V8 Theropy

[fjh]

Well we’ve been having a bit of family issues these days we have my 93 year old mom in the hospital and travelling back and forth twice a day! So yesterday my old boss called having a no start issue with his super dog I rebuild about 7 years ago ! So I thought what the hell none of the kids at the shops he has have no diagnostics on old stuff so I’ll go out to look at it! So today I went out to it the boys couldn’t tell me much other than it quit while idling for about half an hour! So start at the beginning prime it up got nothing no smoke zippo check fo fuel at the pump ok! The boss said he heard a clunking sound when he looked at it so l pull the fuel pump cover  checked the drive gear it has a chip in hmmmm! Not good! Checked the timing by eye ball  0h boy !Miles off ! Started digging in to it took compressor off and the bearings had failed an peice had jam the gear an it slipped the gear on the power tower shaft ! Any way it was a decent reprieve from dealing with shit going on at home! And we got a few parts scrounged up to patch it up.

here in lies the title of this thread  just rambling.

[Onyx610]

Sorry to hear about your mom, 93 is a damn good age. Hopefully she pulls through. Really enjoyed the story of the doctor coming in to save the old dog. Must be pretty rewarding when you get called in to figure something out no one else can….especially when the shop forman says “hold on I know of a guy”

[Onyx610]

We need pics bro!

[fjh]

12 hours ago, Onyx610 said:

We need pics bro!

i ll see what I can do Onyx 

There isn't much to see the rear compressor bearing went side ways and some pieces jammed the tower and slipped the gear on the drive tower vague info led me to start at the beginning! I ll see what I can do! got a good runner power tower and another good runner compressor to put on going to potter away at it this week and next he wanted to use it this week end ! I said Nope I'm RETIRED I'll getter done at my pace! Maybe next weekend!

Yup at 93 Moms had a good run !Her mind has slipped bad and now the body is starting to fail! I kind of wish that she could have a compressor failure  like the super dog !  Just quit! The state she is in right now is not good she's not suffering too bad But Its Not A nice thing to watch! Difference is the super dog will live to run another day ! She will not Physically! She will move on to what ever happens next! She is not eating but two table spoons per meal she is drinking water but that's it !  If you had a pet that was in her condition you would put it out of its misery! By what ever means ! Unfortunately that's not how  we were raised and Her Lutheran back ground  is solid!

This here little job has helped me focus on other shit ! been nice to think about other stuff , other than the morbid stuff were going to have to deal with next! Think that's why I come here to start with makes me have to think when guys have problems with Macks or trucks in general I can  Try think it thru and try to help out ! Takes me out of the Moment !

[1958 F.W.D.]

Speaking of V8 Therapy.......Our new firetruck has an X15 605hp (73,000lb ladder truck) when it is in lower RPM's going up a hill, it has that pop pop pop pop pop sounds like an E9 or a 3408. Makes me moist. 

[BOBWhite]

X15 might just be the last great motor there is. I haven't read about too many major problems and it seems like the emission systems finally figured out. I truck with that motor is a great investment. 

 

[BOBWhite]

10 hours ago, fjh said:

Yup at 93 Moms had a good run !Her mind has slipped bad and now the body is starting to fail! I kind of wish that she could have a compressor failure  like the super dog !  Just quit! The state she is in right now is not good she's not suffering too bad But Its Not A nice thing to watch! Difference is the super dog will live to run another day ! She will not Physically! She will move on to what ever happens next! She is not eating but two table spoons per meal she is drinking water but that's it !  If you had a pet that was in her condition you would put it out of its misery! By what ever means ! Unfortunately that's not how  we were raised and Her Lutheran back ground  is solid!

We went through the same thing with my grandma last year. Whenever we'd visit and she'd forgot who her grandchildren and children were and even be scared of them it was the same feeling. This form and others help keep my mind off the morbid stuff. 

[mechohaulic]

my Father left us back in '97 at 73 yrs old; cancer took a long painful yr to take him. my mother ( not a nice person-hated everyone. ) was 91 when she left  in2019. year before she left, we were all sitting at the convalescent home.  doc said her mind is going. she looks across the table ; sees me and yells " you Son of a Bit-- what are you doing there. Loudly I says " see she hasn't lost her mind, still remembers me. True story . 

[fjh]

On 1/18/2023 at 6:12 PM, Onyx610 said:

We need pics bro!

 There  ya go buddy ! some pics not much to see! had a couple of hours today so got it to the point you see it at the bottom! The truck is a toy ! So I drained the oil rinsed the valley and front cover with varsol  got the tower back on today depending on how stuff goes with Mom will shove the fuel pump p/s and compressor on next week Hopefully  see how it goes ! first pic is the failed compressor , 2 is the fuel pump drive gear, 3 valley,4  old power tower 5 is the toy it self , 6 is the tower back on as it sits at the moment! I'm Going to change the pump gear and hope the pump cam didn't get bent, jam it in there and time it and hope for the best !

[Freightrain]

Lost my mother last May at 93.  She was failing for about the last 3 yrs.  Assisted living, then nursing home for the last few months.  It was a horrible thing to watch.  We laughed too about how she would cuss like a drunken sailor sometimes..... we'd say "yup, she's still like her old self!".  She was a tough cookie, thus where I get my attitude sometimes.

 

FJH , love the ol Dog.  Gives you great satisfaction to be able to make the young ones scratch their head when they can't just "plug it in"!

[Onyx610]

Awesome!! Nice truck too. Love the pics, thanks for sharing. 

[fjh]

4 hours ago, Freightrain said:

Lost my mother last May at 93.  She was failing for about the last 3 yrs.  Assisted living, then nursing home for the last few months.  It was a horrible thing to watch.  We laughed too about how she would cuss like a drunken sailor sometimes..... we'd say "yup, she's still like her old self!".  She was a tough cookie, thus where I get my attitude sometimes.

 

FJH , love the ol Dog.  Gives you great satisfaction to be able to make the young ones scratch their head when they can't just "plug it in"!

Well bro it’s kinda visa/versa on that statement! Iffin I had the brain capability I would have learned that shit also so my hats off to them guys for leaning that stuff! That said if you don’t have the mechanical end your kind of screwed just knowing the computer end! I had only removed a power tower once this way to re bush it! Never had a failure that put it a 1/4 turn out of time before! Spent a half hour primeing and checking lines and shit before checking the timing after finding the chip in the pump drive gear! Oh well! As for the mom situation it is that same issue with the hospital the backend doesn’t know front end is doing! It’s the same game as working on stuff get a good doctor making the right calls  you get a decent result if not your

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[fjh]

On 1/20/2023 at 9:16 AM, Onyx610 said:

Awesome!! Nice truck too. Love the pics, thanks for sharing. 

Yup you bet its a sweetie! Got it back up and running yesterday seems to be all healed up I may tweek the timing a little in the coming weeks It is a little to smokey on startup when its cold for my liking ! spec was 17 on this I may bump to 20 just cause! we will see want him to go pull some weight with it before I make the call on this! 

So therapy is over for awhile for me it was fun while it lasted ! Mean while Mom got the Norwalk virus so Now she's in isolation with three other lady's in the same room shes worse off now than  she went in in some ways! Un fortunately that's how it goes when your in an over crowded hospital! 

[fjh]

On 1/19/2023 at 9:47 AM, BOBWhite said:

X15 might just be the last great motor there is. I haven't read about too many major problems and it seems like the emission systems finally figured out. I truck with that motor is a great investment. 

 

Bob you may be right  about the x15 However Every time I hear one of these take off from a stop it sounds like they are coming apart under the hood! They sound ugly to me ! Don't know what it is some sort of fuel knock or something! I'm not a huge Cummins Fan having had to deal with there political jargon if your running one of there engines and there is and issue with it! We had a few Cummins powered trucks and if you don't have a Cummins trained Dude on staff For that particular engine  to bandaid the thing your likely to get stiffed  if you got a warranty concern! 

 So the  Mom is scheduled to come out of the Mash unit this week Maybe and straight to a care home if she don't catch another disease be for she gets there! here's for hoping! 

[D-Day]

Finally got the 865 to the shop for the B755 project got a lot of work to do before I start a thread on this but I’m working on it