Great job James, Entertaining write up.
James Knox, 91 Dak
----- Original Message -----
From: "Zito, James A (GE Infra, Energy)" <james.zito@ps.ge.com>
To: "Dakota list (E-mail)" <dakota-truck@dakota-truck.net>
Sent: Thursday, March 23, 2006 5:33 PM
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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