Jim Warman

I went searching and I found TSB 02-08-03.. this is the one, right? They have you remove the main control because (caution - memory thing happening) IIRC, the valve body interferes with the servo cover compressor. It shouldn't be necessary to replace the band adjustment lock nut... but be aware that there is a seal on the face of the nut against the trans case that *may* possibly leak. Additionally, the refer you to 02-08-02 which is superceded by 03-22-10... IF you have concerns with trans line pressure or are experiencing any or all of the listed symptoms, now would be a good time to change the main control separator plate (there was a known issue with the orignal plates - gasket failure allowing cross feeds) for the updated piece... if it were my trans, it would get the updated piece while I was in there, regardless... Additionally... these transmissions have also been known to exhibit premature wear of the servo bores... If you see this concern once you get into it, Sonnax makes a kit to repair the servo pin bores... If you are going to reference a TSB, please please please include the TSB number so a guy doesn't have to furble around looking for it... More than you asked for... but I hope it helps.

I dunno, Mike... The RCMPs fleet has had a mix of Chevys (I think Malibus or some such) for quite a while now. Same thing for Edmonton City Police. The slightly smaller cars are great for zipping around in urban areas and should give a little respite to the taxpayer that is paying for the gas going into these things. An EcoBoost all wheel drive should be a formidable pursuit car and, more inmportantly, perhaps improvements in technologuy and technique might make dangerous high speed pursuit a thing of the past. The standard 3.5 flex fuel would be ideal for urban settings. Both engines would, hopefully, reduce some of the fleet costs. In the fire service we had a motto... "200 years of tradition unimpeded by technological advances".

Had one recently with a broken valve spring...This thing presented multiple symptoms at different times.

Well... if your truck was purchased in the US, your B to B is pretty much done (unless you can do something "unique" or get AWA). We had a few locals head south for their trucks when the dollar got real sweet. If we printed the RO with the miles converted to KMs, it would likely get kicked.

There was a brief message *somewhere* about the demise of powerstroke central... it went and the toolbox tab came. This is the tab you now see on OASIS. When I upgraded our IDSs to 65.09 there was also a message about toolbox tab once again... Sadly, I didn't get to read it as I had a bitch of a time to update our machines and "assumed" (silly me) that it would rear it's ugly ahead again for me to read...

What it boils down to.... where was the truck originally purchased? Ford can't shorten the Canada warranty and they do not want to extend the US warranty... I thought we hashed all this out back when everyone went crossborder shopping?

Today, from Edmonton. This is right next door to the hotel we use when we go to school... http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/st...ub=TopStoriesV2

I'd like to see things from your point of view..... but I just can't get my head that far up my ass... One time, many moons ago in a different venue, we were discussing a couple of fellow employees. You know the kind... they suck up to management real hard.... "Bill has his nose stuffed so far up the bosses arse - he can see Stans heels".

When a plug boot glues itself to aplug and refuses to come out, you can cobble up a hole saw from an appropriately sized piece of metal tubing... weld an old 3/8ths drive socket to one end and grind some saw teeth into the other.... chew the chunk of plug boot out of the way... The engine temperature code (IF it's the one I think it is... and this is NOT a good way to dispense or reason advice) is almost always because the engine took TOO LONG to come to operating temp... Replacing the thermostat would be the likely fix but then I don't know the likely concern to any degree of accuracy. I have seen the the CMP and the synchronizer are actually two separate parts... it is the synchronizer that usually squeals and it usually takes the sensor out with it... If you are getting both a noise and a code, replace the synchronizer and sensor as a pair and reassess. For some reason, most all of the manuals that cover engines with this kind of a cam sensor arrangement are either full of misinformation or contain barely any information at all... Even to the correct timing tool to use (there are several of them depending on the year and motor... and I seem to have to go hunting for the right one nearly every time). HTH.

In a case like that, I would wonder about the propellant used in the Motorcraft branded stuff... "Safe" would be a matter for conjecture. And hydrocarbons might be cause for an ecological discussion. Having hotline tell you to spray shit in the intake is priceless... My experience shows that they wont say anything that might have "backlash". I imagine someone got their pee-pee whacked for that one.

The idler in question was changed and the truck is long gone... One of my endearing qualities (along with being an unmitigated dork) is skepticism... Even when things are exactly as they appear, I find it hard to accept them at face value....

Speaking of pills... this will tickle Dwayne.... Speaking of pills... lately, we are being inundated with adds about pills for men (is this the designer product of the decade?) that will add <GIRTH>... Oh yes... no need for big stack smokey old chipped up monster trucks with gazillion inch lift kits. No sirree, Bob... there be no $70,000 fire breathin', gut wrenchin', bank account drainin' dragons in my driveway.... If I gots a little dick, I can get a three week free supply of bigger wiener - much cheaper than any diesel burnin' truck payment. So... if they got a pill to take my already stately manhood to a whole new dimension (pun intended) - how come they can't come up with a pill to turn asshole bandits into normal guys? Now.... my biggest worry, if'n I was your gymnasium kinda guy, would be that I was busy picking up the soap in the shower room and found out that Louie Limpwrist got his own self a free subscription to taller tallywhacker pills... Hmmm... be kinda nice if we could go back to plastic nertz for the back of our trucks... Safer, anyway. Homophobic? Me? Oh... I got someone I can introduce you to... He USED to like Elton John tunes...

IIRC, history showed the "usual" a rad replacement and some other minor stuff... but I did see things disturbed (to my jaundiced eye) that I didn't expect to see disturbed... one of those "can't really put your finger on it" things but you know things are "different". Given the "oh, that's normal" song and dance routine that the guy got from a store he frequented.... The really down side of this whole sad story is that I had the truck apart for far too long. Scheduling and parts supply very nearly did the old man in and there was more than once that I cradled a few cap screws in the palm of my hand not remembering where they came from or if they shouldn't have been installed in a previous step. Happily, the only screws left over were the ones expected to be left over. Once I had it assembled and running, there came a brand new noise near the front of the engine... thankfully that was just an idler pulley which, strangely, felt fine to the hand.

I applaud your dedication to your choices in food... Many of us aren't going to invest that kind of effort into our eating choices because (get this ) WE SHOULDN'T FUCKING HAVE TO!!! I try to avoid fried foods (I barbecue in minus holy shit weather)... If I'm going to eat an egg... I'm going to eat the bad part (the yolk) - poached or boiled thank you (but you don't wnat to see one of my "camping" breakfasts - just looking will harden your arteries). Dietary choices are but a small part of what may or may not drive one to using or abusing a medical care system. Other lifestyle choices are the same... I smoked too much for over 40 years... and I rarely ever visit the doctor, let alone use emergency care... Last time I went to the emergency ward, it was to get stitches in my foot... I don't think altering my diet would affect that. OTOH, I see many "careful" eaters visit the doctor and/or the emergency room for every little pang, ping,twinge or full moon. Surely, there are some whose lifestyle will dictate their use of any health care system. Did you know that there is a whole generation of homosexuals out there giving each other aids? They choose to butt hole each other and millions of dollars are dedicated to AIDS research... Crohns disease ISN'T a lifestyle choice and research into the disease is dreadfully underfunded... I'm about to get emotional about this so please bear with me... while we can preach and appear high and mighty about some of our choices, using the health care system is more a matter of what we are given at birth and how our bodies react to daily life. I see guys that should be long gone... and I miss people we neer expected to lose... Most of them use the health care system as little as possible... My wife makes up for them... and if you feel that is unfair, I hope you would be willing to go through what she has gone through... or what I have gone through because of it... or what our son has gone through because of it... Our health care system is abused because there are peole thatv will abuse it... Would it come as a surprise that part of the reason for the redesigned of SLTs stemmed from people abusing the system? You can say that the system is flawed... In fact, the truly flawed part is the peope abusing the system with no remorse. There could be a whole rant here about truth and integrity and working within the existing system.. But it wont change anything... We have our universal health care... it covers the basics (I talking Alberta). I have additional coverage for perscriptions, dental, optic... Some of you guys think that health coverage in Canada is free... Somewhere... somehow... someone is going to sign a cheque. We don't build aircraft carriers... we don't build nuclear subs... we don't pretend to be the hall monitors for planet earth. You can spend a whole bunch of your money in Iraq... or you could spend it at home.... Fighting for peace is alot like fucking for virginity...

Never... not ever.... I wear a bump cap (a bump cap with "JIMBO" on it... thank you Keith) simply because I need to set a good example. In 40 years, I have never felt the need to look down the intake of a running engine... (You may have noticed that I have both moustache and eyebrows). In nearly 60 years, I have resisted the urge to stick a bobby pin in an electrical outlet and I have managed to avoid pointing a gun at a cop. This is that elusive, uncommon "common sense". Common sense being some innate ability to decide what is a good idea and what isn't a good idea... There are many things that we "CAN" do but "SHOULDN'T". Sadly, some guys have to lose hair to find that out. All I can do is shake my head... The world is in a sorry state of affairs <BECAUSE> of us... not <IN SPITE> of us. I'm getting old.... stupidity can prevent that.

Intake backfires happen for a reason.... SOME reason... An intake valve doesn't close... an exhaust valve doesn't open... spark timing (gas)... lean mixture (gas)... fuel stand-off (that should get some of you youngsters looking) can be factor... Gas engines converted to run on barbeque fuel will often backfire into the intake if you have to "pedal" them while cranking - and now I have to add the disclaimer throttle cable engines. Rule #1.... never look down the intake of a rotating engine. Never.... not ever.... no, not even now....

Mayhaps I should start a "word of the day" column? Can you boys and girls say cunnilingus (George Carlin called it "yodeling in the gully")? Fellatio? Felching (where the fuck did that shit come from?). Hmmmmmm maybe we should stick with words like "cam phaser", low/reverse clutch" and "Montreal smoked meat on medium rye bread with Keens hot mustard and a hot banana pepper pickle". Shit... now I'm hungry.

Debb has had Crohns disease for nearly 40 years... every day is, for her, a reminder that she has Crohns disease... It can be as simple as entering a building and the first thing you look for is the restroom signs.... Or it can be life altering in ways you never considered... I've been considering rewriting something I did many years ago (if I can find it, anymore). If you are an avid reader, Debbs story is something you could make it through in a couple or three days. But that isn't what this thread is about.... and, I can't speak for good ol' Liberal Ontario... but is Aarons back an issue for OHIP or an issue for workers comp? THINK HARD!!!! For me, universal health care has been there when I needed it... never a worry about how much cash I can find "on hand"... never a worry about "converting" my possessions... never having to check my borrowing power... If the system is inadequate or appears underfunded, it is time to look at the abuses that the system is subject to... Again, we can't apply simple fixes to complex problems. You can't tell if someone is abusing the system until after the dust settles... In years gone by, Alberta was on the cutting edge of caring for her citizens... Yeah, it was a tough place to live in some respects, but there used to be a distinct lack of bullshit. From here.... the story takes on a whole new angle. Thanks for the vote, Larry... I just think I'm a bit too old fashioned for this "Brave New World".

37 years.... and it has been anything but a bed of roses. But, life's a bitch and then you die. And I wouldn't trade it for the world. I haven't been "lucky"... Being married is a job..... and it can be, at times, the toughest job you will ever have. Marriage isn't about what you get out of the relationship - it is about what you are willing to invest in it. "Until death do us part" indicated some kind of permanence and it get's me through some of the rocky shit..... Listen to me telling you that there are rocky parts to a relationship this close... Through the 90's, my loving brides Crohns disease had me doing stuff that I pray to God none of you ever have to endure... it tested my mettle to near breaking point. I would wake up most mornings dreading the day ahead. Neither one of us is the ideal partner... but, through hard work and determination, we persevere. Heavy on the hard work and dertmination... OTOH, our son and his girlfriend have been living together for almost 6 years.... and he is only 22. Marriage has never been a subject as far as I know and Kelli is as much family as she could ever be. I don't want to sound like a wet blanket, but I recall a story about a man that would purposely hit his thumb with a hammer... He was asked "Why do you do that?". His reply.... "Because it feels so good when I stop.....". There comes a time in every relationship when the passion becomes fleeting. A time when our partner stops being an object of lust... You are about to embark upon a big journey... but you know that. Used to be people would work through the rocky parts. But even "back in the day", some folks would confuse "marriage certificate" with "bill of sale". Larry - if your "big head" is getting married, I congratulate you. If this is all about your "little head".... well, I don't need to get you pissed at me. Answer me this..... who is your best friend in the whole world?

What Dwayne said... not too many years ago there was a big kerfuffle here in Gods country that got head gaskets at least once and finally, out of desparation I suppose, the owner drove it to destruction (I think we might have enven mentioned it in one thread on here).. The rad was wearing a real nice "fur coat"... FWIW, you have to look directly at the front of the rad like Dwayne said.... leaves, dust, grass, seed, fur, hair, small mammals and most kinds of flying insects can make it through ever other layer of the cooling stack except the rad... And they will hide there until it is time to offer up a life altering event...

The small V-8 answer is the bellhousing flange - 5 bolt on the early blocks - built to fit into the compact cars of the day I assume - versus the more common 6 bolt flange of the later engines. FWIW, all the 5 bolt engines came from the factory with a generator (including the 64.5 Mustang I had). For torque converters... more multiplication = more heat. Important considerations are the vehicle and engine combination... These factors will have an effect on whether a torque converter is "loose" or "tight" (has a higher or lower stall speed)

I was once told that only two things matter.. "Did you fix it?" And "What did you write down?"

If you watch the video that is part of the NMT for SuperDuty, the statement about the trans is made.... I mentioned it HERE . For the 396 transmission swap.... "the 4 speed trans from a Vega would bolt up to the bellhousing of a 396/427" is a pretty simple statement. While I may be mistaken about the source, it was true that a trans from some pissy assed little 4-banger would bolt up to a big block with little more than a clutch disc change.... T'would be around 1974 when I last was part of such a feat. The memory is a little vague... but I think you'll find that the aluminum clutch housings from that era (for the V8s) was double drilled (while the cast iron housings weren't). The 396/402/427/454 and the 366/427 are two different motors. Heads will interchange but precious little else (cranks too unless I'm getting senile). The 366/427 was a tall deck motor - the taller deck was to accomodate a fourth piston ring. These engines were built to accept heavy truck transmissions rather than automotive transmissions and were not available in trucks smaller than the C50. Quiz time..... what was the biggest difference between the 221/260/289 and the 289/302?

Back in the day... the 4 speed trans from a Vega would bolt up to the bellhousing of a 396/427. This didn't make it a smart choice but, as long as you didn't hit the rev limiter and then drop the hammer, the trans might live a long and fruitful life... Today, we have things that can help exacerbate much... The first realization is that the 6R140 is also slated for the 650/750 trucks... The second realization is that the 6.7 is most likely going to have a pretty sophisticated traction control/torque limiting system... with the secondary realization that we may be making a lot of folks unhappy when their chip sends their transmission to transmission heaven... Getting back to the Vega/396 trans implant... adding power smoothly is much different than shock loading a drivetrain... Aaron will tell you that there are cars that can wheelstand gracefully.... and there are cars that wheelstand in a most expensive manner..

I can't remember where it was, but we had a test like that... The instructor was very explicit "Read throught the entire test before you answer any questions". Question 50 was a statement... "do not answer any questions". Not one person passed.... nobody... nada...