I about dropped a log reading this...too freakin funny. YOU should rewrite
the FSM for this Zito...congrats on the fix, great job!
Rascal
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-dakota-truck@bent.twistedbits.net
[mailto:owner-dakota-truck@bent.twistedbits.net] On Behalf Of Zito, James A
(GE Infra, Energy)
Sent: Thursday, March 23, 2006 5:34 PM
To: Dakota list (E-mail)
Subject: DML: Bonding with my Dakota LONG and it ends with a pair of
questions.....
Well it was a battle most of the way, even with a service manual.........
As I mentioned the other day my plenum was filling with oil and the truck
has 73ishK on the clock, so \soup nazi\ no warrantee for you!!!
I hit the stealership for the parts on monday, we'll have em tomorrow. Go
back tuesday:
Here are the gaskets...
....OK where are my bolts?
Bolts??? We don't replace the bolts when we do the plenum...
Aren't they torque to yield??
Well......we can get them for you, tomorrow.
Wednesday, get my parts, and dig in......
Boy that serpentine belt sure comes off easy.....
Wow the AC compressor almost comes right off, that last bolt is a pain,
can't get a socket on there with them pipes in the way, where's my combo
wrench????
How the hell does the throttle cable come out, ah hell I'll just pop the
bracket....SH!T that won't come off with the TB in place.....wait I can look
it up ....ok that's simple enough.....
Ok how come the fuel line won't pop with this plastic tool?? I think I'm
using it right....hell I'll go buy the metal pliers type one ....wow that
was easy.
Hmmmm sure would be nice if I could get these harnesses out of the
way...damnit busted the clip to hell on #4 injector, oh well it still locks
in place...... Ah need to pull these grounds on the passenger head how cum
the GREAT BIG RING terminal just twisted itself apart??? Oh the nut is
frozen to the stud. Well Jorge the electrician who lives upstairs should be
home soon maybe he has some stake ons that I can use to fix that.
I know these spring clips are much better for the health of the coolant
hoses and probably work just fine if you have the $200 special set of pliers
to work them but channel locks sure like to slip off.....that's gonna leave
a mark!!!
Why is my phone ringing????? Hey Jim your pimp here I need you to be in NYC
for an 0600 start up tomorrow morning......... BTW it was about 1700 when I
got that call.
OK it's off quick cleaning with carb cleaner, scrape the gaskets with the
vacuum trying to keep the crap out of the valley, thin bead of silly cone
on intake bottom, thin bead of silly cone on plenum plate, gasket in
between, 3 steps of torque, thin bead of silly cone on the water passages in
heads and intake, rails in, ends in with silly cone holding them to the
rails, intake in, intake torqued, harnesses in place, Jorge offers 3 14ga
rings that will fit, the 5 wires that need to go in them just barely fit,
damnit I snapped one of the rings while crimping, well I've got some spades
that I can make work, ok stud and grounds in place, big hunk of cast Al goes
on next....why don't this fit?????
Scratches head....tries again....scratches head again.....hey why is it
hitting the stud with the ground wires, and why isn't there a bolt holding
the top of the coil to the head. Move ground stud, re-retreminate wires, ok
now it fits. Man it's gonna take forever to run the bolts in by hand, let's
grab the air ratchet....ah better.....
Ok alternator, hoses, AC compressor, refill rad, damnit where are my keys??
Oh there they are in one of my 3-5 usual places to forget them...the padlock
on the barn door. VROOM ...good it runs, time to shower and grab some supper
then off to the ATM and the power plant in NYC.
Just pulled up to the ATM ..HUH??? Idiot light, check gages??? let's see oil
pressure check, temperature..still cold check, volts...maybe a little low.
Grab flashlight, look under hood, hey the field wire isn't plugged into the
alternator, lemme pop it back in...tug... TUG....TUG great it's stuck under
the alternator.....back to the house. Long cheater on the tensoner that
wedges conveniently against the hood, pop top bolt swivel, plug in replace
top bolt, release tensioner...on the road again to NYC.
Total job time 8.5 hours.
On the up side I do have some nifty new tools including an inch # torque
wrench.
On the down side the power plant didn't need me. AND I have been up for 24
hours........
OK for the patient ones among you:
1. Anyone know the flat rate time for this repair?
2. I am not entirely sure, but when I filled up after fixing the thing it
looked like I was only getting 12 mpg, does the trip counter reset when you
disconnect the battery?
Jim
03 red CC Dak missing 2 pistons....btw where do they find the room for the
other 2 in the V-8 trucks??????
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