Posted by bill radford on March 20, 2015 at 08:40:55 from (199.90.157.10):
Just wanted to post this to let you-all know that all of today's young folks are not I phone addicts and video game morons. My neighbor's son is college age and after a couple of years of electrical engineering he decided that it just wasn't for him. His dad and him had a 4 bay metal shop building built on their property and eventually installed a 2 post lift. The kid has a natural talent with mechanical stuff. He has worked over several old motorcycles and cars for himself and others. Let me tell you about his biggest project: About 6 months ago he spotted a 99 Ford 250 diesel truck sitting at the edge of a field. He stopped and asked and the owner said that it was a 7.3 diesel work truck and the motor was dead. There was 390k miles showing on the odometer and other than the engine, the truck was in very good shape. It was a 2 wheel drive extended cab basic work truck with a manual trans and had been used as a heavy equipment service truck in a previous life. The owner had run it about 80k miles before it died. The kid offered the guy $1500.00 for the truck, thinking he would have to find another motor for it and had been informed of the cost, but figured even at that he could flip the thing for a profit. (Good so far, will get better...) After hauling her back to the shop, a group of us older guys helped with the examination and diagnosis. This is what we found: Bad clutch Diesel fuel in coolant tank Miscellaneous tears and damage to interior as you would expect in a vehicle with that history. The young man went on the web and did research for a few days re the coolant contamination issue. He learned that this most likely was caused by bad injector cups (a brass device about the size of a shot glass that seals the injector to the head) He found a source for the seals plus a rental source for the removal an installation tools. Then the fun began. He began by removing everything from under the hood that he could possibly remove, removed the valve covers glow plugs and injectors and using the special tools removed the seals and replaced them. He replaced the injectors after having them cleaned and tested together with a new set of glow plugs. He then replaced the water pump, all hoses, thermostat and reservoir. He cleaned out the system with a mild solution of Calgon dishwasher powder and hot water, rinsed several times with water and replaced the coolant as FOMOCO directs. No more diesel fuel in coolant and motor runs strong. Got her up on the lift and replaced the clutch and pressure plate. Visits to salvage yards resulted in new seats and trim and even a stock radio. Point is, for a total of around 4000.00 he has a 99 powerstroke that runs like a watch and he has already driven out to the midwest a couple of times and is learning the Millwright trade. All of the knowledge for the truck build that he needed was gotten from friends and the good old interweb. Need more kids like that!
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