Today. This thing has way too many wires to move out of the way. This was 6 hours of work.
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Today. This thing has way too many wires to move out of the way. This was 6 hours of work.
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Are you changing the turbo
I wish--if so I'd finish tomorrow. I'm putting in an IPR research egr delete and uppipe. If I had time I'd tear down the turbo , clean, put in the updated bearing asn such but not this time. Maybe never. Just getting stuff out of the way is no fun. I dumped coolant on me, I'm sore from gead to toe, arms look like I got in a fight with a cat and lost, and I fell off the freaking truck on my back. Fun day.
"Sore from head to toe...." Did you stand up in that thing?Quote:
Originally Posted by KDAVID1
Yep, when you get into the late 97s to present they are a royal pain in the Sat, my 96 is bad enuff and everytime I look at the newer models I think of what a pain it will be to work on. Noticed I had a fuel sensor leaking this morning, fuel mileage dropped this last fill up and I thought it was the fuel at the new Kroger in Batesville but guess not, will pick one up tomorrow.
Man I wish. Nelt, laid over, hugged, you name it. It's hard when A: the front of the truck is almost over your head. B:the engine is longer than you lolQuote:
Originally Posted by Boatbottom
Yup. I wish I had the bones to do everything that might come up later now because I DO NOT want to go in again but I will at some point. I haven't been this sore in a long time.Quote:
Originally Posted by Rees Guide
You will be better, shortly.
Since you have experience. Do you want to help do mine? lol
As much as I would love too---nope I'd have to charge way to much :) Didn't see if your new ride is a 6.7 or 6.4 but as bad as the 6.0 is those two are worse. You have twin turbos two egr coolers on the 6.4 and can't remember on the 6.7 but I do know it's bad. Plus side on the 6.7 they only problems they have had is with sensors that shut the engine down but I think they have that worked out.Quote:
Originally Posted by martyrm
That don't look like fun for sure. I've been annoyed ever since I realized I'll need to remove the intake superstructure just to replace the rear spark plugs on my transverse mount six cylinder, but that looks easy compared to what your digging down through. Hope it goes well.
kingDavid,,, since your the expert,,,, If I were looking too buy a diesel truck and wanted something easy to work on, as well as dependable,, which truck motor combination would you buy? I heard the Older dodge 12 Valle motors were the ones to buy,,, I know they don't have the power nor the technology, or probably the fuel milage, but they were dependable and easy to work on.,,, what would you buy if you liked working on your own? thanks from tinkerer one to another,,,
Well I wouldn't buy a dodge (but that's just me) the old style 7.3 (pre 99 I think) are easy to work on. Post 99 7.3 are good and not too bad but you'll be hard pressed to find one that is in decent shape, not have 500K on it and not overly expensive. Honestly though if I were to buy another it would probably be the 6.0 or if I were rich a 6.7. The 6.7 is proving to be a really reliable motor. The 6.0 is a great motor and the particular issues that are common are easy to diagnose and fix--it's just the getting too since that freaking thing is stuffed into the engine bay. And once they are fixed and you are religious with the maint. you will probably never have any problems. I know many guys that have over 300K on their 6.0s and a few with 800K. That's not too shabby.Quote:
Originally Posted by Takeum
Pre EGR cummins are good motors. Get the best fuel milage of the dodges and proper maintaince almost indestructible. They have plenty enough power for the average user lack of technology on them is a plus. Less things to go wrong. Ran plenty of those B models in Straight trucks up to 33,000 gvw with very few problems out to 3/400,000 miles. Pretty simple to work on.Quote:
Originally Posted by Takeum
I don't understand why unless the engine was down, you didn't buy your parts a few at a time until you had everything you needed then do it all at once. But at least your gaining valuable experience for when it does come unwound.Quote:
Originally Posted by KDAVID1
Them young'uns don't use their head [at least the one on their shoulders] they are too much in a hurry
I've had Ford and Dodge diesels, the older Ford 7.3's are good the rest are junk.
I am in a 2004 Dodge 2500 with a Cummins now and will continue in it until it won't roll any longer. Don't like any of the newer ones because of all the electronics.
True on all accounts. Main thing is I had a suspicion the egr cooler was bad (having some puke) so I had to get it out before it blew and put coolant in the cylinders and popped a head or hydrolocked. After today I feel much better about all of it.Quote:
Originally Posted by cray
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Ok so who puked? You or the engine:Rofl
Haha the engine through the degas bottle. Me after being beat to death yesterday lolQuote:
Originally Posted by cray
When you get through you want to clutch my 4 wheel drive?
Common rail fuel injection is definitely easier than HEUI. With HEUI you have three systems that have to be maintained (high pressure oil, electrical, and fuel pressure) and lots of orings that can get used up so to speak. The bad part of the common rail is the pump is bad expensive if you ever have to replace it.Quote:
Originally Posted by cray
I could help say if the tcase and tranny were moved already lol.Quote:
Originally Posted by cray
If I could do all that the clutch ain't a problem. Just to old and stiff to do all that anymore. Really sad. I used to be able to clutch a cab over 18 wheeler with a rolling A frame from start to out the door in 6 hr's. Now can't even put a clutch in a pickup.
hahahaha--well you caught me :) Seriously though--you need help I'll do it for sure!!!Quote:
Originally Posted by cray
That exhaust pipe is fun to hook up isn't it.
Down pipe was easy. The y pipe I'm still working on. Gonna have to loosen all of it up today and give it another go :( I sore again today from fighting with it lol.
Got under mine the other day to run my backup camera wire and I'm sore from that
I hear ya. I went wireless on mine :)Quote:
Originally Posted by martyrm
I should have
I got my first goat ever in 2012. 2500 with a cummins. We cans destroy any truck inside of 100,000 on the farm. 86,000 on it now and haven't put a wrench on it yet. It has hard, hard miles on it. I didn't expect it to hold up but it has so far. It may blow up tomorrow but for now I can't complain.
You got lucky lol. With proper maintenance 300k shouldn't be too hard to hit on a diesel and I know quite a few with 500+k and one or 2 touching 1m. I know after getting this F350 I never want to go back to a gasser.Quote:
Originally Posted by Superglue
Should have been done yesterday but I broke a 6mm bolt for the turbo feed :(
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Lowes has left hand 1/4 drill bits. Most of the time we never even use the extractor. Buy the hardened ones with cutter tip
I'll look at that as wellQuote:
Originally Posted by Superglue
Been formulating a game plan.
I had a customer that rented trucks from us and we did Maintaince on his stuff. He had a 15 ft Ford E van that was a used Penske moving truck he bought used. Had a 7.3 in it. All it ever had done to it was we put on a water pump and 3 injectors. Last time I saw the truck it had over 700,000 on it and was still running. Granted it smoked a lot and was down on power but it made a 350 mile round trip to Alabama and back every night and never stopped on them.Quote:
Originally Posted by KDAVID1