Fluid Film worked great for me up here is the salt belt of Minnesota, still have the first application holding on, with complements of the added road sand that adhered to the FF to protect it from friction wear off. Almost 8 years now.
What are you working on today?
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Worked on getting my Google GUI to work properly on my Lenovo laptop. I think it might have been corrupted by Microsoft Edge (?). Which as far as I can tell is impossible to delete.
Well, I succeded. It took a reinstall and making sure to restart after deleting Chrome. Then loaded a fresh copy from Google. Restarted after it was installed. Works perfect now. Didn't even lose my GUI items. Time well spent. The GUI not loading properly was driving me nuts. But dammit I won. At age 71 I like these kinds of wins.
Well, I succeded. It took a reinstall and making sure to restart after deleting Chrome. Then loaded a fresh copy from Google. Restarted after it was installed. Works perfect now. Didn't even lose my GUI items. Time well spent. The GUI not loading properly was driving me nuts. But dammit I won. At age 71 I like these kinds of wins.
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My coworker has his 6.7 in the shop right now for a CP4 failure repair... He's looking at a $9-10k bill when it's all said and done.
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Very sorry to hear that. My friends truck is definitely going down the road just as soon as we get the DEF system up and running.
I'm torn on if the DPK is helpful. And if a DCR conversion is better/necessary
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This week:
1977 Chevrolet C20 350 small block
Water pump, thermostat, heater and radiator hoses, coolant flush and change, spark plugs, plug wires, distributor cap, rotor button, fuel filters, air filter, pcv valve, oil change, transmission fluid change
1993 GMC Sierra 1500 5.7 TBI
Coolant temp sensor, spark plugs, oil change
2001 Dodge Durango 4.7
Oil change, IAC valve, air filter, pcv valve, tire rotation
2010 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 5.3
Battery, serpentine belt, AC compressor belt, oil change
1977 Chevrolet C20 350 small block
Water pump, thermostat, heater and radiator hoses, coolant flush and change, spark plugs, plug wires, distributor cap, rotor button, fuel filters, air filter, pcv valve, oil change, transmission fluid change
1993 GMC Sierra 1500 5.7 TBI
Coolant temp sensor, spark plugs, oil change
2001 Dodge Durango 4.7
Oil change, IAC valve, air filter, pcv valve, tire rotation
2010 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 5.3
Battery, serpentine belt, AC compressor belt, oil change
Had a cylinder replaced on my Rotary 10K 2 post lift as it was leaking, Cost $1,500 for a new cylinder, labor & Service call.
Hunted down a air filter housing for the 2012 2500HD engine job.....Existing housing was busted up allowing unfiltered air into the engine...Likely some of the reason the old engine had a lot of cylinder bore wear?
Then had to go hunt down a underhood fuse box because someone probed the fuel pump relay terminals with a full size pick-axe
, This truck was towed in with a no start....Got it running off a pressure pot then diagnosed the misfire that turned into a engine job.
Didn't really get much actual work done.......
Hunted down a air filter housing for the 2012 2500HD engine job.....Existing housing was busted up allowing unfiltered air into the engine...Likely some of the reason the old engine had a lot of cylinder bore wear?
Then had to go hunt down a underhood fuse box because someone probed the fuel pump relay terminals with a full size pick-axe
, This truck was towed in with a no start....Got it running off a pressure pot then diagnosed the misfire that turned into a engine job.Didn't really get much actual work done.......
Since the oldest son is graduating this week and his last day was yesterday we went down to the place today to do the chores. He mowed the big areas and I trimmed and mowed the difficult areas. Washed the RV and moved it up and down the driveway. Hadn’t started since November and that 6.0LS started like it ran yesterday. Used the box blade on the driveway while it was out of the way. Now to clean the house up here for the graduation party.
No possibility of just installing new seals in the cylinder? Or just no time/desire to deal with it?
Don’t waste your money on that. Go straight for a DCR conversion
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I just finished educating myself on the DCR conversion this morning, and I have to say I was very impressed. That conversion (in my opinion) appears to absolutely be the only solution to the CP4 time bomb. Unfortunately, due to the reasons on my post (and the ever climbing cost of what passes for diesel fuel in the good old US), my friend would find it very difficult to "pull the trigger" on the DCR conversion. We will get the DEF system operating and he will send her down the road. I have informed him that it would be of benefit to selling the truck if he has the pump inspected by a technician (pull and inspect the fuel control actuator) and have documentation in hand to prove to a prospective buyer that the original pump has not entered failure mode yet. I would think that anyone with any critical thinking ability would demand an inspection in order to prove that the pump was still good. (I may be wrong though. Critical thinking abilities seem to have been weeded out of the vast majority of the species)
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True. it is at times difficult to decide which way to jump. My thought on the specific bypass kit option that I was researching was that while it would not save the original pump, it would save the rest of the fuel system (if it operates as intended of course), and is a tad bit cheaper than a DCR conversion. Of course, if you factor in the cost of the bypass kit AND the cost of a new CP4 pump when the inevitable does happen.
P.S. I just looked at the cost for a NEW, Bosch CP4 "Time Bomb" for his truck. EGADS!!! $1,138.99 at the one site. Hmmm, I think I am going to rethink my thoughts at the beginning of this post.
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Reorganized my hardware box on my service truck this morning in preparation for hay season. Then went and put a new PTO shaft bearing on my disc mower caddy. This one had a problem with the eccentric lock collar coming loose randomly no matter if I locked it with rotation or against rotation. I think there was a defect with the ramp on the Chinese bearing race. It was starting to feel just a little rough when rotated by hand last year so I ordered a Dodge flange bearing to replace it. The replacement is a standard double set screw so there shouldn’t be an issue with coming loose.
For those curious I did try to put a Dodge insert in the original housing which you can usually do but this Chinese housing is just slightly different.
Greased everything with Schaeffer 219 and cleaned/recoated all of the PTO connections in a new layer of antisieze. I’m headed back over to touch the blades up and change the cutter bar and gear case oil. After that I’ve got to PM our hay rake. Hope to start laying down fields next weekend if the weather stabilizes.
For those curious I did try to put a Dodge insert in the original housing which you can usually do but this Chinese housing is just slightly different.
Greased everything with Schaeffer 219 and cleaned/recoated all of the PTO connections in a new layer of antisieze. I’m headed back over to touch the blades up and change the cutter bar and gear case oil. After that I’ve got to PM our hay rake. Hope to start laying down fields next weekend if the weather stabilizes.
Working on getting time to work on time to plan out on making a new to do plan.
I didn't know you were a government contractor!?!