lmorris Posted October 13, 2011 Share Posted October 13, 2011 2006 F350 for a HPOP fitting.....Funny thing about this is 400 and some KM ago I had it in for a CHRA and unison ring. At the time I suggested taking a look at the HPOP fitting while we were in there. I was told no, the customer doesn't want to spend the extra money. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mchan68 Posted October 14, 2011 Share Posted October 14, 2011 I was told no, the customer doesn't want to spend the extra money.Just a month ago, a co-worker asked if I wanted to do an EGR cooler for his buddy. I told him he needed to replace BOTH coolers, in order for the repair to be effective. Apparently, he thought I was trying to rip him off, so went to another guy to have just the EGR cooler replaced. Since then, this guy went on a trip to New Jersey and back, only to have the EGR cooler pop AGAIN. But hey, WTF would I know right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Saunoras Posted October 18, 2011 Share Posted October 18, 2011 The mountaineer I put the reman trans in (twice) came back on the hook again today It spit the overdrive servo right out of the case. customer found a half moon piece of the case and the snap ring laying in his driveway hmm..... do you think there may be a quality control problem with these things? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gofaster23 Posted October 24, 2011 Share Posted October 24, 2011 Right now I've got a 2009 F-450 ambulance with 105k on the clock and a repeat P252F. The tech's that work for the city questioned my diagnosis and took the unit back to their shop since it's out of warranty with no ESP. It turned back up in a few days with an open CUDL. My diag found no oil overfull condition, no oil entering the CAC. I've got cylinder 8 at 100 psi lower than all other cylinders, glow plug tip not melted, injector nozzle not melted, injector fuel trims all read 0 to -2. Pulled the rocker arms off, found the pivot feet hammered into the valve bridges. According to hotline they have seen compression go up 80 psi with new rockers (yeah ok). To add fuel to the fire I did a debris test when I removed the injectors, found tons of metal and there is an obvious oil leak from the bed plate. Parked next to it is a 03' F-250 with 200k and leaking from everywhere. Came in as a no start, ICP blown out leaking oil. Fixed that, fire it up, smell burning. Found FICM too hot to touch. Pulled FICM apart, found circuit board melted. Replaced FICM, found another oil leak from oil cooler base gasket leaking down front and back of motor. Replaced oil cooler since SA wanted to fix the "drips" first. Test drive it, found oil dripping from bed plate to front cover seal area on left side, where diesel fuel has been leaking for quite some time (fixed that too). That motor is comming out and every single gasket will be replaced. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DieselD Posted October 26, 2011 Share Posted October 26, 2011 Some of you guys remember my last shop. Here is a preview on my new one! Some think I'm crazy in the head for giving up working at my last place with how nice the shop was. If you could call them bays I have a pto system leak on a tire truck and a coolant leak on a 5.4 stupid metal hardline under the intake is leaking Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DieselD Posted October 26, 2011 Share Posted October 26, 2011 I love that shit. I have had it happen to me several times. Even better is when you diag it and quote them for it only to have them second guess, tell their other buddy which in turn calls you and tries to argue with you about the repair which the guy has no clue on whats going on just "he read on the internet" I just tell them to take it somewhere else if they dont trust me to work on their truck correctly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith Browning Posted October 27, 2011 Share Posted October 27, 2011 I changed a spark plug today! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joshbuys Posted October 27, 2011 Share Posted October 27, 2011 I changed a spark plug today! Just the one?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith Browning Posted October 27, 2011 Share Posted October 27, 2011 Yep. That and the coil that was sitting on it. The customer has been having coils fail on him over the last 6 months, this being the fourth one and he is replacing them "as they fail." Worst part is it took a minute to find my plug socket... never did locate my gapper. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lmorris Posted October 28, 2011 Share Posted October 28, 2011 The 2008 F350 I just finished installing the enhanced short block with 2 turbos is back in because the tail pipe fell off on the roadtest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Saunoras Posted October 30, 2011 Share Posted October 30, 2011 My truck. Today it got all 4 balljoints, the entire drag link and a steering stabilizer put those new style axle dust seals in today too. they're pretty cool looking Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruce Amacker Posted October 31, 2011 Share Posted October 31, 2011 What's in my bay? First of all, it's a new bay in a new shop. Second, in my bay is a brand new 10K Challenger lift. 1700sf down in two sides, workshop side has a 12' ceiling, the tall side has a 17' ceiling for a lift. Half bath down, full bath and office up. 3 phase power, great heat and insulation, plumbed for air, building is only 10 years old and built like a bomb shelter. The dunebuggy is a friend's. It's been 8 years since I sold the old shop and I've been existing in a 900sf unheated garage with no insulation or bathroom. Ugh! This is like the friggng Taj Mahal by comparison! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Saunoras Posted November 4, 2011 Share Posted November 4, 2011 Did a couple shift solenoids in an 11 F350 gasser earlier today. Doing a oil dipstick and upper rad hose in a you know what right now. Trucks have been few and far between lately. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Warman Posted November 7, 2011 Share Posted November 7, 2011 This kinda different. Saturday, one of our cops was chasing a drunk driver in town. Mister spanks a car parked in a driveway and a light standard - the Mounties had their man.... almost... Mister lays the smack down on the Mountie, hops in the cruiser and prepares to get the phuque outta Dodge... until the posse showed up. I'm, not sure what Mister was thinking, where he tried to drive nor what he drove over trying to get there, but this car is a hurtin' unit. Inertia switch was tripped, which is a good thing seing as the car has no oil pressure, a stove in trans pan, a busted steering rack, bent exhaust, control arms, body mounts and on and on. Somewhere in this parade, I'm told shots were fired, nobody got hit and the Mounties did eventually get their man - who is currently a guest of her majesty, the Queen. Man.... I'm glad I don't live in the big city. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cbriggs Posted November 8, 2011 Share Posted November 8, 2011 Swimming in retail 6L repairs right now, Engine in an 03 550, 3 injecters in an 04 350, now headgaskets in an 06 350. Kinda nice to be busy with big jobs, I was starting to lose my mind with all the small jobs and services we are doing lately. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Saunoras Posted November 9, 2011 Share Posted November 9, 2011 Upsold a fuel pump driver module on an perfectly good running F150 today. That was a first, I'm going to start visually checking these things regardless of what they come in for. I've done a dozen or so for no starts but it never occured to me maybe check them out before they fail completely The back completely fell apart when I pulled it off. It wouldn't have made it to the new year Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lmorris Posted November 10, 2011 Share Posted November 10, 2011 Lately we have had a run of low pressure fuel pumps, both 6L and 6.4L. Mostly for open curcuit codes, one hadn't had a fuel filter change in 3 years. Needless to say he declined the rest of the fuel system repairs that we suggested. Surprised it still runs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clark Posted November 10, 2011 Share Posted November 10, 2011 Walked into work yesterday afternoon and found a shop full of particularly cool stuff. First bay, and old, and I mean old, Case tractor with a 3 cylinder supercharged 2 stroke. Bay 2, a V16 Cat generator engine. One of 2 from the local water treatment plant, that burns the methane and makes power for the city. Weve overhauled each of them a couple times. I guess there's a chemical used in the treatment process that stays in the methane and eats up rings and valves. Bay 3, a Deutz powered tunnel boring machine. Not a huge one, but pretty good size. Powered by an air cooled straight 6 you find in some mid size German tractors. And bay 4, a Yanmar powered Gehl mini excavator. I always forget, but I think we have some sort of contract with Yanmar for warranty work? Not necessarily MY bays, but cool nonetheless. Ive definitely got a few complaints about my job, but we definitely see variety. Ill load up some pictures if I get a chance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Saunoras Posted November 11, 2011 Share Posted November 11, 2011 did a rad and some filters in a 6.4 today. As of right now we have been ordered from the owner to stop diesel warranty repairs due to the fact we're in warranty counseling. I don't know how long this will last but we've been warned not to do this by our rep. Red flags thrown if we suddenly stop doing diesel repairs. I was informed that 80% of dealers who do diesel repairs are in warranty counseling. How is that even possible? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith Browning Posted November 11, 2011 Share Posted November 11, 2011 I have always wondered that. If the majority of dealers that works on trucks/diesels is over the average then there must be some doing NO repairs. The way I see it is that we have no control of the quality of the product and what gets dragged in to our dealer. How you repair them is another story. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lmorris Posted November 14, 2011 Share Posted November 14, 2011 We are one of those dealers. We get mostly newer diesel trucks, for all areas of warranty repair, so we always have high numbers. Ford flags us every now and again, but it is always business as usual. If we stopped doing warranty diesel work we would have to shut down because all the fleets would go elsewhere. From what I understand we are grouped into an exception group for diesel warranty repair numbers though. Ford still finds a way to make us squirm a bit though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruce Amacker Posted November 14, 2011 Share Posted November 14, 2011 If the majority of dealers that works on trucks/diesels is over the average then there must be some doing NO repairs. I have had many students tell me that their local Ford dealer refuses all diesel warranty work, period, due to politics and "numbers". This applies especially if the truck was not purchased at the dealer in question. It's a damn shame if you ask me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lmorris Posted November 14, 2011 Share Posted November 14, 2011 2008 F350, HPP for the dreded P0088. Plus the rad is leaking. This thing has so much mud, that the mud on the rad weighs more than the rad itself. It's an Adesa auction unit, I feel for the guy that has to clean the rest of the truck after he buys it. I think the dried mud is the only thing that kept this rad from leaking out all the ccolant. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brad Clayton Posted November 14, 2011 Share Posted November 14, 2011 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joshbuys Posted November 15, 2011 Share Posted November 15, 2011 Originally Posted By: Keith Browning If the majority of dealers that works on trucks/diesels is over the average then there must be some doing NO repairs. I have had many students tell me that their local Ford dealer refuses all diesel warranty work, period, due to politics and "numbers". This applies especially if the truck was not purchased at the dealer in question. It's a damn shame if you ask me. Someone would lose their job if they turned away any work at our dealer!! I told my Service Director that I'd heard dealers were turning away work due to warranty numbers, and he said something along the lines of 'if I ever find out someone here is doing that, they'll be gone.' We're currently in level 1 audit, and they've changed the way some of our stuff gets done, but we do not refuse work. We're one of the busiest, if not the busiest dealer in the Sacramento area. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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