Jim Warman

Looking at the public profile for SELLC, we find http://www.autotrend.us/ Auto-Trend Repairs & Service 7970 North Lilley Road Canton, Michigan 48187 (734)358-7050 24/7 come up as an address. Originally, I felt that this was a case of gross stupidity (and I include the customer in that blanket - where the f@ck was he during this rape?). But I'm beginning to think that this charlatan is a black eye to this profession and to each and every one of us. Looking further into autotrend, it appears that Larry is quite right. Rex Umney is the guys name and he is promising the world... But I imagine you have to bring your own vaseline - and forget the kiss.... I had a real bad day - and I think it is a crying shame that Rex isn't standing on my doorstep.

Currently, (pun intended) I am using a sealed beam headlight for most testing but this only draws about 3-4 amps. I'm considering a 1 ohm, 10 watt resistor with a 194 bulb (or so) across it. The resistor will flow about 12 amps and the bulb would give visual indication of current flow. Conversly, one could simply measure the voltage dropped across the resistor to figure circuit integrity.

I would imagine that there are some subtle differences in PCM strategy for the E-Box... BUT (and here is where I may be terribly, terribly wrong), AFAIK the 6.0 is a slave to the EBP sensor (other than the chosen few that get the VGT map crap). I imagine that the pressure drop across the smaller CAC would account for the lower boost pressure readings. Holy shit.. I just realized that it looks like I'm imagining a lot of stuff... Now if I could only imagine a lottery win.....

FWIW... the CAC on the E-box is smaller than the CAC on F series. This serves to limit boost somewhat... It is less likely that we will see pooched HGs on Econolines - nut not impossible. Nice pic Aaron... must feel real neat sitting in the front for a change, eh???

In Alberta, home heating oil has usually been purple.. it is, AFAIK, also low in sulphur... Don't get giddy... along with being low in sulphur, it has poor lubricity. Diesel furnace "guns" don't require a lot of lubrication. Red diesel fuel isn't necessarily high or 'higher' (point of view thing happening) in sulphur content. Most anything you are getting where I live is going to be from the same line delivering OTR (over the road) diesel fuel. The bad part about off-road (or dyed) diesel fuel is the storage.... Be it a farm or a construction site, once the dyed fuel is delivered, the new owner(s)are usually far too cavalier about it's quality. Dyed fuel isn't bad for these engines... however, the crap that gets into it from substandard storage is. Every time I see a jockey tank in the back of a truck, I shudder. You can bet your fuel filter that water is in that system....

I find it rather disturbing that those involved in the manly art of diesel engine repair would either know what "windmilling" is or feel the need to research the term... As for the Viagra ads.... these days I feel like this story.... A man had placed his dear old Dad in a nursing home... He became quite disturbed when he found that, at bedtime, his Dad was given a glass of warm milk and a Viagra... He calmed down when he found out that the milk was to help Dad sleep - and the viagra was to keep him from rolling out of bed. An old guy went to the doctor and asked for a perscription for Viagra... and asking that the pills be quartered.... The doctor was surprised.. "You're 96 - why would you want Viagra and what would cutting them up do?"... The old guy replied "I want to stop peeing on my shoes". I also find it disturbing that anyone would know more than one old man with Viagra joke...

If all else fails, go to section 413-01 in the WSM. Under Diagnosis and Testing, there is a symptom chart. The concern "The wait to start light is always/never on" will lead you to PPT S. Good luck.

The quote is from SVB 2009-12N on the Canada site... There are several attachments I haven't read yet that may be of interest. What we need to remember - service DVD subsriptions, web access subscriptions and scan tool subscriptions are an industry within themselves at the dealership level. Flip side of the coin. Ford will spare no effort reminding us of all the bad things that 'might' happen from <let's say> using a "counterfeit" VCM. (And let us remember the serial number requirement for VCM updates). But it remains to be seen if and when Ford will actually do anything about it. Looking at all the 'expired' service DVDs available in spite of being marked "NOT FOT RESALE" and Ford not doing anything apparent about it.....

Howdy, stranger.... Even the oil patch is feeling the squeeze... Where my boy worked, the honchos walked in, handed each man an envelope and said "Goodbye".

Like Keith, my interest in Nascar has waned.... I think it started to go about the time the "old guard" was retiring/dying. Drag racing is still a great love even though I don't get to see many televised events... Our annual Cascar race in Edmonton is a few days before the Indy Car race on the same track. This would be Edmonton City Centre Airport (formerly Blatchford Field). Cow tipping is a full contact sport.... while we don't have to travel far to participate, I'm getting a little long in the tooth for full contact sporting events.... for your viewing pleasure

Two weeks to the Daytona 500 and less than a week to the Winternats..... Superbowl? What's that? Something like a great big toilet? Just kidding, Larry.... just kidding!!!!

Steve.... a lot of this stuff is simply engineering rhetoric... Don't get me wrong.... aftermarket parts can and will cause concerns.... Aftermarket parts can and will complicate our jobs.... But everyone out there is so busy trying to play CYA that they will dump every concern on the shoulders of the tech... You are the middleman..... you are handy.... you will be the guy that gets shat on.... Approach each situation with an open mind. Get your customer to work with you and work with your customer.... God grant me the will to change those things I can.... the strength to survive those things I can't... and the sense to see the difference.

Not so far fetched.... Back when I was self-employed, I did resort to just that... "I am sorry <sir/ma'am>, it is apparent that I cannot please you. I suggest that you prevail upon one of the other service outlets in our area for your future repair needs". Life is too short to live in fear when "that truck" pulls on to the lot.... Cultivate the "good stuff".... pull the weeds and discard them. I've been trying to tell them wieners on FRT this same stuff for a long time.... Most everyone is busy letting their jobs run them rather than learning how they can run their jobs...

We've seen cam follower failures - specifically the roller tip... The last one could be measured in "years ago" - epidemic? Saw a blog???? "I read it on the internet... it MUST be true!!!!" All joking aside, customers that double think us leave me a little limp.... If I am wrong, I much prefer to make my own mistake rather than someone elses mistake. Lastly... the engine has 200K miles on it.... no idea of how many hours - no idea how well care for... This thing may be in prime condition or it could be a hobby looking for a home.... 200K miles.... I'd be looking for a long block.. Cheap ain't

Our diesel engine stand was originally purchased with the 6.9 in mind.... It is the Rotunda and I don't have the model number handy. However, the 6.4 adapter fit the shaft perfectly. A shop built tail support works for the other side. Photopost isn't working right now....

I would.... it will help the purge process. At sea level, a "perfect" vacuum is in the neighbourhood of 30 inches Hg. Even getting this might not guarrantee complete filling of the cooler if left right side up.

I'd caution against associating a DPF failure with an aftermarket air filter.... "Too much air flow".... an engine is only going to pass as much air as an engine is going to pass... Be it a stock air filter, one of the popular open weave mistakes or a pair of GrampyJims old underwear pants.... the only air going through the motor is going to be what the motor can inhale.... Let us not forget that, often, there will appear a broadcast message that never, ever makes it to SSM or TSB... Let us not forget that our test procedures (be it a pin point test or a symptom chart) are written for a truck "as built". Let us endeavour to use reason when deciding on a course of action.

I couldn't resist.

I'm not going to pretend I know everything about fuel tanks - especially old timey fuel tanks because we didn't have delaminating issues way back when... What we DID have was fuel tanks with a bung in the bottom. If you had bad fuel, what can I say. Delamination of fuel tanks is a modern day concern - because we have steel tanks with a coating... some mystic space age crap that can (and apparently will) delaminate. I will admit that modern day fuels can offer challenges to modern packaging. I know that gasoline smells different and feels different and does different things to my skin from what it did nearly 40 years ago. I see modern diesel fuel giving old O-rings a hard time.... As far as galvanized steel is concerned, Damon, I don't think any manufacturers are currently using galvanized steel tanks.... for any kind of fuel. They are heavy and require some care in assembly - zinc really affects the welding process and sealing technology. Blow molding a plastic tank or chemically lining a steel tank come up looking cheaper and easier - even if the tanks don't stand up quite as well. The modern world is full of great improvements.... Used to be I'd pull into the A&W and a young lady in a short skirt would come out to my car and take my order. My burger would arrive, freshly cooked to my specification and served hot. Now, they can instantly pull a hamburger shaped object from under the heat lamp - no waiting..... YUM!!!

Going out on a limb... because things are from a long, long time ago in a galaxy far, far away... IIRC, fuel tanks were made of galvanized steel... They worked. By and large - when we see something made of a new material, we can rest assured that it is cheaper to make or lighter - it is rare that it will be "better". In the 60s or 70s, nobody would have even dreamed of a plastic fuel tank. Why are midship tanks plastic but aft axle tanks aren't? Class action lawsuits? Seems like if you and/or your product aren't the focus of a class action suit....

For Viagra??? Must have something to do with those SmartCar tendencies /forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/grin.gif

The Chinese have earned a reputation as a producer of copies of items without having any licence or permission to copy those items... Indeed, many of these counterfeit products have even showed up on Ford dealer shelves from time to time in "look-alike" packaging. FWIW, counterfeiting isn't limited to either Ford or automotive products and is a billion dollar industry in the world. I frequently receive unsolicited e-mails from Chinese sources offering fantastic deals on building materials, plumbing supplies, office equipmenmt and, of course garage equipment and auto parts.... And here-in are two keys... "Unsolicited"... picture a guy walking up to your door with a pamphlet or a vacuum cleaner... What get's eerie is when the guy is selling something you might have actually considered... like a VCM - and here it is dropped in your lap at a price you can't afford to turn down... Ann Landers (you youngsters may need to google that one) used to tell people that "If something sounded too good to be true, it probably was....". As a last thought, PT Barnum said "There's one born every minute". On edit... I googled "counterfeit products" - and I forgot all the e-mails I get offering me Rolex watches at discount prices = and one day these will be worth a lot because "Rolex" is misspelled.....

One of the things that we need to realize about checking how well a cylinder seals is that we have a series of tests we can perform.. not to preach to the choir, but we would start with the least intrusive test and work towards more intrusive tests as needed... After we finally work our way up to the compression test, we have a couple left... My personal favourite - and I will often go straight to this rather than deal with wet and dry compression testing - is the cylinder leak test... (for this to be accurate, the piston needs to be at TDC because the top of the cylinder bore is the area subject to the most wear). I use the MAC CLD210M which helps quantify the "size" of the leak, but rigging shop air to your compression tester hose will identify cylinder leaks all the same. The other is a borescope. Unfortunately, I don't know of any affordable bore scopes with a tip small enough to get into a PSD cylinder. My Rigid See Snake has a new "business end' - they brought out a 9mm tipped wand but this is still too big to make it into a PSD cylinder...

Oh, come ON Larry... I know I come across as Mister Nice Guy - but I do have an image to maintain..... "Back in the day", the RMS (regimental sergeant major) was the higest NCO rank in the Canadian army. It would be rare for this man to attain a higher rank. He is a "straw boss" and, as such, he will never see daylight as anything other than a pawn in the grand scheme. One of the beautiful things about holding the highest rank available to a non-commissioned officer is that you get to be a "ROYAL ASSHOLE" with little in the way of retribution or impeachment. I AM that asshole. It isn't my job to make you feel good... I am here to mske sure you have a steady stream of trusting customers.... And you know how I operate...

I have a pretty short fuse for anything that even resembles impropriety, lack of responsibility or any other of the many foibles that our trade "enjoys"... you'll have to pardon me for some of that... A lot of consumers have an extremely low opinion of "us" - and most of them have valid reasons. A lot of things mentioned in jest are like rubbing salt in an open wound - it may be surprising that peoples opinions about this trade haven't changed in the nearly 40 years I've been involved. FWIW, a lot of techs don't even realize that they are a source of concern - I see painted or aluminum surfaces being stepped on - dead batteries because of erroneous or faulty test procedures or just plain leaving the key on because we are too fucking dense to see our error - improper technique for both repair and diag... The list goes on. No, I am FAR from perfect - my only claims to fame are that I care and I try to keep my eyes open. Too many go to work "from the neck down"... Anyway, I am sure you have recognized me as the resident asshoe and curmudgeon /forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/smirk.gif