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I posted earlier about the International dump truck twisting off the input shaft to the front diff.

The truck hauled one load since being fixed and was back at the shop....

Driver: truck makes this awful banging noises every time I try to move it. The Clutch now doesn’t work and the shifter is in a weird position.

Mechanic: (raised one eyebrow) hmmm. Looked underneath...

Yup, broken engine mount.

30 mins later, the mount is on the bench...



Had it sent away to be welded as it’s tempered.

Part came back later the same day after heat treatment.

Installed the welded mount, bolted up, checked the other mounts, dropped the jack.

Later..... Dump truck comes back.

Driver: I hauled only one load and now the truck is doing that funky crap again. I slammed the door and had the excavator operator back the truck in as it kept stalling in reverse.

Mechanic: (looked under the truck) yup, your passenger side engine mount broke as well. Thought it was fine before but I guess not.

30 mins later.... mount is removed and sent away to be welded.

After the weekend.... mount came back. Installed and the truck has been gone working since.

Both driver and passenger mount cracked looking identical to each other.

 

Seems like it suits this thread

 

Hey sorry I have no pertinent information to add to this discussion. But I'm trying to figure out how to make a new thread to ask about my alternator issues. I made one earlier today and I can't remember how I did it, can anyone help me out? My question is how long can you go with an alternator that's beginning to fail before it goes out completely? Do I have a couple days or a couple weeks? I have a 1998 Freightliner Century with a Cummins m11 and I'm getting a low voltage warning. I hooked up my voltmeter to my alternator at idle and under load and both times it only put out 12.3 volts which leads me to suspect I have a bad alternator. My only question is whether I need to put a new one on there immediately or if I can continue to run it for a week before I put a new one on there.

 

You would be better off putting a new one on right away before the ECM runs out of juice and leaves you stranded where you don’t want to be.

I myself would not want to waste time or putting myself in harms away over a couple hundred dollars alternator which is cheaper than a mobile service call or a tow bill.

Some alternators fail quickly and some will go a little before failing.

 

Good deal, thanks I'll just put a new one on there tomorrow. I needed to pull the truck off and do a lot of work to it anyways but I was hoping to do it next week. I'm sure an alternator isn't too hard though.

 

TheBaron97: The alternator is not hard to do. Just be sure to disconnect the batteries before attempting the work.

 

Usually a good idea. Welded my snap on 1/2 ratchet wrench solid last week when I dropped it doing an alt and it arced out.

 

"I was just driving along with the cruise on and something didn't feel right so I instantly pulled over"

 

Back in my first year. Installed 4 new batteries in a truck. Forgot to tighten one of the positive terminals and I figured I could just sneak my ratchet wrench in and snug it up. Worked great until I caught the back of the fuel tank with my wrench. Gave me a bit of a scare but thankfully no damage other than to the wrench and a small burn mark on the tank.

 

I've heard that line before.......