Joey Mack

do you have 'lo' or 'hi' range? does air contiuosly leak no matter if the range button is up or down? Lets say you have an Eaton 8LL or 13/18 spd. the shuttle valve is on the top left edge of the tranny. it has 3 rubber hoses that go to the rear range valves and a filter/regulator.. and 5 spaghetti lines from the shifter, red/blk/grn/wht/blue... ( I believe I am correct) the white one is the exhaust line.. someone please correct me if im wrong.. If its a 10 spd. the shuttle valve is on the top, front section of the shift cover. 1 main air supply 'in' 3/8" line, and 2 spaghetti lines from the shifter. blk/white... the white one goes to the right fitting on the shuttle valve, the black one goes to the left fitting. in this case you can just switch the lines at the shift knob, for ease of access.. back to the 8LL-13/18spd.. there would be no reason for them to remove the rubber lines, unless they saw damage or dry rot, or if you asked them to re-ring the range pistons.. however the 4 spaghetti lines have to be un hooked.. We will get this figured out, if all lines are connected correctly, you may have a bad o-ring on a range piston, causing an air 'by-pass' jojo

what eaton tranny do you have.?

heck, I didnt know you could write in Spanish... theres way more money to be earned as an interperator than a mechanic... jojo

try to connect a separate battery to the ECU fuse in the box on the firewall next to the steering column.. should be #40.. ground the battery to the truck with a jumper cable, then run a 12-14 gauge wire from the positive post and strip the end of it , and pull the fuse and then lay the wire over the socket and push the fuse back in.. be careful not to over stretch the socket,,,,, or you can use one of those fuse connectors that has a blade for an extra circuit.. if the truck fires right up, I would say the starter is pulling too many amps and volts, and the EECU is not getting enough power to fire the EUP's.. jojo

I deleted my post because I miss-understood the info.. its an ASET-C... I hate them,,, they are SH!T... Mackpro will be the best for this since he is current on todays info.. jojo

no no no... its a plug... a human put it in wrong... next time you pull a front cover, remove it, clean it, dope it and put it back in,,,, 'tight'.. that's all....

to be clear, my grand parents came to N.Y.C. through Ellis island, from Italy.. Both my grandpa's, Mickey and Frank,,, fought in W.W.II. for us.. I still have grandpa Frank's Purple Heart, from his shot to his head, that he survived, obviously... I get sick over this freebie B.S. for so many reasons.. and the Biden KLAN... just makes it worse... God Bless America... jojo

it caps the line bored fuel return gallery. who knows, mabey they were going to make a straight 8 and thought they could add 2 cyl's to it... next time you pull and EUP.. look in the bore. you will see 4 holes. 2 on each side, over and under. those are the fuel galleries... jojo

So i'm watching my local Biden news channel,,, Now.... the welfare people are ordering thier freebies, on-line... The reporter literally said, that THEY may have alergies,, and oh, by the way... "ethnic preferences" on what food item's they would RATHER have... Really???? My grandparents had to WALK up to the the food bank, CHEESE and BREAD lines, and take what was given.. ( 1930's-40's) So, these slug's, are getting what they want for FREE,, But My wife goes to the store, and is buying store brands to save money.... and now they are talking about free health care for non-american's... I know I can switch the channel, but, I have to watch this B.S., because I can not beleive this B.S. is real... what the HELL???? jojo

for sure, Bob.....

Man I'm glad I got out of the Dealership when I did... I dont have patience for the B.S. in these new engines.. I would like to think that building them would create better mechanic's, but..... anyway... glad im away from Volvo's... jojo

I was waiting for someone to stop me.... Hell I've done many of these engines, but that doesnt mean I know it ALL,, But, yes sir I was glad that I caught my BooBoo.. I drove the truck today... It purrred like a Dog... .. tomorrow it goes out to haul dirt... that will be the real test.. jojo

steeler, I just found the hidden fuel plug loose on the E-Tech just built.. You nailed that one.. and yes the tools are priceless... jojo

its an ASET-IEGR... is it just slow to pull? I bet it has the power to get it done... and with a 13 spd, I dont see how it could be weak.. My guess it has 442:1 Mack rears. Has some one messed with the EECU programming? Macks are slow and deliberate... but they will pull hard... lets see what the other guy's say... jojo

wow, that is amazing.. before common rail came around, , I used a very long 3/8" extension that I welded together, and a swivel at the end with the barring tool on it wrapped in electrical tape to keep it in place plus a wrap of electrical tape around the extention where it goes right by the starter, so I dont arc off it.. and it goes all the way up front, so I can roll the engine and see the marks on the front of the cam.. I literally, stayed right there in one place, and I placed magnets on the engine to hold my feeler gauges and wrenches.. of course my set up is crude, but if my phone battery dies, I can still finish running the rack,,, jojo

I just did 2 Mack cams in the last 3 weeks.. I have an infrared temp gun. 475-500 on the gun.. not supposed to go past 500 degrees, but the temp gun is a little 'off'.. so 475-500, with the temp gun.. I have not warped a cam gear yet... I also don't think i will anyway. I use a medium sized, counter top airfryer toaster oven, that really only heats to about 500 degrees.. $65.00 at Wal-Mart.. (Black and Decker).... jojo

I dont know how to reduce the MB's in order to post.. and , by the way, I would build one with you for free, well, mabey for some free beer and chit-chat... jojo

Sir. i am not from from V.A. just live in Rowan county N.C. all good, jojo

I use homemade lifter sticks as well... I have good results.. Where I get Anal, is when I put new ceramic lifters in, and have to load a new cam.. I only do 2 lifters at a time, and slowly walk the cam in... Do you have the 'cam shoe' that makes this job a ton easier, and it also insures that you dont gouge the new cam bushings.. keep in touch on the cam job, myself and a few others will guide you.. please buy the cam shoe tool, number: J-41682... E-tech - ASET cam shoe.. jojo

Hell yeah!! Im going to crank my second one in a month, tomorrow... 🤞 jojo

I forgot to add this, the main bearing box is packaged very well, but they are not in order.. so just be sure to look at the tabs and galleries on the #7 and #4 bearings. you cant put them in wrong, but just make sure you match them up.. I know mack sets are in order, and of course you check them as well, and Mack part numbers match, but PAI uses different numbers.. once again, not complaining, just giving some info to those that may not be familiar.. jojo

Welcome aboard... I live in Rowan county.. Jojo

Hey Guy's... I'm just tossing some info out there, for those who are not familiar with PAI engine and Cam kits, and other kit's... So far I have have had success and great performance out of these kit's. I am building my 6th or 7th engine, with PAI parts Kit's. . So when you buy a kit, try to read the contents list real good... The only thing's I have found, is ... If you buy them 'on-line' you may get slightly different contents in back to back kits.. still better than Mack.. my examples are this: oil pumps dont always come with the pickup tube, (no big deal).. Pay attention to 2 pc. piston orientation.. yes you will be disassembling them, just be sure to look for the "Front" marking, easy to see.. they just assemble them and do not orient them.. This kit that I just used did not have the oilpan gasket and insulators, the one I bought a month ago did have them.. The cam kit I ordered was listed with ceramic lifters. I received steel lifters in the kit and was very happy about that.. This post is not to complain, it is to give some info for those that may be new to PAI kits, and the vendors... Jojo