Mark T

6 minutes ago, BOBWhite said:

Yeah something doesn't look right about this pic of the front end either. 

Shouldn't there be some sort of upper control arm? 

That's one of Mack's not so great ideas about where a steering box goes.

That looks like it was a win win for all involved.

12 hours ago, Joey Mack said:

Thank you Fani Willis,,,,,  Thank you...  We knew anyway..  Jojo

Fanny needs a hug is all. She's angry, discriminated against, racially profiled.  Meanwhile she's making a speech about how she's not on trial.

This moron doesn't even acknowledge the fact she IS on trial.  ( where's woopie ?)  After all's said and done, she's gonna write a book ( with her ghost writer ) and do the liberal talk show circuit.  Am I the only guy that notices this ?

4 minutes ago, Joey Mack said:

yes but what is it connected too?  I have seen that as an air fan line and on AC's its for the air filter for the VGT..  I'm just curious...  

They use them on several things on Macks. That truck is loaded with oil , gonna be hard to clean that out.

You saw that too ?  Lots of goodies there.  I could go on for hours mentioning things I saw in the pictures.

That's a regulator. It's leaking because it's shot, and it's shot because it's loaded with oil.  This might be the first thing to give up on this truck, but there's more coming with that much oil in the air system(s)

5 hours ago, terry said:

Quite the parts hoard!  Terry. 

Hoard ????   you wouldn't be calling it that if that was in your garage.   you're just jelly 😂     I know I am

2 hours ago, Joey Mack said:

I bet they didnt dump Dr. Jill's undies on the floor either...  

🤢 granny panties

4 minutes ago, Joey Mack said:

your too kind Mark..  Do you think $5,000.00 for labor is low?  I'm just curious.  These builds cost between 10-20 K depending on customer request and re-using good parts.  Of course I want to install a fresh turbo, oil pump (unless it passes my inspection)  water pump, nozzles, oil cooler, air compressor, and have the heads done.. I cant machine the heads or do valve guides, but I can lap valves (water test them)  and install new seals.. 

I think it is on the low side.  I don't know what the market will bare where you live.  I know there's fewer and fewer guys doing anything with Macks here. (older or newer) Grey engines are either no one touches them, or if you're lucky you know a guy.  I'm sure you know what you want for your time and all, but that number is way more than fair to a customer for what you're doing . 

Holy cow, you're May finish date shouldn't be a problem at all at the rate you're going.

Don't sell yourself short. There's a need for the services you can provide. Now finding those people that need them ???  Whole other story.

33 minutes ago, fjh said:

The problem is lack of experience unfortunately the books can’t replace experience!  Been there done that multiple times helps speed things up! Some one always becomes a Guinea pig at some point! These guys are start over where us guys have been already!on the ac aset these guys are reading from a book no real world experience! Rattling off a bunch of BS they know zero about! The MP engines  had a learning curve the new guys coming along are learning them and their quirks some guys just keep following the computer screen some will innovate and come up with solutions! An quicker ways to get the job done!

Can't go from playing candy crush to diagnosing issues with a truck.  For the money they're talking about ?  seems there's better ways to approach the customer other than ( we'll just keep charging you for whatever ) like maybe turning down the job in the first place.  I agree everyone has to learn, but so many of these guys don't learn. So we pay and pay and pay for nothing . Then here we get to pay for student loans for someone else who likely learned nothing.  Sorry to go off here , but more and more you see this nonsense. Take a truck for repairs , don't get them and more often than not be told you're wrong for expecting them.  It's a strange new way of conducting affairs, and hard to adjust to. 

1 hour ago, fjh said:

 Experience based diagnostics ! Multiple codes for all six usually evolved into a fuel transfer pump issue ! Low fuel pressure! Not always but most times!

These guys assured the owner the codes were right from the injector itself (lol)  Can you imagine if you're correct ?  Then they'd gladly add on to what would be a twelve thousand dollar bill already.  Not to mention what else didn't live through their fact finding treasure hunt.  Truck repair is out of control.

Guy where I live here has a E Tech (pre self destructive EGR)   He took it to a diesel repair shop because the EML was on (truck ran fine)  He wa stold the light wa son because it needed 6 unit pumps and six injectors. Then they told him they needed @ $9000.00 for parts before they went ahead with the repair. He questioned them and they were adament the codes were coming from both the unit pumps and injectors themselves.  This wasn't a Mack dealer, and that was because they gave him every excuse why it'd be weeks before they could even get it in.  So now it's been running around with the light on for a couple mounths (lol)  Personally, I think the old girl needs an engine harness, point is this is one more of countless examples of what truck repair has devolved into.  

This isn't just a Mack thing.  

If only they could find it on YouTube, this guy's problems would be solved. Of course that's once the service "writer" figured out how to bill it (like how many hours to charge the guy $150.00+/hour)  I wouldn't be surprised to learn it's not even combustion causing the overflow .  There's no way the shop it's at could pull off the test Joey suggested.  It's funny seeing how goofy these shops are until you think about it, then it gets pathetic pretty quick.  Those guys should stick to their Volvo service bulletins.

43 minutes ago, Joey Mack said:

I have been able to re-use those injector lines.  I take a small piece of 320 emery cloth in my finger tips and rotate the ends of the lines until the impression is all but gone.  theres been many times where all 6 stayed sealed..  NO o-rings or sealant is used,,  EVER...   they dont leak oil, if they did you will have a bigger issue..  Buddy,  I dont like to pick on mechanics, but I get the impression they dont know Mack engines..  I suggest you search out some other posts on here related to your issue, and read them..   with respect, Jojo

Jojo......this isn't by any chance the same dealer where you went looking for the offset keyway , is it ? 

Did you tell him your pronouns..... or think to ask them/their pronouns ?   Did you at leaast end the call with the phrase " have a great rest of your day "   ?

36 minutes ago, fjh said:

Criminal  ! 

one 7018 welding rod  50 cents / one 6 inch by six inch   piece of  1/4 inch plexi maybe 3 dollars Plus  3 dollar  100% mark up ! Worth 6 bucks! In materials Bit of sweat equity for etching ! 50 dollars would be reasonable !    $300  Not so much! We should go into business making these we could clean up sell for 99.99 ! You could retire from building engines! Become a door to door piston squirter  aimer salesman! 🤣

F, you're approaching it all wrong.  You guys need that Vince guy that used to sell the Sham Wow to be the salesman. 

26 minutes ago, 66dc75 said:

A beautiful puzzle.

Bob, what you said kinda goes together . When we used to drive stuff when we were young ???  it never registered to slow it down a little more before downshifting (lol) .  You realize after shifting sever hundred thousand times how to get the hang of it.   Then you're in the home strech and posting on BMT 😃.......like myself for example.

There's a guy Barry can hook you up with for hood hinges I believe.  

Think there's a check valve goes in the range shifter on the back of the transmission too.

Probably any talcum powder would help.