eastendpowerstroke

I know for sure it's expired it belongs to a former coworker/now former dealer tech, he got a job with the railroad and since locomotives don't use Ford PCMs he has no more use for it. I can get the whole pds/vcm real cheap. I gotta see if my new shop will pop for the subscription if I buy it.

I have an opportunity to buy a used VCM from a dealership that closed but the software subscription is expired. Has anybody bought a used VCM and did you have any issues renewing the software subscription?

that should fix it but make sure the SM knows it's may need more.

Everybody has done that once................ONCE!!!!

If anybody wants my stars ID and password to take the course for me I'll gladly supply it to them..

Now I swear somebody said something about BOOB... ....I'm disappointed...

Thanks Bruce

Maybe "at one time" they were 2/3 retail time , nowadays it more like 1/2

I just happened to acquire a bad ficm today so I'll try it. It will need to wait for a while till the dust settles from my change in dealerships before I get around to fooling with it but I'm going to try it.

I chased a lean code on a 24v taurus for a while. I found the plastic elbow on the vac hose to thebrake booster was cracked and would open up and leak when the engine torqued back on accell but would't leak when it was in the bay.

I didn't watch the whole video yet... WTF is with the movie projector screen BS to look at the smoke??? We have been using a diesel opacity tester here in NY for years now and are required to meet all California emissions.. http://www.redmtnengr.com/

Didn't have enough gas in the tank to wait for it to melt all that snow off the patio(did you see the pics from this morning?) I used the snow blower to cut a path but shoveled around it cuz my snow blowers evil and I didn't want to scratch the grill.

Grillin snd Chillin.......

Well We Finally got a little bit of snow here!!!!!!! just a few inches..I'm gonna have to shovel out the grill to make diner tonight.

I got this in an email add from compusa.com it's not the cf-18 but it's a "off lease" and refurbished toughbook for $500 while supply's last!! http://www.compusa.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=5393608&sku=P764-130005

take the bolts out at the top and the "speed nuts" off the inside of the grill and take it out. use long needle nose pliers to remove the clamps and long hose pliers like these to get the hoses off and back on. takes about half an hr including checking the trans fluid. most of the time is waiting for the A/C machine to finish

Unfortunately EGR cooler failure and Head Gasket Failure exhibit exactly the same symptoms. So if you test the EGR cooler and it fails you should be replacing both the EGR and OIL coolers. After replacing the failed coolers you can vac/pressure test the engine by capping the fitting that connects the oil and EGR coolers and any other hoses disconnected, and applying vac/pressure to the coolant port that the big black oring sits on before reinstalling the intake. I don't know if this testing would be very conclusive unless the head gaskets are blown real bad. The best thing to do is to be CLEAR and make the customer aware of the strong possibility that the head gaskets may also be bad and there is no definitive way to test them with out ruling the EGR cooler first. And welcome to the DTS the experience of members and the info available here is world class,if your not careful you may learn a few things.

I see lettuce and tomato on that monster so I KNOW Aaron won't eat it...

I did the same thing you did ,mine came on a wood pallet I slid it forward and put the front cover on then slid it back to install the rear cover then put the pans on after I picked it up with the crane high enough to just drop it in the frame.

OK First EEEEWWWWW!!!!!! Second, exactly what was it you were searching for that you came up with a link to that thing???????

The wheels are kinda hooptie looking and make the brakes look weenie, but I gotta say it does catch the eye!

I was fortunate enough to be forced into doing a short block and one head on my only 6.4L failure. Truth be told it SUCKED..Theres so many little bolts and gaskets that must be replaced and torqued it can be overwhelming. With that said, I took lots of pic's with my digital camera to help out with some of the harness and hose routing, and when it was all done I even made about 3 hrs.

This is the only one I found under your name.... mixed in with Bruces ten million pics LOL