Preventative maintanance inspection on 2011 Peterbilt. 300 hours school and work

I researched on. The cummins six15 the truck has. Alsot he oil and oil change intervals for the. Eaton transmision and spicer axles.I did a thourough inspection also of the air system and the steering system.I did find the back up alarm not working of the back up lights.I also found a leak in the power steering canister hoses.and also the positioning of the clamps on the tie rods was not correct. The right side air tank had water in it due to condensation and not bieng drained.I also noticed the pusher axle had bad wear patterns on the tread of the tire.I checked the air buid up and did the 5minute test the presure built up to the 120 psi and then dumped the air by pressing the brake and the alarm went off at 50 psi on the gauge. I also checked the cerk and there was 51 total.I have taken pictures of all the requested information on the sheets from all filters and the part numbers and oilgrades.also instructions on where. And proper procedures.I have taken atached msds on oil and coolants.

Hydraulic

worked hours this quarter 300 school and work

The spring quarter was packed with a lot of learning at Williams I helped on various projects.Such as the turbo install on the Clark tcv 12 and the compressor, new pistons and rods  installation on unit 5. and the pig launch projects.I also worked on smaller projects such as the new deck for the two axle trailer I installed and the painting and labeling of the tested and non tested pipes in the yard.The meter station demo of the old hydro lines and reinstall of the new ones was challenging but got it done. I did learn alot on the testing and tear down of stock pipe in the yard helping the welder.or the vent piping install on sippi nine, during the wet month of March.   There was many days of organizing and helping in the warehouse  all in all  spring Quarter at Williams was a great.In the shop at school I learned the Electrical boards and found the problem with the horn on the dodge the problem with the pin being missing in the harness of the Kenworth lights and testing on the loader simulator.Seems totally different from a real loader after many years of  operating loaders such as cat  IT 28 or 988B ,980 or john deere and komatsu loaders, scrapers21,31 and paddle wheels  excavators ,haul trucks  graders , dozers of all sizes  seemed  to me the simulator was a bit more challenging.but fun. I had tested  on the simulator at the 302 operators in Bothell and did pass on the dozers though.I learned about fittings and  cut a hose and installed some fittings,I did learn about hydraulics and tested  the pressure on the bobcat excavator,This has sparked a great interest in me to learn more of in the future.I see myself working in the power generation field. I have learned to learn and to research to find my answers. Thank you Jeff for teaching me to use the greatest tool of all. Year To Date Overview

Gross Pay: Employee Tax: Adjustments: Net Pay: Total Hours: 497

Animated perkins great video 40 hours

Watch "Perkins Diesel Engine Animation" on You tube

Smart pig 40 hours

This tool is used in analyses of pipe it locates defects such as cracks and worn areas or oblong ares in the pipe and thickness of the wall .It can detect acurately at speeds up to 11 mph.It wieghs about 3000 lbs and is worth 3 million dollars.it has a gps system for tracking it.Last week and this week has been a great learning experience I helped the crew put it in the launch area and get it going on its mission.Last week hours 40

Packard open house 40 hours last week

This week I have learned to read hydraulic schematics.At first it was a challenge .It is like learning chinese.the more I submerge in hydraulics the more I see the potential of working in this field.as we move forward on this subject the more I recall memories of hydraulic system failures in the equipment I operated in the past. THIS EXPERIENCE HAS HELPED ME TREMENDOUSLY TO UNDERSTAND IT MORE.

SPQ 13 8600 Service - Clark TCV 12 ----- 60 hours week ending 4/6/2013

  preping the block for liner install.This pictures shows the exhaust manifold above grey pipe and the individual heads in green 6 right side  ones.I am cleaning up the areas where the orings set and seal up on the liner.*I am standing on the crankshaft .the other pictures show me in the engine sitting down on the crankshaft.last week was full of learning.I was in Langley with Tom And we attended a class for the 6.0 powerstroke lots of info there.learned alot thanks to Mike Cleary he knows the engine inside out. I have learned that finding shorts with the light bulb jumper  is simple .looking forward to relays tommorow thanks Jeff. 

SPQ 13 Raul Soto Turbo install.At Williams on a clark engine 40 hours

week ending 3/9/2013 40 hrs total week to date is 400 hours work and school total

Last week at Williams I worked on helping the main Welder test two mechanics on welding. I had the the opportunity to see what the exam was in order to be certified to weld at Williams.He taught me the importance of cleanliness and techniques used for best welding results.I also worked with Tom on the 6.0 power stroke we cleaned parts and researched for parts needed for the reassembly.This week we have started to reassemble the oil cooler and put the injectors back in with new orings and bushings.Definitely learned organisation and cleanliness are critical in reasembly. 400 hrs to date  

Week ending March 2 40 HRS INTERNSHIP AND SCHOOL

This week I helped Tom work on his truck we took out the egr and oilcooler and the injectors we will be replacing with upgraded parts.

The importance of using the right coolant. 40 hrs week

Sometimes people dont realize how important it is to use manufactures recommended coolants.which leads to huge repair cost.I am convinced now that using the factory recommended parts.and  fluids will prolong the life of your engine and save thousands in unesasary costs.

40 hrs week school and work

This last week was a slow week at Williams.I worked mostly on organizing and cleanup.I did some test on a 3.0 ford I learned to use a smoke machine to find leaks in the lower intake manifold and used the Motis to check oxygen sensors and replaced the up strram sensors whi h did show an improvement in fuel economy.The motis is agreat tool and students should take the opportunity to use it and learn.I have learned something new every time I use it.

Pictures of 6.0

Week ending February 8th: 40 hours between work and school.
Slow week at Williams,  mostly concentrated on clean up.  Installed oxygen sensor on Ford Ranger and cleaned the mass flow sensor at school.  I also researched fuel trim and currently trying to get more information so I completely understand fuel trim charts.   I have been working with the Motis learning about all its functions.  Changed the spark plugs on a Suburban and checked its 02 sensor using the Motis.  I learned the graph should go from lean to rich every second and a half.  The computer can only tell the injector how much fuel to release but not how much oxygen can be introduced.

Taking the 6.0 out and taking it apart.40 hrs week ending 2/3/2013

This week I trained for first aid cpr and learned alot about safety in the work place at Williams. I also painted pipe in the meter and engine rooms. At school I worked on my surburban. Which had a problem with the fan relay. I did some research and found it to be a problem on most gm vehicles.easy fix though and have also worked on the 550 taking the block out to disasemble and prep for exchange.I will post pictures of the diasembly.

Cab ford f- 550 video taking the cab off

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40 hours work and school week ending1/26/2013 160 hrs to date

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This week was an interesting week at Williams, we had an all day training  on forklifts. Their is a lot to know on safety on this type of machinery, for example  picking the load and checking the load to make sure all is secure. Knowing the lifting capacity of the your forklift. Keeping your forks at  4 inches above grade when  traveling.Steps like these can insure safety and loss of damage to the operator and materials being handled. Knowing what is around you and keeping people away from the lift while working is a crucial step in safety also wearing your seat belt at all times  .All this information is crucial  in the safe operation of a forklift .I was also trained and certified on atf forklifts I  learned alot and was  certified for three years.thanks Williams.The rest of the week we put the Ingersol Rand engine back together and tested a pigging door to make sure it was working for the near future when we will be doing some line testing for line life and wear on the main 36 inch line running south.  I posted a video on the 550 ford  project in the shop. Tom and I have been gathering info such as cost for parts and we hope to have some parts by next week sometime other than that all is great . 

Cab

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40 hrs week 1/14/-1/18/2013 to date 120 hrs

This week I worked on taking the cab off the f 550 in the shop. I learned that its not to hard to take a cab off if you have the right tools, I made a glow plug tool to easily remove the glow plug electrical connectors  and it works great.At Williams I have been helping replace bearings on a Ingersol Rand engine  a set of bearings had extreme wear and was releasing shavings,The  problem was that we had prior installed some bearings on a rod to  the compressor side,and did not see a protrusion   which was on the rod  cap which then was rubbing against the aluminum bearing side face, causing metal loss which potentially caused the engine to shut down because of the filtering  system it has installed  which is there to save the engine .I also was removing fuel valves  and replacing them, the fuel valves have o rings and sometimes leak gas out or have a buildup of black hardened substance from the fuel burn and cause a week burn inside the piston chamber,  which then activates the alarms ,the process then is a sequence of  safety steps  desighened to protect us.in order to fix the problem.Each of the pistons is monitored by an Allen Bradley monitoring system and it shows individual heat temperatures for the pistons . That's how we find out which valve is bad because of the low temp readings compared to the other pistons usually about 835 degrees  .

40 hours class and work11/7- 1/11-2013

This week has been a great learning experience working on the 550  ford  6.0 we learned different approaches on testing for fuel leakage .fill the piston  chamber with diesel wait for it to show up below .simple works great or give it some air listen for leaks.Which one of the injectors is bad learn to spot the o-rings when damaged I learned if you don't have the tool ,make it, compromise why buy it when you can dream it up and fabricate it.Keep up the good work Jeff .Thanks for the lessons.

Hydrolock info on diesel. week 1 winter quarter 40 hours

last week I worked on a piping job at Williams and have been learning about tubing installation and threading pipe . today  I was diagnosing a 6.0 powerstroke steps to do to finding root causes of malfunction  to components. during my research I learned that  Diesel engines are more susceptible to hydrolock than gasoline engines. Diesel engines have a much smaller final combustion chamber volume, requiring much less liquid to hydrolock. Diesel engines also tend to have higher torque, rotating inertia, and stronger starter motors than gasoline engines. The result is that a diesel engine is more likely to suffer catastrophic damage. Diesels can also hydrolock if water builds up in the injector systems and is injected into a running engine in place of fuel^[