Fordstar material questions

Cetane · October 12, 2006

Has any one read or participated in the Diesel Talk Live Turbo and EGR Cleaning Fordstar broadcast. I just finished reading the materials from PTS and it says there are a few things under development including:

! New Larger Oil Drain Tube

! New replacement Turbo without VGT

! WDS Diagnostic using a Turbo Vane

Position Sensor (VPS)

Has anyone heard more about the turbo without VGT? Does this just mean a service part that you have to transfer over the VGT mechanism or is there actually going to be a non-VGT version?

Finally for those of you who dont get over to TDS someone over there as taken a lot of pictures of the 6.4.

http://earnhartbuilt.com/

Looks like you guys on the front lines have a lot to look forward to. /forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/smile.gif

Keith Browning · October 12, 2006

Looks like you guys on the front lines have a lot to look forward to. /forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/smile.gif

Yeah, and by the looks of those photographs it looks like my pay is going up $5.oo an hour!

jaysonfordtech · October 12, 2006

The pictures are like a train wreck, you don't want to look but you have to. Damn that is going to be a bit tight to work on.

Jim Warman · October 12, 2006

Me???? I'm trying to decide between pills, a gun or a sturdy rope.....

We can fix that????

ErickBaker · October 12, 2006

I just saw those pictures tonite on TDS as well. Looks like you beat me to posting them. Those are probably the best quality pictures to date.

I put the picture as my wallpaper to get used to the sight of that mess. Oh well. Does this mean we'll we'll be worth more?

Cetane · October 12, 2006

Worth more.....Nah this engine will be bulletproof, the most you guys will have to do is change dirty air filters.(just kidding)

I have worked on this thing for well over two years and it is a bear. If engineering did their job with the body removal procedure you will probably be doing that for a lot of jobs. On the bright side I have heard the diag procedures are a lot more accurate and definitive so maybe you can make up some time there. Sounds like a raise is in order around February.