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rivera.christopher
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2d ago
Snapped a injector hold down bolt on a customer's 6.0 at 4pm on a Friday in Boise
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spencer_thomas4
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2d ago
Chased a no start on a 6.7 Cummins for 9 days and it turned out to be the ground strap I looked at twice
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mason499
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2d ago
Shoutout to the old timer in Tulsa who showed me the plastic gauge trick back in 2011
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fiona737
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2d ago
A lead tech told me to stop setting valve lash by feel, and he was dead right
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claire958
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3d ago
The week my 5.9 quit on I-80 and a $12 part fixed it
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the_holly
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3d ago
Rant: stopped by a truck stop outside Flagstaff and counted 6 rigs with zip-tied air lines, is this just normal now
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noah838
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4d ago
My old shop foreman swore by 30 weight in the fuel tank every oil change, and the injectors on my 7.3 lasted 340k
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tyler_hall9
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4d ago
PSA: spent $340 on a 'diesel tuner' box off a guy on Facebook and it just tricked the rail pressure sensor
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the_miles
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5d ago
I called BS on the fuel additive my boss swore by, then we tore down the injectors at 340,000 miles
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veraw47
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6d ago
Showerthought: a shop teacher in Dayton told me half his students can't read a micrometer
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riley_coleman
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6d ago
Tried ATF in the fuel tank on my 12 valve and the mileage thing nobody warns you about
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willow244
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7d ago
Wasted $230 on a "fuel saver" tuner for my 7.3 and all it did was throw codes
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the_jessica
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7d ago
I finally started pressure testing after a 20 year tech named Ray asked me one question
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phoenix_moore4
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7d ago
My old boss told me to skip the coolant test on a 6.7 and just toss in the water pump, cost me $1,900
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quinnj24
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8d ago
My intake boot went from cracked and whistling to quiet after 2 wraps of self fusing silicone tape
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