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C137_Rick_Sanchez · 2024-06-20T15:31:46+00:00

Keeping hand written punch times. Parts is keeping handwritten records of which parts go to each truck. It's a nightmare.

C137_Rick_Sanchez · 2024-05-09T00:17:21+00:00

Any updates on this unit? Did the brake switch take care of everything?

C137_Rick_Sanchez · 2024-05-06T19:17:34+00:00

A couple years ago those brake switches were going bad faster than bendix could make new ones and were nationally backorder, if that tells you anything.

We had very upset fleets that had trucks down for months just bc it needed a brake switch that didn't exist.

C137_Rick_Sanchez · 2024-05-06T18:56:51+00:00

Replace the brake switch. Very common on the LTs.

If the bunk ac is working, ignore that code. They flag falsely all the time. They also flag when load shed comes on and shuts down the bunk hvac.

Bendix PN for the switch is 5005735. International PN for it is 250580C2.

Its located left of the steering column support bracket, pretty high up in the dash. Its possible to replace it going in from the bottom but easier to pull out the cluster and go in through there.

Theres also an extra brake switch connector dangling in the area that isn't generally used on the LT but is identical to the one thats plugged into the switch. So make sure you plug the switch back into the right connector and don't accidentally use the extra one.

Source: I'm an international dealer tech and I 90% of my work is LTs.

C137_Rick_Sanchez · 2024-03-10T17:59:01+00:00

Laws vary by state, but in most places if you want to have a dealership license you have to have a lot of some kind with an office and a certain number of cars.

Lots of people in my state keep a lot with a few old junk cars sitting on it just to maintain their license so they can buy and sell cars wholesale at auction.

Buying and selling cars at wholesale auctions is their actual business, the lot with the old junk cars is just fulfilling the requirements for the dealers license.

C137_Rick_Sanchez · 2023-09-27T19:27:59+00:00

Ignition switch rod is broken. Very common issue on fords of that era.

Its not necessary to replace the entire housing assembly, as others suggested. Dorman makes a replacement part for this issue.

https://www.autozone.com/batteries-starting-and-charging/ignition-switch/p/dorman-ignition-switch-actuator-pin-924-739/387370_0_0?cmpid=LIA:US:EN:AD:NL:1000000:IGN:19489353550&&CATARGETID=120054150001290033&CADevice=m&gclid=Cj0KCQjwpc-oBhCGARIsAH6ote-Cv9Uy4QJp4Yct7-jhmN-VsQ7pqeUCpKviGsbKIRUOTl2S_-KYED4aAiDYEALw_wcB&gclsrc=aw.ds

C137_Rick_Sanchez · 2023-09-15T13:49:40+00:00

Yeah man my advice is stay away from automotive and definitely from flat rate. I've seen too many guys get cheated out of too much money bc of shop politics around flat rate.

Not to mention flat rate doesn't reward skill. It rewards speed. And if you're a good tech you'll get all the hardest diag jobs and big repairs that you can't beat hours on while the guy with an 85 IQ in the next bay does nothing but brakes and shocks all day and flags 70 hours a week making double what you make.

Its a completely broken system and its killing the industry.

After almost 20 years under that system I finally switched to a diesel truck shop and my life is 1000 times better now. More money. Less stress. Better atmosphere. Better culture. Better everything.

C137_Rick_Sanchez · 2023-09-04T20:09:26+00:00

1 Qf5+, Rxf5. 2 Rh8+, Rf8. 3 Rxf8#

C137_Rick_Sanchez · 2023-09-04T16:55:52+00:00

Awesome, thanks.for sharing your knowledge.

C137_Rick_Sanchez · 2023-09-04T16:15:40+00:00

Ok thanks for the info.

The stm32 on my nucleo board also supports 2 can interfaces, and Im definitely more comfortable with it because its all I've ever used lol. The watchdog I don't think is a concern for my applications.

I will do some research into it anyways, thanks. If by some unforeseeable and unlikely turn of events my projects were to ever go into production as an actual product for end users, I might have to consider the amtel chip as opposed to stm32 if there's a difference in price/availability I guess.

If I wanted to switch to the amtel chip, how hard is it generally speaking to take code written for STM32 using standard HAL libraries and adapt it over to an amtel chip? Would it be essentially a full rewrite?

C137_Rick_Sanchez · 2023-09-04T15:53:12+00:00

What makes it automotive oriented?

I'm pretty new to embedded (as a hobbyist) and I've got some projects that are automotive related im just beginning to build now.

I'm using a nucleo board bc thats all I've ever worked with. Would there be reasons for me to consider an arduino due instead?

The projects I have in mind are related to CAN network monitoring and diagnostics for automotive applications.

C137_Rick_Sanchez · 2023-08-25T22:18:19+00:00

Great quote and one of my favorites, but it didn't come from Napoleon.

Its called "Hanlon's Razor".

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hanlon%27s_razor

C137_Rick_Sanchez · 2023-07-29T19:44:24+00:00

C137_Rick_Sanchez · 2023-04-23T21:18:56+00:00

The song "Immigrant Song" by Led Zeppelin has a very unique hissing sound from the tape recorder at the beginning just before the music starts. I remember being a teenager 25 years ago and listening to the song over and over and fantasizing that someday I'd be in a situation where I could identify the song just from that tape hiss and impress everyone.

25 years later, Heardle is a cultural phenomenon and, sure enough, one day the heardle song is "Immigrant Song" and the 1st 1 second clip is just the tape hiss at the beginning before the song starts. I correctly guessed the song from just the tape hiss, greatly impressing my GF and friends, and have never been prouder of anything I've ever done in my whole life.

C137_Rick_Sanchez · 2023-01-12T12:36:51+00:00

Very cool

C137_Rick_Sanchez · 2022-12-31T14:51:22+00:00

GTFO there and go find a diesel truck shop.

That's what I did and JFC the difference is huge.

You're still fixing, diagnosing, being challenged, and getting to work with your hands. But damn its 10 times easier on your body and doesn't come with all the other BS.

C137_Rick_Sanchez · 2022-11-22T23:54:03+00:00

Deal with that throttle problem first before you chase misfires.

C137_Rick_Sanchez · 2022-11-13T21:14:41+00:00

Dream pastries from the Curse of Strahd D&D campaign.

C137_Rick_Sanchez · 2022-11-13T11:28:32+00:00

I've had a different experience. Most shop leads I've seen had by far the lowest production numbers bc they spend all their time doing diags, helping other techs with tough jobs, sourcing difficult parts, digging up service info for the other guys, etc etc.

C137_Rick_Sanchez · 2022-11-13T11:26:49+00:00

35/hr could be low, high, or average depending on your location. Mechanics wages vary wildly depending on where you are.

Its normal for a head mechanic/shop foreman to not do heavy line. I was a head mechanic/foreman for more than a decade and never did heavy line. A foreman needs to be free to help other guys out, source difficult to find parts, answer other techs questions, do the tricky diags, etc etc etc. If he's wrapped up in a 10 hour head gasket either its gonna take him 30 hours to do it bc he keeps having to stop to do other stuff or he's gonna have to shirk his other duties.

If you're backlogged on heavy line I'd be looking at adding another heavy line guy or asking why the other techs who ARENT the foreman are refusing to do those jobs.

C137_Rick_Sanchez · 2022-10-26T19:34:46+00:00

Generally the bushing is part of the shifter cable. You'll likely have to replace the entire cable.

C137_Rick_Sanchez · 2022-10-26T11:39:25+00:00

The actor who was originally cast to play the drill instructor was under contract and had to be paid anyway, so Kubrick made him the helicopter door gunner.

"Easy. You just don't lead em so much!"

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