Now here is something that gets my blood going



If you can't tell the top of that engine comes about to my head. Its really awesome. I was nerves after all the school that I had been though and working with all of my automobile buddy's that I wouldn't like to work on diesel engines but these past two days in the shop have been great.

I also am thankful for my instructor being one of the best I have had yet. He yells at everyone to keep them in line and goes around the shop looking for anyone that needs help. He is actually trying to help us learn something! Who would have thought?
We were able to fire up our engine before we started taking them apart and I was sold as the first one turned over.

The ground shook.

My eyes must have been so wide as my teacher let the six cylinders roar to a peak. I listend to the whistle of the turbo charger and felt lines pules with the idle. When he cut it off I was grinning ear to ear and noticed that about half my class was the same way. Diesel was awesome.

I'm glad we only did one at a time because there are a lot of these engines.


Here is a picture of the crankshaft out of one of them. The specs very, but this one weighs about five hundred pounds.


We just about got done taking them apart and I really do need this one to run when I am finished.



Thankfully its not falling apart. My last engine was broken when I got to it and my teacher said "just do what you can...". Well when all your bolts are broke and your manifold doesn't seal there's really not to much we can do. In this class we noticed that a few of our bolts were missing. I told our teacher and he said "Hang on I will go get you some new ones."
Diesel is Awesome..

Not to fear though, for all you auto techs who read this blog. I still work at badyear tire and I have lots of automobiles to deal with and talk about. I did a double take at this truck just the other day. I thought I had seen it some where before and then noticed that its the same truck that Ben has been building. Almost... its a 1970 and Ben's is a '69... and this one is not broken.



Also I get to see all the cars that I'm never going to own. On purpose. The list includes:
Anything made by Mercedes
A GMC Acadia
Anything by VW (Right now there are two Jettas in the shop that we have to push back in every night) (Sorry Angela)
A Mazda CX-7 and CX-9 (I know I used to like those)
kia, hyundai, most Fords, honda SUVS and trucks, and anything that has enough voltage to kill me. (Hybirds)
I know, I'm trying not to be a snob, but I am.

They work us really hard over there and don't give us a lot of down time. I took a picture of the break room.



There should be a sing that says "DO NOT USE" just to top it off.

There is something Wrong with you Ty-Rod

I have been nicknamed Ty-Rod at work. It is after the tie rod in the steering and suspension systems of cars and trucks.
Oh well it's better then my last job's nick name.... Ty-Stick.

Work has been going well and I get along with all the people there even though they give me weird nick names. But today I was approached by several of my co-workers after I had pulled out a car. They had that look on there faces like they had just been talking about me while I was out of the shop.
"There is something wrong with you T-Rod" said my manager. (T-Rod is short for Ty-Rod, who knew) "Yeah, we can't figure it out but there must be something really bad about you" said Will, a co-worker. "You don't drink, you don't smoke, you don't cuss, you don't go out, there has to be something that's just awful about you. We don't know what it is yet but we're going to find out!"
"I don't know" I said "I'm not really that good of a person."
"Come on" said my manager "There has to be something that you do."
I thought about it for a little while trying to think through the many sins I have that I could tell them about and then I knew what it was.
"I love rock-n-roll!"
They all laughed and didn't really think that it was a good answer but it has been doing good for me for a long time. Rock-n-roll is one of the best and worst things about life, just like all the terrible things that they like to do.

They're all going to hell... not really, but seriously, they are.

This is how you fix an exhaust leek in Tennessee

Just cut the whole thing off

This is what I have been doing at school




Dear God let this engine run when we put it back together.