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phoenixpalmer
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12d ago
Let my apprentice do a valve lash on a 12V Cummins instead of doing it myself, and it's the best thing I did all month
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abbyg14
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12d ago
I run my injection pumps on cheap 15w40 instead of the fancy oil, and they outlast the 'by the book' ones
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alexw75
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15d ago
Guy at the parts counter in Amarillo handed me a 12mm bolt and said 'try this before you pull the pump'
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clark.robin
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16d ago
My old boss at the shop in Tulsa said to always crack the injector lines before pulling a head, and I skipped it once
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danielr94
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16d ago
Warning: the guy at the parts counter in Toledo sold me the wrong injector seals and swore they fit
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lee72
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17d ago
Found out Ford made 8 million of one engine and I never knew the real number
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thea857
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18d ago
Found out a Peterbilt 379 coolant filter costs $80 because of a 20 cent o-ring nobody stocks
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victor_adams
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21d ago
PSA: retired guy in Tulsa showed me a 5 minute trick for stuck injector lines
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oscarw83
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22d ago
Update: The $30 junkyard gauge beat the $200 rebuild kit for my 7.3, and I am still kind of mad about it
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barbara_baker57
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22d ago
Shoutout to the old timer in Bakersfield who swore by re-torquing head bolts after 500 miles
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ruby_rivera76
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24d ago
Dropped $380 on a smoke machine for finding boost leaks, half the shop calls it cheating
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river_davis
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25d ago
A 30 year guy at the Flint yard said my injector lines looked like "spaghetti in a lunchbox" and he was right
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emmaj33
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25d ago
Can we talk about how I used to torque heads by feel and now I won't touch one without a torque wrench and angle gauge
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milestaylor
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25d ago
Hit 500 oil samples on my shop truck last week and the one number that got me was 3
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xena_fox39
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27d ago
Paid $220 for a "heavy duty" chinese injector puller, snapped on the first 6.7 and cracked the head
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