Personal projects

kiko · February 25, 2015, 01:16:32 AM

Seems like i will never get them done. This is the current one. 6.0 Powerstroke resurrection. This truck has not run in almost three years , but I finally got to it.

barbender · February 25, 2015, 01:22:16 AM

That's a nice clean shop ;)

GRANITEstateMP · February 25, 2015, 12:01:09 PM

Where is all the rust? We don't get to work on much stuff around here without the magic heat wrench and lots of rust. I do like working in a clean & orderly shop.

Firewoodjoe · February 25, 2015, 07:52:31 PM

I have "projects" stacking up. Two old Chevy trucks. My little crawler. Boiler build. Ugh. And my shop completetion is first on the list this spring. Adding on first then cement wiring Heat. The hole nine yards. Or 30 yards haha. Concrete anyways. Good luck on the truck. I've heard a lot of problems with those things.

bushmechanic · February 25, 2015, 08:33:59 PM

Is it going to be a shop truck or a personal one? They are not as bad an engine as people say. About a couple of months ago I put a number five injector in a E-450 van, now that was no fun at all, no room to work and I think I had every wrench out of the toolbox. Come to think about it I lost my 12 mm stubby wrench at it. Good luck with the project.

thechknhwk · February 25, 2015, 08:41:46 PM

I wish I had the ability to do what you're up to. I'd like to put an egr delete and a new muffler on my duramax, and maybe reprogram the ECU. The mileage has not been so impressive this winter, partly due to a remote starter and short trips to work.

Southside · February 25, 2015, 11:38:54 PM

thechknhwk

For $60 you can "block and stick" the egr with a plate and finger stick, just route the coolant hose from the firewall directly to the thermostat housing and your soot eating days are behind you. Had mine like that for around 200,000 miles now and it runs sweet.

thechknhwk · February 26, 2015, 12:49:06 AM

Don't mean to get too far off topic, but does it make the check engine light come on?

so il logger · February 26, 2015, 02:04:04 AM

The 6.0 isn't a bad engine. I had trouble with head bolt stretch and gasket..etc. But it wasn't stock ford fuel systems and probably drove kinda hard ;D

jcbrotz · February 26, 2015, 04:21:49 AM

Quote from: thechknhwk on February 26, 2015, 12:49:06 AM
Don't mean to get too far off topic, but does it make the check engine light come on?

Nope that's what the fingerstick is for. been awhile so don't remember the specifics but it make the computer think its happy. google fingerstick duramax.

kiko · February 26, 2015, 09:58:22 AM

This was my work truck at one point in time. I put almost 300k on it before the engine croaked. When i tore the engine down it was the first time the heads had been off this engine. A cam follower failed , droopped the needle bearings in the sump and wiped out the low pressure oil pump. Had the crank polished, block bored. rods fitted, new pistons, new heads, new injectors, new hpop, new oil cooler, new injector harness and I not done yet. A new 250 like this one stickers about 62k so i can afford to get this one back to going.

snowstorm · February 26, 2015, 11:16:00 AM

i assume you threw the egr cooler in the dumpster. the f250 i had with the 6.0 they replaced the engine wirring harness under warranty. the 6.0 in my 550 the egr cooler got tossed in the dumpster. other than a fuel pump and a ficm its been pretty good

bushmechanic · February 26, 2015, 05:49:19 PM

Kiko I envy you southern guy's. If that truck was here on the east coast of Canada it would be ready for the bone yard about now. We get about 10 years out of a truck and then the rustie's just eat the crap out of it. I just got a 2008 2500 Ram with the 6.7 Cummins in it and I bought it in Ontario and had it shipped down because here a truck that age is like an anchor. It would be some nice to work on something where I could unbolt the parts rather than torching stuff off. Hey any chance you need another mechanic where you work!

kiko · February 26, 2015, 09:52:11 PM

Bush mechanic, all jokes aside, I am looking for a competent mechanic currently. How soon can u get here. I have been turning down work left and right because there are only two of us left. Lots of people looking for work but none have been right for my outfit.

kderby · February 27, 2015, 12:06:16 AM

Good time of year to visit the south. Especially if you are from the north!

Dom · February 27, 2015, 08:46:36 AM

Quote from: bushmechanic on February 26, 2015, 05:49:19 PM
Kiko I envy you southern guy's. If that truck was here on the east coast of Canada it would be ready for the bone yard about now. We get about 10 years out of a truck and then the rustie's just eat the crap out of it. I just got a 2008 2500 Ram with the 6.7 Cummins in it and I bought it in Ontario and had it shipped down because here a truck that age is like an anchor. It would be some nice to work on something where I could unbolt the parts rather than torching stuff off. Hey any chance you need another mechanic where you work!

:D

One of the reasons I'd much rather work on tractors than cars or trucks is tractors usually haven't been exposed to salt and are not as rusty. I have a 2006 Tacoma that the prior owner kept in a garage, its holding on well, but I expect to start getting familiar with the torch again.

1270d · February 27, 2015, 06:42:49 PM

Logger's trucks have a habit of looking very, as the windshield installer called one of our work trucks, "humble". Especially here in the center of the rust belt. I think there is a good reason they called crummies in the west.

They may even get abused on occasion. I can confirm that an f250 will pull a 53 ft equipment trailer if necessary, or a slightly stuck 160000 lb log truck.

kiko · February 28, 2015, 06:39:48 AM

My brother in law attended grad school in Connecticut . He took a F 150 that had seen a lot of farm use and the underside had all the coating rubbed off from driving through the fields. Two years later that truck was done for, even replacing brake pads was an ordeal. I am thankful I don't have to deal with the rust issue. Also my late grandfather was a trader so to speak. He would collect hile mileage cars and truck them north and return with a load of low mile engines. Also met a man from Canada, his business card refered to him as the "The Southern Man". He was looking to purchase beds cabs and body panels for Chevy pickups . Sounds like he had a market.

barbender · March 01, 2015, 03:53:12 AM

I hate salt >:(

bushmechanic · March 01, 2015, 08:04:28 AM

A market you say, I think that guy has a booming business in Nova Scotia with truck boxes. I have a 2004 1500 Dodge Ram quad cab with 8 foot box, I recently gave up on it because the darn thing is full of holes. It has rusted out in the rocker panels, over the rear wheel wells, rear bumper, door catches seized up, cable for the spare tire.... it's all gone. Not only do we use salt and calcium culoride on our roads we have it in the air from the North Atlantic, nothing lasts here. Maybe that's why I like forestry gear away from all that. I would love to come down Kiko and go to work there but I wouldn't be able to get the wife to leave here as we both have elderly parents, too bad cause my youngest daughter is finishing school this year. Well gotta run my buddie has a 1010D with an engine sputter to look at.

kiko · March 02, 2015, 12:58:46 AM

Bushmechanic, for reasons similar i have to stay put as well. Not much road salt here, but I will be wishing i was further north come July and August. Project puzzle is slowly coming along. I said this truck went down 3 years ago, forgot to mention that i also removed the engine out of the front and tore it down three years ago. Pics of progress.... turbo variable vanes clean up and top side of engine.

bonds007 · March 09, 2015, 01:02:34 AM

Looks like one of those rexroth pumps in the background.
I have an 05 f350 6.0 myself, having some sporadic skipping issues with it. I think the EGR, maybe injectors. Has 180,000 on it so i think has had new injectors by now.
Personal projects always take time....I am a General Contractor....my house will probably never be done... :D