Spq14 Austin

Well its the last week to blog right?

This week ive been doing services and and working on the 500 loader. There has been an error code popping up and finally tracked down the problem. There was sediment at the bottom of the tank and clogging the fuel filter. It would be at half power then the code would blink. Thats when i knew it was fuel related. Now i got to drop the tank and clean the tank.
Got to learn how much a pain it is to change belts on those. You have to take off most of the engine panels to even get close. After a couple hours it was all done.

Hours: 47
Total: 398

Spq14 Austin

Its been a crazy week from break downs, to filling in for people. I learned about a new bearing system that the shop got and the bearing press.

Still no luck with my accounts so if you need to get a hold of me my number is 3606313962

Did some trouble shooting on my lights on my truck. It is was a wiring sauder problem.

I also had a question on when im done blogging?

Hours 40
Total 341

Woke up this morning and it said "publish error, network error" i did it last night at 945!

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This week at work we put the new mixer drum on and installed everything from the water tank to hydraulic hoses. I now know the routine in need to complete it so it's nice to be able to not ask questions.
I got a bonus because i've been working hard and putting a lot of effort into my projects. They are very pleased. I still cant log in for your fyi.
I did some electrical work on my truck and train horn.

Hours 40
Total 289

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Past week it was wet! Been running the loader everyday all day. Did and oil change and service. Super fun forgetting soaked isn't lighting. I can't log into anything from school or email so if you are trying to reach me I'm sorry.

I've had some difficulty with co-workers but after not taking any of their craps I am getting more respect. I wish I would have done it sooner.

Did a recent air dryer rebuild and did some leak repairing a servo and PTO.

Hours 37
218

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This past week I got to run the loader a lot and learned ways the bucket can fall slowly.

Did some wiring and trouble shooting. Am I all caught up on everything? My email isn't working.

Hours: 43
Total: 174

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This past week I've been working hard up at our plant in Darrington. Working 12's and more. Learned to run the controls for the plant and how to wire the plant.

Did a starter, ran the loader, jumped the trucks,ran the plant, etc.

Hours: 63
Total: 131

Spq14 Austin

This past week Ifinally graduated! Ive been working 10 hour days to get my 300 hours.

Finished all my assignments and was wondering if i still have to blog once i get 30 hours. I replaced hydraulic hises on the loader in Darrington and that wasmy first time cutting, fitting abd installing. Itfun to learn new stuff.

total hours 439

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This week I have been been taking my cylinder apart and am almost done with measurements. All I have to do is assemble it back together and adjust valves. By tomorrow it should be getting back together. I've done the horn, windshield wiper, and the injector balance test, and the ford ids. I'll do six probably tomorrow.

Hours this week 29
Total 402

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Quiz pictures for #7

This week I have been taking my cylinder apart and now doing measurements. 
Its fun finding all the parts that need to be measured. I learned about transmission bands and different parts of the tranny in my truck.

hours this week: 27
hours: 341

Spq14 Austin

This week I have been working on my tranny in my truck. Did some research on why it wasn't shifting from 2nd to 3rd. Its the valve body that tells the computer to shift the transmission.

When I was going over the pass my turbo seemed like it wasn't responding and super high boost but felt gutless. I'm going to to have to do research on what's going on.

I learned this week about how a valve body on a transmission works and it helped me understand the concept of a tranny just a bit more. I am very interested in learning more.

Hours this week 37
Total 307

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This past week we finished the engine and it was fun but I am glad it is done. Now onto the 3516 engine tomorrow. It was a great learning experience on how to find and assemble different parts of the engine I wasn't familiar with.

This past week I have been waiting for the tranny parts to arrive so it can be installed on my truck. Today we got the tranny on the jack and going to be installing it tomorrow. Learning from Bill of the different parts and functions of a tranny. Today I learned about the actual definition and gave me a visual of a torque converter and the benefits from a single to a triple.


We went to Kenwoth and got another great tour. 
It's crazy how detailed and clean it is. I never noticed how big the oil trucks they make are. 
Its just amazing to me and the different places they are shipped and how many trucks each plant makes a day.

Hours 30

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This past week I signed up for Alcoa foundation. It will be nice to work with some new people and help me pay for tools with their help.

This past week Travis and I have been measuring all the measurements needed for our Mercedes diesel engine. I have looked at the book for a long time. I found out the correct measurements and was amazed how far off they were. We finished the engine worksheet and Travis will post the paper on his blog.

I took my tranny out of my truck and am rebuilding it. I did the testing on the temperature sensor on the board.

Hours this week: 31

I guess I didn't post the pictures from the worksheet from last week so here they are.