Joey Mack

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

have you tried to test the coolant for exhaust gasses? The last 2 times that , I saw this, it was cracked heads... sorry... not trying build a mountain... jojo

well the Defund the Police movement worked... here in Charlotte N.C. crime is up 20+ %, murders are up as well.. Guess what the new and upcoming business is????? Private security... No Sh!t.... so now, neighborhoods and local small business's are hiring private security company's... to bad we cant just arrest the criminals, and keep them behind bars, but of course that's racist.. .. I pray for the day that they actually call out the origination of our crime here, in my little part of the country.. anyway,,,,, time for bed... jojo

i forgot to add this,, you can put a 9/16" deep impact socket inside the end of the crank shaft. this will protect the threads from the jack screw on the puller.. I have an old crank bolt that I cut the head off of, and cut a slot into it, as well as drilling onto the center of it with a 1/4" bit, so that the puller jack screw has a good bite and wont walk away when cranking the jack screw.. jojo

on the dampener, remove the small bolts and the big one in the middle and use a bar puller to pull the whole thing off. then you can soak it or if you need too, gently heat the center ring of the pully, to get it off, then do the same for the dampener.. try to avoid denting or warping the dampener.. sorry, budd.. no magic here, just patience... jojo

I went through the same thing Dave.. when I went to Mack, the old timer there hated me for the first year until he realized what I was.. Then it was on.... He taught me as much as he could.. he was an E-6/ E-7 guy, and the E-tech was new back then.. So with his ethics and quality control, he taught me.... I took his teaching towards the E-Tech. He was a hardass, but He is by far a Man I will never forget.. Earl Harnden, from Scarborough Maine, We worked at Maine Mack in Portland Maine.. If he is still with us, he would be around 83... I miss him, and each engine I build, he is always on my mind... What would Earl tell me to do?? I still use homemade tools that he showed me how to make.. Jojo

yep, and he is causing a food shortage here in the U.S. WHY?? I guess because, somehow our country sells our farm land to China and other countries, for no good reason... You tell me?? jojo

since its an RD, i bet it works in the dirt, and there is a mess between the CAC and the radiator, as well as a clogged radiator, that may need to be boiled. or just buy a new radiator.. did you change the water pump housing because it was cavitated? was the coolant mostly water? when you pulled the thermostat was it hard to get apart and broke when it was apart? I bet you have a viscous fan clutch,,, is it weak? here's a crazy 'Q' has some done a valve adjustment right before it ran hot? it's an E-Tech, so there isnt a whole lot of outside issues that can raise engine temp.. Pretty basic engine.. jojo

As time goes on,, we were probably ALL dumbasses. I know I was.... But.... If you have a work ethic, you become good-to-great at what you do... in todays world the issue to me is not as much with the young'ns, but with the trainer's, and/or the top dog's.. Today they hire people with NO knowledge,,,, to show them THE WAY... to me the problem is that the newbies in our field, have almost no knowledge about what they are selling.. but.... they have a job... they dont understand that they are supposed to sell parts/ or make repairs, because that customer is a business owner, and in order for him to make his business operate, he need's a quality salesman.... or mechanic.. I have seen this lack of training recently.. nowadays, it's just ,, sell/sell/sell//.... No longer is there a relationship based on Business, just sales, and then when you need HELP... Cricket's.... Just my real opinion,,, Jojo

"Among Asian buyers, China is leading the way, after its oil refiners rushed to buy ultra-cheap spot cargoes in April, taking advantage of the deep discounts at which many crude grades were being offered to China with non-existent demand elsewhere. China is expected to import around 1.1 million bpd of U.S. crude oil in July, according to Refinitiv estimates. This would be more than double the previous record of Chinese imports from the U.S. of 466,000 bpd in June 2018, just before the two biggest economies started the trade war. The high imports of U.S. crude oil in Asia are likely to continue in August until all cheap cargoes arrive, but after that, nominations seem to have dropped off, as oil prices rose. Despite the expected record imports of U.S. crude in July, China is nowhere near achieving its target for energy purchases from the United States under the Phase 1 trade deal, and with oil prices double compared to April and demand still weak in Asia, the Chinese buying spree – including of U.S. oil – may be coming to an end." By Tsvetana Paraskova for Oilprice.com........ I tried to read more, but the page is so big that my laptop would stop turning long enough for me to read the whole story.. (bpd) is Barrels per day... Jojo

Damn I wish I had the pocket book for it..... jojo

I forget if I asked.... did you check fuel pressure with a gauge before any diss assembly? The E-Tech I am currently building had 125 PSI... I used a brand new gauge.. I replaced the pressure regulator, and it was at 70PSI, but the damage was already done.. I like to know what caused the issue, one step at a time.. doing 2 or more replacements, doesnt tell me what caused the issue.. Just sayin, I do understand trying to hustle to get it fixed... (Catch 22).. sorry bud... as far as the EUP cutting loose,,, it can certainly put fuel into the crankcase if it caused the EUP to loosen, usually a broken bolt is present.. were the EUP's removed recently? and maybe not torqued down properly? I ask lots of questions.. jojo

PAI, $2700.00 with all 18 lifters and a thrust washer... ATL Diesel... $105.00 for the bushings with another thrust washer... jojo

nope, sorry... I forgot that part..

I dont blame you,,, it was pretty slack on my part.. jojo

OK.. so the one I just built is..... CXN-613/017414.... The cam # is: 454GC4271.... Volvo # 20706395.... jojo (ASET-C)

Mack Gray works good too, and it removable with a pocket screwdriver.. jojo

on the end of your cam shaft will be the Mack number.. My suggestion, is to pull the front cover and look.. jojo

Onyx, you can pull the input shaft out, then slide the sliding clutch out. look at the clutching teeth in the 5th/8th speed gear, if they are not chipped up real bad or rounded off, you slide a new sliding clutch back in, check the teeth on the input gear as well, it too is replaceable.. no it is not a perfect repair, but it is a doable one.. no special tools, just patience, and snap ring plyers, no need to pull the bell housing, just be patient sneaking the bearing cover out of it tight spot make sure you look for an oring that seals the oil slinger, there should be a spiral slinger machined into the input shaft.. jojo

so ... how does it know how to dump boost early?? is the actuator wrong or weak.? jojo