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well Ive got a front cover with a pin hole in a 6.4, a set of fuel lines to install on a 6.7, a high pressure pump and vdf on an 03 6.0, and engine to put in a 06 bucket truck, 3 injectors a turbo and a charge air cooler in an 05. I havce one 6.4 with a p012f do in tuesday and a tow in yesterday that has no ficm Lpwr and Mpwr goes from 24v to 0v in less then 10seconds.

its 3 days in to the pay Ive got 28 hours and half of the 03 done so far.

 

I flaged 187 hours in january. A little low for what Im used to but for jan still a good month

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Damn it. I cracked that fucking plastic coolant tube that runs under the intake trying to get the new front cover on. The old one came out the front but I have no idea if a new one will go in the same way.

 

I know ordinarily you'd have to pull the intake to get it. These damn 6.4s can be tough, rather than being almost done I'm probably gonna have to wait until tuesday for that tube to come in before I can begin to reassemble.

 

The front cover I received is the new design

 

 

edit - never mind, the WSM does not show intake removal as being necessary to get this tube in and out. phew, that's a relief. It should go in the same way I got it out

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Originally Posted By: Matt_Saunoras
It should go in the same way I got it out

How? In two pieces? Posted Image

ha ha, joke's on me I guess. Posted Image

 

Originally Posted By: Brad Clayton

 

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The front cover I received is the new design
What's that look like?

The esb we did a month ago had this cover on it. there's a notch cast in behind the water pump now that was never there before. Looks like it would disrupt coolant flow a little

 

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A 2004 E450 handibus used to haul seniors and disabled people around the area. It was a no start hot that I cannot reproduce. I have to do "something" because the thought of 16 victims being stranded isn't acceptable. I will change the "usual suspects" and hope for the best. Incidentally.... against my best advice, the operator of this bus has the auxillary idle control module set for 1860 rpm and will leave the bus run on the remote start. I can only wonder how the turbo feels about "instant shutdown".

 

Two 6.4s that have a 30~40 rpm surge when idled up to about 950. Hotline says this is "normal". VCV surges with the rpm - if I take control of PCV and run it up one notch, vcv stabilizes as does the idle. Fuel pressure increases dramatically.

 

A 2006 "Armadildo".. oops, Amarillo (did you know that amarillo is Spanish for "yellow"). The truck has a lift kit and the (loose) dropped pitman arm has been beating the hell out of the sector shaft for "I don't know how long". The initial road test was nearly enough to alter my laundry schedule.

 

A 2004 Exploder that an apprentice programmed a spare key for. Some minor (not sure what) thing went wrong after the deed and the customer blamed the apprentice. The concern was easily and quickly addressed. A week later it is back with no power windows working, several broken wires in the left A pillar convolute and a 6 to 8 hour estimate for the repair. The customer is adamant that the problem happened after the key enabling - no shit Sherlock. Explain the problem clearly and concisely without apology. You are, essentially, a doctor telling a patient he has cancer. There is no way to be kind, but neither should we go out of our way to be brutal.

 

And that's only the top layer....

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Two 6.4s that have a 30~40 rpm surge when idled up to about 950. Hotline says this is "normal". VCV surges with the rpm - if I take control of PCV and run it up one notch, vcv stabilizes as does the idle. Fuel pressure increases dramatically.

 

 

My personal truck does this too, but only when it's cold, i think it clears up around 160 deg eot or so.

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Nothing in my bay but ahh.....well there's a 6.0 e-350 outside I put a ficm in and tomorrow I need to pull the EGR valve out and have a look see.

 

Kinda cold outside this afternoon, it started off snowing and ended with a few sprinkles. Probably the same tomorrow.

 

Also this is the first 6.0 e-series I've ever worked on, for what reason I can only guess...it's only about a foot higher than our doors

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If you have never done an EGR valve on an E-series, do not do it like the WSM says to. Remove the intake elbow and pop the valve out with a pry bar. They tell you to remove the mounts so you can get the removal tool in there, but who uses that anymore. Used to make a killing on those when they had warranty on them.

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That was definitely a learning experience, very interesting to finally see a 6.0 in an econoline. All I did was slide the elbow out, unbolt that bracket and push it up slightly as I was removing the valve. Not as easy as I made sound but it wasn't bad.

 

....other than the fact it was in the low 30s this morning

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There even more fun to do on an ambulance that just drives into the shop after running all day in 95+ degree nyc heat.

And if you ever get one with a rounded bolt head use the irwin brand round off sockets-they work like a charm.

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I hate to say it because I may regret it later but I think I'd rather fight with an econoline if it meant I didn't have to do half the garbage I do now (possibly why I "volunteered" to tackle this one outside in the winter). When I'm stuck on a diesel that's saves me from getting into any other trouble for a while.

 

That van did have a couple injectors hanging up cold (one was #3). If it wasn't winter I would have tried my luck. Then again it probably won't reproduce the symptom when it's warm out. Double edge sword I guess.

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07 f-550 svc truck. 32,000kms, 1200hrs. In service aug 06. Headgaskets couldn't take 40 psi boost from the worst seized vgt I've ever seen. Kept topping up coolant until the egr cooler was full flow out the tailpipe. Regular cab, what a bitch to lift the cab when its that short.

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Well my car is stuck at work. Drove it in today to put a in a new rack and p/s pump. Get that all done, bleed the system, jump in it to move and......the brake pedal goes to the floor. Posted Image

 

atleast I have my standby, the old reliable 6.0 to get my ass around Posted Image

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Regular cab, what a bitch to lift the cab when its that short.

To lift cabs on regular cab configurations, you have to pull the extension arms out or you'll hit the frame going up or coming down, but I'm sure you know that already. Another issue I've ran into, on 6.4L trucks more so, is with it being very nose heavy, I end up having to strap down the rear of the cab to the arms in order to prevent it from tipping over.

 

This is all fine and dandy when the extension arms are removable, but since they installed my 15,000 lb. "truck" hoist, I can no longer do this (the arms aren't removable). In fact, I haven't used my "truck" hoist that much since they installed it. The arms are too thick to fit under any vehicles other than that of an F-Series truck (I work on cars and trucks). So 90% of the time, I find myself using the bay beside me to work with.

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Had 2 down cats today on the hill. Seems a storm of leaking hydro hoses lately. On the up side, was able to operate our brand new Pisten Bully 600 polar. Didn't have my phone so couldn't take any nice pics of a beautiful 15 degree Vermont morning.

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