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I cannot figure out for the life of me why manufactures send parts that need seals and gaskets, but do not provide them, drives me nuts😡

id like to see more of these videos of you just walking around diagnosing, and showing your day to day, i feel like there's more to learn here. considering a lot of us will probably never get arm deep into an engine.

I've been a auto mechanic for 30 years. Never worked on anything diesel besides a Ford F350. Looks like a completely different world for sure. Good work! Enjoy your videos.

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Intermittent electrical faults can eat up a lot of troubleshooting time. It’s a pain.

Sold a boatload of Ford's back in the day. The engine sat at a 6 degree angle to accommodate the air intake piping that was an integral part of the hood

I had a 1995 International Paystar with a 3406C. The engine was also at an angle. Many people asked me why my oil pan was on crooked. Lol

I'll give you a like secret that I've found for removing pipe plug. Get yourself a MAP gas propane torch. Use it to heat the area around the plug, not the plug itself. Then take your breaker bar and proper socket or adapter and try to tighten the plug, if it doesn't move apply more heat to the area around the plug. Once it move by tightening it it can be removed. I've been a diesel mechanic for 42 years and this has always worked for me. When I first started I was told to heat the plug, but after doing it that way for years and having mixed results I started doing the process I just mentioned and it always works. When you go to tighten the plug you don't need a lot of force, you don't want to strip or damage the plug. Give it a try and I think you will notice that plugs come out with almost no effort.

As soon as you start wiggling (per Eric O) you just might fix the problem... move the worn spot away from the ground and never see the problem again. You did your due diligence before the wiggle, which is all you can do. One thing I'd try... key up that CB radio and see if the problem is related!

It's the ACERT engines where the head harness gets so hard and crusty that the wires break. Every time you took the valve cover base off, you knew you were going to do the harness too.

We had a few crooked Cat Fords at OHFL back around 2000.

Nebraska machinery flipped the injector harness on my 07 accert. They proceeded to replace the injectors before a real mechanic figured it out and stopped the madness. The shop forman came from a truckstop tire shop if that helps explain things. Always enjoy your videos.

The hood emblem on the Ford is the RM Williams Longhorn decal. RM Williams are an Australian company who make boots and clothing, iconic with outback Australia.

I remember the old Dodge class 8 trucks with Detroit 871 had 1cylinder head below the frame and one above the frame just a joy to work on

A trick my granda gave me. Tap on the broken bolt with a small hammer spray, tap ,spray tap. Works very well. 👍✌️

Just pulled a primary turbo off a C13, that needs a head swap amongst other things, and the base of the turbo where it meets the exhaust manifold is completely cracked in half😱

I think it would be very interesting to see you working on other parts of the truck besides the engines. Your engine videos are the bees knees but that was really interesting seeing you delve into that transmission.

You can set up in the parking lot and do budget endoscopies now!

I bought myself a cheapo Chinese endoscope camera a while ago, it was great! Then I found the twin camera version with the slimmer camera end. So I sold my original one to a friend & bought the twin camera one. Now you’re saying they do a steerable one?!! 😳 Guess I’d better see if anyone else I know wants to buy a twin lens endoscope camera 🤣

Most of the logger trucks in my area already have nuts welded to the oil drains to get then out

Heck I like the longer videos

Josh, l really enjoy these long format vids. I usually watch'em during dinner or lunch time to forget about life for a while. Good job, keep it up ! 💪💯👍

Thank you Josh for the knowledge! Keep up the great content!

Interesting, there's a ton of those old l9000 ford's around my area, be Interesting to see how many had that angle mounted cat under hood.

Busy interesting day for you. Thank you for the endoscope test I’ve been looking for one like that

Just subscribed and started watching you a couple of weeks ago when I ran across you on you tube. Enjoy watching and learning the mechanic side of things. Very knowledgeable and very explanatory, making it easy to understand. Thank you and wishing you and your family a Merry Christmas.

Haha, take it in the shop..and look for stuff. Yours is one of 3 channels that gets my full attention Josh. You Rock!

Very good josh nice to see you doinng other stuff besides engine s👍

Hi Josh on the trans drain since it had a trans mounted pto you could have pulled the sensor in the pto to drain the trans then pulled pto off and probably found your parts of gears inside of pto snd bottom of trans. Just an old carhauler tech trip we used. Also the White Road Boss 1 tilted the 8 v 71 to the right. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year

Yesss👍👍👍👍allways enjoy your videos,always learn something new each video ,👌👌thankss

merry Christmas to you and yours/thanks for what you do

Great video as usual. hoping you do a video on the rest of the logging truck.

Love these lifestyle videos in depth. Wish I could make these at my job

Hi Josh, watching from Australia, another good C15, 3406 video, keep them coming Sir, and all the best for Christmas from Australia 🇺🇸🇭🇲👍🤝

When I use to work on trucks back in late 80's. We had a heavy haul Ford truck come in. Pulled the hood and stepped around and was looking at a huge 3408 cat. It was tipped to the right like your 3406E. And looked like it was jam under the cab. Idk if someone did this or it came from Ford like that. Only engine I ever seen in a truck, tip to the side to fit under the hood and cab.

Excellent video, it’s not too long!

Josh Merry Christmas to you and your family.

Drove a Ford L9000 with a 13 speed and 400 Cat. Truck was a piece of sheeeet but still pulled great.

Thank you about video.i got c 15 kw one time couple years ago on pipeline job in calgary alberta.truck won't start yup.change parts left and right.i said" it ecm systems broke or else send cat finning" i pick truck 5 days later yes the wiring was worn-out due truck was from ontario use chemical on road winter they replace all wiring back to dash inside cab and start yup.thanks again😊

Ford Louisville were good easy to work trucks . Freightliner ended up with Sterling , a very poorly designed cheaply built truck ! First thing that would break was the dashboard that secured the PP air valves .

Hiya enjoyed your video today....your crooked Ford goes back to the 1970s.....as a heavy goods vehicle technician in the UK in the 70s...all Ford D series range had their Ford engines fitted at angle to fit between the frame rails. The D series were medium to heavy commercial vehicles. The only engine fitted straight was the Cummins v8. Nothing new under the sun!

i got a trick for you with a rusted bolt any where. it is from a old mech. take old english furn polish. put it in a spray bottle and spray it on what you are working on. leave it for 24 hours and it comes free.

I did want to make a point about sterling. Sterling was a brand owned by daimler that bought the rights to fords designs as they exited the heavy duty market if i have the story straight. The only big model sterling got from Ford was the aeromax. Ford made a couple really cool looking trucks. Big fan of the LTL9000

Hello Love the Videos been learning from you along time. Thanks for what you do. I get to where I only like your videos lol. We are rebuilding our baby she's a cat3406e. Last year we spent 21,000 on the motor just to be let down again. We have started to learn how to check over head and many other things from you. Seems the number 6 was problamtic area. Started to smoke very little at first start then cleared up. Soon after head gasket area started to leak coolant out of back of motor and manifolds. The coolant didnt mix somehow but dropped pan an found number six had very small amount of drops of coolant. We found that only number 6 intake was out by .010. only other thing was 1 bridge was backwards. I have not seen many videos on how or if the leftover springs aroung the injector can or need to be pulled to lift head out or if i need to mark cam, trying to leave cam in an pull it do we need to mark it? if so how? She's had high blowby since it came out of shop they said they did rings but something wasnt right. New air pump head etc. Could use some help thanks.

10 speed Eatons don't have the balls or springs on the back side of the shifter boot. They just have an air actuator on the top that moves a range piston.

Good job

I have a '95 L9000 with 3306C that is a "crooked CAT". I wondered why they did that. Thanks for the explanation.

a trick i have used to get drain plugs out the are over tight or just rusted in. grab a big sized short bolt. grind it so it just fight the plug or you have to tape it in to the plug and weld it in. just as soon as it cools a bit but is still smoking hot it will bring the plug lose. i have never had that one fail to get a plug out. now it is obvious to not weld the plug in.

VHT Copper Head gasket spray instead of gaskets on the turbo works a treat.

I have a 81 Ford f600 with a 3208 thats painted Ford blue instead of Cat yellow. It sits straight in the truck, no clearance issues.

Thanks for sharing

That's a Texas Longhorn cattle symbol on the Ford.

I saw a Ford LTL 9000 with an N14 Cummins at one of the shops i go to and it had the engine mounted crooked. I asked the mechanic why and he didn't really know. I never could find anything out but always thought it would be interesting to find out why they did that.

The DOTW music is back!

Engine is at 7 degrees INT did that as well when Cummins installed into a 2070A back in the late 70 early 80

Love your videos 🙏

great video

SHREWD Adept Ape 👍 From Nick Ayivor from London England UK 🇬🇧 ⏰️ 16:07 Good Afternoon

I've always called it the leaning tower of power 😂

I’m surprised to see that you are running 2020c1 version of ET figured the cat shop would be updated lol

that little fellow is a Tlaloc shaman, from Tak and the Power of the Juju. no doubt from Mc Donalds

In our shop this is the norm a lot of work and no help the boss will get over it

Spot on!👊🏻🇺🇸

Your little "friend" riding on the hood of the Ford would be "Loki" the supposed "god" of mischief. Thank you for anotjer awesome video. Merry early Christmas from my family to yours.🙏💜

Love your channel man I’m actually going to school for diesel mechanics I’m trying to get a job as a Penske technician

Cannot believe how primitive the US trucks are, compared to the European trucks of say late 80's & definitely the 90's regards Cab Comforts.

Oh My, I drove one of those Fords 600 Miles a day back in the early 90s. No AC, Windshield wipers, and no working fuel gauge. This gives me bad flash backs. I want to guess it was the old 425 first art-to-air engines.

In your opinion how many repairs / replacements can a "million mile" engine have and still be considered "million mile"? How many turbos? A piston pack? A cam? How many injectors?

Have a great Xmas 🍺

Ford had nothing to do with Sterling. Diamler bought the medium-heavy duty devision in 97 and also owed the rights to the sterling name.

Replace the coolant sensor and pigtail or harness if you would rather not have further issues with the ford

"Hook 'em Horns"..!!

I think the hood ornament is the NOID..

That is a gremmlin from the movie Gremlins

6:16 - drops dirt into the gear 🤔

Ford did the same thing with a N 14 installed.

Hi: What was the brand , and part number for the bolt extractor that you used? I really enjoy your videos. Steve

Thats an FRO 10 speeds. They're pretty bulletproof transmissions, and are rated up-to 1850tq. Also im not quite aure how anyone is still running an MBN is stock form. That was a 1year only engine, and i have been De-bridgeing them to make owners have reliable engines for years.

Ford did the samething with the big cam cummins. First time you see it, it'll trip you out

Nice

does the new cat engine have non adjustable hydraulic lifters and 9 pto combinations and stuff and what would happen if someone installs it in a truck ?

24:13 Looks like a modified " Noid " from Dominos Pizza .

The 855 big cam cummins sits crooked in them l9000s also absolutely terrible to work on , I've pulled the cab to replace an engine before

I used to have a ford 9000 and it had a 855 cu/inch 270 Cummins in it and it was on the same slant. Ford made a good truck and they are tough. I retired it because the cab was so full of holes that you had to wear a rain coat if it was raining. It had 2.45 million kilometres on it and it was never rebuilt. It dropped a valve in the front head and it took out the turbo and the valve went right through the piston. I found a used head and replaced the piston and the turbo and had it back on the road in 3 days for less than $4500. I ran it for 2 years after that. The valve was warn so bad that it fit inside the seat completely. Now I have a Cat with a CT13 that needs an $11000 fuel pump.

Can you say, we'll leave the light on for you, motel six

Whenever I look for broken pieces in the transmission and it has a PTO pop it off and it's the lowest point so it catches the big pieces and drains the oil really fast....

Sterling was a half Ford half Freightliner. From my understand the engine incline was for safety when the truck was involved in an accident. The theory was the engine would drop and not go into the cab killing the driver.

I like to replace all the valve cover base bolts. They are cheap, seen many broken. The internal harness, I use silicone on the section between the connector and covered area. Put it between the wires especially at the connector. Trying to repel as much oil as I can. Have seen a ECM fail from the oil running down the harness. When I first tried this, I put the harness in and filled the cavity in the base. Had to replace the harness later and it was a chore getting it back out. Another option that I have not tried yet, is to disassemble the connector and put heat shrink over the bare section and the connector. Exhaust studs, if the nut comes off, I put it back on and take a air hammer and mushroom the stud. Then try again and see if the stud will pull out. And of course MBN, More Bad News. Smart wastegate is the killer. Merry Christmas Josh and family.

Honestly surprised that planetary was grabbing enough to make noise.

God I miss using full interfacing software 🎉

yes my Sunday Cat class completed lol

Could you put dielectric grease in the harness connector so it doesn't push oil?

Could have just cut the leads off that harness to remove it. You're throwing it away anyhow.

How are Buddy and Piper?

I'm kinda shocked you didn't wash the engine first, looked pretty crusty?

Why not just save some time and cut the old hardness out? I’m not diesel but am a field tech and we cut stuff if it’s a pain to get out…. Then you just have to fight getting it in.

Surprised you didn't just cut the junk harness you were going to toss anyway

This may be a stupid question but besides the obvious mess, what is the issue with oil in the harness? Will it degrade the insulation or…cause a short? Great video Josh. Very interesting. 😊

I think it was ford heavy trucks and it became sterling when ford sold it to diamler.