My First Major Problem
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My First Major Problem
I was at work yesterday and it was minus 40ish with the wind. Anyways I started my truck up and let it idle for about half an hour.
During that half hour I had the one pully sieze up on me, and when i went outside to my truck the belt had slipped off and I had no charging, p/s or p/b.
So I took it into the shop, it took me about 15 minutes to yank the pully assembly off (the assembly right under the a/c).
It took me a half hour to wait for the ford parts department to open.
Another 15 minutes for the fella to get the part and tell me they dont sell replacement pullys, just the whole assembly.
Took me another 15 minutes to put the assembly back on and test it out.
Took me another half hour to clean up the inside of my truck, it was in a nice heated shop, how could I resist!
I had even overfilled my p/s before and enough leaked out from when i was turing the wheel with the belt off, that its now at the perfect level!
The brake pedal seems to be a little tighter now, no idea why, but all is good
During that half hour I had the one pully sieze up on me, and when i went outside to my truck the belt had slipped off and I had no charging, p/s or p/b.
So I took it into the shop, it took me about 15 minutes to yank the pully assembly off (the assembly right under the a/c).
It took me a half hour to wait for the ford parts department to open.
Another 15 minutes for the fella to get the part and tell me they dont sell replacement pullys, just the whole assembly.
Took me another 15 minutes to put the assembly back on and test it out.
Took me another half hour to clean up the inside of my truck, it was in a nice heated shop, how could I resist!
I had even overfilled my p/s before and enough leaked out from when i was turing the wheel with the belt off, that its now at the perfect level!
The brake pedal seems to be a little tighter now, no idea why, but all is good
Last edited by preppypyro; Feb 10, 2008 at 08:13 AM.
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A light just came on! I was busting snow drifts this morning and when I got through the drifts, I didn't have any brakes. With disc brakes, I thought busting drifts wouldn't be a problem. After Lee's post, I remembered that the brakes are powered from the power steering pump which is run by the belt which can slip when dipped in snow. OK, problem solved. Well, not quite, as we still have a lot of hard snow drifts. Just that now I know what to plan for. Thanks guys, you are a great help.
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Sheldon, didn't mean to hijack your thread but I appreciated the insight.
Thanks for the reply, Dave, but if the discs were cold, would the snow stick to them enough to get them wet enough to fade? I had used them very little before they failed, but, like you said, came back quickly. It also depends which side of the belt runs the pump pulley as to how much it would slip, if it did.
Thanks for the reply, Dave, but if the discs were cold, would the snow stick to them enough to get them wet enough to fade? I had used them very little before they failed, but, like you said, came back quickly. It also depends which side of the belt runs the pump pulley as to how much it would slip, if it did.
Last edited by farmdad; Feb 10, 2008 at 01:08 PM.
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