Keith Browning

I have seen one of these in a truck recently. Most of the time the seat belt is wound around the back of the seat and plugged into the latch. It amazes me that these idiots not only forgo their own safety, they aren't bright enough to read their Owner's Manual to find out how to turn off the seat belt warning.

His penis has a wallet too?

Punted for what Mr. Walker? That was pretty tame. Grampy Jim would have stoked the flames much hotter. Now that dudde had a pair. Did you see that you were thanked for the "sermon?" There. I just threw some fuel on the fire.

Good point Aaron. As you mentioned most of these parts for hot-rods are going into cars that are not daily drivers. When it comes to trucks I see the need to make a similar distinction provided it is for "racing" so to speak. It is the vehicles that are used every day that are being modified that is the issue and it seems as though the number of vehicles is not insignificant. You are not the first person I have heard with your concerns. If the laws and more importantly the enforcement of such laws becomes stronger then perhaps there should be some kind of an exemption in place with specific qualifications. Such vehicles registered for street use could be identified with a special inspection sticker on the window for example... It can be done.

Congratulations to you and the little woman!

Here is some more evidence of human stupidity ---> http://www.thedieselstop.com/forums/f45/doc-delete-312546/#post2262056 and where the problem lies. With the vehicle owners. I am the first to reply. Let us just see where my comments take this one and you know it's going to irritate more than one person.

This dovetails nicely with that emissions fine thread we have going. All of that horsepower and torque and it's still not enough for some of these people. In this case Ford, the dealer and possibly even the technician shared in some ill effects of this repeated failure caused the the elimination of factory equipment and a non-OEM approved engine calibration. Like you pointed out Jim, the manufacturer of the tuner is not being scrutinized by anyone apparently. May I ask who the customer is very, very, very angry with?

Whatever happened to going after the people who OWN and operate these vehicles? I think they are more liable for for the modifications done to their trucks. I don't see why at this point light duty diesel equipped vehicles are exempt form emissions testing and inspection. This morning I went to my local motor vehicle commission to get my 2001 Explorer inspected. Years ago in an effort to save the state money New Jersey modified it's vehicle inspection process to only checking emissions compliance and verifying the registration and proof of insurance. They completely eliminated all safety parts of the inspection. I kinda have an issue with that. Anyway, my point was, my Explorer gets a sniffer shoved into the tailpipe, a computer connected to the DLC looking for DTC's and system monitor readiness state and then it is rolled over a camera to inspect the under side of the vehicle... for what you ask? To determine id the exhaust catalysts have been removed. So why, I ask why, with the additions of electronics, catalytic converters, particulate filters and Selective Catalyst Reduction catalysts are not subject to similar testing and inspection?

So I thought this was a perfect thing to post on the DTS Facebook page. Of course there is always some asshole that has to blow it out of proportion and deflect from the topic... "well what about NASA? What about Industry? Who will the government go after next?" and so on. I have attracted a guy named Danny who INSISTS on making this a broad topic. The link, the fine and the post I made on the topic is specifically about intentionally disabling and or removing emissions devices... I can't say I didn't see someone like this guy coming when I decided to post this.

It is about time we saw something significant being done to go after these companies. I don't think ANYONE should be exempt from adhering to emissions laws except for military vehicles and some emergency vehicles. (imagine a fire pumper shutting down and not restarting because an SCR sensor went off the charts) Getting around the laws by stating on the product that it is intended for off road use is unacceptable because we know damn well who is using these products and defeating the emissions devices on their trucks. As for the pompous assholes that state "it's my truck I can do what ever I want with it!" I whole heartedly agree and you can jack it up inches galore and install all the do-dads you want or even run it into a utility pole for fun for all I care. When it comes to the AIR that your engine sucks in and the pollutants it dumps back out into the atmosphere then it becomes MY problem along with the other seven billion other human beings on this planet.

I doubt the cats will cool significantly at traffic stops. Short duration AND if the engine is not running there is no exhaust flowing throught them to cool them down.

Here is a little training video that explains the chemistry of the SCR system presented by Cummins

That ALL depends on where the starter motor is located.

The term for this is stop-start system. It automatically shuts down and restarts the engine in traffic or at stop lights for example to reduce the amount of time the engine spends idling, thereby reducing fuel consumption and emissions. It is not a new concept as it is used in hybrids but now many auto makers are employing this. You will soon see this in a lot of Fords by the way.

I don't think so Bruce, maybe there is some kind of cold weather package? Our Ford medium duty trucks that come through my dealer don't have any wrapping or insulation on the exhaust... just heat shields of course. Also, I JUST got home (10 minutes ago) from more cummins training and I did not see any reference to this for any of the midrange engines. Maybe the heavy duty stuff? Pretty much everything Cummins puts on the road now has DPF and SCR too.

150% loaded would be clogged. The documentation states 80% to allow regeneration.

I am going to use that one!!!

I was actually thinking that Ford has been in really good shape lately... that is, until the new Escape. In my opinion though I think the new Escape is freaking horrible to look at and what's more is that it looks like everything else ford has recently launched... Focus, Fiesta, Cmax and the Escape basically look like the same vehicle.

I am a little confused. Are you complaining about the meatball work you are doing or the money? I guess there realy is more to a career than just money.

Is the truck in regen when this occurs?

Wow, I am glad I don't work on cars. What a piece of shit this new Escape is huh? (eh for you Canuckians) What the hell is going on here? Where are all of the parts on these cars being made? Is sure sounds like the parts are garbage in these global beauties!

OCR or Operator Commanded Regeneration is, and has been an optional feature on some 6.7L powered Super Duty trucks. I did not know this until today. It is an option for trucks with a standard message center and trucks without this feature can be upgraded by reprogramming and configuring the IC and PCM. Long story short, one of our local municipalities has a 2011 F550 with this feature and had no idea it was equipped with this feature. Neither was I! The truck was brought into us with the complaint that there is a warning on the dash that the exhaust filter is 90% full. After a lot of document diving and a Hot-Line contact I now know all about this little feature. More details on this can be found in the Owner Information - Diesel Engine Supplement 3rd printing and by viewing TSB 11-2-12 (attached to this post) I think this is a great feature for municipal or vehicles that idle a lot or are used in stationary applications.

Our 18,000 LB Rotorys have been great. A recent lift inspection has revealed some wear on them requiring some repairs with the carriers but these lifts have been used well for almost 15 years.

Adjust the oil level then perform a manual compression test. Then find out why the oil level is too high - fuel dilution is usually caused by the HPFP leaking or an injector body/fitting.