Contagion?

[sumdumguy]

Good lawyers make quick work of jerks. Crappy lawyers make for years of misery.

[TOM4CWB]

Good lawyers make quick work of jerks. Crappy lawyers make for years of misery.

Great that the two year Court Contagion was settled today!!! Thank you King Jesus..." Humble ways are better than feasting and parties with strife and pride!"

Blew an injector on the 3406e Thursday on the S-Bee hauling Canola... hope the big smoke cloud it caused was just that... sure looked like that poor kitty cat had a Diesel Contagion!!!

P.S. ... Our favorite elevator found that 'lost' S-Bee load of Canola...!!!

Apparently 2 more loads showed up when they found ours... Another Contagion in the systems... 'must have been Russian hackers... with covid complications'... my guess!

Cheers! Will sleep better tonight!

[TOM4CWB]

Dear me;

Re:Blew an injector on the 3406e Thursday on the S-Bee hauling Canola... hope the big smoke cloud it caused was just that... sure looked like that poor kitty

…

Not an injector…

Cam;
10 cam followers;
Some Piston rings… we guess…

Contagion for that 3406e…

The joy of 2021…
And being a farmer!!

We never know what Contagion is around the next corner, or is waiting for us tomorrow!!!

God have Mercy… Thanks for keeping our family and workers safe and healthy! Engines and trucks can be fixed… Blessings to all this fall!

A year to remember!

Cheers

[helmsdale]

Dear me;

Re:Blew an injector on the 3406e Thursday on the S-Bee hauling Canola... hope the big smoke cloud it caused was just that... sure looked like that poor kitty

…

Not an injector…

Cam;
10 cam followers;
Some Piston rings… we guess…

Contagion for that 3406e…
Cheers

Reman on that thing will shock you... depending how deep you go 30K in parts is small potatoes nowadays. That's if you can get the parts.

If you're going to fix piece meal, I'd recommend going to someone like "western diesel", and replacing just the rollers, provided your core is still in decent shape. Make sure the oil holes line up and you can press them in and out for about $20 per, rather than getting reman followers from cat for $300.

Pistons and rings I go with nothing but OEM.

That said, once you're into replacing rings, you may as well go with full packs, and then next thing you know you're doing mains, and top end. Before you know it the christmas gift budget is thoroughly drained!

[parsley]

A bit of a different kind of contagion ... the last paragraph.?


“Governments investing $3M to protect Ontario’s pork sector
October 20, 2021 by Food in Canada staff


Processing
Meat &Poultry
African swine fever
Ontario
pork

The governments of Canada and Ontario are investing nearly $3 million in three new initiatives as part of a co-ordinated effort to enhance biosecurity and support the provincial pork sector’s African swine fever (ASF) prevention and emergency preparedness efforts.

African swine fever is a viral disease affecting pigs, and could potentially disrupt Ontario’s supply chain. Many large-scale pork producers have strict biosecurity measures already in place, and this investment will provide additional support throughout the pork value chain to proactively enhance the sector’s biosecurity and preparedness. This co-ordinated effort aims to minimize the risk of introduction of ASF in the province and in Canada and mitigate the risks it poses to the industry.

Starting November 5, 2021, a new targeted intake under the Canadian Agricultural Partnership (the Partnership) will provide funding to Ontario pork producers, processors and other agri-businesses to support their training, education and planning, as well as for supply and infrastructure investments and modifications needed to strengthen swine-related operations, support industry businesses and protect the herds and livelihoods of Ontario pork producers.

“We know how hard Ontario pork producers work to keep such high standards for safety,” said Marie-Claude Bibeau, federal Minister of agriculture and agri-food. “In the wake of growing concerns since African swine fever has been detected in the Caribbean, this funding will support new measures that protect the prosperity and resiliency of the entire sector.”

“Our role in government is not just to react to what happens in Ontario but to also be proactive to help mitigate risks to our agri-food sector and our food supply,” said Lisa Thompson, agriculture, food and rural affairs minister. “The recent detection of African swine fever in the Caribbean and the devastating impacts it has had in Europe and Asia is a good reminder to tighten protections all along the pork industry value chain to try to prevent the introduction of the disease, which would lead to significant market and trade disruptions.”

The intake for Ontario’s pork industry and related businesses will provide cost-share funding for eligible expenses that will support biosecurity improvements and emergency preparedness planning for the sector. This intake provides higher cost share at 50 per cent than other intakes under the Partnership because of the critical and urgent nature of this work.

Additionally, funding will be allocated under the Partnership for an education outreach and awareness campaign for “small holder” farms, or farms that market fewer than 1,000 hogs or 50 sows per year. The campaign will focus on increasing small hog producers’ awareness of the risks of ASF and the need for strong biosecurity and emergency preparedness measures.

Targeted financial support will also be provided to help the province’s producers of Eurasian wild boar (EWB) transition out of the production of these animals. Farm escapes of Eurasian wild boar amplify the population of wild pigs, which have already caused widespread problems in Canada’s prairie provinces and many American states – these wild pigs can damage crops and the natural environment and could transmit ASF to pork operations in Ontario.

To assist EWB farmers and encourage faster transition, producers who agree to stop raising them within six months will be eligible for funding to shift to other forms of production such as heritage breeds of swine, other livestock or crop production”

[TOM4CWB]

Reman on that thing will shock you... depending how deep you go 30K in parts is small potatoes nowadays. That's if you can get the parts.

If you're going to fix piece meal, I'd recommend going to someone like "western diesel", and replacing just the rollers, provided your core is still in decent shape. Make sure the oil holes line up and you can press them in and out for about $20 per, rather than getting reman followers from cat for $300.

Pistons and rings I go with nothing but OEM.

That said, once you're into replacing rings, you may as well go with full packs, and then next thing you know you're doing mains, and top end. Before you know it the christmas gift budget is thoroughly drained!

Sad that it is in a 1990 Pete… rebuilt everything but
Probably not smart to do it again… 2nd total rebuild with less than 2000hrs… seems like time is as much of a problem as miles!

Have a spare built so not the end of the world

Cheers

[Braveheart]

Sad that it is in a 1990 Pete… rebuilt everything but
Probably not smart to do it again… 2nd total rebuild with less than 2000hrs… seems like time is as much of a problem as miles!

Have a spare built so not the end of the world

Cheers

A pre emissions and 3406e to boot? Definitely rebuild. It's becoming a Unicorn.

[farming101]

By all accounts a very good engine. A complete diagnosis in order.

[TOM4CWB]

By all accounts a very good engine. A complete diagnosis in order.

Brought the old Pete home today... will tear the head off ourselves and put back together since we have a good shop and good people that know this engine to build it back.

Less than 2000 hrs since complete rebuild, [we don't put many hrs per year on trucks] so put a new piston liner kit in the bad hole [found out they just put a crown and rings and no liner when it dropped a valve just after the complete rebuild] looks like the 'recon c15 head and cam' installed back then were short on the 're' part and big on the 'con' portion... so we can magniflux /crackcheck the c15 head and get a good cam in it this time!

The big time shop repair rates can kill our used iron in a hurry, but older hardware can be fixed much easier by us... 'warranty' on it is a bad joke no matter who fixes these older units... unless ... we simply don't put near enough hrs per year on to justify the 'new cost' that must be paid to have warranty fix problems.

No coolant or fuel in the oil... so a good check over on the low hour bearings should assure a 'build back better' engine ourselves!

Sure reminds us that on those 1500-4000 hr diesel engines [trany/diff/hyd systems too]... DO OIL ANALYSIS REGULARLY... along with good oil and air system checks for dust contamination of intake air especially... keep up DCA in the coolant [easy to do with test kits]... and run good fuel conditioner RE: keep fuel fresh [not over 1.5yrs old as 'biofuel additives make for Contagion'] with water checks/removal of any condensation in the bottom of diesel fuel tanks.

Winter time with much less grain to haul... so fix the old iron in the shop since we don't have to dry grain all winter long this year!!! [Big Blessing and much lower costs!]

A good maintenance program makes for long life and fewer surprises... less Contagion!

Cheers!

P.S. the Contagion at CRA ls hard to miss as the pandemic has slowed down everything; but needed tax book keeping adjustments [also day long on hold CRA answering phone enquires/journeys to have them end saying 'no authority to do changes like that] ... and sped up the collections consultants and automatic tax return adjustments to create new taxes payable...

[helmsdale]

I'd NEVER take a recon'd head from cat...

When I rebuild my BXS c15 i sent my head into "action parts" in medicine hat and it had roughly 10K hours on it. Exact words from the shop foreman were: "are your air filters intact? Because this is the worst head I've ever seen in 35 years!" Valve guides, and stems looked like they had 40K hours on them. I'm guessing they had 30K on them when they "re-man'd" it and they were close enough to "in-spec" that they called it good. Head was warped, and wore out, but it wasn't cracked, so we planed it down and completely rebuilt it. When trying to roll the engine over for a top end set now, it's so tight you can hardly get it to roll over whichever piston is on the compression stroke!

Make sure to check your liner protrusion! Ideally you want those baby's to be within .001" of each other and certainly on the "high" side of spec. Also make darned sure your deck height is within .002-.003" or it should be pulled as well. This is the least likely, but if the deck is warped you're never going to get where you want to. I know it seems anal to talk in 2 or 3 thousandths, but trust me, it matters!

If deck is true, head is true, and liner protrusion is set, that thing will last for years!

On the cam, when you pull it so long as any scores aren't "draggy" when you pull your fingernail across it, they're good to go. Cam bearings are not hard, you just need a puller to drag them from front to back.

If you need anything PM me. I'm pretty sure 3406E's cross over on alot of fronts with my C15, and I can send you what I've got for manuals.

Cheers.