Brad Clayton

I totally agree and only mentioned Sale Ford as a bargaining chip (a bad one at that). I will not be going back there for sure. I have set up an interview Wednesday with the dealer in Washington....wish me luck. Did I mention that it's an air conditioned shop?

Ford dealers that are staffed with diesel certified techs have it good. Sometimes they don't know how good they have it until they lose their diesel tech providing they only have the one to begin with. A smart service manager will prevent such a stressful situation from happening by all means necessary. This can include having multiple trained diesel techs even if you have only one go to guy. It can involve keeping an open line of dialogue or an open door policy with all techs. It is far better to hear of grumblings right up front before they fester and next thing you know your faced with a tech giving his two weeks notice. All techs matter but I have a soft spot for the diesel tech and thus his place in the dealer should be monitored and steps taken to ensure he his appreciated. There are always poachers out there who would love to jump at the chance to lure a tech away. A dealer who is properly equipped and has fostered a healthy relationship with it's techs will never have to worry about such a situation. I have found myself in a very weird plaace as I write this. I live in Eastern North Carolina in a small town called Ayden. We have a Ford dealer and there are about 8 Ford dealers in the surrounding area. Greenville is 10 miles to the East and has Hastings Ford which I worked at when I moved down. Hastings is still clinging to their diesel guy. Little Washington is North about 35 miles and has Joe Pecheles Toyota/Ford and they have currently lost their diesel tech. I called them and they sounded absolutely desperate to fill the void.....hmmmm. Doug Henry Ford is in my town of Ayden and guess what?...They have just lost their only diesel tech and they are beyond desperate as they have a major diesel clientele. And then there is Sale Ford in Kinston where I worked for the past 5 years and slowly went broke. They are getting ready to lose their diesel tech and they have been calling me daily trying to get me to come back. They even told me they would pay me hourly (which was one of my requirements to stay before I quit to which they said they would take their chances without me). So it appears that it is an employees market at the moment and the highest bidder may bring me out of retirement and end my lustrous career as a carpenter. We shall see what happens and I will update as things unfold.

Yes, I really wish they would separate the Transit from the Super-Duty in the PC/ED altogether.

Keep your head up my friend, it will all be but a bad dream in no time.

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

I got no input on that, but I do want to say welcome aboard my friend!!!!

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No codes at all, and it is at it's latest level. All temp sensors are in check and I have actually monitored the raw voltages and not just the computed temps. This thing is on the back burner for the moment, but I will update when I get back to it.

So far it just looks like 1 upfitter switch is being used for strobe lights. My donor AP didn't make any difference. More testing with results to follow....

I came across a donor truck that I can swap the pedal out to see what happens.

I put an alternator on one a while back for a similar concern, she would just stop charging.

Take a look at these screen shots and see if you guys have seen anything like this before. Truck has no codes but after driving it pretty hard then it just won't go no matter how much throttle you give it. Is it a bad accel pedal? Bad PCM? Bad tech? I'm not sure at this point.

Keeping an eye on this over on the boards:

There is a dark cloud forming.

It sure doesn't help that Ford has lost their everflippin' mind,,,,,,anybody seen the buzz on the message boards about all the new labor cuts and labor justification video?

Hang on..... OK ready.

What the book wants and what the book gets don't always coincide.

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I like where this is going.....

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I got the tri-fecta this week, 3.7L tore down to the bare block getting a short block ('16 Explorer), 6F35 tore down to the bare case getting an input shaft and torque converter ('14 Escape), and an 8.8 tore down to the bare housing getting a ring and pinion and all new bearings ('04 Mustang).

time for a raise!!!!

Looks like the V-6's are taking a beating lately.....I gotta '16 Explorer 3.7L with a windowed block, more like a breeze way, the 4th rod got both sides.

This fellow was recommended to me from a shop I consult with on occasion. 2009 F-350 that a dealership tech replaced the HPFP on at his house on the side. The gentleman bought the pump at his dealership. The truck ran one time and has never run since........no fuel coming out of the pump. The owner spoke with the dealership and they said if he had the receipt then it would be under warranty to replace the pump again (the dealer diagnosed it as a failed new pump). So now the owner wants to tow it to my dealer and have me do the pump. But here is the thing.......I am wondering if the pump gear was not tightened or has come loose (it could happen since you have to swap it over, right?). I really hate to get involved with something like that and then have to deal with Ford when they say the pump is ok. I guess I could prep the owner that if I remove the cover and find the pump bolt loose then it's on him.