Brad Clayton

For the studs that don't break off flush with the head, but are too stubborn to easy out, we spin a nut on what's left and weld it. They come right out with an impact on the nut.

How would you like to do a SCT fitting on this '05 mamba jamba? custom compund turbo setup

Speaking of snow, we finished our season today at the ski resort and we still had 75% of the trails open, a stellar season indeed. It was pretty nice seeing alot of snow bunnies in their bikinis instead of all wrapped up. /forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/thumbup.gif

Quote: don't sweat the petty stuff, just pet the sweaty stuff as read from a post by grampy over at frt boards.

Don't think about it too long fellas, it only pays 0.3 hrs. I spent that amount of time on my first one looking for it on the lot then dealing with parts. Ended up doing the actual repair on my own time. Ford has lost there mind on this one.

The kits come 3 to a box. Put one on the truck and the other 2 on the shelf. I have not heard of having to charge out additional clamps to get the claim thru.

Keith, I am reading thru some old posts making a list of DTC's and there "real world" fixes, to help me out in the future. So this is an old topic, but would you happen to remember what this is.... Quote: Todays broadcast messages included one that indicated the under cover harness could be chafing.

Well I pulled the left valve cover again and removed the first injector tube, stuffed a coffee filter under the rail and jacked the back of the truck up, way up. The fuel was clean and had plenty of lubricity. So I replaced the injectors that I had codes for, changed the fuel filters and put some 911 in the tanks. Got the truck running after I bled the high pressure fuel system (which makes things go very smoothly BTW) and performed high pressure leak test. I drove the truck home and put 200 miles on it, draining the water separator at every 100 miles and it ran flawlessly with a tiny bubble of water in the container I used. Gave the truck to the customer and he drove home to Indiana, about 1000 miles away from us, and did the same and called me to report the truck is running like brand new without any troubles, at least for the moment.

Well I called the hotline this morning and here is my log. Quote: Vehicle: 2008 F-SERIES RO Number: 110297 Request Date: 04-10-2008 Technician: BRAD CLAYTON -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Request Form Details: Description of vehicle concern: runs rough Diagnostics performed: checked power balance number 4 down DTC Codes: p0266, p0272, p0278, p0304, p2291 Parts replaced: none Tech's question: ?????? Hotline recommendation: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Call Log: Calls to hotline for this vehicle: 4/14/2008 9:59:00 AM - Tech said: The customer stopped and got fuel and then the water in fuel light came on. The separator was drained and the vehicle went 150 miles. Then it started running rough. The vehicle was towed to the dealer and cylinder #4 was dead. There was very little water found in the fuel. The #4 injector was replaced and now #2 is misfiring. 4/14/2008 9:59:00 AM - Hotline recommended: Brad, lift the rear of the vehicle and remove the #2 injector tube. Strain the fuel from the fuel rail through a clean paper towel. If any metal is found then replace the HPP, 8 injectors, fuel rails, fuel cooler, fuel filter, drop and clean the fuel tank, flush the base fuel lines and flush the returns lines in the cylinder heads. Fill the vehicle with clean ULSD and retest for normal operation. Print date: 4/14/2008 9:00:50 PM And the very last statement by the fellow was, it Ain't covered by Ford warranty. /forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/whattodo.gif Now I just read a post about the tsb for water entry into the rear tanks on these doing the same thing. /forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/scratchhead.gif We have the worst fuel sources in the country and I am thinking that if all our customers have to get there truck repair bills paid by the selling fuel station, then there are going to be seeing some stores going belly up quick. We are going to have trucks stacked up out back like cord wood, you know what I mean. I called the fellow whom I quoted, he is at a dealer in GA. He said they had the truck a month before sorting it out and Ford paid the bill. I don't know but I see this turning into a bad situation for everyone that has to deal with these fragile powerplants. I mean this is like a blood clot bringing down that wrestler "Big Show". /forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/banghead.gif

It had code p2269 so I drained the seperator and it had water in it but nothing that I would consider to cause some sort of catostrophic failure. I ran the truck while doing tests and took more samples and the water content was neglagible in my opinion. I am going to run it by the hotline tomorrow and get an idea on which way to go. My main concern besides fixing the truck correctly is I want it out my bay and back to the customer in a timely fashion. I have heard some bad stories of trucks being held up for weeks waiting for fse's and ect.

Quote: had one about 3 weeks ago. engineer got involved. found water in fuel caused high pressure fuel pump to come apart and sent metal to injectors. had to replace pump and all 8 injectors. went on test drive only to find pressure regulator on the new pump was bad. replaced pump again and retest. customer said truck is ok. good times. hope this helps I find this quote from the "boards" rather disturbing, because I found some water in the fuel tank of this truck I am currently working on. I am not sure if water made it to the engine or not.

Yes and yes, oil is right on the money and was just changed. Same for fuel pressure and filters are also new. Truck is a '08 F-350 King Ranch dually, with 25k on the clock. Guy said he was driving along and it stumble a few times then he hit one of our mountains and that was it, truck wouldn't make it over the hill. Called roadside and they towed it to us. I drove it in clearly running on 7 cyliders. Ended up putting an injector in it and it still runs on 7, just 7 different cyliders now.

Anyone seen something like this? p0266, p0272, p0278, p0304, p2291, cylinders 2,4,and 6 codes. Truck only skipped on number 4. Ran power balance to verify. Checked relative compression good. short term trims good except #4 at 17%. Checked all inj resistance and 200K on all. Replaced number 4 and after start up and everything bled out it skipped on #2. Should I be thinking about putting an injector in #2 and #6 holes also? Customer is down and about 1000 miles from home. I kinda would like to fix it and get 'em on the road in a timely fashion.

Quote: I started this carrer with nothing, and I stll have most of it left That is an awesome signature! /forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/crazy.gif

The first '03 pump I replaced came with a new cover. I was a little confused until closer inspection revealed that the original cover was putting pressure on the discharge tube. The new cover had a notch in it to give some clearance. Just something that comes to mind not sure if it has any relavance.

Kindly remove your big ass high school ring first, thank you very much. /forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/sick.gif

We got pizza for lunch yesterday. /forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/sleep.gif

That brings up the point of the 2003 year 6.0l, never put a cooler in for split degree problems, and have only replaced 2 for intermix. Lost count on '05 '06 models. SO what are they doing differently?

I did most of my wrenching down South where everybody is a good 'ol boy, so if you had gloves on then you might as well had a dress on too. Like you said it's part of the job, hands are gonna get dirty and get chemicals on them. But then a funny thing happened. I got older and seasonal changes started effecting me drastically. My hands started to crack and bleed no matter how much I moisturized them (btw I hate hand lotion). During the winters I had to put on this prescription hand cream and wear rubber gloves to bed at night with rubber bands around the wrist part to keep the stuff in the glove, just so I could function the next day. Five years ago I moved to Vermont and the winters are alot worse so I was anxious to say the least about my health. Well gloves are provided free at my dealer and I wear them for everything. If you saw me on the street and we shook hands you would have no idea that I wrench for a living. My point is I was a die hard tough guy who thought gloves were for sissy's and that you couldn't feel what you were working with, that has been converted!!! I am now a player not a hater. /forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/wink.gif

Quote: Are you comfortable with that soft plastic line? Quote: today. I went out on a roadtest with a 550 limo/bus and on the way back to the shop the hose burst. Way to jinx the poor fellow there, Keith....jeesh /forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/poke.gif /forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/smile.gif

I like that logic! /forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/thumbup.gif

Quote: Just so you know - I refuse to use torque sticks. I'm curious, would you care to elaborate on that statement, just a smidge? /forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/popcorn.gif

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Quote: It's reminiscent of the 94,95,96 F-150's with 2 feet of wide open frame rail with nothing in the way but the fuel filter was stuffed between the rail and front of the gas tank I've tried to forget those days. Don't tell me the're back.

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