TWT -- The Wrenching Thread (2 Viewers)
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No kidding!! Our hay man was telling us about one of his bigger Fords that the cab has to come off to change injectors I think it was. Something you would not expect the cab to have to come off to do. He told me his next bigger truck will be an older model that has been completely rebuilt. He has a serious dislike for all the new trucks. He has 5-6 of them on the road.
I no longer science, math or music. I simply consume and excrete. I thought I've made clear over the last year.
Well, then you better not show up at Belle Johnston Park again to play with those toy sailboats, because you need science and math for that, and listening to music always helps with sailing. Foo Fighters Station on pandora for my drive down to hype me up, then some mellow Little River Band and Christopher Cross, with a little bit of Marley to get into the "flow"....it must have worked, because i won all 8 races I was in
Now I'll be "wrenching" on at least 2, if not more, of their boats down there (brought one back to rebuild)
"I got science for any occasion. Postulating theorems, formulating equations!"
Beastie Boys
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Great sig line material!
So we're all gonnna post up the same thing in the 'what are you listening to' thread tonight???
To keep tech... I'll listen to it while organizing parts into my new file cabinet.
Best BB album ever! End of hijack. Sorry!
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Engine nerds like @Rice, @jfz80 and @mtweller (among others) will like this. Got the 6.0 torn down last night. Block is perfectly fine, no water jacket corrosion. I saw a few spots on the MLS head gaskets that could have been the leak, but it's hard to tell and the leak could have been inbetween the layers as well. Like a dope, I didn't get any close-up pictures of the block mating surface, but I did get pictures of a few cylinders showing the cross-hatch marks from the last time it was honed. I love diesel engines. Block is certified good to go 
This thing has definitely been apart before, based on the EGR delete, updated stand pipes, updated oil feed and drain lines, newer glow plugs, etc. It's been a while though, found a broken injector connector, a few broken glow plug connectors, harness not restrained in the head in a few places, etc. If the head gaskets have been replaced once, I'm assuming it was years ago and was likely at a dealer, because all the right updated parts were used but they used head bolts instead of upgrading to ARP studs.
Other oddities, this engine has the later style IPR sensor on the injector oil rail, has the later style fuel regulator, later style injector oil rails, later style glow plugs and pistons, but has the early style HPOP. Doesn't make sense.
Either way, will get my parts order together, get these heads off to be reworked and send the injectors off for servicing.
This thing has definitely been apart before, based on the EGR delete, updated stand pipes, updated oil feed and drain lines, newer glow plugs, etc. It's been a while though, found a broken injector connector, a few broken glow plug connectors, harness not restrained in the head in a few places, etc. If the head gaskets have been replaced once, I'm assuming it was years ago and was likely at a dealer, because all the right updated parts were used but they used head bolts instead of upgrading to ARP studs.
Other oddities, this engine has the later style IPR sensor on the injector oil rail, has the later style fuel regulator, later style injector oil rails, later style glow plugs and pistons, but has the early style HPOP. Doesn't make sense.
Either way, will get my parts order together, get these heads off to be reworked and send the injectors off for servicing.
Engine nerds like @Rice, @jfz80 and @mtweller (among others) will like this. Got the 6.0 torn down last night. Block is perfectly fine, no water jacket corrosion. I saw a few spots on the MLS head gaskets that could have been the leak, but it's hard to tell and the leak could have been inbetween the layers as well. Like a dope, I didn't get any close-up pictures of the block mating surface, but I did get pictures of a few cylinders showing the cross-hatch marks from the last time it was honed. I love diesel engines. Block is certified good to go
This thing has definitely been apart before, based on the EGR delete, updated stand pipes, updated oil feed and drain lines, newer glow plugs, etc. It's been a while though, found a broken injector connector, a few broken glow plug connectors, harness not restrained in the head in a few places, etc. If the head gaskets have been replaced once, I'm assuming it was years ago and was likely at a dealer, because all the right updated parts were used but they used head bolts instead of upgrading to ARP studs.
Other oddities, this engine has the later style IPR sensor on the injector oil rail, has the later style fuel regulator, later style injector oil rails, later style glow plugs and pistons, but has the early style HPOP. Doesn't make sense.
Either way, will get my parts order together, get these heads off to be reworked and send the injectors off for servicing.
Dude, you have been busy! Wow. I know you're having a blast. I'm diggin all the light you have (and that rockin drill press).
4-bolts per cylinder for a diesel surprises me.
Good luck with the cylinder heads!
BOOST!
You say van de graaff generator, I say cotton candy machine.... potato, tomato...
There will be a charge for either one.
Watts new. It's revolting how amped up he gets.
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