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Posted: 6/6/2023 6:22:39 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By SecretSquirell: They use the same parts store stuff that we do so whatever I find will likely be the same, but I'll still give it a shot. One of our stores keeps a decent inventory of good used parts. I don't have access to their inventory though, but I could get their number for you. Whatever Fabick uses, it’s not what Foley uses. There’s been several times Fabick has told me something is unavailable, I’ll call Foley in KC, and have a part waiting at their drop box the next morning. Sometimes dealership games piss me off. Sometimes I wish I had a 40x40 shop with good high-strength concrete so I could shift fire to ag and dirt machine work at my house. I’d have responded with my experiences in the GD thread you guys have, but still locked. 
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Posted: 6/6/2023 11:03:50 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By TrashWrencher: Appreciate it. No big rush. Fabick surprised the shit out of me by finding new parts, albeit in Germany, which adds a bunch of shipping. Boss won’t be off vacation until Monday, and at the end of the fiscal year, I’m not authorizing $8k in parts and shipping without his ok. Yeah, I show the ring gear at $4000 available in Grimbergen Belgium. The abbreviation we get in the system is GRM so lots of people just assume that's Germany. The planet gears are $1100 each and available in Morton IL. Which Fabick should be able to source from within a day or 2. |
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Posted: 6/7/2023 9:18:05 AM EDT
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I got the same thing your guy got and cat-mech.
Call Altorfer Oglelsby 815-883-3336. They carry a bunch of used good stuff. |
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Posted: 6/7/2023 4:53:49 PM EDT
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customer complaint
"ignition does not turn far enough for car to start" battery is dead   hangtag from the window staff at some university in NY.
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Posted: 6/7/2023 5:47:47 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By AgeOne: customer complaint "ignition does not turn far enough for car to start" battery is dead hangtag from the window staff at some university in NY. 
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Posted: 6/8/2023 11:34:26 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By SecretSquirell: It gets better.  Attached FileNice compost sandwich, mind if I have a bite? |
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Posted: 6/8/2023 1:01:48 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By AgeOne: It gets better. https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/317810/20230608_092835_jpg-2844006.JPG Nice compost sandwich, mind if I have a bite? Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By AgeOne: Originally Posted By SecretSquirell: It gets better. https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/317810/20230608_092835_jpg-2844006.JPG Nice compost sandwich, mind if I have a bite? 
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Posted: 6/8/2023 4:45:06 PM EDT
[Last Edit: maslin02]
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By AgeOne: customer complaint "ignition does not turn far enough for car to start" battery is dead hangtag from the window staff at some university in NY. Roadside call yesterday for a dead battery, sent an advisor to handle it. She wasn’t pushing the brake pedal. On the $100k car that she owns and has owned for years.  |
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Posted: 6/8/2023 8:17:49 PM EDT
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I fucked up. Big time. I did a whole PM on a reach stacker (big container handler) and didn’t verify the serial number. Just went off which one the customer point out.
It was the wrong truck. I’m in the dog house. |
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Posted: 6/8/2023 8:34:46 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By cat-mechanic: Yeah, I show the ring gear at $4000 available in Grimbergen Belgium. The abbreviation we get in the system is GRM so lots of people just assume that's Germany. The planet gears are $1100 each and available in Morton IL. Which Fabick should be able to source from within a day or 2. I’m jealous of your guys abilities to help Each other out with the CAT stuff. |
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Posted: 6/8/2023 8:35:46 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By DirtDivision: I fucked up. Big time. I did a whole PM on a reach stacker (big container handler) and didn’t verify the serial number. Just went off which one the customer point out. It was the wrong truck. I’m in the dog house. Sorry man. Had a customer that has 2 of the same machine. They said this one has this issue and it's coming in. I get into it and don't find anything wrong. Eventually found out they sent the wrong machine.
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Posted: 6/8/2023 11:44:21 PM EDT
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Still waiting for the boss to authorize $$$ on that machine since we’re getting rid of it next year.
I’m not a medium truck guy. Where should I start throwing parts at on a dump truck that is full of air on both tanks but the low air alarm is going off constantly? |
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Posted: 6/9/2023 1:12:38 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By TrashWrencher: Still waiting for the boss to authorize $$$ on that machine since we're getting rid of it next year. I'm not a medium truck guy. Where should I start throwing parts at on a dump truck that is full of air on both tanks but the low air alarm is going off constantly? While your under there, the low air switch should be on or between the air drier and compressor on older trucks, between the drier and wet tank on newer trucks. If it's been converted into a dump truck, go digging, it could be anywhere including in the dash. Which reminds me, Some t300s were t-ed off the primary tank guage in the dash and shared a fuse with something in the dash (dash lights or switch power? I can't remember off hand) so when it quit working your low air alarm wouldn't shut off. If its an international, it could be anything from the switch to the BCM, with a whole lot of options in between. Start by verifying the air pressure where the sensor is taking its reading from. If its a freightliner, look for a shitty wire or connector. Ohm it all out, FL doesn't use good connectors or conductors and they have a lot of issues. Paccar, it's most likely an issue at the switch, plugged line or bad switch. Damaged wires wouldn't be surprising either. That should be enough info to ruin a morning chasing shit out, get me a little more info (make and year) and I'll narrow down for ya. |
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Posted: 6/9/2023 9:33:35 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By DirtDivision: I fucked up. Big time. I did a whole PM on a reach stacker (big container handler) and didn’t verify the serial number. Just went off which one the customer point out. It was the wrong truck. I’m in the dog house. We call that the cram and jam program "it really needed it so we did it while we were here to save you time and money" when I was at the dealer, the SA handed me a key for one car and a ticket for another. I never looked at the ticket, just went and grabbed the car... imagine my surprise when I'm draining the oil on a car that needed a speaker.
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Posted: 6/9/2023 12:30:42 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By AgeOne: We call that the cram and jam program "it really needed it so we did it while we were here to save you time and money" when I was at the dealer, the SA handed me a key for one car and a ticket for another. I never looked at the ticket, just went and grabbed the car... imagine my surprise when I'm draining the oil on a car that needed a speaker. We did a multi thousand dollar recall on a van that got kicked back. Nothing was printed for the VIN, no record it ever came to the shop. The van (body) was a flood car, not totaled. Every control unit in the car was from an accident van, also not totaled. You could see the history for both vans for a few years, then one just disappears. Nothing illegal, but we got to eat that entire job and blew up any warranty he thought he had left. That one took a bit of head scratching. |
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Posted: 6/9/2023 2:14:25 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By AgeOne: We call that the cram and jam program "it really needed it so we did it while we were here to save you time and money" when I was at the dealer, the SA handed me a key for one car and a ticket for another. I never looked at the ticket, just went and grabbed the car... imagine my surprise when I'm draining the oil on a car that needed a speaker. I mean the unit I did was due for it but the realities are I messed up and it’s an expensive one so my head needed to roll in their eyes. |
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Posted: 6/9/2023 2:36:48 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By DirtDivision: I mean the unit I did was due for it but the realities are I messed up and it’s an expensive one so my head needed to roll in their eyes. fuck. knowing they pointed at that vehicle, and it needed the service they asked for, but it wasn't the correct one makes it suck even worse.. bummer. |
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Posted: 6/9/2023 4:38:55 PM EDT
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guess what I get to do this afternoon.
 
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Posted: 6/9/2023 11:11:43 PM EDT
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Posted: 6/10/2023 9:39:19 AM EDT
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Anyone know where I can Send a 1970s era smog pump to get rebuilt?
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Posted: 6/10/2023 9:50:17 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Aspp: Depends on the system and mfg. First, is the air system getting to 120 and purging, then purging again in 30 seconds or less? If so, Check for an air leak at the D2 governor, its usually mounted to the air compressor or on the firewall, occasionally they hide the fucker on the back of the head or on the air drier just to fuck with mechanics. Then look at the purge valve for a leak while running. While your under there, the low air switch should be on or between the air drier and compressor on older trucks, between the drier and wet tank on newer trucks. If it's been converted into a dump truck, go digging, it could be anywhere including in the dash. Which reminds me, Some t300s were t-ed off the primary tank guage in the dash and shared a fuse with something in the dash (dash lights or switch power? I can't remember off hand) so when it quit working your low air alarm wouldn't shut off. If its an international, it could be anything from the switch to the BCM, with a whole lot of options in between. Start by verifying the air pressure where the sensor is taking its reading from. If its a freightliner, look for a shitty wire or connector. Ohm it all out, FL doesn't use good connectors or conductors and they have a lot of issues. Paccar, it's most likely an issue at the switch, plugged line or bad switch. Damaged wires wouldn't be surprising either. That should be enough info to ruin a morning chasing shit out, get me a little more info (make and year) and I'll narrow down for ya. Thanks for all this, and I’ll reach out. I spent yesterday finishing a 2000 hour svc on a D8T that had to be interrupted because they just had to have that dozer for a few days last week.  And, it’s inventory time, which is supposed to be my priority, but because of deferred maintenance caused by operations “needing” whatever equipment and stomping their little feet until they get it, I’ve not gotten that done because breakdowns. |
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Posted: 6/10/2023 10:14:19 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By LittlePony: Anyone know where I can Send a 1970s era smog pump to get rebuilt? They smog that old of a car in IA? |
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Posted: 6/10/2023 11:03:39 AM EDT
[Last Edit: LittlePony]
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By SecretSquirell: They smog that old of a car in IA? No testing but all of them had it, issue is this is a early emmision car with egr, tricky to get it to run right without the pump At least it does not have a variable venturi which requires propane to tune I guess I should try to delete it all but it also is still duraspark controlled so I don't know if it will confuse the primitive computer What say Ben? @m35ben |
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Posted: 6/10/2023 12:33:06 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By SecretSquirell: @Aspp One of your trucks?  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R7f-FN1dKJk |
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Posted: 6/10/2023 3:21:15 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Aspp: Yup. On Fire Welding is a good outfit, Greg does good work. Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Aspp: Originally Posted By SecretSquirell: @Aspp One of your trucks? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R7f-FN1dKJkYes he does. His channel, IC Weld, and Cutting Edge Engineering are by far my favorite fab/welding channels on YT. |
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Posted: 6/11/2023 12:56:09 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By TrashWrencher: So, as a municipal employee, it's a royal, royal pain in the ass to update or install anything. I'm getting the update tomorrow, and it'll take IS two weeks to install it. Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By TrashWrencher: Originally Posted By SecretSquirell: Also...dude, update your ET. It's 2023 doncha know. So, as a municipal employee, it's a royal, royal pain in the ass to update or install anything. I'm getting the update tomorrow, and it'll take IS two weeks to install it. |
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Posted: 6/11/2023 1:13:52 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By StealthCRF: If they have their vehicles in your fleet, tell them you need a laptop with admin rights to fix it next time they down it. Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By StealthCRF: Originally Posted By TrashWrencher: Originally Posted By SecretSquirell: Also...dude, update your ET. It's 2023 doncha know. So, as a municipal employee, it's a royal, royal pain in the ass to update or install anything. I'm getting the update tomorrow, and it'll take IS two weeks to install it. Let me know how that goes for you. We all have dealer-level CAT software (and other shit) but we can't even change the wallpaper on our laptops or delete shortcuts to programs IT installs on them. Not the programs themselves, just the shortcuts that they bukake all over our desktops. |
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Posted: 6/11/2023 3:23:06 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By SecretSquirell: We all have dealer-level CAT software (and other shit) but we can't even change the wallpaper on our laptops or delete shortcuts to programs IT installs on them. Not the programs themselves, just the shortcuts that they bukake all over our desktops.  I would be in so much trouble.
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Posted: 6/11/2023 11:06:56 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By cat-mechanic: I would be in so much trouble. Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By cat-mechanic: Originally Posted By SecretSquirell: We all have dealer-level CAT software (and other shit) but we can't even change the wallpaper on our laptops or delete shortcuts to programs IT installs on them. Not the programs themselves, just the shortcuts that they bukake all over our desktops. I would be in so much trouble. It's so annoying. I put in an IT ticket to either set permissions to let me delete them or to have them delete them. The girl I talked to remoted in and deleted a few and said that I need to keep the others since they're "important programs". I tried to explain to her that it's only a shortcut and I can find any program I want by using the start menu and all of the programs I use daily are pinned to my taskbar. The next update they pushed out put all of the shortcuts right back. 
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Posted: 6/11/2023 1:07:37 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By SecretSquirell: Yes he does. His channel, IC Weld, and Cutting Edge Engineering are by far my favorite fab/welding channels on YT. I can tell you he is one of the better fabricators I have been around and he's a damn good mechanic as well. |
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Posted: 6/14/2023 7:41:52 PM EDT
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Is this bad?
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Posted: 6/14/2023 7:55:51 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By prossound: Is this bad? https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/85425/47C474B7-A2E0-4083-8B81-0B19ADF83920_jpe-2851622.JPG Yeah, it is. Those tires are getting pretty thin. Should probably get those replaced. |
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Posted: 6/14/2023 10:57:30 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By DirtDivision: I fucked up. Big time. I did a whole PM on a reach stacker (big container handler) and didn’t verify the serial number. Just went off which one the customer point out. It was the wrong truck. I’m in the dog house. i know a guy back at ford that replaced a engine on a Econoline back in the 1980s when they often had the same keys, wrong van but the key worked in both lol. oops |
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Posted: 6/15/2023 10:16:24 AM EDT
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 Every once in a while I'm amazed that I get paid to do what I do. And then someone opens thier mouth and proves I don't get paid nearly enough for this bullshit. Picture from my commute this morning before I got back into cell service.... |
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Posted: 6/15/2023 12:06:08 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Aspp: https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/308503/20230615_070839-2852145.jpg Every once in a while I'm amazed that I get paid to do what I do. And then someone opens thier mouth and proves I don't get paid nearly enough for this bullshit. Picture from my commute this morning before I got back into cell service....  and 
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Posted: 6/15/2023 3:53:09 PM EDT
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280 hours
  
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Posted: 6/15/2023 4:07:57 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By SecretSquirell: 280 hours https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/204916/20230615_142504-2852493.jpg https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/204916/20230615_144246-2852495.jpg Chy-nah! |
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Posted: 6/15/2023 6:12:11 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By TrashWrencher: Chy-nah! Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By TrashWrencher: Originally Posted By SecretSquirell: 280 hours https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/204916/20230615_142504-2852493.jpg https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/204916/20230615_144246-2852495.jpg Chy-nah! They said the ac wasn't working.
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Posted: 6/15/2023 7:51:59 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By SecretSquirell: They said the ac wasn't working. Well, they're not wrong. |
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Posted: 6/15/2023 7:55:26 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By cat-mechanic: Well, they're not wrong. Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By cat-mechanic: Originally Posted By SecretSquirell: They said the ac wasn't working. Well, they're not wrong. I had to press the snowflake button for an operator the other day because the AC wasn’t working. |
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Posted: 6/15/2023 8:11:54 PM EDT
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There's also a TIB about these machines either having the orifice tube in backwards or not installed at all.
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Posted: 6/15/2023 10:31:00 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By SecretSquirell: 280 hours https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/204916/20230615_142504-2852493.jpg https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/204916/20230615_144246-2852495.jpg  |
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Posted: 6/16/2023 9:27:56 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By SecretSquirell: 280 hours https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/204916/20230615_142504-2852493.jpg https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/204916/20230615_144246-2852495.jpg But how. |
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Posted: 6/16/2023 10:08:01 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By DirtDivision: But how. Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By DirtDivision: Originally Posted By SecretSquirell: 280 hours https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/204916/20230615_142504-2852493.jpg https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/204916/20230615_144246-2852495.jpg But how. Judging by how much oil staining was on the machine/dirt surrounding the compressor, it seems like it might've been low on oil. They've had it for 2 years now so maybe it was slowly eating itself apart and finally said fuck it and left the party. |
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Posted: 6/16/2023 10:09:13 AM EDT
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I'm also surprised that the clutch is strong enough to do all that instead of just smoking the belt off of it.
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Posted: 6/16/2023 1:14:46 PM EDT
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Posted: 6/17/2023 1:54:19 PM EDT
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04 wrangler with the big 4.0.
Just finished a 15 mile trail, lots of 30+ inclines/declines. Right as we got to the parking lot (thank god) the oil pressure tanked and the engine got noisy as hell, bottom endy like. How fucked are we once we tow this bastard home? |
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Posted: 6/17/2023 3:34:39 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By TrashWrencher: 04 wrangler with the big 4.0. Just finished a 15 mile trail, lots of 30+ inclines/declines. Right as we got to the parking lot (thank god) the oil pressure tanked and the engine got noisy as hell, bottom endy like. How fucked are we once we tow this bastard home? If you have to rebuild it, it's an easy one, and cheap. |
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Posted: 6/17/2023 3:39:21 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Aspp: They are really tough engines, even if you have glitter there is a good chance a new pump and some 15w40 will let it keep running. If you have to rebuild it, it's an easy one, and cheap. Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Aspp: Originally Posted By TrashWrencher: 04 wrangler with the big 4.0. Just finished a 15 mile trail, lots of 30+ inclines/declines. Right as we got to the parking lot (thank god) the oil pressure tanked and the engine got noisy as hell, bottom endy like. How fucked are we once we tow this bastard home? If you have to rebuild it, it's an easy one, and cheap. That’s what I told pops. Mom drove down the hour from their house and snagged dad (his jeep) and my son up. I’ll be waiting for the tow truck. Figure if he wants to wait for me to have time, I can get everything done over the course of 6 months, or if he wants to pay $$ he can have it done sooner with warranty. This was supposed to be a Father’s Day thing for us, so I can at least be thankful it didn’t happen on the trail itself, and that dad was able to spend an otherwise fun day getting driven around in the jeep he bought a few years before his health really shit the bed. |
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Posted: 6/17/2023 4:54:10 PM EDT
[Last Edit: Aspp]
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By TrashWrencher: That's what I told pops. Mom drove down the hour from their house and snagged dad (his jeep) and my son up. I'll be waiting for the tow truck. Figure if he wants to wait for me to have time, I can get everything done over the course of 6 months, or if he wants to pay $$ he can have it done sooner with warranty. This was supposed to be a Father's Day thing for us, so I can at least be thankful it didn't happen on the trail itself, and that dad was able to spend an otherwise fun day getting driven around in the jeep he bought a few years before his health really shit the bed. Melling used to be a good pump for this engine. It's cool you got 3 generations together for Father's day! My Pops is 4 hrs away with my Grandfather arguing over who is the better shot. My boys and I hoe'd weeds and washed the cars, now we are watching cartoons. Lol |
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