Re: Hey Paul in wisconsin

Posted by P Backus on January 09, 2006 at 10:03:13 from (69.128.32.197):

In Reply to: Hey Paul in wisconsin posted by Mcred on January 08, 2006 at 13:11:26:

Sorry I didn"t get back to you right away- I was in the shop all
weekend working on the Magnum. We"re getting there! I"ve got
the head back on and cam and cover area all assembled.
Injection system is back together and bled. Today it will be the
cooling system, aftercooler, exhaust system, and from end
"sheet metal" (fiberglass).It"s amazing how many hours of labor
are involved in this process. Now I am being extra careful to
make sure everything is clean and proper -and in the right order
as I reassemble, so I"m sure I"m spending more time on it than
the dealer tech would. I"ve done this sort of thing before, but it"s
amazing how much "crap" is stacked on top of this engine that
all had to come off. I often wonder how many hours a dealer
tech would take for the same job. No doubt having done it
before so you don"t have to figure it out as you go would help,
but things like scrapping gasket surfaces clean and dealing with
broken bolts and difficult-to-reach components all just take
time. Also with this tractor, most of the hardware is metric, but
outsourced components (Holset turbo, Modine radiator, etc.) are
often have fractional hardware on them. So pretty soon you have
every tool you own, and some that you don"t laying all over!
I sure hope this takes care of the water-in-oil problem. I
sometimes think it would be cheaper and easier to buy 5 Ms and
hook them all together! LOL. Maybe I can post a pic when I get it
all done.
Paul

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