford display at the auto show. Here are some examples of EcoBoost components. The turbo is a lot smaller than one might think, the impeller is probably 2 inches in diameter max. They also had another display of the new electronic locking rear differentials but I didn't get a picture of that.

Yeah Rex... We chain them there egr's up to the engine hoist and start pumping. It's kinda like pulling teeth with a piece of string and a door.

I'm still waiting for my first. Do we have to replace the 2 seals for the turbo crossover tube above the left valve cover on reassembly, or can we just push the tube back in without leaks?

I've been pulling the front seats since 04 when the back seat became too heavy. 03's were a lot lighter for some reason. I'll have to try than hand ratcheting thing though, that may save some serious dinking around in terms of blowing fruit loop crumbs out of torx head bolts.

I wouldn't push too hard on that one. You've already got the FICM removed for the head gasket replacement. You've also got FICM diagnostic ops on the same line as a TSB that includes diag so Ford will already frown on it. I would highly recommend having a second line added to the RO for the FICM to avoid confusion. As far as time, probably just a half hour to cover the programming and pray it goes through on the first try at that. ______________________ On Edit, I'd probably drop the 6005E ops all together and claim 1.5 - 2.0 total on a seperate FICM line, that will be your best chance to get it paid without issues.

I like the way you think It's consistent with the SSCC Diagnostic method. What good is a bedplate reseal without determining the "root cause" anyway? So far we have: 6007D - OIL LEAK DIAG .5 6005F9 – CRANKCASE PRESSURE TEST .1 6600B – OIL PRESSURE TEST .3 6007A - R&R ENGINE ASSY 12.0 6007A38 - BEDPLATE SEAL TO BLOCK 2.9 6007A39 - REAR MAIN SEAL (OUT OF VEHICLE) .5 6007AZW – CLEAN CAC TUBES .1 6700A - Seal Crankshaft Front (6700) - Replace 1.9 TOTAL= 18.3

Seal - Crankshaft Front (6700) - Replace 1.9 "This labor op requires that the repairing technician be certified in Training Specialty Area 51 or 52 When claiming 6700A: Do not use with; 6312A, 6316A, 6600A, 6020A " _______________________________ Looks like you may actually be able to use this one Aaron, good catch. It doesn't appear to conflict with any other ops, and you definately need to replace it as part of the job. I always assumed it was included in the bedplate reseal but maybe not? If it did, you'd think the warranty nazis would have listed the exclusion since they always seem really thorough about that kind of thing. I think it's worth a try... worst thing they can do is edit the claim right?

SWEET I suppose you could claim the 6007azw .1 to clean cac tubes on reassembly. Every little bit helps I thought oil leak diag paid .5?