Daily Observations - Part II

[Keith Browning]

I could not figure out what was wrong... appaently this was supposed to have a door latch on it. Was the box previously opened?

 

[Brad Clayton]

More of a bit of randomness than an observation.....I learned to count to ten in Japanese today.

[8WA Sman]

22 hours ago, Keith Browning said:

I could not figure out what was wrong... appaently this was supposed to have a door latch on it. Was the box previously opened?

 

The part # was probably hard to see, guess I should not have resized the pic or resized it differently.

The box did appear to be opened @ some point. I could see scuff marks on the cable housing of the handle base end. When I seen the missing base I couldn't quit thinking I haven't done one of these old style F-Series door latch assy. (F4TZ-15219A65-A) in years but I sure did not ever remember having to reuse any of the old parts. Which IIRC is part of the reason Ford started selling the whole kit because they can fail in multiple area's. The box does have FoMoCo's newest label on it so it was done recently

 

I always find it interesting how many broken door handles people will replace, then some even go out and buy the Dorman metal one's till they rip out the door skin. They are always surprised how easy the door opens after the new latch assy. is installed. 

[forddieseldoctor]

If you double gasket the small o-ring on a def pump it will more than likely shit out and block the return port. And if it does manage to block the return port it will set a code for def pressure too high. 

[lmorris]

The mind is a powerful thing. Especially when you are expecting something to mess up.  After sitting for a week after the engine replacement, the customer picked up his 2017 F250, drove it home last night and came back this morning complaining his brakes were spongy. I drove it, felt normal to me. brought it in the shop. Checked the vacuum booster, all good. For the hell of it I bled the master cylinder, no air, bled at the wheels, no air. Gave it back to the customer, he drove it home, called us and thanked us fixing it.

[forddieseldoctor]

Even Ford can't make up their mind what their acronyms stand for.

 

In the Intermittent Diagnostics webinar the call GSB's global service bulletins. But on the screen in one of the slides it says general service bulletins.

[Bruce Amacker]

Still not as bad as IH.  They can have up to five different names for the same system, I've seen them use two different acronyms on the same page referring to a system. Bitch all you want, as far as service info and scan tooling goes, FMC has some of the best.

 

PS Ford's scan software is way better than IH's on HEUI engines!  They still can't get relative compression or cyl balance right, even after all of these years. Poor bidirectional too, and glitches out the wazoo........

[forddieseldoctor]

11 hours ago, Bruce Amacker said:

Bitch all you want, as far as service info and scan tooling goes, FMC has some of the best.

I wasn’t bitching. Just a simple observation that makes me shake my head a little. 

[lmorris]

Remember the good old days when:

...the vehicle you were road testing left you stranded and you had to foot it back to the shop to get help? Sucks when you left your jacket back at the shop in the winter!

[forddieseldoctor]

1 hour ago, lmorris said:

Remember the good old days when:

...the vehicle you were road testing left you stranded and you had to foot it back to the shop to get help? Sucks when you left your jacket back at the shop in the winter!

Nope. Don’t remember that. 

[mchan68]

Diesel Exhaust Fluid tastes worse than diesel fuel or gasoline.

[forddieseldoctor]

2 minutes ago, mchan68 said:

Diesel Exhaust Fluid tastes worse than diesel fuel or gasoline.

And probably way more toxic too. 

[Keith Browning]

2 hours ago, mchan68 said:

Diesel Exhaust Fluid tastes worse than diesel fuel or gasoline.

Were you that kid who ate the paste in art class? LOL!

[forddieseldoctor]

The pced and coffee table book both say that the ebp sensor on a 7.3 is only used for operatig the back pressure valve.

I call bs. I replaced my rotted apart ebp tube on my 2000 tonight. There is a huge difference in how the truck shifts and the engine seems peppier. 

[forddieseldoctor]

My valve hasn’t been plugged in since the day I bought the truck. 

[forddieseldoctor]

I have come to the conclusion that the word "Transit" must mean "biggest piece of shit ever" in some other language. I just haven't found it yet.

[mchan68]

On 7/8/2018 at 10:33 AM, forddieseldoctor said:

I have come to the conclusion that the word "Transit" must mean "biggest piece of shit ever" in some other language. I just haven't found it yet.

With what I'm currently going through with one now, the last couple of days, I'll second that statement only I'll just make it a lot simpler by saying it in English, it IS the biggest piece of shit ever.

[forddieseldoctor]

I think they musta re-hired the guy who designed the aerostar and let him have free reign. 

[forddieseldoctor]

As of 5pm today I am the only tech in my dealership with any Ford certs. 

[Chase]

On 7/13/2018 at 10:04 PM, forddieseldoctor said:

As of 5pm today I am the only tech in my dealership with any Ford certs. 

That ought to make you more valuable shouldn’t it???

[JoeR]

71913005.BMP

Today was "Bad EGT Day".  1st one on a Cummins ISL and second one on this 2017.  Add an easy fix on a Suburban with LIN Bus Codes and I was ready to buy a lottery ticket.  :-)

 

[forddieseldoctor]

21 hours ago, Chase said:

That ought to make you more valuable shouldn’t it???

Yeah right. It just means that I get to do everything that requires certifications or the ids. (Since I havd the only functoning one in the building) And it’s gonna be a long time before I get any good paying stuff like brakes and suspension work. 

[mchan68]

On 7/9/2018 at 5:42 PM, mchan68 said:

With what I'm currently going through with one now, the last couple of days, I'll second that statement only I'll just make it a lot simpler by saying it in English, it IS the biggest piece of shit ever.

Okay, now I've reached the point where I wish Ford would buy every single one of these on the road and destroy them. Anybody else share the same sentiment?

[Keith Browning]

May EVERYONE in your town buy one.

 

 

 

 

[mchan68]

3 hours ago, Keith Browning said:

May EVERYONE in your town buy one.

 

 

 

 

NOPE. Put them all into Sprinters so I never have to see any of them again!!!