joshbuys

Had a 2012 limo bus with around 26000 miles (in less than 6 months) with bearing failure like this, had to pull the engine out the front.... Boy I don't miss these things

you can also take your paystub into your local verizon/at&t/sprint store and they will apply the discount on your account for you that way. the discounts you get vary between the different carriers, but they are all around 20% off the monthly 'access' charges I've had the Ford Dealership Employee discount on my verizon account for the last 4-5 years, I just switched to my new Union Pacific discount with verizon(which is the same as the ford discount) but verizon wanted to 're-verify' my employment, so I had to switch.

This is my brother Jacob talking about his 5 yr old daughter Brisa Buys, who hasn't been seen in over 3 months since he won full custody in a long drawn out custody battle with his ex-wife Lisa Buys/Lisa Badhand. The mother has gone into hiding with the child, last known whereabouts is somewhere in Maine. If you see or hear anything please contact local authorities. FBI is currently investigating/searching for them, Lisa has a warrant out for her arrest. http://www.news10.net/news/article/259907/2/-A-fathers-message-I-just-want-

Squirel!

Or if they drilled the frame for any mounting bolts they may have drilled into the harness, be sure to inspect VERY closely if there is a 'new' bolt near the harness, the drill bit will have gone in and come out of the harness with almost no evidence in most cases. Seen this many times on medium duty trucks.

I thought it was pretty simple, other than the problem I had getting the scenario's to load, tried 5 computers before I found that if I moved the pop up screen for the scenario everything would go from blank to fully loaded, if I just let it sit and wait for it to load it never would....

A change of scenery is in my near future, I've been working on this one for several years now, and it is finally going to pay off. As much as I will miss working 'flat rate', I will be rolling my toolbox into my garage and going to work for Union Pacific Railroad (where they will supply all the tools I could possibly dream of needing) in the next couple of months, after 4 years of trying to get on with them and jumping through all of their hoops, I finally got the job of Diesel Electrician! I just have to wait for them to complete my background check, and a couple medical/physical evaluations. I very much appreciate all the help I have received on this site, you guys are awesome!! I will visit occasionally, but I suspect it won't be nearly as often.

'97 F350 460 - long block installed 800 miles ago at another dealer, getting another long block - cylinder 6 wall is scored bad '12 F550 bus 6.7L - gremlins are trying to escape, pulled the lower pan off and found the thrust bearing in pieces, pulling the engine out the front tommorow '11 F450 - FRP going open and causing the truck to surge - P0087 - ordered an FRP today

All the ones I've had this happen on will shut off the engine and lock out cranking for 1 hour as soon as the truck gets to a full stop, So if you are in traffic and have to stop, it would shut down.

6.0 Headgaskets 7.3 All Injectors 6.4 Long block 6.7 P0087 6.4 RH up pipe It's about time we got busy this year!!

IIRC it is in programmable parameters/personality on the 6.4l, I've never reset one on a 6.7L, but I've got a 6.7L I have to look at, I'll see what I can find on it.

+1 on the STC fitting, seen it several times. Was even lucky enough to get one that was doing this to blow all the way apart on a road test and die out on my....never to start again until after the repair. At least it was right when I was pulling back into the dealership and I didn't have to sit waiting for a tow truck.

I don't have one in front of me to compare now, but I have compared them a few months back when I was replacing some push rods on a unit with broken rockers, I always like to compare old to new....The old ones are definitely longer. I contacted hotline and they said it was an updated push rod and the shorter length wouldn't affect anything since the hydraulic lifter would take up the slack. They didn't give any more explanation than that.

SIRIUSLY!! I hardly even turn on the radio when I'm driving, I like the quiet solitude I get to enjoy when I'm driving alone.

Never stopped me

I've done 10+ cab on engines on 6.4's at other dealers, and never had a problem with paying the full bill of 30-40 hours on them. You've got to take into consideration that they put the cab-on procedures out to guide you IF you can't remove the cab, not because they want you doing it that way, these cabs are designed to come off 'easily', but they realize there are some instances where cab removal isn't an option. If you'll recall when the 6.4l's came out, there was only a cab off procedure for everything, then when they realized there were cabs that couldn't be removed they published the cab on procedures.

Got mine done cab on, Dealer screwing me on the labor though, had 33.5 in it and they only paid me out the 18.0 on the tsb and the 7.2hr m-time punches they had me do for pulling the bumper/winch/trailer? hitch off the front and putting it back on, total of 25.2 hours total.... When I tried explaining to them that 'technically' since the job couldn't be done by the book they're supposed to bill the full punch time all as m-time, they wouldn't hear any of it....I've been at this dealer a little under 6 months, and I think my days are numbered....they do everything soooo backwards here! Hoping to hear back from an independent shop where they do nothing but Ford, Chevy, Dodge Diesel work, hourly pay with production bonuses!! And no warranty BS!!!!

Short Block that one, don't even mess with it, I've personally only seen a handful with this type of failure where the lifter bore didn't have some damage. If the lifter is mushroomed out enough to keep it from coming out of the bore then it has made contact with the bottom of the bore and damaged it. At least that has been the case in all the ones I've done. If you pull the head off the opposite bank you can look down between the lifter bores and see the mushroomed lifter/damage to the bottom of the lifter bore.

Working on a Long Block now for the other TSB, 14 hours to do the valves in one head is gonna suck!! Makes me think it might be time to get out of the dealership....my hours are steadily dropping over the last several years....and I'm pretty sure it's not the lack of broken vehicles, but the decrease in warranty labor times on everything....

+1

Had one a while back on a cab chassis truck with this concern, ended up the fill tube was kinked at the frame rail due to the way it was routed through the bed of the truck.

Got one here that's going to be coming out the front, that looks easier than pulling the monstrosity of a rack off of the thing....

While I don't necessarily agree with the "wallet flush" mentality, I do like the "free" protection plan you get by using BG products regularly ($4,000 toward repair) and we all know changing our fluids regularly is a no brainer for keeping vehicles running properly.

I've seen 2 that had the updated gasket with the chinese fingertrap around the wiring chaffe the wiring again....

About a month and a half ago this truck came in, approximately 194000 miles - truck is towed in - engine smoked A LOT and then locked up on the freeway. Found a hole in the side of the block, valve to piston contact on 5 cylinders, etc, etc, replaced long block, no big deal right.... Last Friday this truck comes back in, approximately 197000 miles, complaining about an engine vibration between 2800 and 3200 rpm. Hooked up the MTS4000, measured all the pulleys, found a first order vibration coming from the A/C compressor, a 3rd order vibration from the engine, and a 4th order vibration from the engine. removed the serpentine belt - vibration is gone. Inspected the A/C pulley and found the bearing is shot. replaced the A/C pulley and clutch. Retest - much better, released to customer on Monday. Truck comes back Wednesday morning, a vibration is still present under heavy load, very noticeable when pulling a trailer up a hill. Hooked up MTS4000 again and found a 3rd order and a 4th order engine vibration. Removed the belt again - vibration is gone. Checked all pulleys and found all spin freely, seem to be OK. Installed belt back on and went for road test - found the vibration goes completely away when the fan clutch starts to ramp up. Interesting....removed fan clutch and found the clutch spins freely of the nut, had to use the wrench all the way to get the clutch off. Ran the engine with the fan clutch removed - no vibration. PERFECT, found the problem, installed new fan clutch, re-assembled truck, retest - vibration is back Removed fan clutch again, vibration is gone, removed belt, checked water pump play - little bit of movement in the water pump, installed new water pump, spw of course since it just came with the new long block I put in 3000 miles ago....re-assembled truck, and voila....no more vibrations. This one had me pulling my hair out!!!!