Having a tough time
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Having a tough time
I finally got the oil cooler assembly out of the truck. It says to hammer a socket on the 2 ports till it seperates. I've been beating the crap out of it but nothing. Something strange, this truck had the coolant supply capped at the egr so no coolant went to the oil cooler. After removing the cooler it seems someone put small caps resembling freeze out plugs in the coolant ports on the oil cooler. Has anyone ever seen this and if I drill them out will it make the cooler easier to seperate from the housing. Also a small brass cylinder with a nipple on one end, hollow on the other, with a star clamp holding a piece of torn away rubber? over the nipple fell out of the cooler assembly from somewhere. Any ideas? Thinking about towing the truck with the bed full of parts to the shop and giving him my amex card. Please help.
Thanks for your time, Kelly
Thanks for your time, Kelly
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Time for a laugh
I got out my rotary hammer and hammered on one of those plugs, it went down a bit. So I hammered on the other, it exploded and covered me and the entire front of my house in burnt smelling old oil. When my wife comes home I'm toast.
Still cant get that cooler assembly apart. Might have to shell out for a new one, case and all. Time for a shower.
I got out my rotary hammer and hammered on one of those plugs, it went down a bit. So I hammered on the other, it exploded and covered me and the entire front of my house in burnt smelling old oil. When my wife comes home I'm toast.Still cant get that cooler assembly apart. Might have to shell out for a new one, case and all. Time for a shower.
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there should be 2 13mm nuts and 2 13 mm bolts. that hold the cooler on to the housing.
there are a total of 10 torx bolts that hold the covers on to housing.
I hope you have a pressure washer.
there are a total of 10 torx bolts that hold the covers on to housing.
I hope you have a pressure washer.
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Yes I do have a pressure washer, it will be in use asap. Does anyone know why those plugs were pressed into the oil cooler passages? Is this some kind of mod I've not heard of yet. If any one else finds them, don't take an impact hammer to them, what a mess.
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Yes We Do. I should have let him give my money back but it was exactly the truck I was looking for, and more obviously. Finally got the psgr side up pipe out and the new one half way in. Back to work.
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Thanks Sean, I know I will feel great when this is done and hopefully it fires up. I'm still happy I own this big red truck. Off topic if I may, my 28 yr old daughter lives in Medford. Probably not far from you. Thanks for all your words of encouragement. This is a pretty big job for a first timer. Oh I already had a stainless screen under the oil filter, 4 out of 6 sections were clogged but I could have cleaned it. Oh well, it was only $16.
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Did you support the oil cooler assembly between two short 2x4s like the instruction say to? I found it quite simple to take it all apart. Putting it back together was even easier, the instructions I received from MKM customs were pretty decent.
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It worked beautifully. A few taps on both sides with a hammer (a small block of wood so as not to damage the metal) and the old cooler popped right out.
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Yes I had the 2x6"s in my case since that's what I had laying around. The instuctions never mentioned prying off the piece where the blue or orange hose attaches from the EGR. But the pictures did. Once I pryed that piece off a couple sharp blows with the hammer seperated them nicely.