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Recent content by mekanik

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    BCIII Cummins Rebuild.

    That steel line is important. Most mechanics have no idea why its there. The shop I started working on trucks at in 1980 was opened in 1959. The engine room had a treasure trove of old Cummins manuals and training material and service bulletins. Someone who worked there years ago never threw...
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    The upcoming generation

    I worked with a couple aircraft mechanics over the years. They told me there is a lot of paperwork in the aircraft maintenance business. I hope she likes paperwork. If someone comes to the shop I work at and wants a half donkey job done we show them the way to the door and tell them to not...
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    10w30 or 15w40 for Mitsubishi 15T engine

    I really can't see a reason not to go with 15-40. How old is the machine?
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    The upcoming generation

    The railroad here is having a very difficult time recruiting as the majority of applicants fail the drug test.
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    Help lowering stalled Grove crane boom

    The oil can come out with enough force to penetrate the skin causing a serious life altering injury.
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    Supercharged Cummins NHRS W/Onan generator

    Could you post some pictures?
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    The upcoming generation

    Most of the shops I worked in had a couple or three strong backs with weak minds that did all the jobs the real mechanics did not like doing. I feel bad for future mechanics if those guys disappear.
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    Just another day in paradise

    I was working on a log loader on a logging setting. There were several skidders dragging logs to a landing within view of where I was working. Just before the skidders got to the landing they had to go down a long steep hill with a couple big ruts worn in it from the skidders and logs. As soon...
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    Navistar Engineering

    I believe the Maxxforce 7 is the only international engine that is still in production. Another terrible engine!
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    Navistar Engineering

    Had another Maxxforce 10 delivered to the shop last week. The engine light and the warning triangle were both on. The Maxxforce 9 and 10 will log codes if the battery connections are in poor condition they were so I cleaned them. I cleared the codes and only one came back. The truck also has a...
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    3 wire alternator nightmare

    I put a 10si on a 310 John Deere last summer using the diagram below and it worked. I had to rev the engine up a fair bit to get it started. Where is the second wire from the charge light going at the left of the bottom picture? Also I think a LED may not have enough load for it to charge.
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    BCIII Cummins Rebuild.

    I have used a 60/40% mix of 15-40 and oil stabiliser for a lot of years. It also makes a good assembly lube for O-rings and hydraulic seals. Its really slippery.
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    Water in hydraulic oil

    I used to look after a fleet of bucket trucks. One of them was a "bare-hand truck" it was used to work on the transmission lines. Most were 287KV if I remember correctly. The hydraulic oil had to have a dielectric test done every three months. If it failed the tank had to be drained and refilled...
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    1994 Cat 3176 engine

    I had the good fortune of working on a few. Had one come to the shop ran fine but no power. They had spent a lot of money throwing parts at it. The boost sensor is in the ECM there are two #4 fittings on the ECM one is boost pressure the other connects to the air inlet piping. One port on the...
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    Pto question time

    Yes.
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