Grease Monkey Garage

[redneckhillbilly]

that van has a 60 upfront? thats badass

 

[mainer_in_ak]

1st test run: Bad exuahst leak. Turbo to up-pipe flange. The tolerances are so tight, the turbo clamp can't be relied upon to cinch it all together.

Those kc turbos nerds only show one method with everything out of the truck. It didn't work:

I walked away from the vehicle when I thought of lighting it up with a 12 gauge.

After rest, an idea came to me:
Get a camera back there and see where the misalignment is, with the turbo clamp removed. It was maybe at most, a 1/8" misalignment at the bottom.

Nobody has mentioned this anywhere, but what I ended up doing was fishing a ratchet strap back there around the back side of the up-pipe flange. Hooked one end to the rear engine hoist eye, the other end to the front tow hook. As I cinched er down, I tapped on the up-pipe flange with a 4ft breaker bar. She went home!

To work on everything was aweful mechanic yoga:
Place tools on woodstove to get them warm to the touch. Race outside and have at er before those tools go back to single digit temps.
Jam forearm between turbo and firewall till your bleeding. Rest forehead on lip of firewall. Laying completely over top of engine, rest sternum over top of alternator.


Bolted the turbo clamp and then removed the ratchet strap. Massive exauhst leak gone.

Misalignment:

After ratchet strap + breaker bar taps:

 

[Agr516]

I have fought that turbo to up-pipe flange before myself. It is a pain in the genitals for sure. I also have fantasized about harming my truck mid-project as well. Told my wife once that i wanted to parking the *f-wording thing on a brush pile and light it on fire.

 

[Yukon Stihl]

1st test run: Bad exuahst leak. Turbo to up-pipe flange. The tolerances are so tight, the turbo clamp can't be relied upon to cinch it all together.

Those kc turbos nerds only show one method with everything out of the truck. It didn't work:

I walked away from the vehicle when I thought of lighting it up with a 12 gauge.

After rest, an idea came to me:
Get a camera back there and see where the misalignment is, with the turbo clamp removed. It was maybe at most, a 1/8" misalignment at the bottom.

Nobody has mentioned this anywhere, but what I ended up doing was fishing a ratchet strap back there around the back side of the up-pipe flange. Hooked one end to the rear engine hoist eye, the other end to the front tow hook. As I cinched er down, I tapped on the up-pipe flange with a 4ft breaker bar. She went home!

To work on everything was aweful mechanic yoga:
Place tools on woodstove to get them warm to the touch. Race outside and have at er before those tools go back to single digit temps.
Jam forearm between turbo and firewall till your bleeding. Rest forehead on lip of firewall. Laying completely over top of engine, rest sternum over top of alternator.


Bolted the turbo clamp and then removed the ratchet strap. Massive exauhst leak gone.

Misalignment:

After ratchet strap + breaker bar taps:

I have found the latex mechanic’s gloves really help working outside in the winter.
Snow never melts on your hand to make it cold

 

[mainer_in_ak]

I have found the latex mechanic’s gloves really help working outside in the winter.
Snow never melts on your hand to make it cold

Was so tight back there, I needed dexterity of bare hands.

Once it hits below zero and something gets stupid, I actually plug in a compact hairdryer near whatever I'm working on.

 

[mainer_in_ak]

I have fought that turbo to up-pipe flange before myself. It is a pain in the genitals for sure. I also have fantasized about harming my truck mid-project as well. Told my wife once that i wanted to parking the *f-wording thing on a brush pile and light it on fire.

I much prefer working on the 6bt cummins. Everything is accessible from the left and right side, less bllsht electronic sht too.

Then the 292 chevy and 300 ford:
The greatest mechanic experience ever.

I heard that a Ford technician ended up snapping in the middle of a 6.4 powerstroke job and ended up in a mental health institution.

Wrenching on an old 300 ford 1-ton got him enjoying his job again.

 

[Yukon Stihl]

Broke an injector line on my KW about 40 miles from home
Drove it home tried to get as much snow dust on it as I could
Had to rob a line of my backup truck, which would have been a quick job, but it’s a Western Star with a 4 cylinder air compressor. So it had to be removed before I could get to the injector end.
No pics I was under the gun to get it fixed as I had another trip to do tomorrow for another load of sea cans

 

[Powerstroke Cowboy]

Must be a cummins.

 

[Yukon Stihl]

3406 Cat