Jim Warman

And with this comment grasped in my shakey old fist, I can segue into another thread... look for "Staff Meetings".

I got married something like 37 years ago... you have NO IDEA about SAD!!!!! The E-box started here and this wasn't as popular as Ford wouyld have liked In the early 70s, there was the boogie van craze... along with the "orgy pit" couch craze.. but you could never tell we were preoccupied with "getting laid". Well.... almost never.

Not long before the last gasp of American Motors, I recall hearing of a proposal for a "sealed hood" approach to vehicle service. Never anything concrete ( and back then the internet wasn't even ARPAnet yet.... hmmm the closest thing to a computer was "PONG" ). Sadly, it is an idea that will never grow wings... There isn't one legislator that it willing to commit political suicide. There isn't one manufacturer that is willing to say "no" to a planet of wannabe mechanics wearing DIY T-shirts. However, we are very close to having vehicles so complex that no amount of programming and hackery will get these things to go over 15 mph on the interstate. We get our swollen bladder into the restroom stall... but we used a different door. I had an interesting talk with Alberta Infrastructure... Let me gather my thoughts.

They wont put it in writing because of liability concerns? I stand by my statement... deadheading a positive displacement pump can't be good for the pump. As I recall.... (always a dangerous manouever), the IDS/WDS/NGS will not allow us to duty cycle the IPR above 65%... kind of a built in pressure regulator of sorts... But most of us would just as likely stab an old 7.3 injector connector into the IPR and give it 100% duty cycle... Where is our pressure relief protection now? I can't (seriously folks) remember deadheading one of these pumps... though it remains as a distinct probablity... however, I would have done it using an appropriate scan tool rather than a jumper on the IPR. There are two things to consider when we perform any test... first is the desired result... the second is the repercussions of our test method... A dry mechanical compression test is information.... a wet AND dry mechanical compression test is more information... A proper leakdown test adds to our knowledge.. a crankcase pressure test is a non-intrusive, easily performed early stage test... ALL of them tell us something about cylinder sealing... none of them tell us everything about cylinder sealing. .... P1211 and chips go hand in hand.. Sorry Bruce... we have a different experience is all I can guess... One thing I can tell you is that the public venues feature guys that scream "big oil" - something that I have seen that works with the "I have money - I want to play" crowd.

Perhaps this might be in the wrong forum.... "the opera ain't over until the fat lady sings...". THIS doesn't look like any "swan song".... As a smallish people mover (10 to 15 passengers) the only competition is the Savanna unless the buyer wants to invest in expensive custom coachwork on a cut-away (cut-away... wouldn't that be a E-Box?).. Oh, yeah, they could use a F series for that... but smallish people movers usually have turning radius as a deal breaker. HOW ABOUT THIS? The way I read it is that DIESEL E-boxes are on the endangered species list. The supply of 6.0s is surely about to implode - especially since these will be a "dirty" engine and wind up costing at least one manufacturer valuable "clean air" points. This isn't to say that somebody isn't busy looking for an affordable alternative to dying technology... As long as the E-box enjoys profitable demand, you will see new e-boxes... as long as you see new e-boxes, you can rest assured that someone is looking for ways to fill that lucrative diesel powered niche.... You guys have the right to wave shit in my face and say "I told you so"..... But I'll bet the farm it ain't gonna happen. So... what is the Sprinter or the Transit Connect? This would be the cock pump version of the Caravan and Freestar... Compare the "Freestar" (actually the Boeing 377) to the "Transit Connect" (the Super Guppy conversion) The world is an amazing place.... We didn't need mini-vans until someone convinced us we did... We didn't need "fast food" until someone convinced us we did... The things we really do need.... well they come second place to a good ad campaign...

Don't forget a chipped 7.3 can start to run out of high pressure oil when pushed hard... that should be easy enough to check. Just for shits and grins, even though you don't seem to have a running concern, I'd likely check to make sure I don't have an IPR coil flopping around... As for gutless... what does it make for boost? Lastly, I don't think deadheading a pump like this would be very good for the pump.. Just out of curiosity, was this a short block, long block or complete?

Depends on what we want to call a "spiff"... I know some flat rate guys that get a $2 or $3 per hour bonus for breaking 100 hours in a pay... Yeah, I know it can be tough... But it wasn't that long ago an old man was doing it most every pay... You have to remain focussed.. Is a spiff a little something like a jacket or a hoodie? I hopes so... because I thought the one handed out not too long ago was a nice little spiff..... Ford gave me a spiff for last year... $150 minus the appropriate amount of imcome tax - some of us will bitch at Ford because revenue Canada calls that a "taxable benefit". (So was the hoodie but I wont tell if you don't). Then theres the jugs and the snack platters at Xmas.. and the parties and other staff functions... Could they be called "spiffs"... What is a spiff, anyway... something you fold up and stuff in your jeans a couple of months? Wait... there's a name for that... we'll come back to that later... Or is a spiff a little token of gratitude... how little is too litle? I come from a generation where there was no free lunch.. I have no idea what youngsters have grown up expecting. A long tme ago, back when I had my own grand mal headache, the oil company that owned my gas station asked me how I rewarded my staff... I replied that I gave them my autograph twice a month. I repleid that for every dollar of CPP that the government took from them, I added a dollar of my own... I replied that for every dollar of Employment insurance premiums that the government took from them, I added a dollar 40 out of my pocket... I think one of the big dangers might be that we can't recognize a spiff any more.... While we're on the subject... does Ford do the cruises for Senior Masters still? How about the ultimate Master tech contest? We need to be very careful that we don't spend so much of our time mourning something we never had that we have no time left to enjoy those things that we do have.

Worse than not checking a fluid level... ticking off the box on the inspection report that says we did (my Mum used to call it lying...). Using anything other than a round wire gauge when checking or adjusting spark plug gap... not checking the gap on new plugs (where applicable). Collapsing brake calipers without opening the bleeder screw. Letting calipers hang by the hose. Not measuring the rotor AFTER machining. Digging into an overheat concern and not checking ALL the layers in the cooling stack for debris. Checking fuses without a fuse box diagram.... we never get to check the ones that aren't there. Not verifying the customer concern... not being able to differentiate between "feature" and "bug". Cleanliness... seat covers, floor mats, door handles, steering wheels... Probably more to come...

Am I looking at the same manual? I called up "cylinder head removal" and there was only one step. "discard head bolts". Cool.

I will pour in a bottle of (is it?) PM23??? when the TSB says to.... I have used stanadyne... we stock it and sell it over the counter.. I don't recall it ever having a water emulsifier in it (indeed, I believe it DOES contain a dispersant), but I don't make a practice of dumping shit in customers vehicles. (Visit the Tunap thread). FWIW, the EGR baffle is a joke.

Alex... one of these days I might decide to call you a wiener... that always has interesting repercussions... FWIW... three strikes on message board and you are OUT.. buncha wieners anyway...

No VDR?

Yes.. the simplest approach is going to be effective for this unit... but this is a large fleet and it would be interesting to see where the delete pipe came from... where and when it was installed... and how many other trucks in the fleet might be affected... It makes my blood boil to think that I spend the time, effort and money to assure that my vehicles meet the emissions requirements and others flout the law of the land. One of these days, I will be able to look at my grandchildren and say "I did everything I could..." FWIW, I look after a whole herd of RB Dodges... I ain't no tree hugger... you can tell by the number of Holley carbs with double pumps and missing choke plates. But then these aren't daily drivers, either.

You didn't need to add this... I recall "A" message too.... looking through the list of TSBs didn't reveal it so it might be an SSM or (worse yet) a broadcast message. The message referred to either the Dorman or Sonnax repairs anyway.

The other day, Dwayne called me over to the bay he was working in.... He had a dually truck (no idea of the size) with a code for EGT13 (caution - memory thing happening). The truck has a DPF delete pipe... Now, what is remarkable is that this truck belongs to a large pipeline construction outfit. And this is where the mixed feelings start. First... deleting or defeating an emissions control is a sign of poor corporate citizenship. Yes, DPFs are troublesome on the 6.4s... What makes you think they wont be troublesome on the 6.7s? This is the shape of things to come.. we deal with them and we should deal with them in a legal and acceptable manner (some silly notion about appearing professional and trustworthy). Part of the conumdrum... a great part of this trucks life is spent as a piece of construction machinery.... i.e., it spends it's time driving up and down the pipeline right of way. Flip side of the coin it dries up and down the same roads that you and I do... I cannot speak for you... all of my vehicles (and all the vehicles I work on after hours, thank you) have the appropriate emissions controls hooked up and functioning for their effective model year. So... now I feel the need to approach the corporate headquarters of this company and alert them to the situation. At the same time, the last thing I want is for my dealer to become collateral damage.. I don't care about me... I will survive... This same corporate headquarters may or may not be aware of the "irregularity" What is a girl to do????

A friend of mine once had a convenience store... I overheard him giving his cook shit one day... "never ever sell anything you wont eat yourself...". Don't do anything to a customers car that you wouldn't want someone else doing to yours.

Remember what I said about that anonymous shit? People that feel they need to hide stuff usually have stuff they need to hide....

Trying to "long cock" Keith... Replacing a "unit bearing" but leaving the old wheel speed sensor in place rather than running the new harness... If the customer bought the part, they should at least get it... Not road testing??? What do you call "parking it in the back lot"? That don't count? Electrical testing without a battery charger... wonky things happen when battery voltage starts to drop... modules start responding haphazardly... loads function oddly... and now we have power distribution controlled by MOS/FETs and memory shit happening. And what about guys that don't check source voltage before they check other voltages (correctly or incorrectly). Flat rate reading... I have to force myself to slow down... We have the key on or other circuits active for too long in the shop.... We have to boost the truck to start it... we drive it out back and shut it off... The service adviser can deal with the backlash later.... Wearing coveralls improperly... ever see what a zipper pull can do to a fender? The number one, baddest, worstest, most idiotic thing I can think of... and I see it far too often... guys trying to fix something when they have no idea of how it works (the WSM has sections marked "description and operation" ). One I see often is ESOF on SuperDuty. It is important to understand the sequence of events as well as the function of the pulsed vacuum hubs. If you don't know what it does, how can you fix it.

The difference between "no ohms" (as in no resistance) and "no ohms" (as in an open circuit and no reading on the meter other than 'OL'). Not referring to the heading marked "How To Use This Manual". Manuals are neither intuitive to use nor are they well written. They are written by technical writers - not by trained techs. And we segue into.... Manuals are written by technical writers... these days there is a LOT of CUT and PASTE. And inappropriate PPTs live on... I think it was Jeff said "open circuit voltage testing" in this thread... Add testing grounds with an ohmmeter... When performing PPTs... look at what the test step is trying to accomplish and perform the best test for the task (usually a load test). And we segue into... PROPER voltage drop testing... using active command mode when volt drop testing... Practice with your toys.... SGM... used to be easier with WDS but get used to dragging out VMM. It can save you time and effort. Do you even know what SGM is? OK.. let's get back to "wrong".... Get a great big hammer - and hold the handle real close to the head... ???? If you hold your hammer close to the butt of the handle, the swing will be nearly intuitive... if you focus on the point you are aiming for... Put down your purse and swing that hammer like a man. OASIS... Some "techs" seem to enjoy spending four hours diagnosing a concern only to find out the TSB pays .6.... "Did you check OASIS?" - " I was going to do that after I wasted a bunch of my time and yours...". Broadcast messages... you can treat this like a career - or you can treat it like a job.... Broadcast messages sometimes go "do not attempt a repair at this time... engineering is working on a solution...". I'm sure we all know how to spell "chargeback". Bringing your home to work... I don't care if this is your first job of the day... Use a seat cover and, if necessary, a floormat. I have dogs... I can't see my back.... I wont leave my customers any presents... If you use a seat cover (steering wheel cover, floormat... whatever) nobody can blame you for leaving a trail of bad shit. On the subject... if you are going to adjust the radio, turn it off or down... do not turn it up or change the station. IDS... IDS is one of the most powerful diagnostic tools available for current Ford vehicles... yet many of us treat it like a $39.95 code reader... Oh, wait... did I already say "practice with your toys"? I have way too many competing themes going on in the old skull tonight...not because I'm addle-brained. But because Bruces choice of topics have opened a flood gate. We all suffer from varying degrees of myopia and/or misinformation.... And, sadly, much of what I have to say was learned the hard way... Not learniing from the mistakes of others.... now there's another top ten idea.

......... Ummmmm, this isn't about "the truck ran fine". It's all about what is coming out of the tailpipe.... what our grandchildren and our great grandchildren are going to inherit. ("what did you do, Gramps?" ... "I fucked up your planet, dear".) Everything starts in the combustion chamber... that's why we have flow indicators for injectors (check out the ecoboost for injector flow indicators). What happens inside the combustion chamber is going to determine what the combustion chamber sends down the system... Neither of us has any empirical proof that identifying the injector correctly will or not will alter things, we are left with one of two options.... One option is documented as being the acceptable option... the other isn't.

I recalled the orignal post Bruce made with a tear in my eye... This was part of the eulogy at Billy Lukans funeral here in Slave lake (one of the too many funerals I've been to in the last while). Billy was a self made man... worth more than a lot of us put together... His favourite footwear? Gumboots (wellies for you Brits) turned down at the top....

This is the big secret to DIY auto repairs... if you don't understand what a part is for, you remove it because, if it was an important part, you'd already know everything about it. This method is a real time saver since it allows the owner to forge ahead blindly with no consideration for cause and effect, and without having to waste a bunch of time learning anything about his truck. Anyone remember this "zoodad mod" pic that Christopher H posted a long time ago? This shows an exemplary dedication to the advancement of the DIY mindset. None of those idiot stealership techs would ever be so smart as to conjure up such an ingeneous mod such as this.

Removing the fan stator allows you to install one of them there Jim-Dandy V-Mac compressors... boy, they make if so pleasant to work on one of these trucks... Not only that, If you get that pesky thing out of the way, it might upset the air flow through the cooling stack bad enough to create some new and interesting problems... goody - it'll give me something to kvetch about on interent forums... Damned engineers... all they did was pump up the price of my truck by putting on all kinds of stuff that I didn't want - and all I really needed was a big enough chip so I can "roll the coal"... Dang.. and he made a right purty job of that mod, too!!!!

The very first thing is to identify the products you're going to "install" as you set out on that slippery slope towards being a "flush queen" shop... I'm sorry, Mike, I have some real firm notions about most fluid additives. A quick look at Tunaps website reveals a litany of snake oil. And, like Wynns Extend and BG and God knows how many others, we are expected to dump this shit into every vehicle that passes through our bay. If the customer balks, he wont get charged for the product... But he will already have shit in his car he didn't ask for... and the shop wont "take it out"... And we have started to alienate the guy we need on our side... Especially if he has read page 19 of the 2008 Owner Information Guide - or page 353 of the 2008 F350 Owner Guide - or page 65 of the 2011 Diesel owners supplement... Suddenly, some of these folks will start thinking you guys are talking out of both sides of your mouth. All of these kinds of products that I have had even a passing experience with are nothing more than a cash cow...They offer some ethereal, impossible to prove "benefits" (the brochure says it's "good" for me) to your customer when, in fact, they are nothing more than a cash grab. I will admit that I would like to see what Tunaps 131 set can do for a DPF... but they should leave the snake oil at home...