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Any body know what the torque spec is for a gear nut on a wabco air compressor that is In a 08 volvo d13 ?

It's here. Time to put a new air compressor on the truck. Should go pretty easy considering it's the second time around.

Can't wait to get new air compressor . I am finding myself  watching for fedex to  Deliver it. I looked out the window. Is It here yet Nope. I looked out the end of the driveway is here yet nope. Asked wife is it here yet Nope. Ask the neighbor is it here yet? Nope. This is taking forever. One more question does anybody know if it's here yet????

So the other day I walked out to the end of the drive way. Looked over at the truck and noticed a new oil stain on the ground. Crawled under it and realized the oil pan plug was lose. Just got this thing serviced. Sombody at the truck shop has some explaining to do.

Finished a project that required the ground to be thawed out. Now i'm back to working on my air compressor issue. Confirmed today sump plugs are leaking oil on the bottom of the air compressor. Going to go ahead and buy new air compressor. If they don't Ask for a Core I will repair old compressor and put it on the shelf for a spare. If you have rust issues might want to check those sump plugs. Our sump plugs We're pretty Corroded with rust . They were paper thin. That is why they started leaking.

6 hours ago, Chalkie said:

What article? There is no link.

 

Look up wired to fish. It was on Google this morning.

If you like to go fishing and Own a livestope fish finder check this Article out. 12. states to Ban livestope sonar. The fish and game department would like to push this national. What's your thoughts? Might just put Fun back in To fishing more of a challenge.

7 hours ago, Darryl&Rita said:

Sure, great idea. We need more undersized tow units on the road. /S

Can't see how this is going to work.seems like a train wreck waiting to  happen. 

GM files for Patent on new tow assist system. What do you all think about this? Found it on Google this morning.

2 hours ago, Wrknrvr said:

    Just by chance could those plugs be fixed. Are they threaded. Or not. If your take it off you could look at that option. I have no idea what engine this is on. Or what compressor you are working on.

     Several years ago I put a GM transfer case and a GM truck transmission in my 1990 Jeep. I had to separate them before installing them. The transfer case in a pickup truck is tilted to low to fit in a Jeep. So I drilled new bolt holes in the adapter between them. To index it properly. Bolted every thing together and it worked.

   Loaded the Jeep up in its position for travels. Next day there was a puddle on oil under the Jeep.

  In all that excitement I did not put a $9.95 gasket between the adapter and the transfer case.    That was a lot of work to put a new gasket in it, trying to save $9.95.

 

   

  Working on a 08 D13 volvo they look like soft plugs they're pretty rusted it out.  The compressor is made by wabco.

 So what's your opinions on buying a reman Air compressor off of Amazon  Or eBay Are they any good.

So bye now  everybody out there  knows about my air compressor issues. We were feeling pretty good thinking we got the oil leak stopped. Everything went good took it for a test drive    Oil leak is still there. It seems now, that I've got the oil cleaned up,  The leak Is coming from the sump plugs on the air compressor. I knew I should have tossed that piece of junk and Put in a new air compressor. At least this time around I know how to pull an air compressor. It won't be my 1st time.

  Air compressor job done. Now time to move on to the next Is project.

5 minutes ago, rickeieio said:

Having a wife willing to get greasy is a wonderful thing.  My wife has been under the trucks many times, often with an impact wrench in hand.  We're pretty lucky.

 Yes we most definitely are.

 I'm not as flexible as I was 40 years ago. So the easiest way I could get to this compressor was to remove the left front tire the inner   Fender And remove the   steering shaft.  I had  Great help my wife was even out there getting her hands greasy. May have to take her out to dinner tonight . She deserves it. I know of a least one bloody knuckle She got. She kept her cool .Didn't throw   any wrenches.  Not even any explicit construction language.

 So we decided to take on the  oil leak Where the air compressor is mounted to the bell housing. Found out Prior to us messing with it somebody had stripped the bolt closest to the block. Oh what fun!! Now I know why it was leaking. After a bunch of explicit explicit construction language I manage to get it fixed And we are on our way to getting this back together . What a project.

 Yup you guys are absolutely right 50 pounds right on the nose .We pulled our compressor today And  thought we'd go ahead and   weigh it. So after spending Over $900 for service We knew the air compressor was leaking oil They gave me a  quote For $1500 To fix it and install a $20 o ring. Nope  They are not getting any more money  From me so we took it on ourselves.

9 hours ago, rickeieio said:

This morning we had the privilege of traversing Houston on I-10.  I was so thrilled I could barely stand it.  While doing my light check, I saw the turn signals worked on the rv, but if they were on the same time as the running lights and/or brakes, the back up lights were on instead of the red lights.  Well, time was running short, we won't be using multiple lights, mostly just turn signals.  Beat the heavy traffic......

We made it to the new c/g, got situated, and dove into the light issue.  I always check for bad grounds first, as it's most likely the problem.  In the cheesy little junction box under the nose of the trailer, I found 6 ground wires, joined by three wire nuts, two parasite clips (Scotch Locs), and one grounding screw.  Grrr.....  I cleaned it all up and joined the wires to two grounding screws, plus the ground wire from the truck,  No change in malfunctions.  Started checking any wiring I'd altered/touched in past months, and all was fine.  Unplugged wire from back up lights, both at the trailer and in Jackalopee.  No change.  Classic signs of bad ground, but where?

I decided to roll under the rear of the trailer and find the wiring harness supplying the back up lights and check for abrasions or breaks.  While tugging and cussing, I commented that a particular loom had 5 wires in it.  DW, doing her part to cheer me on, asked what the two wires were going to a bolt in the frame.......Duh.  What color are those wires?  White she replies.  I asked where she saw them, reached around a frame member to find them and they weren't attached.  Both were broken, and the ground lug was thick with rust.

Stripped back to clean copper, scraped the frame to get clean metal, new bolt and all is well.  Only 3 1/2 hours of Houston heat and humidity, and 1/2 gallon of sweat.

It's nearly always the ground.

 Yup I feel your pain. That was my headlight issue . Bad  ground.

 Going to have to change out  Air compressor gasket. Does anybody know how much the air compressor weighs on a D13?

 Anybody try this on their aluminum wheels  To clean them?

 all great ideas thanks

1 minute ago, runaway parents said:

Ouch that going to take a  bite out your wallet.

 I do have a question for you what do you do with your waste oil? When I used to change my  my pickup oil. I used to take it back to the automotive stores. After being burned on my last oil change I'm going to start doing it myself. Our automotive store don't take large quantities of used oil Any ideas?

40 minutes ago, jenandjon said:

I guess I don't get too excited because we have numerous pieces of equipment and at any given time one of them is in the shop. Right now, our Silage chopper is in the shop getting a head gasket. Also have 2014 Kw ISX Cummins in another shop. It was building pressure blowing the coolant out. Currently waiting for them to tell me if it's a head gasket or a dropped liner. 

What really sucks is the chopper got a new head gasket last year. Why is it blowing 2 in 2 years. I ran it personally. Never got hot never used oil. Looking at the side of the engine one morning and it's covered in oil and losing compression to the outside. 

Ouch that going to take a  bite out your wallet.

  It seems my feeling was justified. Found    oil leak in Air Compressor.  $1500 To repair it. $50  worth of parts  the rest labor. Aint going to happen. We're going do it ourselves.Time to role up our sleeves and get  dirty. 

 OK. I may get  ridiculed for this. But a old truck driver thought me this. Take a piece  of garden hose put one end near  suspected  leak the other end close to your ear. BUT NOT TO CLOSE WE DONT WANT TO BLOW OUT ANY EAR DRUMS.I am talking about 6 inches away from your ear the closer you get the louder it gets do this carefully. Move  other end around to another place  and repeat.  It is kind of like using a stethoscope. I use this method and it has not failed  me yet. Dose not need batteries.