once again pulling cabs is pointless. no need to do it that way.

 

I am not a tech. I do construction consulting. I, actually my nephew Brian, have replaced head gaskets and installed ARP studs without rising the cab or disassembling the front end. We also replaced an engine. We removed the front end parts from the bumper back and pulled the engine out the front. Cheezit told me I could do it, he was right.

Regards

 

Those of you seeking opinions on Bill Hewitt, here are opinions of FIVE Ford Diesel Certified Dealership techs:
There you have it. Posts from FIVE techs. Members, draw your own conclusions.

 

and still for some reason Im unchanged hes a DB

 

Just curious, has anyone watched Bill's master mechanic series videos he has on his website. looks like you can pay $100 for a month and get detailed info on basic repairs for the 6.0. just wondering if anyone has seen them and if its worth the investment. thanks

 

crap for $100/ month you can bring a lawn chair to my stall. You may learn something that way.
sorry just not a fan of the guy.

 

[quote=cheezit;8843753]crap for $100/ month you can bring a lawn chair to my stall. You may learn something that way.
sorry just not a fan of the guy.[/quote

Just courious, have you ever spoke to the fella? or just watched the vids on youtube? i wonder if he has had any kind of formal training/education....

 

never spoke to the guy, I listened to a few of his what ever you want to call them.
After seeing them I also wonder if he has an education

 

I wouldn't pay $100 to see his vids.

 

Look at his reviews two posts up from yours. The guys that are quoted are all techs, like cheezit, that have been on various PSD forums for many years.

 

go on to any board like this one and ask the same question.

 

I have a 2000 7.3 and was trying to avoid the local dealership. I searched for advice on my fuel filter and first came across Bill's website. I thought that his video was helpful and after finding that his shop was located less than 5 miles from a relative, I thought that I had found someone to take care of my truck. I am a second owner of this truck and it began to surge and buck. It acted as though it was either starving for fuel or air, water was in the system, or that the transmission was trying to shift and was bucking in and out of overdrive. The truck would start and idle perfectly. At slow speeds the engine would surge. At increased speeds the transmission would buck. I changed the fuel filter and it improved for a few days and would return. I changed the air filter and the same thing happened. I took the truck to Power Stroke Help in Buford, Georgia and was introduced to Bill Hewitt. I thought that I was in good hands seeing only Power Stroke trucks in the lot. I described the problems to him and he said that it could be an IPR. I didn't know what one was. He said that it was a common cause of failure. He also told me that the fuel filter in the tank could be stopped up because I had a ten year old truck. Sounded logical to me. He kept the truck overnight to check it cold in the am. I went to see him the next afternoon because no one would answer or return my calls. He said that he could not find a fault code, but changed out the filter in the tank. Could not find any problems during test drives. He wanted the truck one more night. The next day he changed my oil and said trhat he thought that the truck did something odd and replaced the IPR at $280 plus labor. All told I left his shop after paying him $808 for cleaning my fuel tank, replacing the filter in the tank, an oil change, and an IPR valve. He told me that there were no fault codes and thinks that this should fix my problems. 70 miles later the problems returned. Same as when I changed the air and fuel filter. It got worse each day thereafter. I took the truck to the Ford dealer in Jasper and they immediately called me and asked if I had an aftermarket chip in the truck. I told them that I was a second owner and did not know. They found a chip and told me that they had to remove it because they could not communicate with the ECM. Why didn't Bill Hewitt know this? He just threw parts at my truck. He couldn't find any fault codes because he never figured out that he wasn't properly hooked up to the ECM. The after market chip had failed and that it why I was having problems. Ford also found a bad U-joint and fixed that as well. $800 to Power Stroke Help with no results. $243 to Ford and they fixed the problem and upgraded my computer. Truck always shifted hard between gears. I thought that it had a shift kit. NO. After removing the chip, the truck shifts smoothly. I feel as though I was screwed and will never let Power Stroke Help touch my truck again. I am still trying to justify to myself that the new parts that they put on was just a very expensive tune up, but I keep thinking that I just threw away $800.

 

well look at it this way if it helps. The in tank socks on a 7.3 plug up and will cause late hard shifting and loss of power. Its not that hard to figure out id thats the issue though a quick 15 min or less test would have told him that was an issue or not. IMO on a 10 year old truck they most likly needed attention. We dont see a many IPR valves fail on 7.3's. So far as the oil change goes. thats also a needed on 7.3 many times to do any type of diag.
The ford IDS is very picky when it comes to chips and we have lots of issues tring to deal with them when it comes to 7.3's for soem reason. I dont think the aftermarket scaners are as prone to that.
I can tell you that many indy shops seem cheeper on the front end with quotes for repairs. In the long haul the dealer will win with less parts and less time. We may screw it up too but the odds are better going somewere that has done a lot more of one product then a little bit of evey product out there.

 

I agree that he is not reliable. I do want to say that he was the first to show everything about these trucks. Well not everything but he presented allot of info regardless of the many faults.

 

I agree with you. That is why I trusted him. I thought that the negative feedback was from dealership mechanics who were unwiling to think outside of the box. There were a few posts that said that he was ok and those were the posts that I relied upon when I took my truck to him. My point was that if he is as good as he says, then how did he not know that he wasn't communicating with the control module? I don't know the first thing about it myself. I couldn't hook up a computer and diagnose an engine, but I am not a mechanic and don't claim to be. I was actually defending him at first stating that possibly he was misled by a junior mechanic who told him that there were no fault codes and he assumed that his mechanic correctly checked the ECM. The Ford mechanic knew immediately that he wasn't reading the module. Why did this other guy not know this? Or was it Bill himself? There are enough posts to say that this guy isn't the best. I am only providing my experience for others to make an informed opinion. More qualified techs state that he provides some bizarre tips. Again, since I am not a mechanic, I can't comment on this. I think that I would know if I was looking at a blank screen and deciding that there were no fault codes versus a screen that was giving was version of a program that I was connected to and a menu of what I wanted to do. Anyway, bottom line is my truck is repaired. Money is very tight at my house and this is $800 that I really didn't need to spend at this time. I could have had it repaired for $243 rather than over $1000. A learning experience. I will be taking my truck back to the dealer for future service and scheduled maintence.