Sorry for the delay.
What a rigomorole!
The software arrived and I loaded it up on the laptop, but apparently like many others who paid good $ I got a bad disc..and catastrophic failure messages transferring vehicle profiles file.
I did an advanced install and left that file out - since it is only used for actual analysis while driving type tests...and I just wanted to pull codes.
Then I logged into their website and was able to download a working version online.
One of the difficulties with all this is - you have to be connected to the vehicle while trying to do anything with the software so that meant eventually 3 trips on 3 separate days into Karratha to hook to the truck to try and communicate with the PCM with no luck.
Eventually it worked out with emails to Auto Enginuity and the time delay (12 hours difference) that the software isn't actually compatible with F trucks UNLESS you pay another US$150 on top of the US$250 I already paid, to get some 32 digit software bundle unlock code so the software will talk to the PCM in the truck.
Apparently the PCM is NOT OBD11 compliant, and without forking over the extra $ they won't unlock your software to talk to the truck....so basically I lost a week working this out.
With all that out the way I DID manage to pull the codes & run an injector Buzz test, and it turns out that all 4 injectors on bank 2 aren't working - it seems because the Under Valve Cover Harness
clip must have pulled apart.
So I found a couple online articles about what needs doing and a Ford Specific kit to stop it happening again & forwarded it to my diesel fitter - who will do his best to getting around to taking a look at the F truck as soon as he can.
Up this way that could be a fortnight to a month, then likely a wait for parts form the USA, not expecting it back on the road for maybe 6 weeks or so...
Something simple like a new radiator hose can be a 4 - 6 week wait from Ford as a spare part.
Nothing happens quick in these parts....every contractor, small business, transport operator etc works on "NT Time".
NT =
Not Today
Not Tomorrow
Not Tuesday
Not Thursday
Not This week
Not This month
Not This year
That's when what you need will be here / ready or repaired / warranteed or replaced etc
This is the Oil & Gas centre of production - Oil companies here have many many $ Millions to waste, so everyone does pretty well without actually doing any WORK - why start now and ruin a beautiful arrangement?.
I guess if I am lucky I might get my truck back some time this next 6 months - kinda depends what mood the guys in.
Example - left my sons vehicle with diesel fitter for 2 axle seals, an oil change and a air conditioner re-gas!
He had it 4 weeks.
Picked it up ready for a 1000 mile road trip...the axel seals done. But NOT the oil change or air con re-gas!
So - went all over the town to 4 different air con places - 3 said no way can we do it today - next week or fortnight maybe, one place said bring it back in a month.
Last place said - "yeah i could do it today if I wanted too but I don't, ya see I have 3 or 4 small jobs I've set for myself today and I don't want to work too hard so - bring it back tomorrow.
So...
We went and changed the oil ourselves - the son drove it 1000 miles overnight and the next day was in the capital city at Bro in Laws workshop where they re gassed the air con in one hour.
Life's different in the big city, if you pass up a job the guy down the road will grab it - but it ain't like that up here in oil & gas country.
The diesel guy who passes up your work will likely get flown out to an oil rig in a chopper to change a fuel or oil filter on a diesel genset, get dropped back home by chopper and submit a $15K invoice for his 2 hours work and be paid it no questions asked by big oil or gas interests.
Thats just how it is - round here - the little guy - they don;t want your work or $ they are too used to making a killing on the Oil & Gas industry needs - who don't care what it costs as longas it is done NOW.
It takes some getting used too, I have to tell you that - I went to 3 tyre stores looking to have 4 new tyres fitted to a light truck (worth $1200) on the same day - the best response I got was "come back in a fortnight and we might be able to give you a quote - but it'll be a month before we can supply and fit them.
They had the tyres in stock, I could see them in the rack - there was 5 guys all sitting round in the air conditioned office - it was over 100 f in the workshop so non of them wanted to do the work that day and were just sending cutomers away with excuses etc.
Guy who own's the shop lives 1000+ miles away in the capital city - he don't care - he has contracts for supplying and fitting all the mine vehicles with tyres - that shop makes over $1M a year WITHOUT doing any off the street tyre fittings..all done on mine vehicles booked in a month in advance.
Thats just how it is up here - you have to get used to it or leave...or die of stress trying to change it.
No small businesses can get staff - because house rents due to mining staff demand are $2000/ WEEK.... a motel room is $350 a night, a square of grass at the local caravan park to pitch a tent (without power) is $600 a WEEK.
Unless you can pay a tyre fitter 5 grand a week - where is he going to live?
Thats just how it is - I am slowly getting used to it.
I live on an Island - i guess my truck will be ready when it's ready, hey at least I ain't wearing it out!
Cheers