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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.

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This week at work I've been taking apart a mixer so I can replace the drum, so far I've taken the water tank, z drive loose, the hatch cover, all new tires, kingpin and few misc. things. I've learned in class how to properly use a gauge to measure cylinder bore and use the micrometer properly and feel a lot more comfortable now. I feel like I've learned a lot these past couple weeks from research for our Mercedes engine.

This weeks Hours: 27

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This past week we have been doing electrical and sensors. Not much going on at work besides brakes and seals but practice makes perfect. I learned this past week about a pressure sensor and how they work. This week we are starting engines and we got the Mercedes.

Hours this week: 24.5

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This week I learned a lot! I learned how to properly install and take out a plug and crimp and also used the meter to find my voltage drop. There was a voltage drop through one of the plugs from being corroded and only having one prong in the plug so it would flicker from loose connection. Also learned about the heater grid for vehicles and the difference between glow plugs.

Been doing some research on my truck on how to tune it with my tuner. Adjusting the fuel pressure and air with other adjustments to smooth the spikes out. My truck is running a lot better.

Been doing some fabrication work and getting to be the go to guy for welding.

Hours: 59

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This past week we have been doing boards. Learned that it can be more than one problem. That one problem could be the same as another. Wednesday I think it was, I helped Travis move the engines and differential and I made a bracket for the Detroit engine and did some welding and fabrication.

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Week 1
This week we did boards and our tests on the computer. Did all the boards besides the ones that were missing. Been working still and getting some hours in on electrical at work too. I did my resistors for my headlights but no luck, also got my chip for my truck and doing some dumping and tuning to my truck.

Hours 23