Not So Pro 3

[dall]

My 2640 is showing 5900 hours or so....but it gets stuck and will go a month without clicking around to the next digit. No telling how many hours it really has.

my 2550 has over 13000 hours on the meter
has some blowby as you saw but im ok with it for now lol

 

[dall]

My old beat, lifter tick, 208,000 mile, oil puking 5.3 I'll trust any day to newer "technology "

i got lucky with the yukon and duramax
yukon has 197000 on it and the duramax has 323000 and neither use oil between changes

 

[Dream]

These early ones have only three gauges total, fuel pressure (you can see this on the fuel filter tower just in front of the injection pump), oil pressure, and water temp, the last two are on the dash to the right of the pony flywheel. You know the best way to know if it's warm enough to start? Hold your hand on the block just behind the engagement levers.

 

[GCJenks204]

Did you share?

Always. 4 of us ate and even some left overs. If I ate like Jason I’d be dead.

 

[markds2]

Yep. Its a shame newer diesels aren't even semi reliable. All guaranteed short life ticking time bombs

Yep, these old CAT engines are ridiculously overbuilt. Wicked heavy crank (5 bearing), rods, and pistons, stroke much longer than bore diameter and max RPM of 1500.

 

[Agent Smith]

Yep, these old CAT engines are ridiculously overbuilt. Wicked heavy crank (5 bearing), rods, and pistons, stroke much longer than bore diameter and max RPM of 1500.

Idk much about diesels other than the 2 tractors I own but as far as on road applications, I seen what others have gone through with them and that's enough for me to stay away. $70k trucks lasting 4 yrs and thousands of dollars in repair bills in one pop...No thanks

 

[Czed]

Idk much about diesels other than the 2 tractors I own but as far as on road applications, I seen what others have gone through with them and that's enough for me to stay away. $70k trucks lasting 4 yrs and thousands of dollars in repair bills in one pop...No thanks

We had a new gas pipeline come through here a few years ago
A bunch of the locals got very good paying jobs with them and bought these 50-70k
Trucks because why not
Teens with money.
And immediately set to ruining them
With aftermarket performance parts.
Making them unreliable
And shocking expensive to repair.
The job ended after 8 months
And those boys couldn't hardly get 30%
Of their investment back.
Most were defaulted on
They couldn't find good enough jobs.

 

[Dream]

So I was working on finding the vacuum leak on the 95 Ferd. Hooked up the vacuum guage to the main outlet at the intake plenum. Running close to 20 inches HG at idle no climate controls on. Drops to 16 as soon as AC or defrost is selected. Plugged the main supply to the climate controls. Still does it any time the AC compressor turns on.
Uh oh. Not a vacuum leak.
Pulled #4 plug.(because I was right there tightenning up a loose manifold bolt anyhow).
Yep, running lean/hot.
Insulator is bright white. No carbon at all. Core is rounded. Electrode grounding strap is slightly c shaped. Gap burned out to .050" from .044".
Weak under load.
I remember now I timed it by ear last time.
Was gonna get a timing light....
I'll get a new set of plugs and probably a rotor/dizzy cap.
Then I'll set the timing with the timing light.

 

[Dream]

We had a new gas pipeline come through here a few years ago
A bunch of the locals got very good paying jobs with them and bought these 50-70k
Trucks because why not
Teens with money.
And immediately set to ruining them
With aftermarket performance parts.
Making them unreliable
And shocking expensive to repair.
The job ended after 8 months
And those boys couldn't hardly get 30%
Of their investment back.
Most were defaulted on
They couldn't find good enough jobs.

I aint liking that.
Yeah, part of it is their own fault for not seeing that was a temporary high.
The wrong part of it is a piece of equipment that cost that much not being reliable, even after the performance monkeying.
Id love to have a decent 1 ton to pull the loader and such with, but I'm not putting stupid money on a new one that probably wont last, and the used ones arent any better it seems.

 

[Czed]

I aint liking that.
Yeah, part of it is their own fault for not seeing that was a temporary high.
The wrong part of it is a piece of equipment that cost that much not being reliable, even after the performance monkeying.
Id love to have a decent 1 ton to pull the loader and such with, but I'm not putting stupid money on a new one that probably wont last, and the used ones arent any better it seems.

8k for a trans iirc

 

[Mastermind]

I aint liking that.
Yeah, part of it is their own fault for not seeing that was a temporary high.
The wrong part of it is a piece of equipment that cost that much not being reliable, even after the performance monkeying.
Id love to have a decent 1 ton to pull the loader and such with, but I'm not putting stupid money on a new one that probably wont last, and the used ones arent any better it seems.

Got an 83 F350 myself.

 

[dall]

So I was working on finding the vacuum leak on the 95 Ferd. Hooked up the vacuum guage to the main outlet at the intake plenum. Running close to 20 inches HG at idle no climate controls on. Drops to 16 as soon as AC or defrost is selected. Plugged the main supply to the climate controls. Still does it any time the AC compressor turns on.
Uh oh. Not a vacuum leak.
Pulled #4 plug.(because I was right there tightenning up a loose manifold bolt anyhow).
Yep, running lean/hot.
Insulator is bright white. No carbon at all. Core is rounded. Electrode grounding strap is slightly c shaped. Gap burned out to .050" from .044".
Weak under load.
I remember now I timed it by ear last time.
Was gonna get a timing light....
I'll get a new set of plugs and probably a rotor/dizzy cap.
Then I'll set the timing with the timing light.

i always did them by ear but then would check with a light

I aint liking that.
Yeah, part of it is their own fault for not seeing that was a temporary high.
The wrong part of it is a piece of equipment that cost that much not being reliable, even after the performance monkeying.
Id love to have a decent 1 ton to pull the loader and such with, but I'm not putting stupid money on a new one that probably wont last, and the used ones arent any better it seems.

i saw it alot on jobs back years ago
new guys buying new trucks and houses and then things went bad and you wouldnt see them anymore
id say youd be ok if you find one that is still stock appearing
the youngsters want to either raise them up and put low profile tires on them or the bed almost riding on the ground

8k for a trans iirc

about 5 grand for transmission that has been built up with the billet stuff and stronger bands

 

[Kiwioilboiler]

Evening all. Couch time…

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Any new cars to wash tho?

 

[Dream]

Got an 83 F350 myself.

I seent it.
You get it going yet?
That motor was way shinier than anything I got, and has more gooder stuffs in it.

 

[Slumberjack]

My old beat, lifter tick, 208,000 mile, oil puking 5.3 I'll trust any day to newer "technology "

Absolutely!

 

[Mastermind]

I seent it.
You get it going yet?
That motor was way shinier than anything I got, and has more gooder stuffs in it.

Just got some HeliCoils put in the bellhousing. Found some stripped threads when I replaced the front seal. I'm pretty sure that was the last surprise. I hope it's ready to drop the engine in finally.

 

[Dream]

i always did them by ear but then would check with a light


i saw it alot on jobs back years ago
new guys buying new trucks and houses and then things went bad and you wouldnt see them anymore
id say youd be ok if you find one that is still stock appearing
the youngsters want to either raise them up and put low profile tires on them or the bed almost riding on the ground

about 5 grand for transmission that has been built up with the billet stuff and stronger bands

Apparently, I'm hard of hearing.
Always wanted to lift this or modify that. Never had the money, or maybe wouldnt spend it on such things as "truck bling".
Glad I didn't, probably saved me when things got tough.
Startrd to lift the Ferd when I rebuilt the front end. Also glad I didn't do that.
Still have a stock 95 F150 4x4 that runs pretty good. Who else can say that? Ford and Chevy got it right in the early to mid 90s. Everything after not so much.

 

[Dub11]

Yep. Its a shame newer diesels aren't even semi reliable. All guaranteed short life ticking time bombs

So I heard that the GM lawyers in the 2.4 oil burning lawsuit are trying to say that the cars were built correctly it was just a bad design so the warranty doesn't cover

Newer baby duramax with all its temp equalization valves and aluminum head. Belt driven oil pump. Engineer of the engines state if you don’t overheat it it will last 200000 miles exact words

All that matters is clean emissions out the tail pipe and not the smelter.

 

[hoskvarna]

my 2550 has over 13000 hours on the meter
has some blowby as you saw but im ok with it for now lol

8159hrs on my bobcat
Change oil 200hrs or less doesn’t use any between changes
No emission chit [emoji106]


Sent from Hoskey hilltop

 

[Dream]

Just got some HeliCoils put in the bellhousing. Found some stripped threads when I replaced the front seal. I'm pretty sure that was the last surprise. I hope it's ready to drop the engine in finally.

I disremember. Which transmission is in that?