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^[

321 hours for fall quarter

This week I worked on painting the air lines in the plant and did organised  in the shop.Lately it has been slow so i have been cleaning in the shop.I pored some concrete and replaced lights in the buidings.                                                                                                                                                       Total hours for the quarter are 321                   last week work and school hours total 40

Report all of your findings on your blog by the 11th (Sunday night) deadline.

This is all on the college black Dodge 4WD truck:

1. #2 below shows the FCA. What is it and what does it do?

It is a fuel control acuator.It controls fuel pressure in fuel rail"The Fuel Control Actuator (FCA) is an electronically controlled solenoid valve. The ECM controls the amount of fuel that enters the high-pressure pumping chambers by opening and closing the FCA based on a demanded fuel pressure."

2. Copy and paste the HP fuel “Warning” text from Alldata AND/or Cummins into your

blog. What is the pressure to be cautious of, in psi?Verify high pressure pump output volume (see high pressure pump info). You can also cap off all the injectors and see how quickly the rail pressure climbs. It takes about 4000 PSI rail pressure in order to start

3. Regarding the intake manifold air heater element: How many elements are on the

truck? How much current is needed to the operate the unit?
Two heavy-duty cables connect the 2 air heater elements to the 2 air heater relays. Each
of these cables will supply approximately 95 amps at 12 volts to an individual heating element
within the heater block assembly.

4. This unit is currently in a “cranks but no start” condition. What codes are present?

DTC P0148; high pressure common rail checksum, which is a deviation between the fuel pressure set point and the actual fuel pressure.

1. FCA, check for rust on the fuel control actuator, which could indicate other fuel system problems caused by water contamination.
2. Fuel pressure sensor
3. Lift pump or fuel supply issues, check fuel supply pressure and fuel filter condition.
4. Cascade over flow valve
5. Pressure limit valve
6. Injectors, excessive return, see injectors
7. High pressure pump (CP3)

DTC P0300 – P0306; injector misfire, all and 1 through 6

1. Low fuel supply pressure
2. Use scan tool to isolate each cylinder

DTC P0217; decreased engine performance due to a engine overheat condition

1. Check ECT sensor
2. Restricted air flow (caked dirt and bugs) through the intercooler and radiator.

DTC P0251; CP3 pump regulator control, ECM detects a discrepancy between PWM signal supplied to FCA and the PWM returned from FCA

1. Low or no fuel supply pressure (bad supply pump or plugged filter)
2. Fuel Control Actuator (FCA) bad, use the scan tool to verify rail pressure set point versus fuel pressure. Normal idle pressure is 6000 – 7000 PSI. If you have a fluctuation over 500 PSI this can cause a surge as well.

DTC P0336; crank position sensor (CKP) signal, CLP below calibrated value

1. Excessive cranking with a no start condition
2. CKP sensor
3. CKP wiring issue

No Start or Hard Start

1. No or low fuel supply to the high pressure pump (CP3)
2. Monitor rail pressure and see if you have over 4000 PSI during cranking, if not one or more injectors can cause a hard start, see injector section for further diagnostics. No smoke from the tailpipe after about 10 seconds of cranking means no fuel is getting into the cylinders.
3. Injector connector tube not seated in injector, bad tube or improper torque on nut.
4. Leaking fuel pressure limit valve, should not leak at idle or during cranking.
5. Verify high pressure pump output volume (see high pressure pump info). You can also cap off all the injectors and see how quickly the rail pressure climbs. It takes about 4000 PSI rail pressure in order to start.
6. Shorted fan clutch, unplug fan and try starting again.

Does this relate to the no start? (DO NOT REPAIR THE PROBLEM. DO NOT TELL

ANYONE OF YOUR FINDINGS)

5. With the Modis scan tool. Make the horn blow and wipers operate. What is this type

of control called?

motis

I worked on finding fault codes on the frieghtliner with Daniel and also worked on replaceing a tie rod on my Dakota truck the tie rod was worn due to wear from no lubrication.I bought one with the cert fitting torqued to spec and installed the wheel and torqued it to spec of 135 ft lbs .The rest of the week I spent working atWilliams doing a demo on some hydraulic lines and ajusting some air start valves on a clarktcv 12 engine with a Brandon the tech. we found rust to be the root cause and cleaned the valves and reset them and it worked fine I also worked on day 34, 35 sheets other than that I flushed a radiator coil for my sons truck seem that the gunk is is still coming out and seems to plug the heater core so that it will not heat up fixed that and also a bad light on my truck.                   I spent total 40 hours                                 Trying to keep busy all the time.

max force

Last week I learned how to check the compression ratio specs on the international.It was  all valuable info needed to predict and analyze piston wear and troubleshoot major problems.I also learned how   to check for fault codes .The testing must be done in sequence for it to work.I spent alot of my time concentrated on the max force program and hope to spend more this week .At Williams I worked on numerous jobs from helping to locate the 36 inch gas lines and staking the right of way, to working on taking out abandoned lines by purging hydraulic  oil out of them and cutting into pieces for recycling. total hours            40 hours worked