Hmm. Not sure what to think.

vanderchevy18 · Jan 25, 2012

Ran across this on craigslist. Not sure whether to laugh or be interested. LOL

http://wichita.craigslist.org/pts/2796447289.html

HaysKSFirefighter · Jan 25, 2012

Pretty sure it's this Steve just trying to get more beer money LOL

http://www.youtube.com/watch?nomobile=1&v=30InBgGhiSo

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David N · Jan 25, 2012

Ask if he has one for a 7.3. That should tell you whether he knows his stuff.

Mdub707 · Jan 25, 2012

What's so funny about it?

Atsah · Jan 25, 2012

Mdub707 said:
What's so funny about it?

:whs:

silverpsd_06 · Jan 25, 2012

Sounds legit go find out when your ficm craps on your new sick leaker vander :slap:

Atsah · Jan 25, 2012

There is a guy that repairs them in TX for $89.00 and that includes him shipping it back to ya.. Lots of people doing it.. It isn't that hard if you have some soldering skills and a few spare components hanging around.. This guy says he comes to you, so no down time and he gets $250.. Not bad if your dead in the water and you have no soldering skills.. I like what Swamps does for the FICM.. $550.00 to rebuild and upgrade to 58V is not a bad deal IMO, that is if you can wait a week or so..

vanderchevy18 · Jan 25, 2012

I guess its just funny because around here I wouldn't trust any of the shops to even change my oil. Now there's some guy pops up repairing ficms saying that if the truck starts like crap its the ficm. I can only guess how many have bought into this getting their ficm screwed with by somebody who more than likely is a hack, and their problem is probably stiction or glow plugs. I wouldn't trust this guy to fill my truck up with fuel, and I don't even know who it is.

vanderchevy18 · Jan 25, 2012

That's just around here. I can count on one hand the number of people who drive Powerstrokes or supposedly works on them, that know what a high pressure oil pump is. Let alone an ficm.

MorganY · Jan 25, 2012

hey I put my ad on craigslist for diesel repair....I was lucky enough to have the owner of texas exclusive to employ me. Im doing simple stuff like injectors, swapping turbos, HPOP's..Im very thankful he trusted me..however he watched me like a hawk the first couple of jobs lol

HaysKSFirefighter · Jan 26, 2012

Younger1993 said:
hey I put my ad on craigslist for diesel repair....I was lucky enough to have the owner of texas exclusive to employ me. Im doing simple stuff like injectors, swapping turbos, HPOP's..Im very thankful he trusted me..however he watched me like a hawk the first couple of jobs lol

I wish someone would do that up here! I could use a job like Lindsay Lohan could use a shot of penicillin...there just aren't any in our area...I could do the working on trucks...only problem is there aren't any shops around here :doh: Didn't Obama say he was going to create jobs....I'm calling shenanigans on that.

SDS97_7.3 · Jan 26, 2012

HaysKSFirefighter said:
I wish someone would do that up here! I could use a job like Lindsay Lohan could use a shot of penicillin...there just aren't any in our area...I could do the working on trucks...only problem is there aren't any shops around here :doh: Didn't Obama say he was going to create jobs....I'm calling shenanigans on that.

I swear to God I'm going to pistol whip the next guy who says, Shenanigans.

HaysKSFirefighter · Jan 26, 2012

Hey Chris, what's the name of that restaurant you like with all the goofy chit on the walls and the mozzarella sticks?

Mdub707 · Jan 26, 2012

vanderchevy18 said:
I guess its just funny because around here I wouldn't trust any of the shops to even change my oil. Now there's some guy pops up repairing ficms saying that if the truck starts like crap its the ficm. I can only guess how many have bought into this getting their ficm screwed with by somebody who more than likely is a hack, and their problem is probably stiction or glow plugs. I wouldn't trust this guy to fill my truck up with fuel, and I don't even know who it is.

I hear that man. I fix FICM's on the side too and honestly a LOT of cold start problems are directly related to FICM's. I can even swap FICM's to get rid of "sticky injectors." I can take two FICM's, both reading 48V at all conditions, and one will simulate sticky injectors, and the other does NOT. Some idle smoother than others, some run better than others, and some are just junk even at 48V across the board.

vanderchevy18 said:
That's just around here. I can count on one hand the number of people who drive Powerstrokes or supposedly works on them, that know what a high pressure oil pump is. Let alone an ficm.

No doubt on that. It's actually quite depressing what a bad rep the 6.0 gets and most of it is incompetent technicians who can't diagnose squat.

Atsah said:
There is a guy that repairs them in TX for $89.00 and that includes him shipping it back to ya.. Lots of people doing it.. It isn't that hard if you have some soldering skills and a few spare components hanging around.. This guy says he comes to you, so no down time and he gets $250.. Not bad if your dead in the water and you have no soldering skills.. I like what Swamps does for the FICM.. $550.00 to rebuild and upgrade to 58V is not a bad deal IMO, that is if you can wait a week or so..

Yeah and FICMrepair.com or whatever does it for even cheaper, I still wouldn't send my stuff to them. You need to ask these places how they're testing them in and out, are they staking, are they replacing components. I do it for less money than the ad posted, but I don't go to anyones house. I send a good working unit out FIRST, with no core charge (no down time for the guy buying one), and every unit I send out is personally tested on my own truck. A test bench doesn't tell you squat, but how my truck starts in 0* weather tells me a LOT. I have a couple units on my bench right now that read 48V at all conditions, but the truck runs like complete garbage until its warm, then runs GREAT. Most would diagnose this as bad injectors, because the FICM tests good and my batteries are new. Guess what, a different FICM cures the issue though.... So even though some of these cheaper places can do a re-solder job, it doesn't mean they're "fixed!"
Just my 2 cents.

vanderchevy18 · Jan 26, 2012

You mean Shenanigans? You guys are talking about shenanigans right?

91turbogsx · Jan 26, 2012

vanderchevy18 · Jan 26, 2012

Mother of God! Man I wish I knew how to make that my avatar!! LOL

yeehaw · Jan 26, 2012

my truck used to start right up in the cold but it would throw a CEL for the ficm. It would also "stick" a little but til it warmed up. The swamps fixed this issue of course.