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Jun 26, 2013 | 05:03 PM

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cheezit

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fisrt thanks mike.
second most of them are pto pumps, not air pump but smae basic thing. that add a bunch of time to the job. common on tow trucks.

Jun 26, 2013 | 05:11 PM

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Originally Posted by Christof13T

I am the shop.

A kid has this truck... he wants to make it just happy enough to sell it so he can get a 7.3...

So...
What if anything does an onboard air compressor have to do with an injector r&r?

Thinking im going to pass on working on this 6 leaker... not worth the headache.

Thanks for the input guys.

then look in the TECH folders, theres a process to change the Injects . you may want to read up do a few and then set your price range don't forget, that when ford charges there paying for a large over head marked up parts list . so not everybody charges the same ( close but not the same).

Jun 26, 2013 | 05:35 PM

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well asking what labor time is a rather open ended question. so i provided an example of why it may be more then the avarage

Jun 26, 2013 | 06:37 PM

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Originally Posted by MisterCMK

Then why are you asking what the labor times are? You should already have that information.

My book has a "N/A" next to everything 6.0 fuel system related ... its wierd.

I dont normally work on 6.0's but ...a friend of a friend in need...
Not looking to make easy money... just looking to help out when i can.
Learning more about the situation kinda swayed me to not do it...
Kid owned truck... ragged out... and he wants to "get it running good enough to sell it"
To me... bad kharma

I just started z new job.. running z cnc mill department... in z spiffy new machine shop.
So 8-5 there kinda takes the wind out of me for extra curricular activities...
A tired 3hr job can easily become a very frustrated 6 hour job...

Jun 26, 2013 | 08:30 PM

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it takes me about 45min - an hour a side in a shop... if it goes well. sometimes the last guy has striped a few oil rail bolts

Jun 26, 2013 | 09:10 PM

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Originally Posted by cheezit

it takes me about 45min - an hour a side in a shop... if it goes well. sometimes the last guy has striped a few oil rail bolts

If you wanna drive down here to Victoria you could probably scoop this job if you want it...

Jun 26, 2013 | 09:20 PM

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i charge more then the local shops to do side work

Jun 26, 2013 | 09:53 PM

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Originally Posted by cheezit

it takes me about 45min - an hour a side in a shop... if it goes well. sometimes the last guy has striped a few oil rail bolts

What do you do in this case? I was thinking you can grind the heads of the bolt off.

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Jun 26, 2013 | 10:11 PM

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What do you do in this case? I was thinking you can grind the heads of the bolt off.

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I would bet cheezit has the whole Bolt extraction Kit

Jun 27, 2013 | 06:07 PM

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I would bet cheezit has the whole Bolt extraction Kit

got 4 different styles
there are trick the last thing you want to do is cut/grind the heads off just do to the metal shaving have to go somewere.
the other issue is there is little to know grinding room.
i have used an air more then once